Radio Shack PRO-2045 manual

Cat. No. 20-418 OWNER’S MANUAL PRO- 2045 200-Channel Weather Alert Home Scanner Please read before using this equipme nt. 20-4 18.f m Page 1 We dnes day, A u gust 4, 1999 12 :42 PM[...]

2 FEATURES Your RadioShac k P R O-2045 200- Channel Weather A lert Home Scan- ner lets you in on all the action! This scanner gives you direct access to over 4 9,500 e xciting frequen cies used by police and fi r e departments, ambu- lance and transportation services , am- ateur radio, as well as aircraft communi c a t ions , Ci tizen’s Band, and[...]

3 Direct Search — lets you s earch fo r transmissions starting from a freque n- cy you specify. Co unt Fea tur e — lets you k ee p track of how many times y our scanner h as stopped on a chann el. Search Ski p — let s you select up to 50 freque ncies for the scanner t o skip during a search, s o y o u can avoid fre- quencies you h ave already[...]

4 Your scanner c an receive all of the se bands: FCC NOT ICE Your scanner m ig ht cause radio or T V interference even when it is operating properly. To determine if your scann er is causing the interference, turn off your scanner. If the interference goes away, your scan ner wa s causing it. Try to eliminate the interference by: • M o ving your [...]

5 CONTENTS Prep arati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Usin g Stan d ard AC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Usi[...]

6 Spe cial Fea tures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Del ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Pr iorit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

7 PREPARA TION CONNECTING POWER You can power your s cann er from a standard A C ou tlet using t he sup plied AC adap ter o r from y ou r vehicle’ s bat - tery using an optional DC power cord. If a power failure occurs or if the po w- er cord is disconnect ed, the scanner’s memory ba ckup circuit keeps informa- tion in m emory f or up to 3 days[...]

8 • I f y ou use your scann er in your vehicle with t he engine running, you might hear electrical noi se from the sc anner . T his is normal. Note: M obile use of this scanne r is unlawful or req uires a perm it in some areas. Check the laws i n your area. Follow these steps to use vehicle bat- tery power. 1. Insert t he DC powe r cord’s barre[...]

9 Note: Alway s use 50 -ohm coaxial ca- ble to conn ect an out door antenn a to your scanner. For lengths under 50 feet, use RG-58 or RG-8/M coaxial ca- ble. For lengths over 50 feet, use RG - 8, low-loss coaxial cable. If t he coax ial cable’s conn ector does not fit the ANT jack, you might also nee d an adapter. Yo ur loc al Ra di oS hac k st o[...]

10 T EST ING ALERT OPERAT ION For your s canner’s weather alert func- tion to be effective, you m ust place the scanner: • Where it can receive an emer- gency alert broa dcast (see “T est- ing Alert Reception” on this page) • Where you can hear its ale rt tone (See “T esting the Weather Alert” on Page 1 1). Once you determin e a locat[...]

11 T e sting the W ea ther Ale rt Follow these steps to test t h e weather alert — to hea r how it sounds and e n- sure that t he circuitry is working. Note: This test do es not ensure that your scanner will sound an alert when the weather serv ice transmits an emergency signal (see “ We ath er Alert” o n Page 25). Proper operat ion is affec [...]

12 T raffic S afety Do not wear a n earphon e or hea d- phones while operating a motor vehi - cle. This can creat e a traffic ha zard and c an be illega l in som e areas. Even thou gh some earphones and headphones let you hear some out- side soun ds when l istening a t normal volume le vels, they st ill can presen t a traffic hazard. CONNECTING AN [...]

13 2. Remove t he scanner ’s top cover . 3. Gently plug t he CTCS S boa rd i nto sock e ts J9 and J10 on the top of the scanner ’s circuit boa rd. 4. Replace the scann er ’s top cover, then replace the t wo side screw s and th ree bo ttom s crews. Note: Fo r information abou t using CTCSS, see “Using CTCS S” on Page 30. CT CSS BOR D CTCSS[...]

14 UNDERSTANDING Y OUR SCANNE R A LOOK AT THE KEYBOARD A quick glance at this section should help you understand each key’s func tion(s). VOLUME — rot ate to turn the scann er on or of f and adj ust the vol ume. SQUELCH — ro ta te t o a d ju st th e squelch. AUTO — lets you automaticall y pro- gram f requencies into banks ; set s the the sc[...]

15 Number Keys — each key has a sin- gle digit with a range o f numbers print- ed abov e it. The si ngle d igits are us ed to enter t he number of a channel or frequency . The range of numbers (21– 40, for ex ample) i ndicates t he cha n- nels that make up a memory bank. See “ Underst anding Channel-Storage Banks” on Page 17. • — enters[...]

16 A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has sev eral indicators that show the s canne r’s current operating mo de. A good look at the di s pl ay will help you understand how your scanner operates . MON — appears during a search or when you listen to a m onitor memory. The number to the ri ght of this s ho ws the current moni tor memory num ber. Se[...]

