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Owner’s Manual Cat. No . 20-520 PR O-90 3 00-Ch annel TrunkT rack er Scan ner Please re ad befo re usi ng t his equi pment. 20-5 20 .f m Pag e 1 We d ne s day , Au gus t 4, 199 9 3: 0 6 P M.
2 FEA TURES Your new Radi oShack PRO-90 300-Channe l Trunk- Track er Scanne r is t he fi rs t of a new gen erati on of scan- ners d esi gned t o trac k Mot orol a Type I an d Type II (suc h as Smartnet , a nd Pr ivacy Pl us ) and hybr id an- alog tr unking syste ms, which are ext ensivel y used in many 80 0 MHz communi ca tion sys tems.
3 Ten Channel-St orage Banks — let you store 30 chan - nels i n each ba nk to group channe ls so you can more ea sily i dent ify ca lls. Five Scan Li sts — let you st or e up to 50 IDs in e ach track ing ba nk (up to a total of 5 00) .
4 Flexi bl e Ant en na wit h BNC Connect or — pr ovi d es ex - cell ent re ception and i s designed to help pr event anten- na break age. Or , you can connec t an ext ern al ant enn a. Memory Backup — keeps t he f requenc i es store d i n memor y for a n e xtended time.
5 We reco mmend you re cord your scann er ’s se rial num- ber he r e. T he number is on the bo t tom pa nel. Serial Num ber: _____ ____________ _____ _____ FCC NOTICE Your scann er m igh t caus e radi o or T V int erfe r ence eve n whe n it is opera ting prop erl y.
6 CONTEN TS Pre pa rat ion ..... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ..... ... ..... .. ..... .. . 8 Po wer So urc es . ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... .... ... .. ..... ... ..... .. ... 8 Using the Rechar geab le Bat t ery Pac k ... ... ..
7 T runk T r a cki ng ... ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ... 3 2 T ypes of Trun ked S yste ms .... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ... 32 Setti ng th e Scanner to th e T ru nk Tracki ng Mode 33 Setti ng Squel ch f or t he T ru nk Tracki ng Mode .
8 PR EP A R A TI ON POWER SOURCES You ca n power your scanner f rom any of t hree sour ces : • Built-i n recharge abl e batt er y pack • Standard AC p ower usi ng t he suppl ie d AC adapte r/ char.
9 1. Press down on th e batter y compar tment cover and slid e the cover i n the dir ectio n of the ar ro w to remov e it . 2. Disconne ct the b att ery p ack’s connecto r fr om t he scanner’ s co nnect or . Then remove t he b atter y pa ck from the bat t er y co mp art ment .
10 War ning: Do not use the AC ad apter/char ger 's pol ari zed plug wi th an extension cor d, rec epta cle, or o ther ou tlet unles s t he bla des can be f ully inser t ed to pr event blade exposu re. Cauti on: Use only the suppl i ed AC adapter / ch arg er .
11 When you f i nish usi ng t he DC ci gare tt e-li ght er po wer ca - ble, di sconnec t it fr om the cigaret te-l ight er soc ket, t hen discon nect it from you r scan ner.
12 Connecting an Optional Antenna The scanne r’s antenna j ack makes it easy t o use the scanne r wi th a var iety of ante nnas. Ins tea d of the sup- pli ed a ntenna, you can attach a different one, such as an exter nal m obil e ant enna or ou t do or base st ation ant en- na.
13 CONNECTING AN EARPH ONE/ HEADPHONES For pri vate l ist ening, you can p lug an ea r phone or head - phones wi t h a 1 / 8 - inch mini -p lug (such as Cat. No. 33- 175 or 20- 210) into t he jack on t op of your scanner. This aut om ati call y disconn ects the int erna l spea ker .
14 CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER In a noisy ar ea, an extensi on speaker (s uch as Cat. No. 21-549 ) , posi tione d in t he right pla ce, might p rovide more com fort able l i stening . Plug the speak er cable ’s 1 / 8 - inch mini -pl ug i nto yo ur sca nner ’ s jac k.
15 UNDERST ANDING YOUR SCANNER Once you underst an d a few simple terms we use in this manua l and fam iliarize you rself w ith your sca nner’s features , you c an put th e scanner to work for you. Yo u simply fi nd the com muni cati ons you wan t to recei ve, then set the sca nner to scan t hem .
16 SCAN — s cans thr ough the s tored cha nnels. MANUAL — st ops scanni ng a nd lets you direct ly ent er a channel number or frequen cy. TRUNK — switc hes b etween co nventional and trunk tra cking modes. SVC (s ervice) — sel ect s a serv i c e bank.
