Pro 26 Portable 200 Channel Scanner
(200-0506)                 Operation                  Faxback Doc. # 17718

TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH

1.  Rotate VOLUME 1/4 turn clockwise to turn on the scanner.

2.  Rotate SQUELCH fully counterclockwise and adjust volume to a 
    comfortable level.

3.  Slowly turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing stops.

NOTE:  To hear a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH counterclockwise. 
       You might hear hissing, but you will not miss any transmissions.

STORING FREQUENCIES

You can store up to 200 frequencies into your scanner's channels.  Good
frequency references are Radio Shack's "Police Call Guide including Fire
and Emergency Services,""Official Aeronautical Frequency Directory," and 
"Maritime Frequency Directory."  We update these directories every year, so
be sure to get a current copy.

If you do not have a frequency reference for your area, use a limit or
direct search to find a transmission  See "Searching For and Temporarily
Storing Active Frequencies" below, or "Guide to the Action Bands" 
Faxback # 17653,

Follow these steps to manually store frequencies.     

1.  Press MANUAL. Enter the channel number you want to program.

2.  Press PROG. PGM appears on the display.

3.  Enter a frequency in MHz.

4.  Press E to store the frequency.

    NOTES:  If you make a mistake in Step 3, Error appears on the display
            and the scanner sounds three beeps.  Press CLEAR, then proceed
            again from Step 3.

    Your scanner rounds frequencies down to the next valid frequency.  For
    example, if you enter 151.473, the scanner accepts this as 151.470.

5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to program more channels.

    NOTE:  To program the next channel, repeat Steps 2-4.

SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES

Limit Search

Limit search lets you search within a specific range of frequencies.

1.  Press PROG, then LIMIT. Lo appears on the display.

2.  Enter the lower limit of the frequency range you want to search, in
    MHz.

3.  Press E/WX, then LIMIT. Hi appears on the display.

4.  Enter the upper limit of the frequency range to search, in MHz. 

5.  Press E/WX.

6.  Press DOWN ARROW to search from the upper to the lower limit, or press
    UP ARROW to search from the lower to the upper limit.-L- appears.

7.  When the scanner stops on a transmission, press MON to store the 
    frequency into the current monitor memory. Or, press UP or DOWN to
    continue the search.

    NOTE:  You can halt the limit search by pressing LIMIT.-H- appears.

       Press UP or DOWN ARROW to step through the frequencies one at a
       time.

       Press MON to store the frequency into the current monitor memory.

       Press LIMIT to return to the limit search.

Direct Search

Direct search lets you search up or down from a frequency stored in a 
channel.

1.  Press MANUAL, enter the channel number, then press MANUAL again to
    select the channel that has the frequency you want to start searching
    from.

2.  Press UP or DOWN ARROW to search up or down from the selected
    frequency. -d- appears on the display.

3.  When the scanner stops on a transmission, press MON to store that
    frequency in the current monitor memory.  Or, press UP or DOWN to  
    continue the search.

NOTE:  You can halt the direct search by pressing LIMIT.-h- appears on the
       display.

       Press UP or DOWN ARROW to step through the frequencies one at a
       time.

       Press MON to store the frequency into the current monitor memory.

       Press LIMIT to return to the direct search.

Search Skip

You can skip specified frequencies during a limit or direct search.  This
lets you avoid frequencies that you know have data tones or that you have 
already stored in a channel.  You can program up to 50 skip frequencies in 
the scanner's memory.

NOTES:  If you program more than 50 skip frequencies, the new frequencies
        replace the first ones you stored.

        You can select the skipped frequency when the scanner is halted. 
        The scanner displays L/O when you select a skipped frequency.

To skip a frequency, press S/S/L-OUT when the scanner stops on the
frequency during a limit or direct search.

To remove the frequency from skip memory, halt the search and select the
frequency, then press S/S/L-OUT until L/O disappears from the display.

Reviewing Skip Frequencies

Follow these steps to see which skip frequencies you have stored.

1.  During a limit or direct search, press SHIFT. SFT appears on the
    display.

2.  Press RVW. The first skip frequency appears on the display.  Use UP 
    or DOWN ARROW to review the other skip frequencies.

Automatically Storing Frequencies

You can have your scanner automatically store active frequencies into empty
channels within the banks you specify. 

1.  Press PROG then LIMIT. Lo appears.    

2.  Use the number keys to enter the lower limit of the frequency range 
    you want to search in MHz, then press E/WX.

    NOTES:  If you enter an invalid frequency in Step 2 or 4, the scanner
            displays ERROR.  Simply repeat the step.

3.  Press LIMIT. Hi appears.

4.  Use the number keys to enter the upper limit of the frequency range 
    you want to search in MHz, then press E/WX.

5.  Press AUTO. AUTO and the numbers 1-10 flash on the display.

6.  Using the number keys, enter the numbers of the banks where you want
    to store frequencies.

    NOTES:  To select bank 10, press 0

            If you select a bank that does not contain any empty channels,
            the scanner beeps and FULL appears for 2 seconds.

            To unselect the bank, press the bank number again.

7.  Press UP Arrow to search from the lower to the upper limit, or DOWN  
    Arrow search from the upper to lower limit. AUTO and the selected 
    bank number flash on the display.

    When the scanner finds a transmission, it checks to see if the
    frequency is in another channel.  If not, the scanner stores the 
    frequency, then searches for more transmissions and stores their
    frequencies in empty channels in the selected banks.

8.  To stop storing frequencies, press MANUAL.

When all channels fill, the scanner beeps twice and End appears for 2
seconds then the scanner goes to the channel where it stored the last
frequency.

LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES

Once you have stored frequencies using a direct or limit search, you can 
listen to monitor memories by pressing MANUAL, MON, and then the number for
the monitor memory you want to listen to.

MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL

1.  Press MANUAL.

2.  Enter the number of the channel where you want to store the monitor
    frequency, then press PROG. PGM appears on the display.

3.  Press MON, then enter the monitor memory number that contains the 
    frequency you want to store.  The selected monitor memory number 
    flashes.

4.  Press E/WX. The scanner stores the frequency into the selected 
    channel.

USING THE KEYLOCK

Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental program
changes by turning on the keylock feature.  In this mode, only the SCAN,
MANUAL, and KEYLOCK keys function.

To turn on keylock, press and hold KEYLOCK until K/L appears on the
display.

To turn off keylock, Press and hold KEYLOCK UNTIL K/L disappears.

SCANNING THE CHANNELS

To begin scanning the channels, press SCAN. The scanner scans through all
non-locked channels in the activated banks. (See "Locking Out Channels" and
"Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off.")

NOTE:  If the scanner does not scan, be sure you have set SQUELCH so you do
       not hear the hissing sound between transmissions.

Locking Out Channels

You can increase the effective scanning speed by locking out channels that
have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.

To lock out a channel, manually select the channel then press S/S/L-OUT so
L/O appears on the display.

To remove the lock-out from a channel, manually select the channel then
press S/S/L-OUT so L/O disappears from the display.

To unlock all channels in selected banks, select the banks while the
scanner is scanning. Press manual and then hold S/S/L-OUT until the scanner
beeps twice.

NOTES:  There must be at least one active channel in each bank. You cannot
        lock out all channels.

        You can manually select then review the channels you have locked.

Follow these steps to manually select locked-out channels.

1.  Press MANUAL.

2.  Press SHIFT. SFT appears on the display.

3.  Press RVW. The next locked-out channel appears. Repeatedly press RVW to
    see the locked-out channels in sequence.

Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off

You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off. When you turn off a
bank, the scanner does not scan any of the 20 channels in that bank.

While scanning, press the number key corresponding to the bank you want to 
turn on or off. If the memory bank number at the top of the display is on,
the bank is turned on, 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.

        There must be at least one active bank. You cannot turn off all
        banks.

MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL

You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning. This is 
useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not want to 
miss any details (even though there might be periods of silence) or if you
want to monitor a specific channel.

To manually select a channel, press MANUAL, enter the channel number, then
press MANUAL again.

Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press 
MANUAL one time. Pressing MANUAL additional times causes your scanner to
step through the channels.


(JC/-11/02/95)