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Radio Shack PRO-79 owner manual Clearing A Stored Channel, Listening To The Marine Bank

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CLEARING A STORED CHANNEL

CLEARING A STORED CHANNEL

If you no longer want a frequency stored in a channel (and you do not want to replace that frequency with a different one), fol- low these steps to clear the stored frequency.

1.Press MAN to stop scanning.

2.To select the desired channel number, use the number keys to enter that channel number (1–200).

3.Press PGM. PGM appears.

4.Press 0 then ENT. The frequency number changes to 000.0000 to indicate the channel is cleared.

5.To clear another channel, use the number keys to enter that channel number (1–200), then press PGM again. Or repeat- edly press PGM until the desired channel number appears. Then repeat Step 4.

LISTENING TO THE MARINE BANK

To listen to the marine bank, repeatedly press BAND until MRN appears.

To change the channel manually, press ▲ or ▼.

To scan through the marine bank, hold down ▲ or ▼ for about 2 seconds. MAN disappears and SCAN appears. To change the scanning direction, press ▲ or ▼.

To stop scanning the channels, hold down ▲ or ▼ for about 2 seconds.

You can select a marine channel directly. When the scanner stops scanning the marine bank, use the number keys to enter the two-digit channel number.

LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND

To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. Your scanner begins to scan through the weather band.

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Radio Shack PRO-79 owner manual Clearing A Stored Channel, Listening To The Marine Bank, Listening To The Weather Band

Contents

PRO-79 200-Channel VHF/Air/UHF Handheld Scanner Owner’s Manualillus - show front of product FEATURES Page FCC NOTICE SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS Care and Maintenance Special FeaturesTroubleshooting SpecificationsPREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIESCautions USING VEHICLE BATTERY POWER USING AC POWERCautions CHARGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES CautionsCONNECTING AN ANTENNA Connecting the Supplied AntennaConnecting an Outdoor Antenna CautionsCONNECTING AN EARPHONE HEADPHONES Listening SafelyCONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER Traffic SafetyUNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER A LOOK AT THE KEYPADNumber KeysBANK A LOOK AT THE DISPLAYALErt C-ErrPage Channel Storage Banks WirEdUNDERSTANDING BANKS SCANService Banks Fire/PoliceGroup Amateur RadioMarine Frequency Range MHzChannel Frequency MHzFrequency MHz Channel156.9250 MONITOR MEMORIES OPERATION RESETTING/INITIALIZING THE SCANNERTURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH Resetting the Scanner Initializing the ScannerSTORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS Searching the Service Banks FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIESUsing Direct Search To pause the search, press or . To resume search- ing, hold down or Listening to a Monitor Memory USING MONITOR MEMORYMoving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS OFF AND ON MONITORING A STORED CHANNELLISTENING TO THE MARINE BANK CLEARING A STORED CHANNELLISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND WX Alert LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR FREQUENCIES SPECIAL FEATURESDELAY Locking Out ChannelsReviewing Locked-Out Frequencies Locking Out FrequenciesRemoving Lockouts From All Frequencies USING PRIORITY Removing Lockouts From All Frequencies in All Service BanksUSING THE KEY LOCK USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHTTURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF AVOIDING IMAGE FREQUENCIES National Weather Frequencies A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNINGGUIDE TO FREQUENCIES Birdie FrequenciesPrimary Usage GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDSTypical Band Usage MHz VHF BandBAND ALLOCATION ServicesAbbreviations VHF Low Band 29.7-50 MHz -in 5 kHz steps HIGH FREQUENCY HF - 3 MHz- 30 MHz 10-Meter Amateur Band 28.0-29.7 MHzVERY HIGH FREQUENCY VHF - 30 MHz- 300 MHz 6-Meter Amateur Band 50-54 MHzU. S. Government Band 406-420 MHz VHF High Band 148-174 MHzULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY UHF - 300 MHz- 3 GHz 70-Centimeter Amateur Band 420-450 MHzFREQUENCY CONVERSION Low Band 450-470 MHzTROUBLESHOOTING SQUELCH is notCARE AND MAINTENANCE Audio Output Power 10% THD SPECIFICATIONSIF Interference Ratio 10.7 MHz 6 Volts DC, 4 AA Batteries Page Fort Worth, Texas RadioShackA Division of Tandy Corporation Limited One-Year Warranty