PRO-2024 Programmable Scanner (200-0129) Operation Faxback Doc. # 31323 PROGRAMMING THE SCANNER A good reference for active frequencies is Radio Shack's Police Call Directory Including Fire and Emergency Services. We update this directory yearly, so be sure to get a current copy. Also, refer to "Reception Notes" and "Searching for Active Frequencies" in this manual. 1. Turn VOLUME control clockwise to turn on the scanner. 2. Press [PROGRAM]. Enter the channel number that you want to program, and then press [PROGRAM] again. PGM appears on the display and shows that your scanner is in the programming mode. 3. Enter a frequency. 4. Press [ENTER] to store the frequency. If you make a mistake in Step 3, ERROR appears on the display. Press [CLEAR] and proceed again from Step 3. 5. To set your scanner to pause after each transmission before scanning to the next channel, press [DELAY] until DLY appears on the display. See "Using the Delay Feature." 6. To program more channels, repeat Steps 2-4. If you want to program the next channel in sequence, simply press [PROGRAM] and repeat Steps 3-4. SEARCHING FOR ACTIVE FREQUENCIES If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your area, use these procedures to search for a transmission. See also "A Guide to the Action Bands". NOTE: Press [DELAY] to make the scanner pause 2 seconds after a transmission ends before proceeding to the next frequency. LIMIT SEARCH Limit search lets you search within a range of frequencies you select. -L- appears on the display during a limit search. 1. Press [PROGRAM], then [LIMIT]. 2. Enter the lower limit of the frequency range. 3. Press [ENTER], then [LIMIT]. 4. Enter the upper limit of the frequency range. 5. Press [ENTER]. 6. Press [UP-ARROW] to search up from the lower limit. Or, press [DOWN-ARROW] to search down from the upper limit. 7. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press [MONITOR] to store the frequency in the current monitor memory, or press [UP-ARROW] or [DOWN-ARROW] to continue the search. NOTES: Press [SPEED] to speed up or slow down the search. Press [DELAY] until DLY appears, to make the scanner pause 2 seconds after a transmission before proceeding to the next frequency. See "Using the Delay Feature". You can store six different frequencies in monitor memory, if you attempt to store more than six, the new frequency replaces one of the old frequencies. DIRECT FREQUENCY SEARCH When you are listening to a channel, you can search up or down from the current displayed frequency. -d- appears on the display during a direct search. 1. Press [MANUAL] and the channel number to select a channel in which you have programmed a frequency. Then press [MANUAL] or [PROGRAM] to enter the channel number. 2. Press [UP-ARROW] to search up from the channel's frequency or press [DOWN-ARROW] to search down. 3. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press [MONITOR] to store that frequency in the current monitor memory. The monitor memory number stops flashing. 4. To continue the search, press [UP-ARROW] or [DOWN-ARROW]. MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL Follow these steps to move a frequency from a monitor memory to a channel. 1. Press [MANUAL]. Enter the channel number you want to store the monitor frequency in; then press [PROGRAM]. 2. Repeatedly press [MONITOR] until the desired frequency appears. 3. Press [ENTER]. The scanner stores the monitor frequency in the channel. If you want to return to a limit search after this procedure, press [LIMIT] and either [UP-ARROW] or [DOWN-ARROW] to continue. SETTING THE VOLUME AND SQUELCH Use the SQUELCH control to decrease the scanner's sensitivity to weak signals and enable the scanner to receive only the strongest transmissions. 1. Turn the SQUELCH and VOLUME controls fully counterclockwise. 2. Turn the VOLUME control clockwise until you hear a hissing sound. 3. Slowly turn the SQUELCH control clockwise until the hissing stops. SCANNING THE CHANNELS To begin scanning the channels, press [SCAN]. Your scanner scans through all the channels (except the ones you have locked out) that are contained in the activated banks. Be sure to read the following sections to get the full benefit from the special features of your scanner. SETTING THE SCANNING SPEED Your scanner has two different scanning speeds - 8 channels per second and 16 channels per second. To switch between the two scanning speeds, press [SPEED] during scanning. USING THE DELAY FEATURE Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a pause of several seconds between a query and a reply. To program a delay into that channel to keep from missing a reply, select the channel and press [DELAY] so DELAY appears on the display. When your scanner pauses at an active channel which has been programmed with a delay, while scanning, it waits for 2 seconds after the completion of each transmission on that channel before it resumes scanning. LOCKING OUT CHANNELS You can increase the effective scanning speed by locking out specfic channels that you have not yet programmed. Manually select the empty channel and press [LOCK OUT] so that L/OUT apperas on the display. This is also handy for locking out channels you have programmed that have a continuous transmission. You can still manually select locked-out channels. To unlock a channel, manually select the channel and press [LOCK OUT] so that L/OUT disappears from the display. NOTE: There must be at least one active channel in each bank. You cannot lock out all channels. TURNING BANKS ON AND OFF To turn banks on and off, you must be in the scan mode. Press [SCAN]. The bank number appears on the display and your scanner begins to scan. To turn off a bank, press the number key that corresponds to that bank. The bank number disappears. The scanner does not scan any of the channels within that bank, but you can still manually select any channel in that bank. NOTE: You can turn all but one bank off. To turn on a bank, press the number key that corresponds to that bank. The bank number appears on the display. The scanner scans all the channels within that bank (except the ones that you have locked out). PRIORITY Channel 1 is designated as your scanner's priority channel. You can scan through the programmed channels, and still not miss an important or interesting call on a specific channel. To turn on the priority feature, press [PRIORITY] during scanning. PRI appears on the display. The scanner now checks the priority channel every two seconds, and stays on the channel if there is any activity. P appears in the upper left corner of the display whenever the scanner is set to the priority channel. To turn off the priority feature, press [PRIORITY] until PRI disappears from the display. 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 only a locked-out channel. Follow these steps to manually select a channel. 1. Press MANUAL. 2. Enter the channel number. 3. Press MANUAL again. Or, if the scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press MANUAL one time. (Pressing MANUAL additional times causes the scanner to step through the channels.) (03-13-96)