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PRO-2053
300 Channel Desktop
Trunk-Tracking Scanner
Owner’s Manual
Please read before using this equipment.
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The FCC Wants You to Know This equipment has been tested and found WARNING: MODIFICATION OF THIS DE- to comply with the limits for a scanning re- VICE TO RECEIVE CELLULAR RADIO- ceiver pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. TELEPHONE SERVICE SIGNALS IS These limits are designed to provide reason- PROHIBITED UNDER FCC RULES AND able protection against harmful interference FEDERAL LAW. in a residential installation. This equipment Note: Mobile use of this scanner is unlawful generates, uses and c
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Contents Features .................................................................................................................................. 6 Scanning Legally .............................................................................................................. 7 Preparation ............................................................................................................................. 8 Power Sources ...............................................................
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Copying a Frequency into a Specified Channel ....................................................... 24 Copying a Frequency into a Vacant Channel in a Specified Bank ........................... 25 Copying a Frequency into the Priority Channel ....................................................... 25 Scanning the Channels ................................................................................................... 25 Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On ................................
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Frequency Conversion ................................................................................................... 49 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................... 50 Resetting/Initializing the Scanner ................................................................................... 50 Resetting the Scanner ............................................................................................. 50
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Features Your RadioShack Base Scanner is one of a EDACS) and conventional systems at the new generation of scanners designed to same time. track Motorola Type I and II (such as Automatic Channel Programming — auto- Smartnet and Privacy Plus ) and hybrid matically determines the group trunking fre- analog trunking systems, and GE/Ericsson quencies, for Motorola trunking systems (EDACS ) type systems, used extensively in only, once the control channels are pro- many communication systems
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Preprogrammed Frequency Ranges — let Your scanner can receive these frequencies: you search for transmissions within preset • 25–54 MHz frequency ranges or within ranges you set, to reduce search time and select interesting fre- • 108–136.9875 MHz quencies more quickly. • 137–174 MHz Hyperscan™ and Hypersearch™ — allow scans at up to 60 channels per second and • 216.0025–225 MHz searches up to 75 frequencies per second, to help you quickly find transmissions. • 406–512 MHz Scan Delay — delays sc
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ing the contents of such a transmission un- wise illegal). These laws change from time to less you have the consent of a party to the time and there might be state or local laws communication (unless such activity is other- that also affect legal scanner usage. Preparation cord, and a size D Adaptaplug™ adapter POWER SOURCES (available at your local RadioShack store). Using AC Power Cautions: You can power the scanner using the sup- You must use a power cord plied 12V, 500 mA AC adapter. that
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na from the scanner. Always use 50 ohm CONNECTING THE ANTENNA coaxial cable, such as RG-58 or RG-8, to You must install an antenna before you can connect the base-station or mobile antenna. operate the scanner. For lengths over 50 feet, use RG-8 low-loss dielectric coaxial cable. If the antenna's ca- To attach the supplied antenna to the anten- ble does not have a BNC connector, you will na jack on the top of your scanner, thread also need a BNC adapter (also available at the antenna clockwise i
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• Set the volume to the lowest setting CONNECTING AN before you begin listening. After you EXTENSION SPEAKER begin listening, adjust the volume to a comfortable level. In a noisy area, an extension speaker (not supplied), available at your local RadioShack • Once you set the volume, do not store, might provide more comfortable listen- increase it. Over time, your ears adapt 1 ing. Plug the speaker cable's /8-inch (3.5 to the volume level, so a volume level mm) mini-plug into your scanner's EXT
