Radio Shack PRO-90 owner manual

Contents

Main FEATURES Page Page FCC NOTICE SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS Page PREPARATION POWER SOURCES Using the Rechargeable Battery Pack Using Standard AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power socket. CONNECTING THE ANTENNA Connecting an Optional Antenna CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/ HEADPHONES Listening Safely Traffic Safety Page UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD Page A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY Page UNDERSTANDING BANKS Channel Storage Banks Service Banks UNDERSTANDING TRUNKING OPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS LIMIT SEARCH limit search range SCANNING SERVICE BANKS Page SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL DELETING A STORED FREQUENCY SPECIAL FEATURES DELAY DLY TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF LOCKING OUT CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES Locking Out Channels Locking Out Frequencies L/O PRIORITY Page USING THE KEYLOCK USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT CHANGING SEARCH SPEEDS BATTERY SAVE SKIPPING DATA SIGNALS TRUNK TRACKING TYPES OF TRUNKING SYSTEMS Type II Type I hybrid SETTING THE SCANNER TO THE TRUNK TRACKING MODE SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE TRUNK TRACKING MODE PROGRAMMING TRUNKED FREQUENCIES BANK TRUNK, and the bank numbers flash. Error SRCH SCANNING A TRUNKED BANK www.trunkscanner.com Monitoring an Active ID Locking Out IDs Unlocking a Single ID Unlocking All IDs Using Trunk Tracking Scan Delay DLY Monitoring IDs CHANNEL ACTIVITY INDICATORS SCAN LISTS Manually Storing IDs into Scan Lists Storing IDs Into Scan Lists While Search- ing Automatically Storing an ID in a Scan List Location Deleting a Stored ID SCANNING THE SCAN LISTS SCANNING TYPE I AND HYBRID TRUNKED SYSTEMS fleet map www.trunkscanner.com Page Selecting a Preset Fleet Map 100-9 , 000-12 , or 400-8 Programming a Fleet Map Programming a Hybrid System A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES National Weather Frequencies Canadian Weather Frequencies Birdie Frequencies GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS Typical Band Usage Primary Usage VHF Band UHF Band BAND ALLOCATION Page Page Note: Some cities use the 470512 MHz band for land/ mobile service. FREQUENCY CONVERSION TROUBLESHOOTING Error Page CARE AND MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS Page RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 8A7 Printed in the Philipp ines Limited One-Year Warranty We Service What We Sell