17 A LOOK A T THE DISPLA Y The displ ay has indica tors t hat sh ow the scanner ’s cur - rent oper atin g s tatus. A go od loo k at the di splay wi ll hel p you und erstand ho w your sca nner op erates . BANK — a ppear s wit h number s (1–1 0). Numb ers wi th a bar unde r them show wh ich ch annel -stor age banks ar e turned on for scanning.
18 SRCH — l ights steadi ly during a l im i t sear ch a nd ID searc h, an d blink s while Hyp erSea rch is ac tive and when y ou moni tor IDs (see “Monitor ing IDs” on Pa ge 39 ) .
19 UNDERST ANDING BANKS Channel Storage Ba nks To mak e it easier t o ide ntify an d select the cha nnels you want to list en t o, chann el s are di vided i nt o 10 ba nks of 30 chann els each.
20 OPER A TI ON TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH Note: Mak e s ure t he sca nner's a ntenna i s connec t ed befor e you tu rn i t on. 1. Turn SQ UEL C H f ully clock w is e. 2. Turn V OLU ME/O FF clo ckwis e un til it clic ks a nd yo u hear a hi ssing soun d.
21 Notes: • If y ou ha ve n ot store d f requenci es into any chan- nels, t he sca nner do es not sc an. • If th e scann er pick s up unwan ted, par tial , or ver y weak tran smissions, turn SQ UEL C H count erc l o ckwi se to decr ease the sc anner's se nsi tivi ty t o th ese s ig- nals.
22 3. Press E to store t he frequen cy i n to the channe l . Notes: • If yo u made a mist ake in St ep 2, Error app ear s and the scann er beeps when y ou press E . Si mply star t aga in f rom Step 2. • Y our sca nner aut omatically rounds the entered fre quenc y to t he nearest v alid freque ncy .
23 4. Use the number key s a nd • to enter the frequen cy that is t he upper l imit of the r ange yo u want t o search. 5. Press LIM I T , then pr ess SRCH .
24 Your sc anner has the foll owi ng prepro gra mmed serv ice banks. • POLICE — contai ns 1, 079 pol ic e frequenc i e s. • FIRE/EMG — contains 280 fire and em ergency ser- vice fr equencies. • AIR — co ntains 2,319 air craf t a nd air se rvice fre- quenci es.
25 SCANNING THE ST ORED CHANNELS To begin sca nning channel s, press SCAN . The scanne r scans t hrough al l non -locked c hanne ls i n the act ivat ed banks. W hen t he scanne r finds a t ran smis sion, it st ops on it. When the tr ansmi ssi on ends, the scanne r res umes scann ing.
26 SPEC I A L FEA TURES DELA Y Many agen cies us e a two-wa y radi o sy stem that mi ght have a per i o d of 2 or more sec onds be tween a query and a rep l y . To keep fr om mis sing a re pl y , you can pr o- gram a 2- second de lay i nt o an y ch annel o r frequen cy.
27 TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF You can turn each channel-s torage bank o n an d off . When you turn of f a b ank, th e scan ner does not s can any of the 30 chan nels in t hat bank. While sc anning, pr ess the number key tha t co r r espo nds to the bank you want t o turn on or off.
28 Note: You ca n s til l m anuall y select locked- out ch annels. To remov e the lock out from a c hannel, manua l ly s elect the cha nnel and hold do wn L/O until L/O di sappears from th e di sp lay .
29 The scann er automati call y de signat es each bank' s f irs t channel as its pr i orit y channel . Follow th ese st eps to se - lect a dif f erent channel as t h e pr i ori ty chan nel for a bank . 1. Press MANUAL . 2. Enter t he cha nnel number you want to sel ect as t he prior i ty cha nnel , then pre ss MANUAL again.
30 USING THE KEYLOCK Onc e you progr am your scan ner, you can pr otect it fr om acci dental prog ram ch anges by turni ng o n the keylock feat ure . When locked, the onl y c ontrol s that operate are SCAN , MANUAL , LOCK/ , VO LU M E/OF F , and SQ UEL CH .
31 To swit ch b etwe en norm al and Hyper Search s peeds, during a l i mit se arch, pres s SP EED/ PRI . SRCH flashes dur- ing h y persear ch. Note : Yo u can use HyperSear ch onl y in t he 5 kHz st ep bands (29–5 4 MHz and 137–174 M Hz).
32 TRUNK TRACKING Your sc anner is des igned t o track transmissi ons on Mo- tor ola Type I, Type I I, an d hybr id anal og tr unking sys- tems, which are ex tensi vely us ed in 800 MHz com municati ons . Remember these i mportant points when t r acki ng trans miss ions: • Y our scann er monit or s T ype II systems by defa ul t.
