Radio Shack PRO-2049 owner manual Contents

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Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Removing the Display Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting the Supplied Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting an Outdoor Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting an External Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting an Earphone/Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Listening Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Understanding Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

A Look at the Front Panel

11

A Look at the Display

13

Understanding Banks and Bands

15

Channel-Storage Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Monitor Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Frequency Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning On the Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch

17

Resetting the Scanner

17

Manually Storing Frequencies Into Channels

18

Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies

19

Band Search

19

Direct Search

20

Listening to Monitor Memories

20

Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel

21

Deleting a Frequency from a Channel

21

Scanning Channels

21

Manually Selecting a Channel

22

Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Skipping Frequencies/Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Removing Skip from Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Removing Skip from Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Listening to the Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Turning the Key Tone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Contents PRO-2049 Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner Features Freq. Range Freq. Step MHz KHz Scanning Legally FCC NoticeContents General Guide to Scanning Troubleshooting Care and Maintenance SpecificationsConnecting the Supplied Antenna Connecting AN AntennaConnecting an Outdoor Antenna PreparationConnecting Power Connecting AN Earphone Headphones Connecting AN External SpeakerListening Safely Look AT the Front Panel Understanding Your ScannerStops scanning to let you listen to a monitor memory A N MAN PGM PRI L/O DLY WX Look AT the DisplayFm Page 14 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 243 PM Monitor Memories Understanding Banks and BandsCHANNEL-STORAGE Banks Frequency Bands29-54 Operation Resetting ScannerTurning on the SCANNER/SETTING Volume and Squelch Manually Storing Frequencies Into Channels Band Search Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active FrequenciesDirect Search Listening to Monitor MemoriesScanning Channels Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a ChannelDeleting a Frequency from a Channel Manually Selecting a Channel Skipping Frequencies Channels Special FeaturesDelay Removing Skip from Channels PriorityRemoving Skip from Frequencies Listening to the Weather Band Turning the KEY Tone on or OFFHAM Radio Frequencies General Guide to ScanningNational Weather Frequencies Wavelength Meters Voice MHzUnited States Broadcast Band Birdie FrequenciesPrimary Usage Guide to the Action BandsTypical Band Usage Band Allocation Abbreviations ServicesMeter Amateur Band 144-148 MHz Meter Amateur Band 50-54 MHzGovernment Band 137-144 MHz VHF High Band 148-174 MHz Low Band 450-470 MHz Centimeter Amateur Band 420-450 MHzFrequency Conversion Avoiding Image FrequenciesSymptom Suggestion TroubleshootingCare and Maintenance Specifications Squelch Sensitivity Fm Page 38 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 243 PM Fm Page 39 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 243 PM Fort Worth, Texas RadioShackDivision of Tandy Corporation