Radio Shack PRO-2040 manual

Cat. No. 20-414 OWNER’S MAN UAL 100-Channel Program mable H ome S canner Plea se read before using this eq uipment. PRO -2040 20-4 14.f m Page 1 We dnes day, A u gust 4, 1999 11 :12 AM[...]

2 FEA TURES © 1995 T andy C orp ora tion . All Rights Res erved. Ra dio Shac k i s a re gis tere d tr adem ark us ed by T an dy Co rpor at ion. Your Ra dio S hack PR O-2040 1 00- Channel Pro grammable Hom e Scan- ner lets you in on al l t he action! This scanner gi ves you direct acces s to over 30,000 e xciting freq uencies that include police a [...]

3 Two- Se con d Sca n Dela y — delays scanni ng for 2 sec onds b efore mov- ing to a not her channel, so you c an hear m ore replies. Weather Band Key — scans the preprogramm ed weathe r frequen- cies to keep y ou informed of the mos t current w eather condi tions. Memor y Ba c ku p — ke eps the c han- nel f requenc ies stored i n your scan- [...]

4 Your PR O-2040 ca n receive these bands: FCC Notice Your scanner might cause radi o or TV interference e ven whe n it is operating properly. To determine if your s c a nner is causing the interferenc e, t urn off your scanner. If the int erference goes away, your scanner was caus ing it. Try t o elim- inate the i nt erferenc e by: • Moving your[...]

5 CONTENTS Prepa ration .. .. ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... .. 7 Connect ing Power ..... .. ... .... ..... ..... ..... .. .. ..... ..... .... ..... ... .. ..... .... ..... ..... .. ... .... .. 7 Using S tandard AC P ower .......................... ....... ......[...]

6 Locking Out Channel s . ........................................... . . ................................. 29 Changing Scann ing and Searc h Spee ds .... ............................... . . .............. 29 Detecting Data S ignals .......... ....... ....... .......... .. ....... ....... .......... ....... ....... .... 30 A Gen eral Guide T o Scan[...]

7 PREP ARA TION CONNECT ING POWER Using Stan d ard A C Power You can power your scanner from a standard A C outlet using t he sup- plied AC ad apte r. Wa rn in g : Do not use the AC ad apt- er’s polari zed plu g with a n ext ension cord receptacle unle ss the blades can be fully inserted to prevent blade expo sure. Cautions: • The supp lied AC [...]

8 Usin g V ehicle Ba ttery P ower To power your s canner from y our ve- hicle’s battery power, you need a DC power cord (such as Rad io Shack Cat. No. 270-1533). Cautio n s: • Y our v ehicle must ha ve a 12-volt DC, negative-ground electrical syste m. • The recom mended DC p ower cord supplies 12 volts and de liv- ers at least 500 milliamps. [...]

9 CONNECT ING AN ANTENNA You can connec t either the s upplied telescopi ng antenna or an o ptional antenn a. T e lescoping Antenna To a ttach the t elescoping an tenn a, simply screw it into the hole on top of your scanner. The a ntenna’s l ength c ontrols its sensitivity . Adjust the length of the telescopi ng a ntenna as follows for the best r[...]

10 For the best performan ce, con sider the foll o wing when deciding on an outdoor base antenna and its loca- tion: • The location of the externa l antenna shoul d be as high as possible. • The ex ternal a ntenna an d antenna cable shoul d be as far away as p ossible from s ources of electrical noise (appliances, other radios, and so o n). •[...]

11 IN ITIALI ZING T HE SCANNER If the scanner or its display do es not work p roperly even a fter resetting it, follo w t hes e st eps to ini tializ e t he scanne r. Caution: Initializing the sc anner clears all the chann els you stored in mem ory. Initialize the scanner only when you are sure it is not working properly. 1. If the s canner is off, [...]

12 Liste ning Safe ly To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use an ear- phone or headph ones. • Do not listen at extremely high volume l evels. E xtended hi gh- volume listening can lead to per- manent he aring loss. • S e t th e v o lu m e t o th e l ow es t s et - ting be fore you be gin listen ing. After you begin listeni[...]

13 UNDERS T AN DING YOUR SCANN ER A LO OK A T TH E FR O NT P A NE L This look at t he scan ner’s front panel will help you understand each cont ro l’s funct ion. Co ntro l F unc tion POWER Turns the scanner o n a nd off. 1-0 Each s ingle-digit number on t he keys enters t he numbe rs for a channe l or a frequency , or each range of numbers abov[...]

14 Co ntr ol F unct ion L/O/SEARCH SKIP Turns the sel ected chan nel’s lockout f unction on and off, or sk ips a specified frequency during a limit or direct search. PRI/HYPER SEARCH Sets and turns on an d off the priority function for a particular channel, or selects the hype r search speed. LIMIT Used to set the lower or upper limit during freq[...]

15 A LO OK A T THE DISPLA Y The display has several indicators that show the scanner’s current operating mode. Indica tor Function MON Appears when you listen to a m on itor mem ory. BANK Appears with numbers (1-10) to the right to show which chan nel-storage ban ks are t urned on for the s can mode. Se e “Understanding Channel -Storage Banks .[...]

16 Indi cator Fu nct ion LOCK OU T Appears when you manually select a l o cked channel, or during a search hold when t he frequency is s tored in search skip mem o ry. DATA A ppears while the data skip function is turned on. DELA Y A ppears when you prog ram a channe l for a tw o-second delay before scanning or when you listen to a cha nnel program[...]

17 UND ERST ANDING THE SCANNER ’S MEMOR Y You can store up to 110 frequencies into your s canner’s memory. You store each f requency into eit her a mem ory called a cha nnel, or a tem- porary mem ory called a m onitor. This scanne r has 1 00 chan nel memories and 10 m onitor memories. Chan nel-Stor age Ban ks To make it eas ier to identify and [...]

18 OPE R A TION TURN ING ON T HE SCANNER/SETTING THE V O LUME AND SQUELCH 1. T urn SQUELCH fu ll y cl oc kw i s e . 2. Pr e ss POWER to turn on your scanner . The scan ner continu- ously scans the unlocked chan- nels. Note: The first time you turn on the scanner, the c hannels might not have any frequen cies sto r e d in them, but the scann er wil [...]

19 6. Adjust VOLUME to a c omfortable lev el. 7. Slowly turn SQUELCH clockwi se until the hissing noise stops . Squel ch Tips: • I f t h e scanner pi cks up unwant ed or weak trans mis- sions, sli ghtly turn SQUELCH clockwise to de crea se receiver sen sit ivit y . • If the scann er does not pick up any tr ansmissi o ns, s lightl y turn SQUELCH[...]

20 MAN UALL Y STORING FREQUENCIES IN CHANNELS You can man ually store up to 100 fre- quencies into your scanner’s chan- nels. Radio Sha ck sells some goo d references for active fr e quencies, such as “Police Call Radi o G uide I n- cluding F ire and Em ergency S ervic- es,” “Official Maritim e Frequenc y Directory” and “Offici a l Aero[...]

21 5. Press EN TE R t o store the fre- quenc y into the selecte d chan- nel. Note: If you mad e a mistake in Step 4, Erro r app ears on the display . Repeat Steps 4 and 5. 6. T o p rogram the next c hannel in sequ ence, repeat Steps 3-5. T o program other c hannels n ot in sequenc e, repeat Steps 2-5. SEARCHING F OR AND TEMPO RARIL Y STORING ACT IV[...]

22 3. Press LIMIT . Hi and a frequenc y appear on the display . 4. Usi ng th e number keys, enter the hi ghest frequenc y you want to search wi thin the d esired fre- quency range, t hen press ENTER . 5. Pr e ss D to search upward from the lower to the u pper limit, or press — to search downward from the upper t o t he l ower limit. -L- , SEAR CH[...]

23 2. Usi n g the number keys, enter the frequenc y (including the dec- imal point) y ou want to st art the search from, or the c hannel numbe r containing t he starting frequency , then p ress MAN or PGM to sel ect th e chan nel. 3. Press D to search u p or — to search down starting from the specified frequency o r channel. -d- , SEAR CH , and s[...]

24 To skip a frequ ency, press L/O/ SEARCH SKIP when the scan ner stops on the frequency during a limit or direct search. To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanne r can stop on it during a limit or di rect search, press LIMIT to hold th e sea rch, pres s D or — to select t he skipp ed frequen cy, t hen pr es s L/O/SEARCH SKIP un[...]

25 MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONI T O R MEM OR Y T O A CHANNEL 1. Press M ANUAL to s t op t he scanni ng. 2. Enter the c hannel num ber where you want to store t he moni tor frequency , then pres s PG M . PROG RAM appears on the di s- play . 3. Press MON , t hen ent er the mo ni- tor memory num ber that has t he frequency you want to store into the[...]

26 T ur nin g C h an ne l -St or ag e Ban ks On and Of f You can set your sca nner to scan mor e effi cientl y by turning sele cted channel s torage banks on an d of f. When you turn off a bank, the scan- ner does not scan any of the 10 channels in the bank. While scanning, press the num ber key corres ponding t o the ban k you want to t urn on o r[...]

27 LIST ENING TO THE WEA THER BAND The FCC (Federal Comm unications Comm ission) has al locat ed 11 chan- nels f or u se by the Nation al Oc eanic and A tmospheric Adm inis tration (NOAA). Your scanner is preprogram med with the foll owing freque ncies available to NOAA. 162.40 0 MHz 162.50 0 MHz 162.42 5 MHz 162.52 5 MHz 162.45 0 MHz 162.55 0 MHz [...]

