Radio Shack 20-426 manual Beyond the Basics An Edacs trunked system, Special Edacs features

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Beyond the Basics

an EDACS trunked system

Your scanner shows EDACS talk groups in AFS (Agency- Fleet-Subﬂeet) format. This helps you see, at a glance, who you are monitoring. And with the partial-entry feature, you can easily include nearby, related channels in the same ﬂeet or agency. You can just as easily exclude entire unwanted ﬂeets and agencies.

When in search mode, with the system frequencies programmed, and your scanner locked to the control channel, you can select a desired city by keying in the agency part of the AFS talk group. When you hear an interesting talk group, in hold mode capture it to your scan list by pressing E during the transmission. Or hold on it by pressing

HOLD/RESUME.

Your scanner can also work in decimal format. Talk group 03- 62 in decimal format is 402. But decimal format does not give you any information about the system hierarchy. Decimal is useful if you need to work from decimal talk group lists.

special EDACS features

AFS partial entry

AFS is a method of encoding EDACS talk groups. AFS stands for “Agency-Fleet-Subﬂeet”. AFS talk groups are used in all EDACS reception -- in ID search, ID lockout and ID scan. The powerful AFS partial entry feature designed into the scanner lets you use either a complete talk group code, or just the most signiﬁcant part.

This feature lets you expand or narrow searching and scanning to one of 4 levels. By entering only the desired part of an AFS talk group, you can select 2048 talk groups, 128 talk groups, or 8 talk groups. For example, you could program every talk group in a police department with just 4 key presses. You can use the AFS partial entry feature

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Contents Pro-2051 1,000-Channel Triple Trunking Mobile/Base Scanner Contents Power your scanner Set up your scannerBasics BasicsAdvanced scanner features Beyond the BasicsScanning a private bank Highway patrol alertsContents Skywarn Signal StalkerWired programming WarrantyYour scanner’s keypad HOLD/RESUMETo Do This Your scanner’s rear view Your scanner’s display TrunkFCC wants you to know Install your scanner Mounting the scanner in your vehiclePower your scanner From a wall outletThrough your vehicle’s ignition negative ground only From your vehicle’s cigarrette lighter Rear ViewConnecting the supplied antenna Connecting an external antennaConnect your scanner Connecting an external speaker Use extreme caution when installing or removing anListening Safely Set up your scanner Turn on your scannerSet the squelch Basics Listen to preprogrammed frequencies Common scanner termsScanning overview Basics Advanced scanner features Beyond the BasicsChannel storage banks Storing known frequencies into channelsBeyond the Basics Locking out a channel in hold mode Locking out a channel in scanning modeBeyond the Basics Deleting a stored frequency Locking out channelsRestoring a locked-out channel in hold mode Memory lockRestoring all locked-out channels Direct channel access Beyond the Basics Hold/resumeScanning a private bank Beyond the Basics Priority scan Changing the priority channelService scanning Setting a search band Beyond the Basics Band searchData skip Search holdBeyond the Basics Frequency skip Storing search frequenciesDelay Highway patrol alerts Highway patrol/local police scanningSelecting the state State Code Order Press these buttons Action Setting the alert tone volume Beyond the Basics Scan holdHighway warning alert Adjusting alert Highway patrol priority channelsMuting the alert tone Skip frequenciesTrunked highway frequencies Skywarn About SkywarnNWR Same Programming a Fips code Programming FipsBeyond the Basics Signal Stalker Setting the signal stalker options Beyond the Basics Using signal stalker Setting the squelch Trunk trackingProgramming trunking frequencies Selecting Trunking System Type Programming id scan lists manually Motorola talk groups Edacs talk groupsLTR talk groups Receiving trunked systemsID scan mode ID scan hold modeDirect entry id hold mode ID search modeID search hold mode ID monitor mode Programming scan lists during searchDeleting a stored ID ID lockout Reviewing ID lockoutRestoring locked-out IDs Setting the delay mode for trunking mode Setting priority in trunking modeTrunking frequency conﬁrmation Moving between scan list memories Multi-trackAbout multi-track Edacs tracking Programming Edacs system frequenciesSpecial Edacs features Beyond the Basics An Edacs trunked systemAFS partial entry Edacs ID range search Edacs ID blockoutTracking LTR systems Edacs ScatBeyond the Basics Tracking Motorola systems ﬂeet map programming Preset Fleet Maps E1P1 E1P5 E1P11 Selecting a Preset Fleet Map User-deﬁned ﬂeet mapsFleet Map Size Codes Size code restrictions Programming a user ﬂeet mapProgramming a Hybrid system You can only enter within a range of 5-100 kHz, and 5 or Toggling the status bit Control channel only mode Disconnect tone detect option end code If the scanner receives no data from the PC for more than Cloning your scanner Replacing the fuse in the DC power cord BirdiesBeyond the Basics Resetting your scanner ProperlyFrequently asked questions FAQs Drive by patrol cars but do not hear alarms?Error appears on the display. What does it mean? Speciﬁcations If FrequenciesGlossary Service and repair Care