Radio Shack PRO-2096 manual Open and closed mode operation

Models: PRO-2096

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2.Press FUNC 1 to toggle the sub-bank on or off. The on/off state of the sub-bank will appear in the scanner’s display.

To turn the ID sub-bank on or off during the scan mode:

1.The channel storage bank must be set to Closed Mode to change the state of a sub-bank while scanning.

2.Press FUNC and then TRUNK while the scanner is stopped on a voice channel transmission. The bank text display is replaced with a sub-bank status display, T IDbk 01234. The flashing cursor indicates the current active sub-bank.

3.Press FUNC and the number of the sub-bank you wish to turn on or off (0-4). For example, to toggle sub-bank 4 on or off, press FUNC, then 4.

open and closed mode operation

You can set your scanner to change the way it receives transmissions on Motorola, APCO-25 and EDACS trunked radio systems. These settings, called Open Mode and Closed Mode, control whether the scanner monitors all traffic from a trunked radio system, or only traffic from talkgroups you specify. Unlike the channel mode settings described above, Open/Close mode settings apply to a trunking system programmed into a single bank.

In Open Mode, you hear all active talkgroups except those you specifically exclude, making it easy to hear everything going on. In Closed Mode, you hear only those talkgroups you specify. This makes it easy to listen only to talkgroups you are interested in and exclude others.

Each scanner bank can be programmed with one trunked system. You can set each of the scanner’s channel storage banks to Open or Closed Mode.

Conventional modes (AM, FM/Digital, CT and DC) are not affected by the Open/Closed Mode setting of a bank.

When you set a channel storage bank to Open Mode, +

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Radio Shack PRO-2096 manual Open and closed mode operation