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OWNER’S MANUAL PRO-72 50-C han ne l Po rtab le Scan ner Pl ea se r ead b efo re us in g t his eq ui pme nt. Ca t. No . 2 0-5 66 20- 56 6. fm P age 1 T h urs da y, Au gu st 5 , 19 99 8: 0 4 AM.
2 FEA TURES Your new Rad ioShack P RO-72 5 0-Channel Por table Scanner gives you direct acce ss t o over 32 ,000 e xciting freque ncies, i ncludi ng p olice and fire depart m ents , ambu- lance ser vices, and ama teur radio ser vices. You can se- lect up t o 50 channels to scan , and you can change your select ion at any time.
3 Channel Loc kout — k eeps c hannels you sele ct from be- ing scann ed. Memory Backup — keeps the ch annel f requenc ies store d in mem ory for abo ut 1 hour duri ng a power loss. Two-Second Sca n Delay — delay s scanni ng for 2 s ec- onds be fore mov ing t o anoth er chan nel, so you can hear more replie s.
4 Your PRO-72 scanner can rece ive al l of thes e frequ en- cies: • 29–54 MHz ( 10-Meter Ama teur Radio, VHF Lo, 6- Meter Amateu r Radio) • 137–174 M Hz (Aircraf t/Air Sh ows, Govern m e nt, 2.
5 FCC NOTICE Your s canner might c ause TV or ra dio int erfer ence even when it is o perating properl y. To det ermine wh ether y our scanner is cau sing the inte rfere nce, tur n off your scanner. If t he int erference g oes aw ay, your sca nner is causing the int er ferenc e.
6 SCANNING LEGALL Y Your scan ner cover s fre quencies used by many differ ent groups i nclud ing poli ce and fir e depart ments, ambulance servi ces, governm ent agencies, private compan ies, ama- teur ra dio service s, mili tary ope rations, pager service s, and wirel ine (tel ephone and telegr aph) ser vice provi ders.
7 CONTEN TS Pr ep a r a tio n .... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... . 9 Po w e r S our ce s .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... . 9 Us ing Ba tt erie s .... ...
8 Sp e c ia l F e at u re s .... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... 36 De la y .... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... 36 Lockin g Out a Channel ..... ..... ...
9 PREP ARATI ON POWER SOURCES You can power your scann er from any of four sourc es: • Inter nal ba tteries (not suppl ied) with the pr ovided batte ry holder • A recharg eable scann er battery pa.
10 You can also use six r echargeab le nickel-cad m ium batter- ies (s uch as Cat . No. 23-125) to power the scan ner. To charge or rechar ge nickel- cadmium bat terie s, however, you mus t remove them from the scann er and use an ex- ternal char ger (suc h as Ca t.
11 3. If y ou are i nstall ing indi vidual batteri es, ins ert si x AA batte ries in the bat tery holder as indi cated by the polar ity sym bols (+ and –) marked on the bat tery holder . 4. Slide the ba ttery ho lder o r batter y pack into the com- partmen t as shown.
12 Using Standard AC Power To power t he scanner from AC powe r, you n eed an AC adapter (Cat . No. 273-16 65). Cautions : • Y ou must use an AC adap ter tha t supplies 9 volts and deliv ers at least 2 00 mi lliamps. Its center tip m ust be set to neg ative , and its barr el pl ug m ust c orrectl y fit the sca nner ’ s PWR/DC 9V jack.
13 Us ing Vehicle B atte r y Po w e r To power the s canner from y our vehi cl e’s cigar ett e- light er socket , you need a DC adapt er ( Cat. No. 270 -1560). Caution s: • Y ou must use a DC adapt er t hat sup plies 9 volts and deli vers at l east 200 milliamps .
14 Notes: • Mobile use of this scanner is unlawf ul or r equir es a permit in some are as. Che ck the laws in y our area. • If th e scanner do es not operat e proper ly when you connect a DC adapter , unplug the adapt er from the cigar ette-li ghter soc ket and clean t he sock et to remove a shes and other debr is.
