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Thank you for purchasing your Pro-2096 digital trunk scanner from RadioShack. You can mount your scanner in a ﬁxed position and use it as a base scanner or you can use it as

a mobile scanner by mounting it in a vehicle. This scanner is the ﬁrst of an innovative and exciting new generation, capable of receiving digital voice modulation from the newest and most sophisticated conventional and trunked radio networks. No additional hardware or add-on cards are needed.

user’s guide • quick start guide • preloaded data addendum

DC cable w/fuse

Scanner

Antenna

AC adapter

Mounting bracket

Knob (2)

Rubber washer (2)

Lock washer (2)

Screw (2)

DIN sleeve and keys (2)

Rubber foot (3)

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Radio Shack PRO-2096 manual Contents

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PRO-2096 Digital Trunking Mobile/Base Scanner Contents Contents Virtual scanner Frequency copyListening to the weather band Text tags Basics Trunking operationProgramming trunked systems Care Truobleshooting Resetting/initializing your scannerGlossary Warranty Speciﬁcations FCC wants you to know Your scanner’s keypad See p Your scanner’s rear view Your scanner’s display Mobile mounting in your vehicle Install your scannerMounting your scanner in your dashboard Using your scanner as a base station Use them when you Mount the bracket with Screws Through your vehicle’s ignition Power your scannerFrom a wall outlet From your vehicle’s cigarrette lighter With the metal frame of your vehicle Connect an external antenna Connect your scannerConnect the supplied antenna Connect an external speaker or headphones Listening safely Storing conventional frequencies Set up your scannerSquelch Deleting frequencies from channels Brieﬂy appears Basics Searching and tuning Monitoring a single channel Basic scanningAbout channel-storage banks Searching a preprogrammed frequency range Using Ctcss and DCSBeyond the Basics Search bank charts Receive mode FM/Digital Search bank SR1 CB band Receive mode AM Beyond the Basics Search bank SR4 Aircraft Receive mode AM Beyond the Basics Searching for active frequencies Using ZeromaticUsing seek search Manually tuning to a frequency Frequency copy Copying a frequency into a speciﬁed channel Copying a frequency to the priority channel Same standby mode Listening to the weather band Testing weather alert Locking out channels Using delayLocking out channels/frequencies Locking out frequencies Reviewing locked-out search frequencies Clearing locked-out frequencies in search banks Changing the receive modeClearing locked-out search frequencies Using attenuator FM/DIGITAL Global attenuator Turning the key tone on or off Using the dimmer Changing the display contrast Virtual scanner Using V-scanner Save to V-Scanner ENT= Confirm My V-Scanner Loading from Scanner Please Wait While the folder is being cleared, the scanner will display Scanner Operation Complete Press Enter Using digital AGC Cloning programmed data Cloning v-scanner data Turn on both scanners Full cloning Selective cloning Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Talkgroup ID hold Setting squelch for trunk scanningTrunking operation Turning an ID sub-bank on or off Open and closed mode operation Toggling open and closed modes Manual ID lockout toggle Reviewing locked-out talkgroup IDs Trunked delay functionBeyond the Basics Activate ID lockout while scanning Changing from ID text tag display to ID code display Clearing talkgroups IDs Beyond the Basics Clearing all talkgroup IDs in one bank Programming trunked systems Motorola analog, digital, APCO-25 systems Edacs systems Motorola VHF and UHF systems Motorola 800MHz splinter systems ﬂeet maps Block Size Code S10 S11 S12 Beyond the Basics Programming priority channels Programming the priority channel directly Programming a weather channel as the priority channel Turning priority on or off Beyond the Basics Programming CTCSS/DCS channels DCS Code Table Storing talkgroup IDs Clear Text tags Assigning a text tag to a channel Assigning a text tag to a group ID Assigning a text tag to a channel-storage bank Updating the DSP ﬁrmware Beyond the Basics Text input chartUsing channel receive modes Troubleshooting Click on Software Updates and Downloads Resetting your scanner Scanner will not scan when Scan is pressed Initializing your scanner Initializing Replacing the fuse Service and repairCare Speciﬁcations Frequency Coverage If Rejection Intermediate Frequencies if FCC wants you to know Scanning legally Glossary Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics RadioShack Corporation