Radio Shack 20-136 PRO-136 quick start Turning on the Scanner, Setting the Clock/Alarm

Scanner Setup

Besides searching within a selected frequency range, you can also search your scanner’s service banks. Service banks are preset groups of frequencies categorized by the type of services that use those frequencies. The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to the Marine, Aircraft, Police (Fire/Emergency), Ham and FM services.

When you search and find a desired frequency, you can store it into a programmable memory location called a channel. Channels are grouped into channel-storage banks. Your scanner has 10 channel-storage banks (numbered 0-9). Each bank contains 20 channels (numbered 0-19), for a total of 200 channels. You can scan the channel storage banks to see if there is activity on the frequencies stored there.

Note: Search for frequencies to find your local frequencies, after you have programmed these frequencies into channels, you can scan the channels.

Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies. For example, the police department might use four frequencies in your town while the fire department uses an additional four. You could program the police frequencies in bank 0, and program the fire department frequencies in bank 1.

Turning on the Scanner

1.Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwise.

2.Press and hold the POWER button to turn on your scanner. Turn up the VOLUME until you hear a hissing sound.

3.Turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing stops.

Note: Make sure the antenna is connected before you turn on the scanner.

To perform a quick check of scanner operation, press the WX/ key. If you are near a NOAA weather station, you should hear weather information.

Setting the Clock/Alarm

Your scanner’s clock displays whenever you turn off the radio functions. It can also be used as an alarm clock.

To set the clock time:

1.Slide the Clock Switch to Clock Set.

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