Radio Shack PRO-2045 owner manual Contents

CONTENTS
Preparation	. 7
Connecting Power	. 7
Using Standard AC Power	. 7
Using Vehicle Battery Power	. 7
Connecting an Antenna	. 8
Telescoping Antenna	. 8
Optional Outdoor Antenna	. 8
Resetting the Scanner	. 9
Using the Feet	. 9
Testing Alert Operation	10
Testing Alert Reception	10
Testing the Weather Alert	11
Connecting an Earphone	11
Listening Safely	11
Traffic Safety	12
Connecting an Amplified Extension Speaker	12
Installing an Optional CTCSS Tone Board	12
Understanding Your Scanner	14
A Look at the Keyboard	14
A Look at the Display	16
Understanding Channel-Storage Banks	18
Channel-Storage Banks	18
Monitor Memories	18

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Turning On the Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the Rotary Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Storing Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Limit Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Direct Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Search Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Automatically Storing Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Listening to Monitor Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Scanning Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Locking Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Manually Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Scanning the Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Weather Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using the Weather Alert Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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