Radio Shack PRO-63 owner manual

Contents

Main INTRODUCTION Page Page FCC NOTICE SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS Page PREPARATION CONNECTING THE FLEXIBLE ANTENNA INSTALLING BATTERIES Page Page Important Information About the PWR and CHG Jacks Charging Nickel-Cadmium Batteries RESETTING THE SCANNER Page UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY M.BANK Page BANDS AND BANKS SEARCH BANDS CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS BASIC OPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH SEARCHING FOR AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Limit Search Manually Storing Frequencies Page LOC SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS Scanning All Channels Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off Scanning a Channel-Storage Bank MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND ADVANCED OPERATION DELAY SKIPPING CHANNELS PRIORITY USING CHANNEL LOCK L USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT USING THE ATTENUATOR ATT TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF USING THE KEYLOCK OPTIONS CONNECTING OPTIONAL POWER SOURCES Using AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING A MOBILE OR BASE- STATION ANTENNA Page CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/ HEADPHONES Listening Safely Traffic Safety CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING UNITED STATES BROADCAST BAND TYPICAL BAND USAGE VHF Band (30.00-300.0 MHz) UHF Band (300.00 MHz 3.0 GHz) PRIMARY USAGE VHF Band UHF Band SPECIFIED INTERVALS BAND ALLOCATION Page Page Page Page HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES NATIONAL WEATHER FREQUENCIES BIRDIE FREQUENCIES FREQUENCY CONVERSION TROUBLESHOOTING UAL Error Page CARE AND MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS Page NOTES RADIO SHACK A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 11A5 Printed in Hong Kong RADIO SHACK LIMITED WARRANTY We Service What We Sell