RadioShack Pro 2040 Home Scanner Owners Manual
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21 5. Press EN TER to store the fre- quency into the selected chan- nel. Note: If you made a mistake in Step 4, Error appears on the display. Repeat Steps 4 and 5. 6. To program the next channel in sequence, repeat Steps 3-5. To program other channels not in sequence, repeat Steps 2-5. SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES You can search for frequencies using a limit or direct search, then either skip selected frequencies or tempo- rarily store frequencies into monitor memories. Limit Search A limit search lets you search for ac- tive transmissions within a specified range of frequencies.Note: You can use the scanner’s de- lay feature while using limit search (see “Delay”). Follow these steps to search for ac- tive frequencies. 1. Press PGM, then LIMIT. Lo and a frequency appear on the display. 2. Using the number keys, enter the lowest frequency (including the decimal point) you want to search within the desired fre- quency range, then press ENTER. Note: If you enter an invalid fre- quency, Error appears on the display. To correct this, simply repeat the step. 20-414.fm Page 21 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
22 3. Press LIMIT. Hi and a frequency appear on the display. 4. Using the number keys, enter the highest frequency you want to search within the desired fre- quency range, then press ENTER. 5. Press D to search upward from the lower to the upper limit, or press — to search downward from the upper to the lower limit. -L-, SEARCH, and s or t appear, and the next available monitor memory flashes on the display. 6. When the scanner finds an active frequency you want to monitor, you can do one of the following: • To store the displayed fre- quency into the current moni- tor memory, quickly press MON. • To continue the search, press D or —.To hold the frequency, press LIMIT. -H- appears on the dis- play. Press LIMIT again to exit the hold mode and resume the limit search. Notes: • If you press D or — during the hold mode, the frequency changes in the current step increment toward the upper or lower limits. • If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows LOCKOUT (see “Search Skip Memory”). Direct Search A direct search lets you specify a starting frequency, then search for active transmissions above or below the specified frequency. Note: You can use the scanner’s de- lay feature while using direct search (see “Delay”). 1. Press MANUAL. 20-414.fm Page 22 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
23 2. Using the number keys, enter the frequency (including the dec- imal point) you want to start the search from, or the channel number containing the starting frequency, then press MAN or PGM to select the channel. 3. Press D to search up or — to search down starting from the specified frequency or channel. -d-, SEARCH, and s or t appear, and the next available monitor memory flashes on the display. Note: If you enter an invalid fre- quency, Error appears on the display. To correct this, repeat Steps 2 and 3.4. When the scanner finds an active frequency you want to monitor, you can do one of the following: • To store the frequency into the current monitor memory, press MON. • To continue the search, press D or —. • To hold the frequency, press LIMIT. -h- appears on the display. •Press LIMIT again to exit the hold mode and resume the direct search. Notes: • If you press D or — during the hold mode, the frequency changes in the current step increment toward the upper or lower limits. • If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows LOCKOUT (see “Search Skip Memory”). Search Skip Memory You can skip specified frequencies during a limit or direct search. This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or ones you have already stored in a channel. You can program up to 50 skip frequencies into the scanner’s memory. 20-414.fm Page 23 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
24 To skip a frequency, press L/O/ SEARCH SKIP when the scanner stops on the frequency during a limit or direct search. To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner can stop on it during a limit or direct search, press LIMIT to hold the search, press D or — to select the skipped frequency, then press L/O/SEARCH SKIP until LOCKOUT disappears from the dis- play. To clear all the skip frequencies at once, while in the search mode, press and hold L/O/SEARCH SKIP un- til the scanner beeps twice.Notes: • If you program more than 50 skip frequencies, each new fre- quency replaces earlier ones, starting from the first stored fre- quency. • You can select the skipped fre- quency when the scanner is in the hold mode. The scanner dis- plays LOCKOUT when you select a skipped frequency. LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES After you temporarily store frequen- cies into the scanner’s monitor mem- ories, you can listen to them by pressing MANUAL, MON, then the number for the monitor memory you want to listen to. Note: To listen to the monitor memo- ries, the priority channel feature must be turned off (see “Designating a Pri- ority Channel”). 20-414.fm Page 24 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
25 MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL 1. Press MANUAL to stop the scanning. 2. Enter the channel number where you want to store the monitor frequency, then press PGM. PROGRAM appears on the dis- play.3. Press MON, then enter the moni- tor memory number that has the frequency you want to store into the channel. MON and the entered frequency appear, and the channel number blinks on the display. 4. Press ENTER. The scanner stores the frequency into the selected channel. SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS To scan the stored channels, press SCAN. Your scanner scans through all the stored channels except the ones you lock out (see “Locking Out Channels”). If needed, readjust SQUELCH so you do not hear the hissing sound be- tween transmissions. 20-414.fm Page 25 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