17 L/O — app ears whe n you m anual ly select a l ocked c hanne l or a s kipped frequency . DLY — appears w hen you program a channel for a 2-second delay or when you listen to a channe l that ha s been programme d with the delay feat ure. Also, the indicator app ears when y ou turn on the de lay f eature during a limit or direct search or weat[...]

18 OPE R ATION T URNI NG ON THE SCANNER/SETTING V OLUME AND SQUELC H 1. Rotate VOLUME 1 / 4 turn clockwise to turn o n t he scanner . 2. Rotate SQUELCH fully counter- clockwi se. 3. Slowly turn SQ UELCH cl o ckwis e until the hissin g stops . Note: To hear a weak or distant sta- tion, turn SQUELCH counterclockwise. You m ight hear hissi ng, but y o[...]

19 •P r e s s FREQ/CHAN-LOCK until the CHA N in dicator appears. T urn the rotary t une r to select the de sired chan nel. 3. Enter a frequenc y (including the decimal point). 4. Press E to s t ore the frequency . Notes: • If you made a mistak e in Step 3, the s canner d isplays Er ror and beeps three times. Pres s CLEAR , t hen proceed again f[...]

20 6. When the scanner finds a trans- mission, you can: • Store the displayed frequency into the curr ent monitor memory — quickly press MO NITOR . • Lock out the f req uenc y so t he scanner does not stop on it again — pres s S/S . The sc a n- ner resumes searching. • Continue the search without storin g it o r loc k in g it o ut — pre[...]

21 • Continue the searc h — press s or t . • Hold the scanner on the fre- quency — press LI MIT or t ur n the rotary t un er eit he r way one cli ck. -h - appea rs. Notes: • Y ou can press s or t during the hold to step t hrough the fre- quencies toward the upper or lowe r lim it s . • If you tune to a searc h skip f re- quency , the sc[...]

22 AUTOMA TICALL Y STORING F REQUENCIES You can have your scann er autom ati- cally store active frequencies into empty channel s within t he banks you specify. 1. Press PROG RAM t h en LIMIT . Lo and the lower limit frequency appears. 2. E nter t h e lower l i mit using the number key s or use the rot ary tuner to enter the l o wer limit of the fr[...]

23 LI ST E NI NG TO M ON I TO R MEM OR IES Once you st ore f requencies i nto moni - tor memories u sing a d irect or limit search or weather scan, you can listen to a monitor memory by pressing MANUAL , MONITOR , an d th e n the number for t he moni tor me mory you want to list e n to. Note: To listen to t he monitor m emo- ries, the priori t y ch[...]

24 Lock in g Out Channels You can increase the effective scan- ning speed by lockin g out channel s that have a c ontinuous t ransm ission, such as a weat her chan nel. Note: Y ou can manua lly select the channels you have lock ed out. To lock out a c h annel, man ually select the chan nel, t hen press LOCKOUT so L/O appea rs on the display. To rev[...]

25 SCANNING T HE WEAT HER BAND The F CC (Federal C ommuni cations Commission) ha s allocated 1 1 cha n- nels for use by the National Oceani c and Atmospheric Ad ministration (NO AA). Your scanner is preprogram med w ith the following se ven frequenc ies avail- able to NOAA. To hear your local forecast and re- gional weather inform ation, simply pre[...]

26 SPEC IAL FE ATURES DELAY Many agen cies us e a tw o-way radio system t hat m ight h ave a period of 2 or more seconds between a que ry and a reply. To keep from m issing a reply on a specific channe l, you can pro- gram a 2-sec ond delay into any c han- nel, or on fre quencies d uring a frequency search. Th e sc anner con- tinues to mo nitor the[...]

27 The scan ner autom atically desi g- nates each ba nk’s first channe l as that bank’s priority cha nnel. Follow these steps to program a di f ferent channel as the priori t y chan nel for a bank. 1. Press PROGRAM . 2. Use the num ber keys to ent er the channel num ber you want to pro- gram as th e priority channe l, then press PRIORITY . P ap[...]

28 USING AUTO SORT You can set the scanner t o scan within each bank from the channel with the lowest frequenc y to th e chann el w ith the highest frequency, instead of i n channel num ber order. Th is mak es the scanner sc an fast er. Follow these ste ps to turn on auto sort. 1. T urn off t he s canner . 2. Press a nd ho ld AUTO , th en tu rn on [...]

29 T RANSFERRING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER CHA NNEL T ransfer ring to an Em pty Channel This f eature le ts you reassign a stored frequency to another bank’s v acant channel. Note: You cannot transfer a frequenc y into o r out of a priori t y chann el. 1. Press MANUAL to stop scanning. 2. Us ing the number key s or the rotary tuner , select the c ha[...]

30 USING THE C OUNT FEATURE The scanne r can count the num ber of times it has de tected a t ran smiss ion on each channel since you turned on the scanner or cleared th e count. 1. While the s canner is scanni ng, press MANUAL . 2. Press COUNT . The s canner d is- plays COUN T , the current channel number , and the count number. 3. Repeatedly press[...]

31 Assigning a CT CSS T o ne Freq ue ncy to a Chan ne l You can spec ify the CT CSS tone fre- quency you want the sc anner to d e- tect on a spec ific prep rogrammed channel. 1. Select the channel number t hat has the frequency you want to assign a CTCS S tone frequ ency to. 2. Press PROG RAM . PGM app ears on the display . 3. Press CT CS S . CTCS [...]

32 A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is m ainly “line-of- sight.” That means you usually cannot hear stations that are bey ond the ho ri- zon. During t he summ er mont hs, y ou might be able t o hear stat ions in the 30–50 MHz ran ge located several hundred or even thousan ds of m iles a way . Th[...]

33 Birdie F requen cies Birdies a re frequencies your scanner uses when it operates. T hese op erat ing f re- quencies might i nt e rfere with broadcasts on the same frequenc ies. If y ou tune one of these frequencies, you hear only noise on that frequenc y. If the interferen ce is not sev ere, you m ight be able t o turn SQUELCH clockw i se to cut[...]

34 GUID E TO THE ACTION BAN DS T y pical Band Usage HF Band (29.00–30.0 MHz) 10-Meter Ama teur . ................................................ . ............... 29.00–2 9.7 0 MHz VHF Band (30 .00 –300.0 M Hz) Low Range ........ . .................. . . ............ . ....................... . .......... 29.70–5 0.0 0 MHz 6-Meter Amateur [...]

35 Pri mary Usage As a general rule, most radio activity is conc entrat ed on the following freque ncies: VH F Ba nd UHF Band Note: Remo te cont rol sta ti o ns and mobile units operate at 5 MHz higher than their associated b as e stations a nd relay repeater units. Activ ities Frequenci es (MHz) Government , Police, and Fire Emergenc y Services 15[...]

36 BAND ALL OCATION To help decide which freque nc y ranges t o scan, use the fo llowing listing of the t ypi- cal services th at use the frequen cies y our scanner rec eives. These f requen cies are subject to change, and might v ary from area to area. For a more com plete listing, refer t o the “ Police Call Radio Guide including Fire and Emerg[...]

37 RO AD .. .. ... . Ro a d & H i g hway Mainten ance R TV .. Radio/ TV Remote Broadcast Pickup T AXI . ... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... T a xi S erv ic e s TELB .. . .... ....... ..... ..... . .....Mobi le T elephone (Ai rcraft, Radio Common Car ri er , Landline com pan ies) TELC .. ..... . ..... ...... ..... ...... Cordles s[...]

38 Airc raft Ban d (108– 136 MHz) 108.0 00-121. 490 .... ....... ..... ....... ..... .....AIR 121 . 500 ... ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... AI R Em er g ency 121.5 10-136. 000 .... ....... ..... ....... ..... .....AIR U.S. Gover nm ent Band (138-144 MHz) 137.0 00-144. 000 .... ....... ..... ..... GO VT , MIL 2-Met er Amateur Band ( 144- 148 MH[...]

39 U.S. Government Band (406 -450 MHz) 406.1 25-419. 975 . .... ....... ..... GOVT , USXX 70-Cent imeter Amateur Ban d (420- 450 MHz) 420.0 00-450. 000 ....... ..... ....... ..... . ... ... HAM Low Ban d (450- 470 MHz) 450.0 50-450. 925 ....... ..... ....... ..... . ... ....RTV 451.0 25-452. 025 ... IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL 452.0 375-453. 00 . .... ...[...]

40 T ROUBLESHOOTING If you h ave problems, here a re some suggestions th at migh t help. If no ne of these sugges tions help, take your scanner to y our local RadioShack st or e fo r as s i st a nc e. PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Scanner i s t otally inop- erative. No powe r . Make s ure you plugged the scanner into a work- ing AC or DC outl e t. [...]

41 CARE AND MA INTENA NCE Your PRO-2045 200-Chan nel Direct Entry Program mable S canner is an example of superior design an d crafts- manship. The f ollowing sugg estions will help you care for the PRO -2045 so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the s canner dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediat ely. Liquids can con tain m inerals that c a n cor[...]

42 SPECIFICATIONS Frequenc y Coverage , Step, and Default Modulation Mode s: Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 (20 Chann els × 10 Ba nk s + 10 Monitor Memories) Sensitivity (20 dB S/N wi th 60% mod ulation for AM; 3 kHz deviation f o r NFM): NFM 40.8 4 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0. 5 µ V S+N/N= 20 dB 162. 4 MHz . . . . . . .[...]

43 IF Frequenc ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st IF: 3 70. 7 MHz 2nd I F: 1 0.85 M Hz 3rd IF: 450 k Hz (NFM) Audi o Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 W att Maximum Built-In Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 / 16 -Inch (57 mm), 8-O[...]

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