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20-147.fm Page 1 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM
Cat. No. 20-147
OWNER’S MANUAL
PRO-2056 50-Channel
Home/Mobile Scanner
Please read before using this equipment.
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20-147.fm Page 3 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM External Speaker Jack — makes it We recommend you record your scan- easy to connect an optional external ner’s serial number here. The number speaker or headphones to the scanner. is on the scanner’s back panel. Two Power Options — you can pow- Serial Number:_______________ er the scanner from standard AC pow- er with the supplied AC adapter or your vehicle’s battery with the sup- FCC NOTICE plied DC power cord or DC cigarette- lighter power co
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20-147.fm Page 4 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM SCANNING LEGALLY Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups includ- ing police and fire departments, ambu- lance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio ser- vices, military operations, pager ser- vices, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never intentional
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20-147.fm Page 5 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM CONTENTS Preparation............................................................................................................ 7 Connecting an Antenna ................................................................................... 7 Connecting the Telescoping Antenna ........................................................ 7 Connecting the Window-Mount Antenna ................................................... 7 Connecting an External An
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20-147.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM A General Guide to Scanning ............................................................................ 25 Guide to Frequencies ..................................................................................... 25 US Weather Frequencies ........................................................................ 25 Other Weather Frequencies .................................................................... 25 Ham Radio Frequencies ...........
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20-147.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM PREPARATION Connecting the Window- CONNECTING AN Mount Antenna ANTENNA You can install the supplied window- Connecting the Telescoping mount antenna on the inside of your ve- Antenna hicle’s windshield. Follow these steps to install the window-mount antenna. The supplied telescoping antenna helps your scanner receive strong lo- Caution: Do not use the window- cal signals. To install this antenna, mount antenna on a windshield that hold the an
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20-147.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM 2.Clean the selected windshield Connecting an External area, position the antenna’s clear Antenna wire on the windshield, then press firmly on both suction cups to The ANT jack on the back of the scan- secure it in place. ner makes it easy to use the scanner with a variety of antennas. Instead of one of the supplied antennas, you can attach a different one, such as an exter- nal mobile antenna or outdoor base sta- tion antenna. Your local Radi
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20-147.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM Warning: Use extreme caution when • Wires and cables will not interfere installing or removing an outdoor an- with vehicle’s pedals or other tenna. If the antenna starts to fall, let it moving parts go! It could contact overhead power • The scanner is not directly in front lines. If the antenna touches a power of any heating vents line, contact with the antenna, mast, cable or guy wires can cause electro- Follow these steps to mount the scan-
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20-147.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM 4. Attach the scanner to the mount- 3. Insert the power cord’s barrel plug ing bracket using the supplied into the DC 13.8V jack on the back mounting knobs. of the scanner. To connect the supplied DC cigarette- lighter power cord, insert its barrel (add corrected illus F8) plug into the DC 13.8V jack on the back of the scanner, then plug the power cord into your vehicle’s cigarette- lighter socket. Connecting Power from Your Vehicle’s Battery
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20-147.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER Once you understand a few simple you can easily scan the frequencies terms we use in this manual and famil- typically used by a particular agency. iarize yourself with your scanner’s fea- Your scanner has the following ser- tures, you can put the scanner to work vice search banks. for you. You simply determine the com- munications you want to hear, then set • POLICE (contains 739 preset fre- the scanner to scan those
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20-147.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM cies are included in any search PRIVATE Bank band (or even another service Your scanner has one PRIVATE bank. search bank), you could store This bank contains 20 channels. You them in Channels 1–4 of the can store frequencies from any search POLICE service search bank. band (see “Search Bands” on • Frequencies you assign to FIRE/ Page 15), service search bank, or any EMG channels become part of the weather frequency into these chan- FIRE/EMG s
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20-147.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM SEARCH BANDS Your scanner has 11 preprogrammed search bands. Each band covers a specific range of frequencies which you can search for specific broadcasts by using the SEARCH BAND and keys. For example, you can search through all frequencies be- tween 29.000 and 30.000 MHz for specific broadcasts. This table shows the search band range displayed by the scanner and the typical usage, frequency coverage, and step rate for each search band rang
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20-147.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM While searching through a search band, you might hear a frequency that you want to store with other fre- quencies of the same type, so you can scan them all together. You can store any frequency into a channel in the POLICE or FIRE/EMG service search banks or the PRIVATE bank. See “Storing Frequencies into Chan- nels” on Page 21. Notes: • Some of the frequencies in the search bands are also included in the scanner’s service search banks. • Whe
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20-147.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL A quick glance at this section will help you better understand each key’s function. HOLD — stops scanning or searching. SEARCH — searches for active fre- quencies within a selected band s and t — moves up or down through range, starting from the lowest fre- frequencies and channels or changes quency. See “Using Band Search” on the search direction. Page 20. FIRE/EMG, AIR, POLICE, MARINE — L/OUT — locks out selected fr
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20-147.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has indicators that show the scanner’s operating mode. A good look at the display will help you understand your scanner’s operation. PRIVATE — appears when you scan L/O — appears when you lock out a the frequencies you stored in the PRI- channel or frequency or manually se- VATE bank’s channels. lect a locked-out channel or frequency (see “Locking Out Channels and Fre- POLICE, FIRE/EMG, AIR, MRN quencies” on P
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20-147.fm Page 19 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM OPERATION of the beep you hear when you TURNING ON THE press the scanner’s keys. SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH USING SERVICE Note: Make sure the scanner’s anten- SEARCH na is connected before you turn it on. To scan a service search bank, press 1. Turn SQ fully clockwise. any of these buttons: •POLICE • FIRE/EMG •AIR • MARINE 2. Turn OFF/VOLUME clockwise until To scan the PRIVATE bank, press it clicks and you hear a hissing PRIVATE. s
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20-147.fm Page 20 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 3:23 PM range. Hold down s or t to quickly step USING BAND SEARCH through the frequencies. Press SEARCH to return to automatic search. Follow these steps to search for trans- missions within any of the scanner’s 11 search bands. MONITORING A MEMOLOCK OFF/ON 1. Be sure is OFF FREQUENCY set to (see “Using Memolock” on Page 23). When the scanner displays a specific SEARCH 2. Press . frequency while scanning the banks or searching the search bands, you
