Radio Shack 20-163 manual

Contents

Main Whats Included Contents Scanner Setup ..................................................................14 Searching .........................................................................19 Scanning ...........................................................................25 Contents Trunk Scanning .................................................................39 Scanner Maintenance .......................................................42 References ........................................................................49 Page AC adapter EXT SP ANT DC 13.8V SCREW HOLE Installing Your Scanner Setting Up a Mobile Base 1 Bracket Mounting Dashboard Installation 2 Connecting the Antenna Powering Your Scanner Wall Outlet Vehicle (Power Socket) Vehicle (Direct) 2 Headphones and Speakers Keytones and Brightness Delay Squelch and Attenuator Scanner Setup Dening a Channel Copying a Frequency Deleting Saved Frequencies CTCSS AND DCS Scanner Cloning Searching Seek Search Search Banks 5 Zeromatic Programming a Search Range Signal Stalker II Special Signal Stalker Locking Out Frequencies Saving Found Frequencies Scanning 4 Locking Out Channels Priority Scanning Weather Alerts SAME Standby Mode 7 Page Skywarn Monitoring Trunking Setup Dening a Trunking Bank Trunking Modes Motorola Trunking Setup Fleet Maps Base and Offset Frequencies 8 EDACS Trunking Setup LTR Trunking Setup Searching for Talk Group IDs Saving a Talk Group ID 6 Deleting Talk Group IDs Saving Trunking Channels Trunk Scanning Trunking Delay Locking Out Talk Group IDs Turning Off Sub-Banks Talk Group ID Hold Scanner Maintenance Text Tags 3 4 6 Page Troubleshooting Issue Solution Birdie Frequencies Initializing the Scanner Service and Repair Scanning Legally FCC Notice References Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Search Banks Ch. Freq. (MHz) Ch. Freq. (MHz) Ch. Freq. (MHz) Page Search bank: SR4 Aircraft Receive mode: AM, FM Search bank: SR5 Amateur band Receive mode: FM, CT, or DC Search bank: SR6 Railroad Receive mode: FM, CT, or DC Search bank: SR7 Programmable limit search Receive mode: FM, AM, CT, or DC Appendix C: CTCSS / DCS Codes You can program any of the following codes: CTCSS Codes: DCS Codes: Appendix D: Signal Stalker Signal Stalker can search the following bands: All Band Bnk. Freq. (MHz) Bnk. Freq. (MHz) PubSafety Band Appendix E: Talk Group Format Motorola EDACS LTR E Appendix F: Specications Page ADDENDUM Cat. No. 20-163 / 20-164 Preprogrammed Frequencies Page Page Page Page Page Limited One-year Warranty