33 The fleet s might be the pol ice depar tmen t, the fir e de- partment , uti lit ies, a nd city a dminist r a tion. The pol ice might de cide to f urther divide i ts fl ee t int o sub fleet s s uch as dispa t ch, t actic al operati ons , detec tives , north, so uth , east and west side patro ls, and super visor s.
34 SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE TRUNK TRACKING MODE Your scan ner ’s squ elch set ting is automati cal ly adjus ted in t he tr unking mod e, whic h means it i s no t necess ar y to manu all y a dj u st squel ch whi l e track i n g tr unke d transmi s- sion s.
35 1. Hold down TRUNK unt il t he sc anner beep s twice. BANK , TRUNK , and the bank num ber s flash . 2. Select t he b ank you w ant t o store the tru nked sys - tem’ s f requ enci es in by pr ess ing a number key . The scanner automatic ally sel ec t s t he first channel i n t he bank when you s elect the bank.
36 5. Repeat Ste ps 3 and 4 until a ll f requenci es have been ente r ed . 6. Press SRCH to begin s earchi ng for the tr unk’s dat a chan nel (t he channel t hat con t r ols t he tru nk). SRCH fl ash es as the s c anne r searc hes f o r th e data channel .
37 Note: T o review the bank cur r en tly in use , press DA T A whil e in the t runk t r ac king mode. The bar for the select ed bank flash es at the top of the di splay for about 5 second s. 3. T o return t o n on-tr unked scan ning, pres s TRUNK again.
38 Locking Out I Ds As wi th co nventi onal s canning, it i s po ssibl e to l o ck out unwant ed traff ic. Thi s is particul arly important in trunked syst ems becaus e sign als yo u cannot liste n to ( such as water met ers, d oor al arms, t ra ffic signal s, an d encrypted sign als ) are as signed I Ds just l ike ot her users.
39 Using T runk T ra cking Scan Dela y Many tr unked syst ems have a peri od of 2 or more sec - onds bet ween a quer y and a repl y. You can program a 5-secon d del ay to hold on an ID fo r 5 sec onds t o wai t fo r a repl y.
40 CHANNEL ACTIVITY INDICA T ORS Your s canner has 20 channel a c t ivit y indi ca tors ( bars) which sho w t he activ ity tak ing pl ac e on a trunked s ys- tem. You can see h ow many f requenc i es a re being used and g enerally moni tor how much c ommunic ation traffic is occ ur r in g.
41 SCAN LISTS When you pro gra m trunk ed fr equen cies into a bank ( see “Progr amming Trun ked Frequ encies” on Pa ge 34), your scanner sets up 5 scan lis ts i nto which y ou c an s tore your f avorite IDs.
42 4. Enter t he T ype I I I D yo u wa nt to store, then press E . Or , to en ter a T y pe I ID: a. Us e the number keys to e nt er t he block number and the fl ee t number , t hen pre ss • . b. Ente r the subfl eet number , then press E . No te: T o clear a mi st ake whi l e ent ering an I D, pr ess • twice, then star t over at Ste p 1.
43 2. Press SRCH to r esume sear ching. Deleting a S tored ID 1. Repeatedl y p res s s or t to select the scan l ist l oca - tion ( shown at the t op of t he di splay) you want to delet e. 2. Press 0 then E . SCANNING THE SCAN LI STS Press S CAN t o be gin scanni ng the list s you have pro- gr am me d.
44 li st ind ic ator t urns of f, and t he IDs in t hat li st ar e not scanne d. No te: One scan list m ust always be active. If you try to re- move all th e scan lists, t he first sc an list will stay active. To res t ore a sc an list to ac tive scanni ng, use the num ber keys to en ter i t s num ber ag ain.
45 When you se t up y our scanne r to track a Ty pe I system , you must choose a siz e code f or ea ch block. When you have chos en a size co de for all 8 bl ocks, you wi ll h ave dupli cated t he fl eet map for t he s ystem you are tr ack ing. If you hav e chos en correc tly, you wi ll be abl e to tra ck transm iss ions i n th at sy ste m.
46 syst ems, you must se lect or pr ogram a fleet map with the s ame size c ode assi gnments as the t runked sys tem. If yo u d o t his acc ura tel y, you w ill tr ack all the fl eet an d subfl ee t combinat io ns used by the syst em. In other wo rds , you w ill he ar co mple t e com mu nic atio ns wh ile monit or ing a tr unk ed syst em.
47 1- - - 1S 4 1S 1 0 2 S4 2 S12 2 S4 3S 4 3 - - - 3S 4 4S 4 4 S 4 4S 1 2 E1P4 E1P5 E1P6 Block Si ze Code Block Size Code Block Size Co de 5S 4 5 S 4 5- - - 6S 4 6 S 4 6S 1 2 7S 4 7 S 4 7- - - E1P7 E1.
