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Radio Shack 20-163 manual Contents

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Your Scanner	4
Installing Your Scanner	7
Setting Up a Mobile Base	7
Bracket Mounting	7
Dashboard Installation	8
Connecting the Antenna	9
Powering Your Scanner	10
Headphones and Speakers	12
Keytones and Brightness	12
Delay	13
Squelch and Attenuator	13
Scanner Setup	14
Defining a Channel	15
Copying a Frequency	16
Deleting Saved Frequencies	17
CTCSS AND DCS	17
Scanner Cloning	18
Searching	19
Seek Search	19
Search Banks	19
Zeromatic	21
Programming a Search Range	21
Signal Stalker II	22
Locking Out Frequencies	23
Saving Found Frequencies	24
Scanning	25
Locking Out Channels	25
Priority Scanning	26
Weather Alerts	27
SAME Standby Mode	28
Skywarn	30

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Radio Shack 20-163 manual Contents

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What’s Included Mobile / Base Radio ScannerContents Contents Your Scanner Pause EXT SP Bracket Mounting Installing Your ScannerSetting Up a Mobile Base To you use the scanner on a flat surfaceDashboard Installation Connecting the Antenna To attach the supplied antennaPowering Your Scanner Wall OutletVehicle Power Socket Vehicle DirectHeadphones and Speakers Keytones and BrightnessDelay Squelch and AttenuatorScanner Setup To set the attenuator modeDefining a Channel To define a channelCopying a Frequency To copy a frequencyTo delete all saved frequencies in a bank Deleting Saved FrequenciesTo delete a saved frequency To define a channel’s Ctcss or DCS codeTo clone the scanner data Scanner CloningTo save a Ctcss or DCS code Search Banks SearchingSeek Search To activate Seek SearchTo search banks SR0-SR2 To activate Zeromatic ZeromaticProgramming a Search Range To program the search range of Bank SR7Signal Stalker To use Signal StalkerLocking Out Frequencies Special Signal StalkerTo use Special Signal Stalker To lock out a frequencyTo unlock all frequencies in a search bank Saving Found FrequenciesTo review and unlock frequencies To save a frequency found during a searchTo scan ScanningLocking Out Channels To locked out a channelTo review all locked out channels To turn on the priority featurePriority Scanning To make an existing channel a Priority channelTo perform a weather scan Weather AlertsTo modify the Priority channel To program a weather channel into priority channelSame Standby Mode To program a Fips codeTo test the weather alert To review stored Fips codesTo enter Same standby To use Skywarn MonitoringSkywarn To monitor a channelDefining a Trunking Bank Trunking SetupTo set a default tuning frequency To define a Trunking BankTrunking Modes Motorola Trunking SetupTo set Open or Closed mode for a bank Fleet Maps To program a fleet mapBase and Offset Frequencies For Motorola Type II, enterEdacs Trunking Setup UHF-Hi 806-960 MHz To program 800 MHz Motorola trunkingTo save a correct Home Repeater LTR Trunking SetupSearching for Talk Group IDs To define a Talk Group ID Saving a Talk Group IDTo search for Talk Group IDs To delete ALL talk group IDs in a bank 1. Press Prog Deleting Talk Group IDsTo delete a Talk Group ID Trunk Scanning Saving Trunking ChannelsTrunking Delay To set a Talk Group ID delayTo lock out Talk Group IDs Locking Out Talk Group IDsTurning Off Sub-Banks To review locked-out Talk Group IDsTo turn off a sub-bank while scanning Scanner MaintenanceTalk Group ID Hold To set Talk Group ID HoldText Tags To define a Text TagTo display the Talk Group ID Troubleshooting Issue SolutionBirdie Frequencies Error message appearsWhen trying to upload or CauseTo initialize the scanner Service and RepairInitializing the Scanner Scanning Legally Appendix a Glossary ReferencesFCC Notice Search bank SR0 Marine band Receive mode FM Freq. MHz Appendix B Search BanksSearch bank SR1 CB band Receive mode AM Freq. MHz Group Search bank SR4 Aircraft Receive mode AM, FM Appendix C Ctcss / DCS Codes Ctcss CodesDCS Codes Appendix D Signal StalkerAll Band PubSafety Band To use AFS format Appendix E Talk Group FormatMotorola Appendix F Specifications Sensitivity 20 dB S/NDB +/-4 kHz Addendum Cat. No -163Purple DOT Purple DOT BB Business Band Police Departments Police Dept Nascar Track Announcer Security Alarm Security Company Companies DOT Business Band DOT BB Limited One-year Warranty