RadioShack Pro 2069 Mobile Base Scanner Reciever Owners Manual

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step 1: install your scanner
You can mount your digital trunking scanner in your vehicle, 
install it for mobility, or install it as a base station.
mounting your scanner in your dashboard
If you are unsure about how to install your scanner in your 
vehicle, consult your automobile manufacturer, dealer, or a 
qualifi ed installer. Before installing, confi rm your scanner fi ts 
in the desired mounting area and you have all the necessary 
materials. Your scanner requires a 2 x 7
1/8 x 5 5/16 inch
(50 x 180 x 135 mm) mounting area.
1.  Remove the four rear screws and pull off the black case 
before installing your scanner.
2.  Install the DIN sleeve into the 
opening in your dashboard, lip 
facing out.
3.  Push out the top and bottom tabs 
to hold the sleeve fi rmly in 
place.
4.  Slide the scanner into the 
sleeve until it locks in place.
To remove your scanner from 
the DIN sleeve, insert the two 
keys straight into the scanner’s 
front panel. Then, remove the 
scanner by pulling front panel.
When mounting in your 
dashboard, you will need to 
connect an external antenna and an external speaker.
mobile mounting in your vehicle
You can mount your scanner under the dashboard, or on top 
of it, using the mounting bracket.


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1.  Attach the three 
protective rubber 
feet to the mounting 
bracket when you 
use the scanner on a 
fl at surface. Do not 
use them when you 
mount the bracket with  
screws.
2.  Use the supplied 
mounting bracket as 
a template to mark 
positions for the two 
mounting screws.
3.  At the marked positions, 
drill holes slightly smaller than the screws.
4.  Remove the paper backing from each washer and stick 
one inside of each bracket’s ear, aligning the washer’s 
hole with the bracket’s hole.
5.  Attach the mounting bracket to your vehicle’s surface 
using the supplied screws and lockwashers.
6.  Slide the scanner into the bracket, aligning the scanner’s 
holes with the holes in the bracket, and then screw the 
mounting knobs into the scanner.
When drilling holes, be sure to avoid obstructions behind 
the mounting surface. Consult a qualifi ed installer if in 
doubt.
using your scanner as a base station
You can place your scanner on a desk, shelf, or table to use 
it as a base station. Since the speaker is on the bottom of 
the scanner, you may want to use the mounting bracket to 
elevate your scanner off the surface for better sound. Follow 
the mobile vehicle mounting instructions above to affi x your 
scanner to a desk, shelf, table or other fl at surface (except 
that the bracket will be below the scanner).




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step 2: power your scanner
You can power your scanner from a wall outlet, through your 
vehicle’s ignition, or from your vehicle’s cigarette lighter.
from a wall outlet
1.  Connect the tip of the supplied AC adapter to the DC 
13.8V jack at the rear of your scanner.
2.  Plug the AC adapter into your wall outlet.
You must use a Class 2 power source that supplies 13.8V 
DC and delivers at least 600mA. Its center tip must be set 
to positive and its plug must fi t the scanner’s DC 13.8V jack. 
Using an adapter that does not meet these specifi cations 
could damage the scanner or the adapter.
To prevent electric shock, do not use the AC adapter’s 
polarized plug with an extension cord, receptacle, or 
other outlet unless you can fully insert the blades to 
prevent blade exposure.
through your vehicle’s ignition
1.  Disconnect the cable from the negative (-) terminal of 
your vehicle’s battery.
2.  Ground the black wire of the 
supplied DC power cord to your 
vehicle’s chassis.


