Radio Shack PRO-2056 CONTENTS

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

Understandin

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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