Radio Shack PRO-92 owner manual

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Main Contents Page Page Features Page Page FCC NOTICE FCC Rules SCANNING LEGALLY Federal Electronic Communications Pri- vacy Act Preparation POWER SOURCES Using Batteries Page Charging Rechargeable Batteries Using AC Power ! Using Vehicle Power ! CONNECTING THE ANTENNA Connecting an Optional Antenna CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/ HEADPHONES Listening Safely Traffic Safety CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER USING THE BELT CLIP CONNECTING THE CLONE CABLE About Your Scanner channel frequency channel-storage bank A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD * , & , / , ' , $, % , ! , ^ , (,), ? `, and ^. About Your Scanner A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY UNDERSTANDING BANKS Channel Storage Banks Search Banks UNDERSTANDING CTCSS/DCS PL Codes DPL Codes UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNERS MODES cod- ed squelch Open and Closed Modes open mode AM Mode FM Mode LTR (E. F. Johnson) Mode LTR mode A H U Motorola Mode Motorola mode Type I Type II Type I/II Hybrid CNTRL EDACS Mode EDACS mode Operation TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH Welcome To Multi-System Trunking STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS Police Call Police Call Trunking Guide Maritime Frequency Directory Aeronautical Frequency Directo- ry STORING TEXT TAGS Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel Assigning a Text Tag to a Bank Text Input Chart FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range Page Storing a Frequency While Searching for a Specified Channel Changing a Search Range with a Preprogrammed Range Manually Changing a Search Range SCANNING THE CHANNELS Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On MANUALLY TUNING A FREQUENCY DELETING FREQUENCIES FROM CHANNELS 0.0000 MHz LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND Listening to a Weather Channel Displaying Weather Messages Special Features USING THE DELAY FUNCTION LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR FREQUENCIES Locking Out Channels Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels Locking Out Frequencies Reviewing Locked-Out Frequencies Clearing a Locked-Out Frequency Clearing All Lock Out Frequencies in a Search Bank 1=YES Press other key for NO. List cleared PRIORITY ED Priority ON (or Priority WX P Pri appears and S or M changes to P. OFF appears and P disappears. CHANGING THE RECEIVE MODE CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP USING THE ATTENUATOR USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF USING THE KEYLOCK CHANGING THE DISPLAY CONTRAST CLONING THE PROGRAMMED DATA FROM SCANNER TO SCANNER Trunking Operation Police Call Trunking Guide UNDERSTANDING TRUNKING SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE TRUNKING MODE PROGRAMMING TRUNKING MO for Motorola, or ED Programming Motorola Trunking Systems (UHF-Lo) MO kHz PROGRAMMING FLEET MAPS TALK GROUP IDS Storing Talk Group IDs Talk Group ID Hold Locking Out Talk Group IDs Reviewing Locked-Out Talk Group IDs Clearing Talk Group IDs Clearing All Talk Group IDs in One Bank ?1=YES Press other key for NO. appears. OPEN AND CLOSED MODES Changing the Open/Closed Mode CLOSED A General Guide to Scanning GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES US Weather Frequencies Ham Radio Frequencies Birdie Frequencies Page GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS Typical Band Usage UHF Band Primary Usage BAND ALLOCATION Police Call Radio Guide including Fire and Emergency Services Page Page FREQUENCY CONVERSION Troubleshooting Troubleshooting RESETTING/INITIALIZING THE SCANNER Resetting the Scanner 1. Turn off the scanner, then turn it on again. Initializing the Scanner Care Specifications Page Page Limited One-Year Warranty We Service What We Sell