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Radio Shack PRO-2056 owner manual Contents

Models: PRO-2056

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CONTENTS
Preparation	7
Connecting an Antenna	7
Connecting the Telescoping Antenna	7
Connecting the Window-Mount Antenna	7
Connecting an External Antenna	8
Mounting the Scanner in Your Vehicle	9
Connecting Power from Your Vehicle’s Battery	10
Using the Scanner as a Base Station	11
Using the Supplied AC Adapter	11
Memory Backup	11
Connecting an External Speaker or Headphones	12
Listening Safely	12
Understanding Your Scanner	13
Banks	13
Service Search Banks	13
PRIVATE Bank	14
Channels	14
Search Bands	15
A Look at the Front Panel	17
A Look at the Display	18
Operation	19
Turning On the Scanner/
Setting Volume and Squelch	19
Using Service Search	19
Using Band Search	20
Monitoring a Frequency	20
Storing Frequencies into Channels	21
Clearing Frequencies from Channels	22
Special Features	23
Using Memolock	23
Delay	23
Locking Out Channels and Frequencies	23
Removing a Lockout from All Channels and Frequencies
within a Bank	24
Listening to Weather Broadcasts	24

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Radio Shack PRO-2056 owner manual Contents

Contents

PRO-2056 50-Channel Home/Mobile Scanner FEATURES FCC NOTICE SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS Guide to Frequencies Connecting the Telescoping Antenna CONNECTING AN ANTENNAConnecting the Window- Mount Antenna PREPARATIONConnecting an External Antenna MOUNTING THE SCANNER IN YOUR VEHICLE Cautions Connecting Power from Your Vehicle’s BatteryUsing the Supplied AC Adapter USING THE SCANNER AS A BASE STATIONMEMORY BACKUP Listening Safely CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL SPEAKER OR HEADPHONESBANKS Service Search BanksUNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER PRIVATE Bank CHANNELS29-30 SEARCH BANDS30-50 50-54While searching through a search band, you might hear a frequency that you want to store with other fre- quencies of the same type, so you can scan them all together. You can store any frequency into a channel in the POLICE or FIRE/EMG service search banks or the PRIVATE bank. See “Storing Frequencies into Chan- nels” on Page A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL POLICE, FIRE/EMG, AIR, MRN A LOOK AT THE DISPLAYOPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCHUSING SERVICE SEARCH MONITORING A FREQUENCY USING BAND SEARCHSTORING FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS CLEARING FREQUENCIES FROM CHANNELS USING MEMOLOCK SPECIAL FEATURESDELAY LOCKING OUT CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIESLISTENING TO WEATHER BROADCASTS GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNINGUS Weather Frequencies Other Weather FrequenciesTypical Band Usage GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDSUnited States Broadcast Bands UHF Band Primary UsageVHF Band ActivitiesBAND ALLOCATION SPECIFIED INTERVALSServices Frequency RangesVHF Low Band - in 5 kHz steps VERY HIGH FREQUENCY VHFU.S. Government Band 6-MeterAmateur Band2-MeterAmateur Band VHF High BandLow Band ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY UHF U. S. Government Band70-cmAmateur Band FREQUENCY CONVERSION Problem TROUBLESHOOTINGPossible Causes RemediesCARE AND MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE FUSES Replacing the Fuse in the DC Power CordSPECIFICATIONS Current Drain Page Page We Service What We Sell Limited One-YearWarrantyRadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation