Radio Shack PRO-2096 manual FCC wants you to know, Scanning legally

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Beyond the Basics

The FCC wants you to know

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

scanning legally

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups including police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to. These include:

•Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission)

•Pager transmissions

•Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions

According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal).

This scanner has been designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions. This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so as to not be easily modifiable to pick up those transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Doing so could subject you to legal penalties.

In some areas, mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit. Check the laws in your area. It is also illegal in many areas to interfere with the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization.

We encourage responsible, safe and legal scanner use.

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Contents PRO-2096 Digital Trunking Mobile/Base Scanner Contents Contents Virtual scanner Frequency copyListening to the weather band Text tags Basics Trunking operationProgramming trunked systems 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 Mobile mounting in your vehicle Install your scannerMounting your scanner in your dashboard Use them when you Mount the bracket with Screws Using your scanner as a base stationThrough your vehicle’s ignition Power your scannerFrom a wall outlet With the metal frame of your vehicle From your vehicle’s cigarrette lighterConnect an external antenna Connect your scannerConnect the supplied antenna Listening safely Connect an external speaker or headphonesStoring conventional frequencies Set up your scannerSquelch Briefly appears Deleting frequencies from channelsBasics Searching and tuning Monitoring a single channel Basic scanningAbout channel-storage banks Searching a preprogrammed frequency range Using Ctcss and DCSBeyond the Basics 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 Beyond the Basics Searching for active frequencies Using ZeromaticUsing seek search 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 Using delayLocking out channels/frequencies Reviewing locked-out search frequencies Locking out frequenciesClearing locked-out frequencies in search banks Changing the receive modeClearing locked-out search frequencies 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 IDUpdating the DSP firmware Beyond the Basics Text input chartUsing channel receive modes Click on Software Updates and Downloads TroubleshootingScanner will not scan when Scan is pressed Resetting your scannerInitializing Initializing your scannerReplacing the fuse Service and repairCare 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
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