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... only, once the control channels are easier to group channels so calls are programmed. 10 Channel-Storage Banks - Automatic Channel Programming - Your scanner includes these features: Simultaneous Trunking Operation - automatically sounds the alarm tone to over 59,000 frequencies including those used by police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, air, and amateur radio services. let you store...
... only, once the control channels are easier to group channels so calls are programmed. 10 Channel-Storage Banks - Automatic Channel Programming - Your scanner includes these features: Simultaneous Trunking Operation - automatically sounds the alarm tone to over 59,000 frequencies including those used by police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, air, and amateur radio services. let you store...
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............ 69 US Weather Frequencies (in MHz 69 Ham Radio Frequencies ..... 69 Birdie Frequencies ..... 69 Guide to another channel in MHz 71 Band Allocation ......... 73 Frequency Conversion 80 Troubleshooting .... 82 Resetting the Scanner 83 Initializing the Scanner 83 Care 84 Specifications ....... 84 Parts and Accessories ...hear only the frequency you select. the scanner scans at up to 60 channels per second and searches up to 75 frequencies per second, to help you can also upload or download the programmed data to another PRO-95 scanner. Scan Delay - delays scanning for the...
............ 69 US Weather Frequencies (in MHz 69 Ham Radio Frequencies ..... 69 Birdie Frequencies ..... 69 Guide to another channel in MHz 71 Band Allocation ......... 73 Frequency Conversion 80 Troubleshooting .... 82 Resetting the Scanner 83 Initializing the Scanner 83 Care 84 Specifications ....... 84 Parts and Accessories ...hear only the frequency you select. the scanner scans at up to 60 channels per second and searches up to 75 frequencies per second, to help you can also upload or download the programmed data to another PRO-95 scanner. Scan Delay - delays scanning for the...
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... scanning or searching, and skip over IDs when tracking trunked systems. Key Lock - Features Priority Channel - Attenuate - lets you lock the scanner's keys to check one channel every 2 seconds so you power the scanner with BNC Connector - lets you set the scanner to prevent accidentally changing the scanner's programming. Memory Backup - let you do not miss transmissions. Lock...
... scanning or searching, and skip over IDs when tracking trunked systems. Key Lock - Features Priority Channel - Attenuate - lets you lock the scanner's keys to check one channel every 2 seconds so you power the scanner with BNC Connector - lets you set the scanner to prevent accidentally changing the scanner's programming. Memory Backup - let you do not miss transmissions. Lock...
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...collect and recycle these batteries at high volume levels. IMPORTANT ! Please call 1-800-THE-SHACK (1-800-843-7422) for comfortable listening. • Set the volume to placing used...they still can present a traffic hazard. Exercise extreme caution! RadioShack's involvement in this program is voluntarily participating in your area. Prolonged exposure to preserving our environment and conserving ...speaker (not supplied), available at your local RadioShack store, might damage your scanner's jack.Ô Preparation 14 Traffic Safety Wearing headphones while operating a motor vehicle...
...collect and recycle these batteries at high volume levels. IMPORTANT ! Please call 1-800-THE-SHACK (1-800-843-7422) for comfortable listening. • Set the volume to placing used...they still can present a traffic hazard. Exercise extreme caution! RadioShack's involvement in this program is voluntarily participating in your area. Prolonged exposure to preserving our environment and conserving ...speaker (not supplied), available at your local RadioShack store, might damage your scanner's jack.Ô Preparation 14 Traffic Safety Wearing headphones while operating a motor vehicle...
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... the belt clip attached to or from another PRO-95 scanner using an optional PC interface cable (available through your belt or waistband. Slide the belt clip over your local RadioShack store) and optional PC interface software (available at www.radioshack.com). See "Cloning the Programmed Data" on both ends (not supplied). USING THE...
... the belt clip attached to or from another PRO-95 scanner using an optional PC interface cable (available through your belt or waistband. Slide the belt clip over your local RadioShack store) and optional PC interface software (available at www.radioshack.com). See "Cloning the Programmed Data" on both ends (not supplied). USING THE...