48 Sele ct ing a P rese t Fl eet Map 1. Select t he bank where you want t o store t he pre set fl eet map by pr essi ng a number key . 5S 0 5S 0 5S 0 6S 4 6S 0 6S 0 7S 4 7S 0 7S 4 E1P13 E1P14 E1P15 Bl.
49 2. Press DA T A . 3. Repeatedl y pr ess s or t to sel ect E1 , t hen p r ess DA T A again. - 4. Repeatedl y press s or t to s elect t he name of the map y ou want ( such as P7 ), t hen pre ss E . The scanner then searc hes for t r ansmissi ons using t he preset map you c hose.
50 6. Repeatedl y p res s s o r t t o select the si ze cod e for the f irst block , then pres s E .- The next avai lable bloc k appears. 7. Repeat Ste p 6 until y ou have selected a size code for each block you want to work wit h.
51 A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING Recepti on of the fr equen cies cove red by yo ur sca nner is mainly “line -of-s ig ht.” That mean s you usual l y cannot hear stat i ons t hat ar e beyon d the hor izon.
52 GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS T ypical Band Usage Prim ary U sa g e As a general r ule, m ost of t he r adi o activ it y is con centra t - ed on the followi ng frequen ci es: VHF Band VHF Band Low Ra nge 29. 00–5 0.00 MHz 6-Me ter Am ateu r 50. 00–5 4.
53 UHF Band Note: Remote con trol statio ns and mobile uni ts operate at 5 M Hz higher t han t heir assoc iated base stat ions and relay repeat er unit s. BAND ALLOCA TION To help deci de which fr equ ency ranges to scan , use the foll owing l isti ng of t he ty pical servi ces t hat use t he f re- quencie s your scanne r receive s.
54 PTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P riv ate Trun ked ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road & Highwa y Ma inte nanc e RTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ra dio/T V Rem ote Bro adc ast P ickup T AXI .
55 150 .995 –151 .475 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R OA D, POL 151 .490 –151 .955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ND , BU S 151 .985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56 458. 025– 458. 175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MED 460. 0125–4 60.6 375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F IRE, POL, PUB 460. 650– 462. 175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57 FREQUENCY CONVERS ION The tun i ng locat i o n of a st at i on can be expr essed i n fre- quency (kHz or MHz) or in wavelen gt h (meter s) . The fol - lowing informat ion can help you make the nece ssar y convers i o ns. 1 M H z (m illi o n) = 1, 0 00 kH z (t housand) To conver t MHz to kHz , mul tip ly the number of mega- hertz by 1,000: 9.
58 TROUBLES HOOTING If you have problem s, here are some sugge stions that m i gh t he l p. I f they do n ot, take your scanner to y our l oc a l RadioShack sto r e fo r assi st ance. PROBLEM P OSSIBL E CAU SE REMEDY Sc anner i s on but wi ll no t s can .
59 PROBLEM POSS IBLE CAUSE REMEDY Po or or no recept ion (con- ti nued ) An an tenn a i s n ot co nn ect ed o r co nn ect ed i nc or - rec tly . M ake sure an a nt enna is con - ne cted to th e scan - ner. Error appe ars . Pro gra mmi ng erro r . Repr o gr am th e fre- qu ency co rr ect ly , incl ud in g the de ci - mal po in t.
60 PROBLEM P OSSIBL E CAU SE REMEDY Sc anner w i ll no t acqu ire a dat a ch anne l. SQU ELCH is not correct ly adju s ted for trunk trac king. Adj us t sq ue lch f or tr unk trac king. See “Sett ing Sq uelch for th e Trun k Tra ckin g Mod e” on Pa ge 33.
61 CARE AND MAINTENANC E Your Radio Shack PRO-9 0 300- Channel Tru nkTr acker Scanner i s an example of superio r desi gn and craf ts - manship. The foll owing sugge stion s will h elp you car e for your scanne r so you can enjoy it for ye ars . Keep the s c anne r dry.
62 SPE CIF IC A T ION S Freque ncy Coverage: . ... . .. . 29–54 MHz (in 5 kHz st eps) 108–136. 9875 MHz (in 12.5 kHz st eps) 137–174 MHz (in 5 kHz st eps) 406–512 MHz (in 12. 5 kHz st eps) 806.0000 –823.9875 MHz (in 12. 5 kHz steps) 849.0125 –868.
63 Power Requir em ent s .... .. .. . Rechargeabl e Batter y Pack (4 .8 V DC ), or AC Adapter /Charger or Optional DC Adapte r (12 VDC 200 mA) Current Drai n: Squelche d ...... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .. 70 mA Fu ll Outp ut .
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