Radio Shack PRO-2050 owner manual Searching Service Banks

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3.Press E to store the frequency into the channel.

Notes:

If you made a mistake in Step 2, Error appears and the scanner beeps when you press E. Simply start again from Step 2.

Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a fre- quency of 151.473, your scan- ner accepts it as 151.475.

If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another channel, the scanner beeps three times and displays the lowest channel number where the frequency is already stored. If you want to store the fre- quency anyway, press E again.

Press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds on this channel after a transmis- sion ends before it proceeds to the next channel (see “Delay” on Page 21). The scanner also

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stores this setting in the chan- nel.

4.If you want to program the next channel in sequence, press MAN- UAL and repeat Steps 2 and 3.

SEARCHING SERVICE BANKS

You can search for public service, po- lice, fire/emergency, aircraft, and weather transmissions even if you do not know the specific frequencies that are used in your area. And, you can store any of the frequencies you find into channels.

Your scanner has the following pre- programmed service banks.

PUBLIC — contains 140 public service frequencies

POLICE — contains 2,392 police frequencies

FIRE/EMG — contains 197 fire and emergency service frequen- cies

AIR — contains 2,319 aircraft and air service frequencies

WX — contains 7 weather fre- quencies

To select a service bank, press SVC. A service bank’s name (PUB, PO- LICE, FIRE/EMG, AIR, or WX) and one of the preset public service fre- quencies appear. After a 2-second de- lay, searching begins.

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Contents Cat. No Features Fm Page 3 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 129 PM FCC Notice Your PRO-2050 scanner can receive all of these bandsScanning Legally Contents Resetting the Scanner Connecting an Outdoor Antenna Connecting AN AntennaConnecting the Supplied Antenna PreparationConnecting Power Using AC PowerConnecting AN Extension Speaker Using Your Vehicle’s Battery PowerConnecting AN Earphone Headphones Listening SafelyUnderstanding Your Scanner Look AT the Front PanelScans through the stored channels Look AT the Display AIRScan Understanding Trunking Service BanksUnderstanding Banks Channel Storage BanksTurning on Storing Known Scanner and Setting OperationSquelch Channels Searching Service Banks Limit Search Scanning the Stored Channels Manually Selecting a ChannelClearing a Frequency from a Channel Special Features DelayTurning CHANNEL- Storage Banks on and OFF Locking OUT Channels Frequencies Locking Out ChannelsLocking Out Frequencies Skipping Data Signals Trunk TrackingPriority Types of Trunking Systems Setting Squelch for the Trunk Tracking Mode Programming Trunked FrequenciesScanning a Trunked Bank Monitoring an Active ID Locking Out IDsUsing Trunk Tracking Scan Delay Unlocking a Single IDUnlocking All IDs Channel Activity Indicators Monitoring IDsScan Lists Manually Storing IDs into Scan ListsDeleting a Stored ID Scanning the Scan ListsStoring IDs into Scan Lists While Searching Automatically Storing an ID in a Scan List LocationScanning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Systems E1P1 E1P2 Block Size Code Block Size Code Selecting a Preset Fleet Map Programming a Fleet MapProgramming a Hybrid System USrNational Weather Frequencies General Guide to ScanningGuide to Frequencies FrequenciesGuide to the Action Bands Typical Band UsageBand Allocation Primary UsageHAM Meter Amateur Band 50-54 MHz Centimeter Amateur Band 420-450 MHz Conventional Systems Band Locally Assigned Frequency Conversion Troubleshooting Trunked Frequencies on Fm Page 48 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 129 PM Resetting the Scanner Care and Maintenance Specifications Fm Page 52 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 129 PM Fm Page 53 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 129 PM Fm Page 54 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 129 PM Fm Page 55 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 129 PM RadioShack