15 Im po r ta nt ! At t he end of a recharge able batter y pack’s usefu l life, it m ust b e recyc led or disposed of pro perly. Cont act your local , coun ty, or state h azardou s waste manage ment authorities f or informat ion on recycling or dispos al program s in yo ur area.
16 Connecting an Opti onal Antenna The ANT jac k on the top of the scan ner make s it easy to use the sca nner wit h a var iety of ant ennas. I nstead of the suppli ed ant enna, yo u can atta ch a differ ent one, s uch as an externa l mobile ant enna or outdoor base sta t ion ant en- na.
17 Listening Safely To protec t your hear ing, f ollow th ese guidel ines when you use an earpho ne o r headp hones: • Do not list en at extremely hig h vo lume levels. Extende d high-vo lume liste ning can lead to perma- nent hear ing loss. • Set t he vol ume to the l owest set ting before yo u begin lis tening.
18 CONNECTING AN EXTE NSION SPEAKER In a noisy area , an extension speak er ( Ca t. No. 21-54 9) or an ampli fied s peaker (C at. No. 21- 541) migh t provide more comfor table l is tening. Plug t he speaker cable’ s 1 / 8 -inch pl ug in to your scanner ’s jack.
19 YOUR S CANNER Once you u ndersta nd a f ew sim ple ter ms we use in this manual and famil iarize yo urself with your s canner’s f ea- tures , you ca n put the sca nner to work for you . You si mply deter mine the communi cations you want to receive, then set the sc anner t o sca n thos e fre quencies .
20 A LOOK AT THE KEYPA D Your s canne r’s keys might s eem conf usi ng at fi rst, bu t th is infor mation should help you under stand eac h key’s func- tion. WX — sc ans through the pr eprogr ammed weather ch an- nels. BAND — s elects a prepr ogramme d search b and.
21 — lo cks/unlock s the ke ypad to preve nt accident al en- trie s . LIG HT — turns on/ off t he dis play’ s b ackl ight . Number Keys — use t hes e keys to enter the numbers for a chan nel or fr equency. MON/ 0 — ent er s a zero or ac cesses the mon itor memor y.
22 A LOOK AT THE DISPLA Y The displ ay has indicator s that show the scan ner’s curr ent operat ion . MAN — appears when you manua ll y sel ect a channe l. SCAN — appears when you scan chann els. WX — appears when you scan or m anually search t he pre- progra mmed weather channe ls.
23 — appears when you loc k the key pad. ch — appears afte r the digit s (1–5 0) that show which channel the sca nner is tu ned to. –d — appears duri ng a dir ect f requenc y sear ch. 000.0000 — t he dig its on t he ri ght of t he disp lay sh ow which fr eque ncy the scann er is tuned to.
24 UNDERST ANDING BA NDS/MONITOR MEMORY Search Bands Your sca nner can tune ov er 32, 000 diff erent f requenc ies. Many of these f requenci es ar e g rou ped within perman ent memory locat ions cal l ed search band s. Note: The ac t ual se arch range of Ban d 9 is 8 06 – 8 24 MHz, 849 – 869 MHz, and 894 – 960 MHz.
25 You ca n s ea rch t he se bands to qu ickl y f i nd act i ve f re quen- cie s you m ight want to st ore i nto t he sca nner’ s cha nnels . For exa mpl e, i f you wa nted to s ea rch f o r tr an s.
26 OPE RATION T URN ING ON THE SCAN NER/ SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH Note : M ake su re the scanner ’s ant enna i s connect ed be- fore you t urn it on. 1. Tur n SQ UEL CH ful ly c ounterclo ckwise. 2. Tur n VOLUM E cloc kwise un til i t click s and you hear a hissi ng sound.
