Contents The FCC Wants You To Know ...................................................................................................................1 Scanning Legally ........................................................................................................................................2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................3 Using this Manual ...................................................................................................................................5 Understanding Scanning ............................................................................................................................6 Conventional Scanning ...........................................................................................................................6 Simplex Operation ..............................................................................................................................6 Repeater Operation ............................................................................................................................6 Trunked Scanning ..................................................................................................................................7 Motorola Trunking ...............................................................................................................................7 EDACS Trunking ................................................................................................................................8 LTR Trunking ......................................................................................................................................9 Understanding Banks and Channels ......................................................................................................9 Getting More Information .........................................................................................................................10 Front and Rear View ................................................................................................................................11 Display Icons ........................................................................................................................................12 Included With Your Scanner ....................................................................................................................13 Setting Up Your Scanner .........................................................................................................................14 Connecting an Antenna ........................................................................................................................14 Mounting an Antenna ...........................................................................................................................14 Optional Antenna ..................................................................................................................................14 Typical Mounting Methods ...................................................................................................................15 Mounting the Scanner in Your Vehicle .................................................................................................15 Applying Power for Vehicle Installation ................................................................................................16 Desktop Installation ..............................................................................................................................17 Applying Power Using Standard AC Power .........................................................................................17 Connecting an External Speaker ..........................................................................................................17 Connecting an Earphone ......................................................................................................................17 Listening Safely ....................................................................................................................................18 Connecting the Clone Cable ................................................................................................................18 Connecting the Tape Recorder ............................................................................................................18 Basic Operation ........................................................................................................................................19 Turning On the Scanner .......................................................................................................................19 Setting the Squelch ..............................................................................................................................19 Using the Menu ....................................................................................................................................20 Manually Selecting a Channel ..............................................................................................................20 Scanning Programmed Channels ........................................................................................................20 Locking/Unlocking Banks .....................................................................................................................20 Locking/Unlocking Channels ................................................................................................................21 Restoring All Locked Out Channels .....................................................................................................21 Priority Scanning ..................................................................................................................................21 Priority Plus Scanning ..........................................................................................................................21 Listening to the Input Channel .............................................................................................................21 Dimmer Light Setting ............................................................................................................................22 Controlling How Much Information Appears .........................................................................................22 Turning the Key Beep On/Off ...............................................................................................................22 Locking the ENTER key .......................................................................................................................22 Disabling the APCO25 Card .................................................................................................................23 Muting All Audio ...................................................................................................................................23 Setting Squelch Mode ..........................................................................................................................23 Trunk Scanning Options .......................................................................................................................23 Searching for Active Talkgroups (ID Search) ...................................................................................23 Scanning Only Stored Talkgroups (ID Scan) ...................................................................................24 Monitoring Talkgroup ID's .................................................................................................................24 Selecting Talkgroup Lists to Scan ....................................................................................................24 Holding on a Single Talkgroup .........................................................................................................24 Locking Out Talkgroups ....................................................................................................................24 EDACS Blockout ...............................................................................................................................25 Unlocking All Talkgroups ..................................................................................................................25 EDACS Patch Tracking ....................................................................................................................25 Searching .................................................................................................................................................26 Holding on an Active Frequency ..........................................................................................................26 Setting Chain Search ...........................................................................................................................26 Setting Data Skip ..................................................................................................................................26 Skipping Frequencies ...........................................................................................................................26 Storing Found Frequencies ..................................................................................................................27 Automatically Storing Frequencies .......................................................................................................27 Setting Subaudible Tones for Searching ..............................................................................................28 Searching for Subaudible Tones ..........................................................................................................28 Attenuating All Search Ranges ............................................................................................................28 Setting DELAY for All Search Ranges .................................................................................................28 Setting a Search Range .......................................................................................................................29 Searching for Trunk Systems ...............................................................................................................29 Service Search .........................................................................................................................................31 Service Search Skip .............................................................................................................................31 Using Weather Search and Weather Alert (SAME) .............................................................................32 Searching for a Weather Broadcast .................................................................................................32 Using Weather Alert (SAME) ............................................................................................................32 Testing the Weather Alert .................................................................................................................33 Programming Bank Information ...............................................................................................................34 Bank Configuration ...............................................................................................................................34 Assigning Bank Names ........................................................................................................................34 General Programming ..............................................................................................................................35 Deleting Frequencies from Channels ...................................................................................................35 Transferring Channel Information .........................................................................................................35 Entering Alpha Information ...................................................................................................................35 General Programming Tips ..................................................................................................................35 Programming Conventional Channels .....................................................................................................37 1. Select a Channel to Program ...........................................................................................................37 2. Enter the Frequency .........................................................................................................................37 3. Assigning a Text Tag .............. ...