28 SPEC IAL FE A TURES DESIGNA TING A PRIORITY CH ANNEL By designat ing a priority chan nel, you can sc an through the pro- grammed channels and still not miss an important or interesting call on a specific chann el. Note: Yo u can select only one c h an- nel as t he priority channel. To program a store d channel as the priority channel, p ress PG [...]

29 LOCKI NG OUT CHANNELS You can set your sc anner to scan more ef ficiently by l ocking out c han- nel s y o u do no t wa nt to mo n it or . T hi s is handy for locking out channels wher e you sto red a fre quency w ith a continu ous trans mission, such as a weathe r channel. To l ock out a chann el, press MANU- AL , enter the desired channel num-[...]

30 To change t he se arc h speed, durin g a limit or direct searc h, pres s SPEED to switc h be tween the norma l and high speed sea rch speeds. s o r t flashes on t he display during hig h speed search. To select the h yper search speed, during a limit or di rect search, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH. SEAR CH flash- es on the display during hyper search [...]

31 A GENERAL GUIDE T O SCANNING Recep tion of the f requencie s cov- ered by y our sc ann er is m ainly “line- of-sight.” T hat means you usually cann ot hear st ations that are bey ond the horizon. Du ring the summer mont hs, you mi ght be ab le to hear stations in the 30-5 0 MHz ran ge lo- cated sev eral hund red o r ev en t hou- sand s of m [...]

32 T ypica l Band Usag e Pri mary Usage As a general rule, most of the ra dio activity is conc entra ted on th e followin g fre- quencies: VHF B and HF B and (3. 00–30.0 MHz) 10- M ete r A ma te ur B an d 29. 0 0–29 .7 0 M Hz Hi gh Ra ng e 29. 70–2 9.90 MH z VHF Band (30.00–300 .0 MH z) Low Range 30. 00–5 0.00 MHz 6- Mete r Amate ur 50. 0[...]

33 UHF Ban d Note: Re mote control st ations a nd mob ile units o perate at 5 M Hz h igher than their associated b ase s tations a nd rel ay repe ater uni ts. Specified Inte rvals Frequenc ie s in different bands are accessible only at specific intervals. For exam ple: Note: You r scanner rounds the entered frequency to the nearest vali d frequen c[...]

34 Abbreviations AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air craft BIFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boi se (I D) Inte ragen cy F ire C ache BUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

35 High F requen cy (HF) — ( 3 MHz–30 MH z) 10- Mete r Am ate ur B and — (28. 0-29 .7 MHz) 29. 00 0–29 .700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HAM Very High Freque ncy (VHF) — (30 MHz-300 MH z) Low Band — (29 .7–5 0 MHz — in 5 kHz step s) 29. 70[...]

36 VHF-H i Ba nd (148–17 4 MHz ) 148. 050– 150. 34 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C AP , MA R , MI L 150. 775– 150. 79 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME D 150. 815– 150. 96 5 .[...]

37 170 .4 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P UB 170 .487 5-173 .175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOV T , PUB, Wi reless M ikes 173 .2 25–1 73.3 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

38 Trun ked S ys tems Ban d — Lo ca lly A ssig ne d 861. 0125 –865 .9 875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TSB Public Sa fety Ba nd — L oc ally A ssign ed 866. 0125 –868 .9 875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

39 TROUBLESHOOTING Your Ra dio Shack P RO-204 0 100-Channel Program mable Home S canner shou ld require very litt l e maintenance. If you have problems, refer to th i s chart for possible solutions. If you cannot solve the problem , contact your local Radio Shack s tore f or assist a nce. Problem Probabl e Ca use Solution Sca nn er is to tal ly ino[...]

40 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your Radio Shack PRO -2040 100 -Channel Programm able Hom e Scanner is an example of superior design and c raftsmans hip. The following sugg estions will help you care for y ou r scanner so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the scann er d ry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immedi ately. Li q- uids might co ntain minerals that c[...]

41 SPEC IFI CA TION S Frequency Coverage: VHF-Lo ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... .... 2 9 -50 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) Ham... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .. 50-54 MHz ( in 5 kHz steps ) Airc raft .... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ... 108-136 [...]

42 IF Frequencies .................................... . ............................ 10.8 MHz and 450 kHz Antenna I mpedan ce ..................... .............. ................... ................... ...... 5 0 O hms Audi o Power..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... .... . 1.3 Wa tts maxi mum Built-[...]

43 NOTES 20-4 14.f m Page 43 Wedne sday, Augu s t 4, 1999 1 1: 12 AM[...]

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