Radio Shack 20-136 PRO-136 quick start Searching, Fine Tune, Service Bank Search

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Use the search function to find active frequencies.

While doing a fine tune or service bank search, press •/CLR/DELAY to turn the 2-second delay on or off.

Fine Tune

You can search up or down from the currently displayed frequency using a fine tune search. Searching stops when a transmission is found and resumes after the transmission ends (searching resumes after two seconds if delay is on).

1.When the frequency you want to start from appears, press SRCH.

Or, from search pause mode, enter a frequency using the number keys, then press SRCH.

Note: If you enter an invalid frequency, the scanner beeps and displays Error.

2.SRCH, PAUSE, and -t-appear.

SRCH

PAUSE DLY

3.Press T or S to move up or down one frequency step. Or press SRCH to start the fine tune search.

4.Press T or S to change search direction.

5.Press PSE to pause the search.

Service Bank Search

The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to Marine, Police (Fire/Emergency), Aircraft, Ham, and FM radio transmissions.

To search the service banks, press MAR, FD/PD, AIR, HAM, or FM. The current service symbol appears and the scanner starts searching. To select a different service bank, press desired MAR, FD/PD, AIR, HAM or FM.

Note: Because there are many different frequencies allocated to Ham and Aircraft, it can take several minutes to search all the service frequencies.

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