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... with other keys. You can store it stays on that channel until the transmission ends. lets you directly enter a channel number. scans through the programmed channels. Each time the scanner finds an active frequency, it into a programmable memory location called a channel, which are preprogrammed frequencies in a channel-storage bank. MANUAL - WX - When you find a frequency, you can...
... with other keys. You can store it stays on that channel until the transmission ends. lets you directly enter a channel number. scans through the programmed channels. Each time the scanner finds an active frequency, it into a programmable memory location called a channel, which are preprogrammed frequencies in a channel-storage bank. MANUAL - WX - When you find a frequency, you can...
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... of frequencies and text. 17 MODE - lets you input text. programs frequencies into channels. ENTER - PRI (Priority) - lets you search the six search banks. sets and turns the priority function on to reduce the scanner's sensitivity and block extremely strong signals, or turns it off to ... with FUNC locks/unlocks the keypad to increase sensitivity. or - stores the trunking ID code or holds the trunking ID while scanning. lets you input a frequency and allows you lock out a selected channel, skip a specified frequency during search, or lock out a selected ID code. PGM ...
... of frequencies and text. 17 MODE - lets you input text. programs frequencies into channels. ENTER - PRI (Priority) - lets you search the six search banks. sets and turns the priority function on to reduce the scanner's sensitivity and block extremely strong signals, or turns it off to ... with FUNC locks/unlocks the keypad to increase sensitivity. or - stores the trunking ID code or holds the trunking ID while scanning. lets you input a frequency and allows you lock out a selected channel, skip a specified frequency during search, or lock out a selected ID code. PGM ...
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... Search Banks - Manual Tuning - allows you to NOAA weather broadcasts without programming. (See "Specifications" on Page 44. Weather Radio - Whereas a channel can hold numerous channels. 19 See "Listening to program the scanner. Quick Start QUICK START To help familiarize yourself with the scanner's functions, keypad, and available frequencies, you can utilize one frequency, a bank can only contain...
... Search Banks - Manual Tuning - allows you to NOAA weather broadcasts without programming. (See "Specifications" on Page 44. Weather Radio - Whereas a channel can hold numerous channels. 19 See "Listening to program the scanner. Quick Start QUICK START To help familiarize yourself with the scanner's functions, keypad, and available frequencies, you can utilize one frequency, a bank can only contain...
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... would put both of those frequencies in the limit search bank. For example, a police department might use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as those used by Motorola trunking, EDACS trunking, Marine, CB, Police, Fire, Aircraft and Ham (see "Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range" on Page 71). ... between a range of 150.1000 and 150.5000, you want to listen to, your scanner divides the channels into 10 banks (0 to 9) of 100 (00 to 99) channels each side of four receive modes (AM, FM, MOT, and ED). 20 You could program the police frequencies starting with 000...
... would put both of those frequencies in the limit search bank. For example, a police department might use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as those used by Motorola trunking, EDACS trunking, Marine, CB, Police, Fire, Aircraft and Ham (see "Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range" on Page 71). ... between a range of 150.1000 and 150.5000, you want to listen to, your scanner divides the channels into 10 banks (0 to 9) of 100 (00 to 99) channels each side of four receive modes (AM, FM, MOT, and ED). 20 You could program the police frequencies starting with 000...
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... stops on the transmission. When the scanner receives a transmission on a channel set to receive transmissions using amplitude modulation (AM), primarily used for aircraft, military, some amateur radio, and some government transmissions. (Refer to "Specifications" on a channel set to the closed mode lets you...talk group IDs used with Motorola trunking systems. This setting is called the Motorola mode. MOTOROLA MODE You can set your scanner operates when scanning and receiving transmissions, and also affects what transmissions you receive when you cannot program MOT (Motorola), or ED (...
... stops on the transmission. When the scanner receives a transmission on a channel set to receive transmissions using amplitude modulation (AM), primarily used for aircraft, military, some amateur radio, and some government transmissions. (Refer to "Specifications" on a channel set to the closed mode lets you...talk group IDs used with Motorola trunking systems. This setting is called the Motorola mode. MOTOROLA MODE You can set your scanner operates when scanning and receiving transmissions, and also affects what transmissions you receive when you cannot program MOT (Motorola), or ED (...
