Radio Shack 20-422 owner manual

Cat. No. 20-422

OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

200CH VHF/Air/UHF Home Scanner

with Scanner Control Protocol and WX Alert

20-422.fm Page 1 Friday, January 7, 2000 12:54 PM

Contents

Main FEATURES Page FCC NOTICE FCC Rules SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS PREPARATION REMOVING THE DISPLAY PROTECTOR CONNECTING AN ANTENNA Connecting the Supplied Antenna Connecting an Outdoor Antenna ! CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTING AN EARPHONE OR HEADPHONES Listening Safely UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY BANK MON CH SCAN MAN PGM Page UNDERSTANDING BANKS AND BANDS CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS MONITOR MEMORIES FREQUENCY BANDS Page OPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH Maritime Frequency Directory RESETTING THE SCANNER MANUALLY STORING FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Band Search Direct Search LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL PGM DELETING A FREQUENCY FROM A CHANNEL SCANNING CHANNELS MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL SPECIAL FEATURES DELAY SKIPPING FREQUENCIES/ CHANNELS L/O Removing Skip from Frequencies PRIORITY PRI LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND Weather Ale rt Testing Alert Tone TESt TURNING THE KEY TONE ON OR OFF A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES Ham Radio Frequencies National Weather Frequencies Birdie Frequencies GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS Typical Band Usage Primary Usage BAND ALLOCATION Page Page FREQUENCY CONVERSION TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS Page RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 UBZZ01309ZZ 12A99 Printed in the Philippines Limited One-Year Warranty We Service What We Sell