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FUNC (function) — lets you use various func- 2/ABC — enters a 2, or inputs characters A, tions by pressing this key in combination with B, or C. other keys. 3/DEF — enters a 3, or inputs characters D, MAN — stops scanning and lets you directly E, or F. enter a channel number. 4/GHI — enters a 4, or inputs characters G, WX — scans through the seven prepro- H, or I. grammed weather channels. 5/JKL — enters a 5, or inputs characters J, K, TRUNK — stores the trunking ID code or or L. holds the trunk
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Manual Tuning — allows you to manually ting, see “Searching a Preprogrammed Fre- scan through the entire range of available quency Range” on Page 18). frequencies without programming. (See “Specifications” on Page 52 for a list of the UNDERSTANDING YOUR available frequency ranges.) SCANNER'S MODES Weather Radio — allows you to listen to You can program each channel with any of NOAA weather broadcasts without program- four receive modes (AM, FM, MOT, and ED). ming. See “Listening to the Weather
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Motorola systems are trunking systems used To properly map the raw Type I data to the primarily by business and public safety correct fleet-subfleet format, you must pro- groups to efficiently allocate a small number gram the correct fleet map into the scanner. of frequencies (as few as five) to many Fleet map information is widely available on groups of users (as many as several thou- the Internet for most Type I systems in use. sand). To do this, each group of users in the Type II system talk
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scanner then goes to the transmission and You can set each of the scanner's channel displays the talk group ID on the bottom line storage banks to open or closed mode. of the display. In the closed mode, the scan- In open mode, the scanner scans signals ner only goes to transmissions with IDs that transmitted in all systems. In closed mode, match talk group IDs you stored in the bank's the scanner scans signals transmitted only talk group ID list which are not locked out. under the following con
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scanner's sensitivity to these signals. If Note: When )))) is on the display, you can you want to listen to a weak or distant also select your desired bank and chan- station, turn SQUELCH counterclock- nel number with the FUNC and arrow wise. keys. •If SQUELCH is adjusted so you always • Press FUNC then press 8 8 8 8 or 9 9 9 9. hear a hissing sound, the scanner will The bank number moves in the direc- not scan properly. tion of the arrow pressed. • To ensure the scanner operates properly • Pres
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Function” on Page26. The scanner Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel stores this setting in the channel. 1. Press MAN, enter the channel number 5. If necessary, press MODE to change the where you want to enter the text, then receiving mode. press MAN again. )) and the bank and )) channel number appear at the upper left 6. If desired, program a text tag for the corner of the display (for example: )ñò )ñò )ñò )ñòò ò ò ò). channel (see “Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel”"). 2. Press PROG. )) changes
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7. Press ENTER to store. Assigning a Text Tag to a Group ID Assigning a Text Tag to a Bank 1. Press PROG. 1. Select a channel within the desired bank 2. Press TRUNK. by pressing MAN and entering the bank number (000 for bank 0 or 200 for bank 3. Press FUNC then 8 8 or 9 9 to select the 8 8 9 9 2, for example). Press MAN again. desired bank. 2. Press PROG. 4. Press TRUNK to select the desired sub- bank. 3. Press FUNC then 7. The cursor appears at the third line of the display. Enter the 5. Press
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BUTTONS PRESSED CHARACTERS ENTERED BUTTONS PRESSED CHARACTERS ENTERED CLEAR Back Space 1. Repeatedly press SEARCH to select FINDING AND STORING your desired search bank (/. ///.ò .ò .ò ò, /. /. /. /.ññññ, /.ð /.ð /.ð /.ð, ACTIVE FREQUENCIES /.ï /.ï /.ï /.ï, /.î /.î /.î /.î, or /. /. /. /.í í í í). You can search for transmissions in the scanner’s preprogrammed search bank. The search bank is divided into six search bands. You can change the search range of Bank SR5 manually by setting the lowe
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Search bank: SR0 Marine band Receive mode: FM CHANNEL FREQUENCY (MHz) CHANNEL FREQUENCY (MHz) 01 156.050 05 156.250 06 156.3000 07 156.3500 08 156.4000 09 156.4500 10 156.5000 11 156.5500 12 156.6000 13 156.6500 14 156.7000 15 156.7500 16 156.8000 17 156.8500 18 156.9000 19 156.9500 20 157.0000 21 157.0500 161.6000 22 157.1000 23 157.1500 24 157.2000 25 157.2500 161.8000 161.8500 26 157.3000 27 157.3500 161.9000 161.9500 28 157.4000 63 156.1750 162.0000 64 156.2250 65 156.2750 160.825 66 156
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CHANNEL FREQUENCY (MHz) CHANNEL FREQUENCY (MHz) 84 157.2250 85 157.2750 161.8250 161.8750 86 157.3250 87 157.3750 161.9250 161.9750 88 157.4250 Note: Two frequencies are assigned in one channel in some Marine frequencies. For example, 157.000 and 161.600 are assigned in Channel 20. Search bank: SR1 CB band Receive mode: AM CHANNEL FREQUENCY CHANNEL FREQUENCY (MHz) (MHz) 01 26.9650 02 26.9750 03 26.9850 04 27.0050 05 27.0150 06 27.0250 07 27.0350 08 27.0550 09 27.0650 10 27.0750 11 27.0850 12 27
