Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PRO-2048 Radio Shack
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Owner ’s Manual Cat. No. 20-417 PRO-204 8 2 00-Channel Program ma ble Home Scanne r Ple ase read be fore using this e quipment . 20-4 17 .f m Pag e 1 We d ne s day , Au gust 4, 199 9 11 :33 A M.
2 FEATURES Selectab le Scan/Search Speeds — let you s elect normal or Hyper Scan speeds , and norm al, high, or HyperSearch s peeds. H y perScan — s cans 50 channels per second. H y perSear ch — searches through frequen cies at 300 steps per s econd in bands t hat have 5 k Hz ste ps to help you find interesting broadcas ts.
3 Adjustable Tone — lets you tu rn o n or off the beep you hear when you press a key. Two-Seco nd Sca n Delay — del a ys scannin g for 2 seconds b ef ore mov- ing to a nother channel, so y ou can hear m ore re plies.
4 Your PR O-204 8 can receive these bands: FCC N OTICE Your scanner m ight cau se radio or TV interference even when it is op erating properly. To det ermine if your scanner is causing the interferen c e , turn off your scann er. If t he i nterference goes away, your scanner was causing it.
5 This device comp lies with Part 15 of FCC Rules . Operation i s sub ject to the fol- lowing two conditions: ( 1) This devi ce may not cause ha rmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference recei ved, including interferen ce that may cause undesired operation .
6 CO N TEN T S Prepa ratio n ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .. .... 8 Connec ting Power ............ ............ .............. ............ ..............
7 A Gen eral Gui de T o Sca nni ng ..... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... 30 Guide to Frequencies ...................................... ......................................... 30 US Weat her Frequencies .
8 PREPARA TION Your scanner’s display is protec ted during shipm ent by a pie ce of blu e film. Pee l off this f ilm before you us e the scanner. CONNECTING POWER Note: If a power f ailure occurs or.
9 Cautions: • T he D C ciga rette-lighter power cable must be capable of deliv- erin g 12 vol ts an d 500 mi lli- amps, its cent er tip mus t be set to posi tive, and it s barrel plug must correctly fit the sc anner's DC 12V jack. The recom mended pow er cable meet s these s peci- fications.
10 Conn ecting a n Optional Antenna T he s up pl ie d t el es cop in g an t enn a r e- ceive s strong, l ocal sign als. Howev- er, to receive weaker, more distant signals in all bands, you can attach an option al antenna , such as an ex- ternal mobile an tenna or outdoor base station a ntenna.
11 2. Using a p ointed object, suc h as a straigh tened pap er clip, press RESET on the back of the scan- ner . The di splay reset s, and t he scanner turn s off.
12 CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/ HEADPHONES/ EXTERNAL SPEAKER The 1 / 8 -inch EXT SP jack on the back of t h e scanner lets you connec t an optional earphon e (such as Ca t. No. 33-175), head phones (such as Cat. No. 20-210), or an e xternal speak er (such as Cat.
13 UNDERSTANDING Y OUR SC ANNER Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manu al and f amil iari ze yourself with your sc anner’s featu r es, you can pu t the scanner t o work for you . You simply find the com m unicat ions you want to receive, th en set the scanner to scan those freq uenc ies.
14 SCAN Starts scan ning through the stored channels. MANUAL S tops s canning and lets you manuall y enter a c hann el number. L/O/SEARCH SKIP Turns the selected channel ’s lockout function on and off, or skips a specified frequency during a limit or direct se a rch .
15 A LOOK A T THE DI SPLAY The display’s indicators show the scanner’ s current operating mode. MON App ears when you listen to a m o nitor memory. BANK A ppears with numbers (1 – 10) next to it to show which channel-storage banks are turned on for scanni ng.
16 DATA Appears while the data skip function is turned on. DELA Y Appears when y ou program a chan nel for a tw o-second delay before scanning or when you list en to a channel programme d with th e d elay feature. WX Appe ars when the scanner is in t he weathe r band mode.
17 UNDERSTANDIN G THE SCANNER ’ S MEMORY You can store up to 210 frequencies into your scanne r’s memory. This scanner has 20 0 chann el mem ories and 10 monitor memories.
18 OPE R ATION T URNI NG O N THE SCANNER/SETTING THE V OLUME AND SQUELCH 1. T urn SQUELCH fu lly cl o c kw i se . 2. Press POWER to turn on your scanner . The scanner conti nu- ously scans the unlocked chan- nels. Note: If you have not stored any frequencies in to channels, the scanner d oes no t s can.
19 MANUAL LY STORI NG FREQUENCIES I N CHANNELS You can m anually store up to 200 fre- quenc ies into your scanne r’s c han- nels. Great references for act iv e frequen- cies are the Radi oShac k “.
20 SEARCHING FOR AND T EM PORARIL Y STORING ACTI VE FREQUENCIES You can searc h for freq uencies usin g a limit or direct search, th en tempo- rarily store fr equenc ies into monitor me mor ie s. Limit Sear ch A limit search lets you searc h for ac - tiv e transm issi ons withi n a specifi ed range of frequencies.
21 6. When the scanner finds an active freq uency , you can do one of the following: • T o store the displayed fre- quenc y into t he current moni- tor memory , quickl y press MON . • T o con tinue the s earch, pre s s D or — . • T o h old the frequency , pre ss LIMIT .
