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Owner’s Manual Cat. No. 20-432
PRO-2052
1000-Channel Dual Trunking
TrunkTracker Home Scanner
Please read before using this equipment.
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20-432.fm Page 2 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM INTRODUCTION Your new RadioShack PRO-2052 The scanner also lets you scan con- 1000-Channel Dual Trunking Trunk- ventional transmissions, and is pre- Tracker Home Scanner is one of a programmed with service-search new generation of scanners designed banks for convenience. By pressing a to track Motorola Type I, Type II single button, you can quickly search (such as Smartnet and Privacy those frequencies most commonly Plus ), GE/Ericsson EDACS,
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20-432.fm Page 3 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM NWR-SAME/Weather Alert — you all). As the scanner scans a bank, it can set the scanner to sound an alert checks the bank’s priority channel ev- when it receives NOAA’s Specific ery 2 seconds so you don't miss trans- Area Message Encoding (SAME) cod- missions on that channel. ed weather emergency signal, provid- ing more complete information about Five Service-Search Banks — let weather conditions in your immediate you search preset frequencies i
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20-432.fm Page 4 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM Supplied Telescoping Antenna — Your PRO-2052 scanner can receive provides good reception of strong lo- these bands: cal signals. Frequency Types of External Antenna Terminal — lets Range (MHz) Transmissions you connect an external antenna with a BNC connector to the scanner for 29–29.7 10-Meter Ham Band improved reception of distant/weaker 29.7–50 VHF Lo signals. 50–54 6-Meter Ham Band Memory Backup — keeps the chan- 108–136.975 Aircraft nel fr
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20-432.fm Page 5 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM • telephone conversations (cellular, FCC NOTICE cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission) Your scanner might cause radio or TV interference even when it is operating • pager transmissions properly. To determine whether your • any scrambled or encrypted trans- scanner is causing the interference, missions turn off your scanner. If the interfer- ence goes away, your scanner is According to the Electronic Communi- causing i
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20-432.fm Page 6 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM CONTENTS Preparation ........................................................................................................... 8 Connecting an Antenna ................................................................................... 8 Connecting Power ........................................................................................... 9 Connecting an Extension Speaker ................................................................ 10
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20-432.fm Page 7 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM PC Remote Function ......................................................................................... 46 Connecting the Scanner to a Computer ........................................................ 46 Setting the Remote Communication Format ................................................. 46 Turning the Remote Function On and Off ..................................................... 47 PC to Scanner Commands ............................
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20-432.fm Page 8 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM PREPARATION This scanner is designed primarily for use in the home as a base station. You can place it on a desk, shelf, or table. Your scanner’s front feet fold up or down. Adjust them to give you the best view of the display. The scanner’s sensitivity depends on the antenna’s length and various envi- ronmental conditions. For the best re- ception of the transmissions you want to hear, adjust the antenna’s length. Your scanner’s display is prot
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20-432.fm Page 9 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM • The antenna should be as high as Cautions: possible on the vehicle or build- • Do not run the cable over sharp ing. edges or moving parts that might • The antenna and its cable should damage it. be as far as possible from sources • Do not run the cable next to power of electrical noise (appliances, cables or other antenna cables. other radios, etc.). • The antenna should be vertical for Warning: Use extreme caution the best performance. when y
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20-432.fm Page 10 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM Cautions: AN T You must use a Class 2 D C 12V power source that sup- ! plies 12V DC and deliv- ers at least 500 mA. Its center tip must be set to positive and its Cautions: plug must fit the scanner's DC 12V jack. The supplied adapter meets You must use a power these specifications. Using an source that supplies 12V ! adapter that does not meet these DC and delivers at least specifications could damage the 500 mA. Its center tip must be set sca
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20-432.fm Page 11 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM 1 8 Plug the speaker cable’s / -inch (3.5- Listening Safely mm) plug into your scanner’s jack. To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use an earphone or headphones. • Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended high- volume listening can lead to per- manent hearing loss. •Set VOLUME to the lowest setting before you begin listening. After you begin listening, adjust VOL- UME to a comfortable level. Note: Connectin
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20-432.fm Page 12 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the scanner to work for you. You simply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then set the scanner to scan them. A frequency is the tuning location of a station (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the search function. You can also search the
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20-432.fm Page 13 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM SCAN In conventional scanning, scans through stored chan- nels; in trunking mode, scans through the scan lists and turns on/off the S-bit feature. MANUAL Stops scanning and lets you directly enter a channel number or frequency. TRUNK Selects trunk scanning or conventional mode. SVC (service) Selects a service bank; turns on/off the disconnect tone detect feature. PRIORITY/SPEED Sets and turns on and off the priority feature; turns the HyperSear
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20-432.fm Page 14 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM REMOTE/HOLD/s Turns the remote function on or off; holds on the cur- rent ID in trunk scanning mode; sets the search direc- tion and holds the frequency search. DATA/ALERT Turns the data signal skip feature and the SAME alert features on or off, or checks the current trunking bank in trunk scanning mode. SHIFT Press with number keys to select banks 11 through 20. A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has indicators that show the scanner’s current o
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20-432.fm Page 15 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM WX Indicates (along with the activity indicator) that the scanner is searching the weather service bank. TRUNK Appears when the scanner is in trunk scanning mode. 1–20 appears as the bank number or list number. Shows which service bank is currently active. Shows (activity indicator) which control/voice channels are currently ac- tive. SFT Appears when the scanner is in the shift mode; flashes when the remote function is on. M Appears when the
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20-432.fm Page 16 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM L/O (lockout) Appears when you manually select a channel, fre- quency, or ID that is locked out. t SEARCHs Lights steadily during a limit search, service search, and ID search, and blinks while HyperSearch is active and when you monitor IDs. The arrow indicates the search direction. Error Appears if you make an entry error. 16
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20-432.fm Page 17 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING BANKS TRUNKING Channel Storage Banks In the past, groups that broadcast fre- quently, such as police departments, To make it easier to identify and select were restricted to transmitting on just the channels you want to listen to, a few frequencies. This resulted in channels are divided into 20 banks of heavy traffic and often required 2-way 50 channels each. Use each channel- radio users to wait for a specific fre-
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20-432.fm Page 18 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM OPERATION directories every year, so be sure to TURNING ON THE get a current copy. SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH Note: To store trunking system fre- quencies, see “Programming Trunked 1. Turn SQUELCH and VOLUME fully Frequencies” on Page 32. counterclockwise. Follow these steps to store frequen- 2. Turn VOLUME back clockwise until cies into channels. you hear a hissing sound. 1. Press MANUAL, enter the chan- 3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, then nel
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20-432.fm Page 19 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM quency of 151.473, your scan- • POLICE — contains 2,392 police ner accepts it as 151.475. frequencies • FIRE/EMG — contains 197 fire • If you entered a frequency that and emergency service frequen- is already stored in another cies channel, the scanner beeps three times and displays the • AIR — contains 2,319 aircraft and lowest channel number where air service frequencies the frequency is already stored. • WX — contains 7 weather fre- If you w
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20-432.fm Page 20 Friday, July 14, 2000 11:30 AM Press SEARCH to start searching im- store a frequency, then press mediately or to continue searching if MANUAL again. The channel num- you want to skip a frequency. ber appears. 2. Use the number keys and to • During service-search, you can press enter the frequency that is the HOLD to pause the searching. HOLD lower limit of the range you want appears. Press s or t to move up or to search. down one step, or press SEARCH to resume searching.
