Radio Shack 20-163 manual Programming a Search Range, To activate Zeromatic

Models: 20-163

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Zeromatic

While searching, the scanner stops if a transmission triggers the squelch setting. A narrow-band FM transmission can have a deviation of +/- 5 KHz, and the actual total bandwidth, including the tails of the sidebands, can be even greater. However, search intervals smaller than that can stop your scanner short of the correct (center) frequency.

The Zeromatic function allows the scanner to find the correct center frequency for search banks SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6 and SR7. Zeromatic automatically tunes the step-increment frequency closest to the center frequency.

To activate Zeromatic:

1. Press FUNC then 0. “Zeromatic ON.” appears briefly, then ZM appears.

2. To turn Zeromatic off, press FUNC then 0 again. “ZM” changes to “zm.”

Programming a Search Range

To program the search range of Bank SR7:

1. Repeatedly press SRCH to select SR7.

2.Press PROG then SRCH. “Enter SR7 Search Range Limits” appears. L blinks for the lower-limit of the range.

3.Use the number keys to enter the lower-limit frequency (including the decimal point).

4.Press ENT. U appears.

5.Use the number keys to enter the upper-limit frequency (including the decimal point), then press ENT.

If either entered frequency is incorrect, “Invalid Freq” appears briefly.

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Radio Shack 20-163 manual Programming a Search Range, To activate Zeromatic, To program the search range of Bank SR7