26 Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off You can set your scanner to scan more efficiently by turning selected channel storage banks on and off. When you turn off a bank, the scan- ner does not scan any of the 10 channels in the bank. While scanning, press the number key corresponding to the bank you want to turn on or off. If the memory bank indicator is on, the bank is turned on and the scanner scans all channels within that bank that are not locked out. If the indicator is off, the scanner does not scan any of the channels within that bank. Notes: • You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned off. • You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active bank. MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL You can continuously monitor a spe- cific channel without scanning. This is useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and want to hear all the details (even though there might be periods of silence) or if you want to monitor only a specific channel or a locked-out channel. To manually select a channel, press MANUAL, enter the channel number, then press MANUAL again. If scanning has stopped at the de- sired channel, simply press MANUAL once. Repeatedly press MANUAL to step through the channels one at a time. 20-414.fm Page 26 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
27 LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 chan- nels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Your scanner is preprogrammed with the following frequencies available to NOAA. 162.400 MHz 162.500 MHz 162.425 MHz 162.525 MHz 162.450 MHz 162.550 MHz 162.475 MHz To hear your local forecast and re- gional weather information, simply press WX. WX appears on the dis- play. Your scanner searches through the weather band and stops on an active broadcast. If a broadcast is weak, press WX again to continue to search through the weather band. 20-414.fm Page 27 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
28 SPECIAL FEATURES DESIGNATING A PRIORITY CHANNEL By designating a priority channel, you can scan through the pro- grammed channels and still not miss an important or interesting call on a specific channel. Note: You can select only one chan- nel as the priority channel. To program a stored channel as the priority channel, press PGM, the de- sired stored channel number, then PRI/HYPER SEARCH. P appears on the display. To turn on the priority feature, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH during scan- ning. PRIORITY appears on the display. The scanner now checks the priority channel every 2 seconds, and stays on the channel if there is activity. P appears on the display whenever the scanner is set to the priority channel. To turn off the priority feature, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH until PRIORI- TY disappears from the display. USING THE 2-SECOND DELAY Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a period of several seconds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a reply, you can program a 2-second delay into any channel. When the scanner stops on an active channel with a programmed delay, it continues to monitor the channel for 2 seconds af- ter the activity stops before resuming scanning. To program a 2-second delay into a specific channel, manually select the desired channel then press DLY. DE- LAY appears on the display. To program a 2-second delay when the scanner stops on an active chan- nel during scanning, quickly press DLY while the channel is still active. DELAY appears on the display. To turn off the programmed delay on any active channel, press DLY while the channel is still active. DELAY dis- appears from the display. 20-414.fm Page 28 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
29 LOCKING OUT CHANNELS You can set your scanner to scan more efficiently by locking out chan- nels you do not want to monitor. This is handy for locking out channels where you stored a frequency with a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel. To lock out a channel, press MANU- AL , enter the desired channel num- ber, press MAN or PGM to select the channel, then press L/O/SEARCH SKIP so LOCKOUT appears on the display. Notes: • You can still manually select locked out channels. • You cannot lock out all channels. There must be at least one active channel in each bank. To unlock a channel, manually select the channel, then press L/O/SEARCH SKIP so LOCKOUT disappears from the display.To unlock all channels, while the scanner is scanning, select the banks containing the locked chan- nels you want to unlock, press MAN- UAL , then press and hold L/O/ SEARCH SKIP until the scanner beeps twice. CHANGING SCANNING AND SEARCH SPEEDS The PRO-2040 has two scan and three search speeds. To change the scanning speed, dur- ing scanning, press SPEED to switch between normal and hyper scan speeds. SCAN flashes on the display during hyper scan speed. Notes: • You can also change the search speeds when you listen to the weather band. •s or t flashes on the display dur- ing high speed search. Type Speed Normal Scan Hyper Scan12 channels/second 50 channels/second Normal Search High Speed Search Hyper Search50 steps/second 100 steps/second 300 steps/second 20-414.fm Page 29 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM
30 To change the search speed, during a limit or direct search, press SPEED to switch between the normal and high speed search speeds. s or t flashes on the display during high speed search. To select the hyper search speed, during a limit or direct search, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH. SEARCH flash- es on the display during hyper search speed. Note: You can use hyper search speed only in 5 kHz-step bands. DETECTING DATA SIGNALS You can set the scanner to detect data signals (nonmodulated signals such as preamble signals for pagers) during a limit or direct search. Note: You cannot detect data signals in the air band (AM mode). To detect data signals, press DATA so DATA appears on the display. If the scanner momentarily pauses on a transmission and detects a data signal, it resumes searching in 2 or 3 seconds. To stop detecting data signals, press DATA so DATA disappears from the display. 20-414.fm Page 30 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM