Radio Shack PRO-2096 manual Global attenuator, Turning the key tone on or off

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Beyond the Basics

•The attenuator is very effective at reducing strong signal overload interference when using the scanner in areas close to cellular telephone transmitting facilities.

•If you turn on the attenuator, the scanner might not receive weak signals.

•Activating the normal attenuator mode on a Motorola or APCO Project 25 trunking control channel applies attenuation to all calls received on that trunking system. You can press ATT during a trunking call or while manually tuned to a system control channel to toggle attenuation on or off for the trunking system.

global attenuator

1.Press FUNC, ATT to set the attenuator to global mode.

Global ATT appears for two seconds, and then ATT- appears.

2.Press ATT to activate the attenuator. ATTon appears on the bottom of the display. When the scanner stops on a channel, a appears on the top of the display.

3.Press ATT to toggle global attenuation off. ATT- appears on the bottom line of the display while scanning.

4.Press FUNC and then ATT again to turn off the global attenuation mode. Normal ATT appears on the bottom line for about two seconds.

turning the key tone on or off

Each time you press a scanner key, a tone sounds. You can turn the scanner’s key tone off or on.

1.To turn the scanner off, turn VOL OFF/MAX counterclockwise until it clicks.

2.To turn the scanner on, turn VOL OFF/MAX clockwise. Welcome To Digital Trunking appears on the display.

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Contents PRO-2096 Digital Trunking Mobile/Base Scanner Contents Contents Listening to the weather band Frequency copyVirtual scanner Programming trunked systems Basics Trunking operationText tags Glossary Warranty Truobleshooting Resetting/initializing your scannerCare Speciﬁcations FCC wants you to knowYour scanner’s keypad See p Your scanner’s rear view Your scanner’s display Mounting your scanner in your dashboard Install your scannerMobile mounting in your vehicle Use them when you Mount the bracket with Screws Using your scanner as a base stationFrom a wall outlet Power your scannerThrough your vehicle’s ignition With the metal frame of your vehicle From your vehicle’s cigarrette lighterConnect the supplied antenna Connect your scannerConnect an external antenna Listening safely Connect an external speaker or headphonesSquelch Set up your scannerStoring conventional frequencies Brieﬂy appears Deleting frequencies from channelsBasics Searching and tuning About channel-storage banks Basic scanningMonitoring a single channel Beyond the Basics Using Ctcss and DCSSearching a preprogrammed frequency range Search bank charts Receive mode FM/Digital Search bank SR1 CB band Receive mode AM Beyond the Basics Search bank SR4 Aircraft Receive mode AM Using seek search Using ZeromaticBeyond the Basics Searching for active frequencies Manually tuning to a frequency Copying a frequency into a speciﬁed channel Frequency copyCopying a frequency to the priority channel Listening to the weather band Same standby modeTesting weather alert Locking out channels/frequencies Using delayLocking out channels Reviewing locked-out search frequencies Locking out frequenciesClearing locked-out search frequencies Changing the receive modeClearing locked-out frequencies in search banks FM/DIGITAL Using attenuatorTurning the key tone on or off Global attenuatorChanging the display contrast Using the dimmerVirtual scanner Using V-scanner Save to V-Scanner ENT= Confirm My V-Scanner Loading from Scanner Please Wait While the folder is being cleared, the scanner will display Scanner Operation Complete Press Enter Cloning programmed data Using digital AGCTurn on both scanners Cloning v-scanner dataSelective cloning Full cloningBeyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Trunking operation Setting squelch for trunk scanningTalkgroup ID hold Turning an ID sub-bank on or offOpen and closed mode operation Manual ID lockout toggle Toggling open and closed modesBeyond the Basics Activate ID lockout while scanning Trunked delay functionReviewing locked-out talkgroup IDs Changing from ID text tag display to ID code displayClearing talkgroups IDs Beyond the Basics Clearing all talkgroup IDs in one bank Motorola analog, digital, APCO-25 systems Programming trunked systemsEdacs systems Motorola VHF and UHF systems ﬂeet maps Motorola 800MHz splinter systemsBlock Size Code S10 S11 S12 Programming the priority channel directly Beyond the Basics Programming priority channelsTurning priority on or off Programming a weather channel as the priority channelBeyond the Basics Programming CTCSS/DCS channels DCS Code Table Storing talkgroup IDs Clear Assigning a text tag to a channel Text tagsAssigning a text tag to a channel-storage bank Assigning a text tag to a group IDUsing channel receive modes Beyond the Basics Text input chartUpdating the DSP ﬁrmware Click on Software Updates and Downloads TroubleshootingScanner will not scan when Scan is pressed Resetting your scannerInitializing Initializing your scannerCare Service and repairReplacing the fuse Frequency Coverage SpeciﬁcationsIf Rejection Intermediate Frequencies if Scanning legally FCC wants you to knowGlossary Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics RadioShack Corporation