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... display. EDACS frequencies are divisible by 16. Fleet map information is called the EDACS mode. If you must program the correct fleet map into the scanner. Each frequency 23 EDACS systems are trunking systems used with different user groups assigned to different fleets. Ô To properly map the raw Type I ... within a police department might be 000-12, where 000 identifies all police users and 12 identifies the Detective division. • If the scanner decodes control channel data while receiving transmissions from a Motorola trunking system, CNTRL appears on a dedicated control...
... display. EDACS frequencies are divisible by 16. Fleet map information is called the EDACS mode. If you must program the correct fleet map into the scanner. Each frequency 23 EDACS systems are trunking systems used with different user groups assigned to different fleets. Ô To properly map the raw Type I ... within a police department might be 000-12, where 000 identifies all police users and 12 identifies the Detective division. • If the scanner decodes control channel data while receiving transmissions from a Motorola trunking system, CNTRL appears on a dedicated control...
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If you are having trouble scanning an EDACS system, try manually selecting the data channel. If you are getting good reception, the scanner will indicate talk group CTL-01. For the scanner to correctly switch to transmissions with Memory 01. An external antenna can greatly improve EDACS scanning .... When there is activity on an EDACS system, that match talk group IDs you must program the frequencies in LCN order, starting with IDs that information is assigned a Logical Channel Number (LCN). The scanner decodes the ID for the active talk group. In the open mode, the...
If you are having trouble scanning an EDACS system, try manually selecting the data channel. If you are getting good reception, the scanner will indicate talk group CTL-01. For the scanner to correctly switch to transmissions with Memory 01. An external antenna can greatly improve EDACS scanning .... When there is activity on an EDACS system, that match talk group IDs you must program the frequencies in LCN order, starting with IDs that information is assigned a Logical Channel Number (LCN). The scanner decodes the ID for the active talk group. In the open mode, the...
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...and the signal's ID code matches the programmed ID code. Also, the scanner scans signals transmitted only under the channel Ô NOTE Ô • In open mode, the scanner scans signals transmitted in MOT or ED mode. You can set a channel storage bank to change the way it ...When you specifically exclude, making it easy to listen only to open mode and closed mode. Understanding Your Scanner's Modes 25 In closed mode, you hear only those you select a channel manually, any transmission. appears under the following conditions: • When the signals are in the FM mode...
...and the signal's ID code matches the programmed ID code. Also, the scanner scans signals transmitted only under the channel Ô NOTE Ô • In open mode, the scanner scans signals transmitted in MOT or ED mode. You can set a channel storage bank to change the way it ...When you specifically exclude, making it easy to listen only to open mode and closed mode. Understanding Your Scanner's Modes 25 In closed mode, you hear only those you select a channel manually, any transmission. appears under the following conditions: • When the signals are in the FM mode...
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...on Page 45. Press ENTER to store the frequency into trunking mode. 3. The next channel in the channel. STORING TRUNKING FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS 1. Press TRUNK to enter into the channel. Ô 5. Enter the UHF trunking frequency and press ENTER. quency (including the decimal point)... If desired, program a text tag for programming. Operation 28 Start again from Step 3. • Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to change the receiving mode. 6. Press PGM and select the channel number using or . 5. Repeatedly press MODE to program. 2. Press ...
...on Page 45. Press ENTER to store the frequency into trunking mode. 3. The next channel in the channel. STORING TRUNKING FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS 1. Press TRUNK to enter into the channel. Ô 5. Enter the UHF trunking frequency and press ENTER. quency (including the decimal point)... If desired, program a text tag for programming. Operation 28 Start again from Step 3. • Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to change the receiving mode. 6. Press PGM and select the channel number using or . 5. Repeatedly press MODE to program. 2. Press ...
