Radio Shack PRO-2056 owner manual

Cat. No. 20-147

OWNER’S MANUAL

PRO-2056 50-Channel

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Contents

Main FEATURES FCC NOTICE SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS Page PREPARATION CONNECTING AN ANTENNA Connecting the Telescoping Antenna Connecting the Window - Mount Antenna Connecting an External Antenna MOUNTING THE SCANNER IN YOUR VEHICLE Connecting Power from Your Vehicles Battery USING THE SCANNER AS A BASE STATION Using the Supplied AC Adapter MEMORY BACKUP MEMO LOSS Page UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER BANKS Service Search Banks PRIVATE Bank CHANNELS Police Call Radio Guide Including Fire and Emer- gency Services Aeronautical Fre- quency Directory Maritime Frequency Directory SEARCH BANDS 2930 3050 5054 108137 137144 144148 148174 406420 420450 450470 470512 Page A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY PRIVATE POLICE, FIRE/EMG, AIR, MRN WX HOLD OPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH USING SERVICE SEARCH SCAN USING BAND SEARCH SRCH HOLD SRCH SRCH s or SRCH STORING FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS CH flashes, and HOLD and the fre- Error CLEARING FREQUENCIES FROM CHANNELS SRCH HOLD and PRIVATE , POLICE 000.0000 SPECIAL FEATURES USING MEMOLOCK Prg-Loc DELAY LOCKING OUT CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES LISTENING TO WEATHER BROADCASTS A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES US Weather Frequencies Other Weather Frequencies Ham Radio Frequencies Birdie Frequencies GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS United States Broadcast Bands Typical Band Usage Primary Usage SPECIFIED INTERVALS BAND ALLOCATION Police Call Radio Guide including Fire and Emergency Services Page Page ... ... FREQUENCY CONVERSION TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE FUSES Replacing the Fuse in the DC Power Cord Replacing the Fuse in the DC Cigarette-Lighter Power Cord SPECIFICATIONS