Radio Shack 20-422 owner manual FCC Notice, Scanning Legally

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FCC NOTICE

Your scanner might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To determine whether your scanner is causing the interference, turn off your scanner. If the interference goes away, your scanner is causing it. Try to eliminate the interference by:

moving your scanner away from the receiver

connecting your scanner to an outlet that is on a different electrical circuit from the receiver

contacting your local RadioShack store for help

If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC requires that you stop using your scanner.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device must not cause harmful interference and

(2)this device must accept any interfer- ence received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups including po- lice and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, mili- tary operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) ser- vice providers. It is legal to listen to al-

most every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never inten- tionally listen to. These include:

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

pager transmissions

any scrambled or encrypted trans- missions

According to the Electronic Communica- tions Privacy Act (ECPA), you are sub- ject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or di- vulging the contents of such a transmis- sion unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal).

This scanner has been designed to pre- vent reception of illegal transmissions. This is done to comply with the legal re- quirement that scanners be manufac- tured 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 it is not legal to lis- ten to. Doing so could subject you to le- gal penalties.

We encourage responsible, legal scan- ner use.

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Contents 200CH VHF/Air/UHF Home Scanner Features Frequency Range MHz Step kHz FCC Notice Scanning LegallyContents Connecting AN Antenna Connecting the Supplied AntennaConnecting an Outdoor Antenna PreparationConnecting Power Connecting AN Earphone or Headphones Connecting AN External SpeakerListening Safely Understanding Your Scanner Look AT the Front PanelLook AT the Display BankPRI Understanding Banks and Bands CHANNEL-STORAGE BanksMonitor Memories Frequency Bands29-54 Operation Resetting ScannerManually Storing Frequencies Into Channels Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies Band SearchListening to Monitor Memories Direct SearchScanning Channels Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a ChannelManually Selecting a Channel Delay Special FeaturesRemoving Skip from Frequencies Priority Removing Lockout from ChannelsTesting Alert Tone Listening to Weather BandTurning the KEY Tone on or OFF Weather AlertGeneral Guide to Scanning Guide to FrequenciesHam Radio Frequencies National Weather FrequenciesGuide to the Action Bands Typical Band UsageBand Allocation Very High Frequency VHF Ultra High Frequency UHF Frequency Conversion Troubleshooting Symptom SuggestionCare and Maintenance Specifications Ohms RadioShack Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas