PRO-96 20-526 Digital Trunking Handheld Scanner OWNER'S MANUAL ­ Please read before using this equipment ! IMPORTANT ! If an icon appears at the end of a paragraph, go to the box on that page with the corresponding icon for pertinent information. Warning Caution Welcome to Digital Trunking ! Important Hint Note RadioShack © 2003 RadioShack Corporation All Rights Reserved. RadioShack, RadioShack.com, Hypersearch, Hyperscan, V-Scanner, and Adaptaplug are trademarks used by RadioShack Corporation. Motorola, Smartnet, ASTRO and Privacy Plus are registered trademarks of Motorola Inc. EDACS is a registered trademark of MA-COM Inc. The IMBETM voice coding Technology embodied in this product is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within this Communications Equipment. The user of this Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human readable form. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,870,405 and 5,517,511. This device made under license under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: 4,590,473; 4,636,791; 5,148,482; 5,185,796; 5,271,017; 5,377,229. 1 RadioShack PRO-96 Digital Trunking Handheld Scanner ­ 20-526 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................................2 FEATURES ..................................................................................................................8 THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW...........................................................................13 SCANNING LEGALLY...............................................................................................14 GETTING FAMILIAR WITH YOUR SCANNER .........................................................15 About the Keypad ...................................................................................................15 Understanding Your Scanner's Memory Organization............................................17 V-Scanners .........................................................................................................17 Channel Storage Banks ......................................................................................17 Channels .........................................................................................................18 Search Banks ..................................................................................................18 Understanding Your Scanner's Channel Receive Modes .......................................18 AM Mode (AM)....................................................................................................19 FM/Digital Mode (FM) .........................................................................................19 CTCSS Mode (CT)..............................................................................................19 DCS Mode (DC)..................................................................................................20 Motorola/APCO-25 Trunking Mode (MO)............................................................20 EDACS Trunking Mode (ED)...............................................................................22 PREPARATION .........................................................................................................23 Listening Safely ......................................................................................................23 Traffic Safety ..........................................................................................................23 Power Sources .......................................................................................................23 Using Batteries....................................................................................................24 Charging Rechargeable Batteries ...................................................................26 Using AC Power..................................................................................................27 Using Vehicle Battery Power...............................................................................27 Antenna ..................................................................................................................28 Connecting the Supplied Antenna.......................................................................28 Connecting an Optional External Antenna ..........................................................28 Connecting an Earphone/Headphones...................................................................29 Connecting an External Speaker ............................................................................29 Using the Belt Clip..................................................................................................30 PROGRAMMING YOUR SCANNER .........................................................................30 2 Programming Conventional Channels....................................................................30 Storing Conventional Frequencies ......................................................................30 Programming Trunked Systems .............................................................................32 Programming Motorola analog, digital, and APCO-25 trunking systems.............33 Programming EDACS Trunking Systems............................................................34 Programming Motorola VHF and UHF Trunking Systems...................................35 Programming Motorola 800 MHz Splinter Systems.............................................36 Programming Fleet Maps....................................................................................36 Talkgroup IDs......................................................................................................38 Storing Talkgroup IDs..........................................................................................38 Programming the Priority Channel..........................................................................40 Programming a stored channel frequency in the priority channel: ......................41 Programming the Priority Channel Directly .....................................................41 Programming a Weather Channel as Priority ..................................................41 Activating the Priority Feature .........................................................................42 Programming channels for CTCSS and DCS operation..................................42 General Programming Notes..................................................................................46 Storing Text Tags.................................................................................................46 Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel ......................................................................46 Assigning a Text Tag to a Group ID.....................................................................47 Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel Storage Bank ...............................................47 Text Input Chart...................................................................................................48 OPERATING YOUR SCANNER ................................................................................49 Initial Preparation....................................................................................................49 Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch......................................................49 Scanning ................................................................................................................49 Turning Channel Storage Banks Off and On ...................................................50 Monitoring a Single Channel/Battery Save Circuit...........................................50 Using CTCSS and DCS ..................................................................................51 Deleting Frequencies from Channels ..............................................................51 Searching and Tuning.............................................................................................52 Finding and Storing Active Frequencies..............................................................52 Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range ................................................52 Search Band Charts ........................................................................................54 Searching Active Frequencies in Your Desired Frequency Range......................58 Using Zeromatic ..............................................................................................59 3 Using Seek Search..........................................................................................59 Manually Tuning a Frequency.............................................................................60 Using Frequency Copy .......................................................................................60 Copying a Frequency into a Specified Channel...............................................61 Copying a Frequency into a Vacant Channel in a Specified Bank ...................61 Coping a Frequency into the Priority Channel .................................................62 SPECIAL FEATURES................................................................................................63 Listening to the Weather band................................................................................63 Listening to a Weather Channel..........................................................................63 SAME Standby Mode..........................................................................................63 Weather Alert Alarm Demonstration....................................................................64 Using the Delay Function .......................................................................................65 Locking Out Channels or Frequencies ...................................................................65 Locking Out Channels ............................................................................................65 Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels .........................................................................66 Locking Out Search Frequencies ...........................................................................66 Reviewing Locked-Out Search Frequencies ..........................................................66 Clearing a Locked-Out Search Frequency .............................................................67 Clearing All Locked-Out Frequencies in a Search Bank .........................................67 Changing the Receive mode ..................................................................................67 Using the Attenuator ...............................................................................................68 Turning the Key Tone On and Off ...........................................................................69 Using the Display Backlight ....................................................................................70 Using the Keylock...................................................................................................71 Changing the Display Contrast...............................................................................71 Working with V-Scanners .......................................................................................71 Using the Digital AGC Function ..............................................................................78 Cloning the Programmed Data ...............................................................................78 TRUNKING SPECIAL FEATURES............................................................................80 Trunking Operation.................................................................................................80 Setting Squelch for Trunking ..................................................................................82 Talkgroup ID Hold ...................................................................................................82 Turning an ID Sub-Bank On or Off..........................................................................82 Open and Closed Mode Operation .........................................................................83 Toggling Open and Closed Modes ......................................................................84 Manual ID Lockout Toggle...................................................................................84 4 Activating ID Lockout While Scanning ................................................................85 Reviewing Locked-Out Talkgroup IDs.....................................................................85 Changing from ID Text Tag Display to ID Code Display...................... ...