27 • If you have not stored fr equencie s into any chann els (see “Stor ing Ac tive Fr equenci es” on Page 27), the scanner does not s can. STORING ACTIVE FREQUE NCIES You can m anually store fr equencies yo u already k now into the s canner’ s channe ls.
28 2. Use the number key s to enter the cha nnel number where you wa nt to st ore the f requency , th en press PGM again. Or , repeat edly p ress PGM until the desir ed channel number appears. 3. Use the number keys and DL Y/ • to ent er the fre- quency ( incl uding the de cimal p oint) you want to store int o that c hannel.
29 Band Se ar ch If you do not kn ow of a freq uency to st or e, you can sea rch your sc anner’s preprog rammed searc h bands (see “Searc h Bands” on Page 24) for activ e frequenci es, then store any that you find int o your sc anner’ s channe ls.
30 Notes: • T o reverse t he search dir ectio n at any time, ho ld down f or about 1 second . • T o search the b and upward or downward in sm all incre ments (i n steps of 5 or 12.5 kHz, d epending on the band) , repea tedly press and relea se or .
31 Direct Searc h You can s earch up or down from t he curr ently di splayed frequ ency and st ore th e frequency i nto t he monit or mem- ory. 1. Pre ss MANUAL or PGM , the n use the numbe r keys and DL Y/ • to enter the f requency whe re you want to start the se arc h.
32 MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM THE MONITOR MEMOR Y T O A CHANNEL 1. Press MANUAL , ent er the cha nnel numbe r where you want t o stor e the freq uency , then pr ess PG M . PGM , the f requ ency num ber or 000.0000 , and the select ed channel numb er appe ar .
33 SCANNING THE CHANNELS To begin scannin g channel s or to sta rt scan ning again a f- ter moni toring a speci fic channel , press SCAN . SCAN and appear , and the sca nner begi ns to ra pidly scan u pward until it find s an a ctive frequency .
34 LISTENING TO THE MONITOR MEMORY To li sten to the f requenc y stor ed in the mon itor m emory, pre ss MANUAL the n MON . MAN , MON , and the frequency stored in the moni tor m emory a ppear.
35 LISTENING TO A WEATHER BAND The FCC (Feder al Communic ations Commissi on) has al- locat ed channels for use by the Nationa l Oceanic and At- mosph eric Admini stratio n (NOAA). Regul atory agenc ies in ot her cou ntries ha ve als o all ocat ed channe ls fo r us e by thei r weather repor ting author ities.
36 SPECIAL FEA TURES DELAY Many agencies use a two-way rad io syst em th at might have a pause of several seconds between a query and a reply . To avo id missing a reply, you can program a 2-secon d delay into any of yo ur scan ner’s channel s.
37 To remove the loc kout from a channel, m anually s elect the channel then press L-OUT until L/O disappear s. Notes: • Y ou can sti l l manuall y sel ect loc ked-out channe ls.
38 TURNING THE KEY TON E ON AND OFF Each ti me you press any of th e scanner’ s keys ( except and LI GHT ), t he sca nner s ounds a tone. Follo w these steps to tur n the scanne r’s key tone of f or back on . 1. If t he scanne r is on, turn VOLUM E countercl ockwise un ti l i t cl ic ks t o tur n it o ff.
39 A GE NER AL G UIDE TO SCAN NI NG Recepti on of t he frequenci es cover ed by your scanner is mainly “line -of-sig ht.” That means you usual l y cannot hear stat ions that are bey ond the horizon .
40 Birdie Fr equencies Eve ry sc an ne r h as bi r die fre q uenc i es. Bi rdi es ar e si g- nal s cr eat ed ins ide th e scanner’s r eceiver . Thes e ope rat- ing f requenci es migh t inter fere with broadca sts on the same frequ encies. If you progra m one of these f requen- cies, you he ar onl y n oise on that frequ ency .
41 GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS United Sta tes Broadcast Ba nds In the Uni ted Sta tes, t her e ar e se ve ral b roa dca st b ands. The sta nd ard A M an d F M b and s are pr obabl y t he m o st w ell know n.
