Radio Shack 20-163 manual Saving a Talk Group ID, To search for Talk Group IDs

To search for Talk Group IDs:

1.Set the bank to Open mode.

2.Press SCAN. The scanner scans through all unlocked channels in the active banks.

3.When the scanner stops on a transmission, press TRUNK. The scanner displays the ID location:

Sub-bank.	ID Location
0-4	00-29

Example: 2-01

If the ID has already been saved, “ID was saved” appears.

If you try to store more than 150 talk group IDs in a bank, “Memory Full!” appears.

Saving a Talk Group ID

Each of the 10 banks contains 5 sub-banksthat each hold 30 Talk Group IDs. (You can save up to 1,500 Talk Group IDs.) When the scanner receives a trunked transmission, it searches the associated sub-bank for the Talk Group ID to decode data for Motorola, EDACS (GE/Ericsson), and LTR (EF Johnson) systems.

To define a Talk Group ID:

1.Press PROG, then press TRUNK to enter the ID program mode.

2.Press FUNC, then use  or  to select a bank.

3.Repeatedly press MODE to select a trunking mode (Motorola, EDACS, or LTR).

4.Repeatedly press TRUNK to select the sub-bank.

5.Press  or  to select the location where to store the Talk Group ID.

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