Searching for Talk Group IDs | Radio Shack 20-164 specs

Searching for Talk Group IDs

If you tune the scanner to an active Motorola control channel, the Motorola System ID and the approximate control channel message decode success rate appears. This helps you identify the system and the reception quality. When the scanner decodes control channel data from a Motorola system, COTRL appears on the display.

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.

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Radio Shack 20-164 manual Searching for Talk Group IDs, Saving a Talk Group ID, To search for Talk Group IDs

Contents

What’s Included Triple Trunking Contents Contents Volume / OFF Your Scanner To attach the supplied antenna Connecting the AntennaAttaching the Belt Clip Powering Your Scanner Batteries To install batteries To charge batteries External Power To use an external power source Headphones and Speakers To set the keytone Keytones and KeylockBacklight and Contrast To lock the keypad To turn on the backlight To change the backlight modeSquelch and Attenuator To change the display contrast To set the attenuator mode To set squelch To turn the delay on / off Scanner SetupDelay Defining a Channel To define a channel Copying a Frequency To copy a frequency To delete all saved frequencies in a bank Deleting Saved FrequenciesTo delete a saved frequency To save a Ctcss or DCS code Scanner CloningTo define a channel’s Ctcss or DCS code To clone the scanner data SearchingSeek Search To activate Seek Search Search Banks To search preprogrammed search banks Zeromatic To search banks SR0-SR2 To activate Zeromatic Signal StalkerProgramming a Search Range To program the search range of Bank SR7 Special Signal Stalker To use Signal Stalker To lock out a frequency To use Special Signal StalkerLocking Out Frequencies To review and unlock frequencies To save a frequency found during a search Saving Found FrequenciesTo unlock all frequencies in a search bank To scan ScanningLocking Out Channels To locked out a channel To review all locked out channels To turn on the priority featurePriority Scanning To modify the Priority channel Weather AlertsTo make an existing channel a Priority channel To program a weather channel into priority channel Same Standby ModeTo perform a weather scan To program a Fips code Code. The format of a Fips code is To review stored Fips codes To test the weather alert SkywarnTo enter Same standby To monitor a channel MonitoringTo use Skywarn To find a frequency to monitor Defining a Trunking Bank Trunking SetupTo set a default tuning frequency To define a Trunking Bank Trunking Modes Motorola Trunking SetupTo set Open or Closed mode for a bank Fleet Maps To program a fleet map Base and Offset Frequencies For Motorola Type II, enter Edacs Trunking Setup UHF-Hi 806-960 MHz To program 800 MHz Motorola trunking LTR Trunking Setup To save a correct Home Repeater To search for Talk Group IDs Searching for Talk Group IDsSaving a Talk Group ID Deleting Talk Group IDs To define a Talk Group ID To delete ALL talk group IDs in a bank Saving Trunking ChannelsTo delete a Talk Group ID Trunk Scanning To change the scanning direction, press  or  Locking Out Talk Group IDs Trunking DelayTo set a Talk Group ID delay To lock out Talk Group IDs To turn off a sub-bank Turning Off Sub-BanksTo review locked-out Talk Group IDs To turn off a sub-bank while scanning Text Tags Scanner MaintenanceTalk Group ID Hold To set Talk Group ID HoldPage Scanner is not TroubleshootingTo display the Talk Group ID Working at all Scanner is on but Scanner does notReceive any stations Or reception is poor Does not scan Birdie Frequencies To initialize the scanner Service and RepairInitializing the Scanner Scanning Legally FCC Notice Appendix B Search Banks ReferencesAppendix a Glossary Search bank SR1 CB band Receive mode AM Search bank SR2 FRS/GMRS/MURS band Search bank SR4 Aircraft Receive mode AM, FM Appendix C Ctcss / DCS Codes Ctcss Codes DCS Codes Appendix D Signal Stalker BandsAll Band PubSafety Band To use AFS format Appendix E Talk Group FormatMotorola Appendix F Specifications 406-512 MHz 764-960 MHz 9V DC Limited One-year Warranty