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Be sure the grounding screw makes complete contact 
with the metal frame of your vehicle.
3.  Connect the red wire of the supplied DC power cord to 
a voltage source that turns on and off with the ignition 
switch, such as a spare accessory terminal in your 
vehicle’s fuse box.
4.  Insert the power cord’s barrel 
plug into the scanner’s 
DC 13.8V jack.
5.  Reconnect the cable to the 
negative (-) terminal of your 
vehicle’s battery.
You must use a power source that supplies 12V DC and 
delivers at least 600 mA. Its center tip must be set to 
positive and its plug must fi t the scanner’s DC 13.8V jack. 
The supplied DC power cord meets these specifi cations. 
Using a power cord that does not meet these 
specifi cations could damage the scanner or the adapter.
from your vehicle’s cigarrette lighter
To power your scanner from a 12V power source in your 
vehicle, such as a cigarette-lighter socket, you need a 12V, 
600 mA DC cigarette-lighter adapter (not supplied), available 
at your local RadioShack store.
1.  Insert the adapter’s barrel plug into the scanner’s DC 13.8V 
jack.
2.  Plug the adapter’s other end into your vehicle’s cigarette 
lighter or power socket.
When you use a cigarette-lighter adapter, you might hear 
electrical noise from your engine while scanning. This is 
normal.
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step 3: connect your scanner
connect the supplied antenna
Push the antenna onto your 
scanner’s antenna connector and 
rotate until it locks into place.
Your scanner’s sensitivity to 
various frequencies depends on 
its location and the antenna’s 
length. For best reception, adjust the antenna’s length as 
follows:
Frequency Antenna Length
25-54 MHz Extend fully
108-174 MHz Extend 4 segments
216-225 MHz Extend 3 segments
406-1300 MHz Collapse fully
connect an external antenna
You will need to connect an external antenna when you 
mount your scanner in the dashboard of your vehicle. You 
may also want to connect an external antenna if you use your 
scanner as a base station.
Your local RadioShack store 
sells a variety of antennas. 
Always use 50-ohm coaxial 
cable, such as RG-58 or RG-8, to 
connect an outdoor antenna. For 
lengths exceeding 50 feet, use 
RG-8 low-loss dielectric coaxial 
cable. If your coaxial cable does not have a BNC connector, 
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Use extreme caution when installing or removing an 
outdoor antenna. If the antenna starts to fall, let it go! 
It could contact overhead power lines. If the antenna 
touches a power line, touching the antenna, mast, cable, 
or guy wires can cause electrocution and death. Call the 
power company to remove the antenna. Do not attempt 
to do so yourself.
connect an external speaker or headphones
When you mount your scanner in your dashboard, you will 
need to connect an external speaker or headphones.
listening safely
To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use 
headphones.
•
 Adjust VOL (volume) to its lowest level before putting on 
headphones. With the headphones on, adjust VOL to a 
comfortable level.
•  Avoid increasing the volume once you set it. Over time, your 
sensitivity to volume decreases, so volume levels that do not 
cause discomfort might damage your hearing.
•  Avoid listening at high volume levels. Prolonged exposure to 
high volume levels can cause permanent hearing loss.
traffi c safety
Do not wear headphones while driving. This can create a traffi c 
hazard and is illegal in some areas. Even though some headphones 
let you hear outside sounds when you listen at normal levels, they 
still can present a traffi c hazard.
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step 4: set up your scanner
squelch
1. Rotate VOL clockwise to turn on your scanner. DSP LOADING 
and Welcome To Digital Trunking appears. In a few seconds, 
you might hear a hissing sound. 
2. Adjust VOL to a comfortable listening level.
3. Rotate SQ (squelch) fully counterclockwise to OFF. Then, 
rotate SQ clockwise until the hissing sound stops.
4.  To turn off the scanner, turn VOL counterclockwise to OFF.
storing conventional frequencies
1.  Turn on your scanner and press PROG.
2.  Select the desired channel storage bank and channel, and 
then press PROG.
3.  Use the number keys and ./DELAY (to enter the decimal 
point) to enter the frequency you want to store.
4. Press ENT to store the frequency.
5. The scanner confi gures the channels you enter after a 
two second delay. A D appears at the top of the display. If 
you do not want the scanner to pause before it resumes 
scanning, press ./DELAY until D no longer appears on the 
display.
6.  To receive conventional frequencies, including AM, 
FM/Digital, CTCSS and DCS, press MODE. For more 
information on CTCSS and DCS programming, see 
“Programming CTCSS/DCS channels”.
7.  If desired, program a text tag for the channel. See 
“Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel”.
8.  To program additional channels, press PROG or 
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If you make a mistake entering the frequency, Invalid Freq 
briefl y appears.
When you store a frequency by pressing ENT, your 
scanner beeps.
Press CLEAR to backspace and correct a character, or hold 
down CLEAR for about two seconds to clear the entire fi eld 
and start over.
Your scanner automatically rounds the frequency you 
enter to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you 
enter 151.53, your scanner accepts it as 151.5275. Reception 
of the frequency will not be adversely affected.
If you enter a frequency that is already stored, an error 
tone sounds. Dupl.f and the duplicated frequency number 
appear. Press CLEAR and enter another frequency.
You can replace any stored frequency by selecting the 
desired bank and channel, pressing PROG, and then 
entering the new frequency.
Press FUNC, and then CLEAR to erase programmed 
frequency data.
deleting frequencies from channels
In certain circumstances you may wish to completely clear 
the contents of a channel. One example would be to create 
empty channels in a selected channel storage bank so the 
frequency copy function has empty channels available for 
copied frequencies. See “Copying a Frequency to a Vacant 
Channel into a Specifi ed Bank”.
1. Press PROG.
2.  Use the number keys or 
e or d to select the frequency you 
want to delete.
3. Press FUNC, and then CLEAR. The frequency is cleared, and 
0.00000 appears on the display.
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searching and tuning
You can search for transmissions using the scanner’s 
preprogrammed search banks. The search banks include six 
preprogrammed search ranges, SR0 to SR5. You can change 
the search range of Bank SR6 manually by setting the lower 
and higher ends of the search range.
You can use the scanner’s delay feature while searching. 
See “Using Delay”.
You can set CTCSS or DCS mode when searching any 
range, except for SR0, SR1, and SR4. The scanner will 
display detected CTCSS or DCS codes depending on the 
mode setting. See “Using CTCSS and DCS”.
The scanner does not search locked-out frequencies 
while searching ranges. 
You can use PAUSE to temporarily pause searching. The 
scanner will remain on the frequency that was active 
when PAUSE was pressed until you press PAUSE again. 
You can simply listen to the radio traffi c on the paused 
frequency, or copy the frequency to a channel before 
resuming your search.
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basic scanning
Press SCAN to begin scanning channels. The scanner scans 
through all channels in the active channel storage bank. See 
“About Channel Storage Banks”.
•  You must store frequencies into channels before you can 
scan them. The scanner does not scan through empty 
channels.
•  To change the scanning direction, press 
e or d while 
scanning.
about channel-storage banks
•  To turn on a channel storage bank, press the number 
key corresponding to the desired bank until the bank’s 
number appears on the display.
•  To turn off a channel storage bank, press the number 
key corresponding to the desired bank until the bank’s 
number disappears from the display.
•  The scanner does not scan channels within a bank you 
have turned off; however, you can manually select any 
channel in a storage bank, even if the bank is turned off.
•  You cannot turn off all channel storage banks. There must 
always be at least one active channel storage bank.
monitoring a single channel
You can monitor a single channel by manually navigating to 
that channel. The scanner will receive transmissions only on 
that frequency.