22 4. When the scanner finds an active frequen cy , you can do one of the following: • T o store the f requency into the current monitor memory , press MON . • T o continue t he s earch, press D or — . • T o hold t he frequen cy , press LIMIT .
23 Notes: • I f you p rogram more than 20 skip frequenc ies, each new fre- quenc y replaces old o nes, start- ing from the f irst stored frequency . • Y ou can select the s kipped fre- quenc y when the scann er is in the hol d m ode. The sca nner dis- plays LOCK OU T when you select a sk ipped f requency .
24 3. Press MON , then ent er the mo ni- tor memory num ber that has the frequency you want to store. MON and the entered f re quency appear , a nd the chann el number blin ks. 4. Press ENTER . The scanner stores the freque ncy into the selected cha nnel.
25 If the scanner is scanning and stops at the d esired cha nnel, pres s M ANU- AL once. Repeatedly press MANUAL to step through the c hannels on e a t a time. LIST ENING TO T HE WEATHER BAND Your scanner is preprogrammed with the following weather frequencies.
26 SPEC IAL FE ATURES USING PRIORIT Y CHANNELS The priority feature lets you scan through channel s and still not miss important or interes ting cal ls on spe- ci f ic ch a nn e l s. Yo u c a n pr ogra m one stored channel in each bank as a pri- ority channel (up to 10 s tored chan- nels in t otal).
27 USING T HE 2-SECOND DELAY Many age ncies use a two-wa y radio system that m ight have a pause o f several seconds between a query and a reply. To av oid m issing a reply, you can program a 2-s econd delay into an y of your scanne r’s channels or frequenci es.
28 To unlock a c hanne l, manually select the chann el, then pres s L/O/SEARCH SKIP so LOCK OU T disa ppears. To unlock all channels, while the scanner is sc anning, sele ct the banks conta ining the locke d chan- nels you want to unlock, pre ss MAN- UAL , then hold do wn L/O/SEARCH SKIP until the scanner beeps twice.
29 T U RNING THE KEY T O NE ON OR O FF Your scanner beep s ea ch time you press a key. Follow t hese steps to turn o ff the key t one beep. 1. T urn off the scann er . 2. Hold down L/O/ SEARC H SKIP , then turn on the s canner . OFF bEEP appears. To tu rn on the beep , repeat these steps.
30 A GENE RAL GUIDE TO SC ANNING Rece ption of the frequenc ies covered b y your scan ner is mainly “line-of-sight .” That means y ou us ually c annot h ear stations that a re bey on d the horizon.
31 The birdi e frequenci es on this u nit to wa tch for are: To find t he b irdies in your scanner, begin by d isconnecting the ant enna and mov- ing it away from the scanner. Make s ure that no other nearby radio or TV s ets are turned on near the scann er.
32 UHF B and U.S. Go vernmen t 406.0 0–420. 00 M Hz 0.6-Met er Am ateur 420.0 0–450.00 MH z Low Ra nge 450.0 0–470.00 MH z FM -TV Audi o Br oadcast, Wide B and 470.0 0–806.00 M Hz Conv entional Sy stems 851.0 0–856. 00 M Hz Conv entional/Trunked S ystems 856.
33 Pr imary Us age As a general rul e, most of the rad io act ivity is con centrated on the following fre- quencies: VHF B a n d UHF Band Note: Rem ote cont rol stations and m obile units o perate at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and relay repeater units.
34 BAND AL LOCA TION To help dec ide which frequency rang es to sc an, use the following listing of the typical services that us e t he frequen cies y our scanner recei ves. These frequen- cies a r e subject to chang e, and might vary from area to area.
35 TELB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mobil e T elep hone (Aircraft, Radio Common Carrier , Landline com panies) TELC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36 47.44 0–49.580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IND, PUB 49.61 0–49. 990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIL, TELC 6-Meter Am ateu r Band 50.
37 154.655–15 6.240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MED, ROAD, POL, PUB 156.255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OIL 156.275–15 7.42 5 . . . . . . .
38 Ultra High Frequency (UHF) (300 M Hz–3 GHz ) U. S. G overn ment Band 406.1 25–419 .975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GOV T , USXX 70- c m A mat eur Ban d 420.0 00–450 .000 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39 Conventional/Tr unked S ystems Band — L oca lly Assigned 856.0125–8 60.9 875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C T SB Trunked Syste m s Band — Lo cally Assi gned 861.0125–8 65.9 875 . . . . .
40 TROUBLESHOOTING If you have problems, he re are some sugg estions that might help. If they do not, take your sc anner to your local Radi oShac k store f or assi stance. PROBLEM POSSIBL E CAUSE REMEDY Scanner is o n b ut wi ll not scan. SQUELCH is not cor rectl y adjust ed.
41 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your RadioShack PRO-2048 200-Ch annel Pr ogramm able Home Scanner is an example of superior design and craftsma nship. The following sugge stions will help you care for your scanner so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the scann er dry.
42 SPECIFICATI ONS Frequency Coverage: VHF-Lo ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... ... 29-50 M Hz (i n 5 kHz s tep s) Ham .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .
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