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The scanner does not scan any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned off . Press MANUAL again. 4. M changes to delete. 3. There must be at least one active bank. • You can manually select any of the channels within the banks you want to P. 5. Press MANUAL. 2. Press FUNC. 6. The frequency number changes and... bank's number appears. Selected for Scanning in Closed Mode To turn off bank 1, press 1. Press PGM to turn on again, press 1. Ô Deleting Frequencies from Channels 1. For example, to enter the program mode. Press CL.
The scanner does not scan any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned off . Press MANUAL again. 4. M changes to delete. 3. There must be at least one active bank. • You can manually select any of the channels within the banks you want to P. 5. Press MANUAL. 2. Press FUNC. 6. The frequency number changes and... bank's number appears. Selected for Scanning in Closed Mode To turn off bank 1, press 1. Press PGM to turn on again, press 1. Ô Deleting Frequencies from Channels 1. For example, to enter the program mode. Press CL.
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... or searching. Ô To turn on the scanner. To avoid missing a reply, you turn delay on the channel. Then, when the scanner stops on the channel, D appears and the scanner continues to monitor the channel for each channel when you can still manually select locked-out channels. Locking Out Channels You can program a 2-second delay into any of several seconds...
... or searching. Ô To turn on the scanner. To avoid missing a reply, you turn delay on the channel. Then, when the scanner stops on the channel, D appears and the scanner continues to monitor the channel for each channel when you can still manually select locked-out channels. Locking Out Channels You can program a 2-second delay into any of several seconds...
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... operate while the scanner receives a trunking voice channel or during peak hours. • If you program a weather channel as the priority channel if the channel's receive mode is activity until the activity stops. Ô To program a frequency in the priority channel only when the scanner detects the weather alert tone • This scanner cannot set a channel as the priority channel, the scanner stays in...
... operate while the scanner receives a trunking voice channel or during peak hours. • If you program a weather channel as the priority channel if the channel's receive mode is activity until the activity stops. Ô To program a frequency in the priority channel only when the scanner detects the weather alert tone • This scanner cannot set a channel as the priority channel, the scanner stays in...
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... tone. 49 Or if the scanner detects a weather alert tone in Priority WX mode, Pri Channel appears for 3 seconds then changes to program as the priority channel. 3. To turn off the priority feature, press PRI. The preset mode is only for each frequency range. However, some amateur radio transmissions and trunked systems do not operate in...
... tone. 49 Or if the scanner detects a weather alert tone in Priority WX mode, Pri Channel appears for 3 seconds then changes to program as the priority channel. 3. To turn off the priority feature, press PRI. The preset mode is only for each frequency range. However, some amateur radio transmissions and trunked systems do not operate in...
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...seconds. Use Up/Down keys to set Lit off automatically, hold down for about 1 second. Press or to Dual Trunking appears, press . 3. USING THE KEYLOCK Once you program your scanner, you are FUNC, / , SQUELCH, and VOLUME. While Welcome to select 3, 5, 10 or 20 seconds then press ...ENTER. To turn it automatically turns off, press again. Key 52 Press while the backlight is locked, the only controls that operate are entering a frequency into a channel...
...seconds. Use Up/Down keys to set Lit off automatically, hold down for about 1 second. Press or to Dual Trunking appears, press . 3. USING THE KEYLOCK Once you program your scanner, you are FUNC, / , SQUELCH, and VOLUME. While Welcome to select 3, 5, 10 or 20 seconds then press ...ENTER. To turn it automatically turns off, press again. Key 52 Press while the backlight is locked, the only controls that operate are entering a frequency into a channel...
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Press MANUAL. 2. CLONING THE PROGRAMMED DATA You can transfer the programmed data to clone the data. 1. Press or to exit. Turn on both ends (not supplied, available at your local RadioShack store). Ô Follow these steps to and from another PRO-95 scanner using an optional connecting cable with 1/8-inch phone plugs on both scanners. 2. Press . Use...
Press MANUAL. 2. CLONING THE PROGRAMMED DATA You can transfer the programmed data to clone the data. 1. Press or to exit. Turn on both ends (not supplied, available at your local RadioShack store). Ô Follow these steps to and from another PRO-95 scanner using an optional connecting cable with 1/8-inch phone plugs on both scanners. 2. Press . Use...