42 Pr imar y U sage As a gener al rule, most of the radio activi ty is con centrated on the fol lowing frequenci es: VHF Band UHF Band Not e: Remote control st a tions and mo bile units opera t e at 5 MH z higher t han the ir associ ated bas e stat ions and relay repea ter u nits.
43 SPECIFIED INTERV ALS Frequenc ie s in dif feren t ban ds are acce ssi ble onl y at spe- cifi c i ntervals . For example : BAND ALLOCA TION To hel p decide which fr equency r anges t o scan, use the foll owing li sting of t he typi cal services that use t he fre- quenci es your s canner r eceives.
44 OIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oil /Pe troleu m In du stry POL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pol ice D epartm ent PU B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45 U.S. Government Band 137 .000– 144 .000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G OV T , MIL 2-Meter Amate ur Band 144 .000– 148 .000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HA M VH F Hi gh B and 148 .050– 150 .
46 170 .425 –170 .4 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIFC 170 .475 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PUB 170 .487 5–17 3. 175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT , PUB, Wir ele ss Mikes 173 .
47 Publi c S afety Band — Loc ally Ass igned 866 .0125 –86 8.987 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PSB 33-Centi meter Amateur Ban d 902 .0000 –92 8.000 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48 TR OUBLESHOOT ING If yo ur scanne r is not working as it shou ld, t hese sugge s- tions might help you el i minate t he pr oblem. I f the scan ner stil l does no t oper ate pr operly, take i t to you r loc al Ra- dioShack stor e for assi stance . Problem Possibl e Causes Remed ies The scanner does no t work a t al l.
49 Problem Possibl e Causes Reme dies Scanner i s on but does not scan. SQUELCH is not corr ectl y adj ust- ed. Adjust SQUEL CH clockwi se ( see “Turni ng O n the Scanner/ Setting Volume a nd Squelch” on Page 26). In the sc an mode, the scanner locks on freq uen- cies that have an uncle ar tran smissi on.
50 RESETTING/INITIALIZIN G THE SCANNER If t he sca nner’s displ ay lock s up or doe s not work proper ly after you c onnec t a po wer source, you m ight need to reset or init ia lize it. Importan t: If you have pr oblems, first try to reset the scanner .
51 Initi alizing the S canner Importa nt: Thi s proce dure cl ears all frequen cies you store d in t he scanner’s m emory and ini tiali zes the sca nner to i ts defaul t set tings. I nitial ize the scan ner only whe n you are sure the scan ner is not worki ng pro perly.
52 CARE AND MAINTENANC E Your Rad ioS hack PRO-72 50-Chann el Portab le Scanner is an exampl e of super ior design and cr aftsmanship . The foll owing suggest ions wi ll help y ou care f or your scan ner so you can enjoy it fo r ye ars. Keep the scanner dry .
53 Modify ing or t ampering with the scanner ’s i nternal compo- nents ca n cause a malfu nctio n a nd might inval idate your scanner ’s warrant y and vo id your FCC aut horizat i on to op- erate it. If you r scanner i s not per formi ng as it sh ould, take it to yo ur l ocal Ra dioShack stor e for a ssist ance.
54 SPECIFIC ATIONS Frequenc y Cover age: Ham ..... ...... ..... ..... ....... .. 29 –30 MHz ( 5.0 k Hz step s) VHF Lo ...... ..... ..... ..... .... 30 –50 MHz ( 5.0 k Hz step s) Ham ..... ...... ..... ..... ....... .. 50 –54 MHz ( 5.0 k Hz step s) Gover nment .
55 Squelch Sensi tivity : Thresho ld . ... . ..... ...... . ..... ..... ...... . .... Less t han 1.0 µ V Tigh t .. .. ..... .. ... ..... .. .. ... ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... . (S+ N) /N 2 5 dB Antenna I mpedance ....... ..... ..... . ...... ..... .
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