FCC NOTICE
Your scanner might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To determine whether your scanner is causing the interference, turn off your scanner. If the interfer- ence goes away, your scanner is causing it. Try to eliminate the interfer- ence by:
•moving your scanner away from the receiver
•connecting your scanner to an outlet that is on a different electri- cal circuit from the receiver
•contacting your local RadioShack store for help
If you cannot eliminate the interfer- ence, the FCC requires that you stop using your scanner.
SCANNING LEGALLY
Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups includ- ing police and fire departments, ambu- lance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio ser- vices, military operations, pager ser- vices, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to. These include:
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• telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission)
•pager transmissions
•any scrambled or encrypted trans- missions
According to the Electronic Communi- cations Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and possible imprison- ment for intentionally listening to, us- ing, or divulging the contents of such a transmission unless you have the con- sent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise ille- gal).
This scanner has been designed to prevent reception of illegal transmis- sions. This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so as to not be easily modifiable to pick up those transmis- sions.
Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications that could al- low it to pick up transmissions that it is not legal to listen to. Doing so could subject you to legal penalties.
We encourage responsible, legal scanner use.
