Radio Shack PRO-76 manual

Owner’s Ma nual Cat. No. 20-313 PRO-76 200-Cha nnel VHF /UHF/Ai r Handhe ld S cann er Please re ad befor e using this equ ipment. 20-313.fm Page 1 Friday, January 7, 2000 3:09 PM[...]

2 FEATURES Your new RadioShack VHF/ UHF/Air Han dheld Sca nner lets y ou in on all the acti on! This sc anner g ives y ou di- rect ac cess to over 23,0 00 exciti ng frequ encies, incl ud- ing thos e us ed by pol ice a nd fire de partments, a mbu- lance ser vices, air craft, transpo rtation servi ces, and amateu r radio. You c an se- lect up to 200 [...]

3 Ten Monitor Memorie s — let you temporar ily s ave u p to ten frequ encies y ou locat e during a sea rch, so you can move sel ected frequen cies to channel storage later. Scan D elay — delays sc an- ning fo r abou t 2 s ec ond s be- fore movi ng to another channe l, so you can hear more repli es that a re trans- mitted on the same c hannel. Y[...]

4 Your s canner can rece ive th ese bands : Note: See “ Specif icati ons” on Pa ge 44 f or more informa tion about the s canner ’s frequenc y steps . Freque ncy Range (MHz) T ypes of T ra nsmissions 29–54 10-Meter Ham Band , VHF Lo, 6-Meter Ham Band 108–1 36.975 Airc raft 137–1 74 Military Land Mobile, 2 -Meter Ham Band , VHF Hi 406–5[...]

5 FCC NOTICE Your sc anner mig ht cause radio o r TV in terferen ce even when it is ope rat ing prop erl y. To de te rmin e whether your s canner i s causi ng the interferenc e, turn off your sc anner. I f the inter fer ence goes away , your sc anner is causing it. Try the fol lowin g methods to elimin ate the inter fer enc e: • Move y our scann [...]

6 cont ents of suc h a transm is- sion u nless you hav e the cons ent o f a par ty t o t he com municati on (unle s s su ch activ ity is other wise il legal) . This scanner is desig ned to preve nt recepti on of illegal tra nsmiss ions, in com plian ce with the law whic h requires that sc anners be man ufac- tured i n such a way as to no t be easil[...]

7 CONTENTS Preparation .. .................... ................... ................... ................. 9 Installing Bat t er i es .................. ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... .......... 9 Impor tant Informat ion Ab out the Ex ter nal P ower Jac ks .. 10 Using AC P ower ............... ............. ................... ............. ..[...]

8 Special Features ........ ....... ...... ...... ............. ....... ...... ....... ...... 28 Using the K eylock .............. ................... ............. ............. 28 Locking Out Chan nels ............. ............. ............. ............. 28 Dela y ........ .......................... .......................... .................[...]

9 PREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIES You ca n power y our scann er with four AA ba tteries (not suppli ed). For the best p er- formance and l ongest life , we recom mend Radi oShack al- kaline bat teries. Or , you can use r echar geable nick el- cadmiu m or nic kel-met al hy- dride batt eries. Both ty pes of batteri es are ava ilable at your loc al R[...]

10 3. Repla ce the co ver. When BATT.Lo flashes a nd the scanne r beeps every 15 second s, or if the s canner stops o perating proper ly, re- place or rechar ge th e batt er- ies. Warning: D ispose of old bat - teries p romptly and pro perly. Do not burn or bury them. Caution: If you do not plan to use the scan ner with batter- ies for a mo nth or [...]

11 Warni ng : Never use the CHARGE jack when you have in st al le d n on -re chargeab le batteries . If you try to re- charg e non-re chargeable batteri es, they b ecome v ery hot and c ould exp lode. Remove the pl astic plug from th e CHARGE jack befor e you us e it, then re place the plug whe n you finis h. USING AC POWER You can p ower the scann[...]

12 USING V EHICLE BATTERY POWER You can po wer the scanne r from a vehi cle’ s 12V po wer source ( such as cigarette - light er so cket) using a 9V , 300-mA DC adapter and a size H Adaptapl ug adapte r (neithe r supplied) . Both are availa ble a t your local Ra- dioShac k stor e. Cautions: Y ou mus t use a power sour ce that su pplies regulat ed [...]

13 To charge Ni-C d batteries, remo ve th e pl ug from th e scanne r’s CHARGE ja ck and connec t an AC adapter to the jac k. Warni ng: Do no t connect an adapter to the scanne r’s CHARGE jack if you in stal led non-rec hargeabl e batteries (stand ard, extra-li fe, or alka- line). Non- recharge able bat- teries bec ome hot and could explod e if [...]

14 1. Ali gn the slots ar ound the anten na’s connec tor with the ta bs on the antenna j ack. 2. Press the antenna down over t he jack and turn the antenn a’s base clockwi se until it locks int o pl ace . The scan ner’s sensiti vity de- pends on t he anten na’s lengt h and v arious environ - mental c onditions . Connecting an Outdoor Antenn[...]

15 supplied antenn a. Then route the antenna’s cable t o the scanner and connect the cable to the scann er’s ant en- na jack. Cautions: • Do not run t he c able over sha rp edges or moving pa rts that m ight damage it. • Do not run t he c able next to p ower ca bles or other ante nna ca bles. Warning: Use extr eme caution wh en you in stall[...]

16 level s. Extended hig h- volum e listeni ng can lead to permane nt hear- ing lo ss. • Onc e you s et the vo l- ume, do not in crea se it . Over ti me, your ears adapt to the volume level, so a volume level that do es not caus e dis- comfor t might stil l dam- age your heari ng. T raf fi c Saf et y • Do not use an ear phone/ head phones wit h[...]

17 UNDERSTANDING Y O UR SCANNER Once yo u under stand a few simp le ter ms we us e in this manual and fa miliariz e yours elf with your scanner ’s featu res, y ou ca n put the scanner to w ork for you. You simply determine t he type of commun ications yo u want to rec eive, then set the scann er to scan the m. A frequency is the t uning loc ation[...]

18 Note: Som e of the s canner ’s ke ys pe rform mo re tha n one fun c- tion an d are marked with more tha n one label. The steps in this Owner’ s Manual show only the label app ropria te to the action being per formed. SCAN Scans program med channel s. MANUAL S tops sc anning and lets you d irectly enter a channe l number . S/S-L/OUT Skips a s[...]

19 Number E nters a si ngle-di git ( 0 to 9 ) o r a range of num bers. Keys Use the r ange of numb ers abov e the key (2 1–40 for example) when sele ctin g the number for a des ir ed channel-storage bank . See “Understandi ng Banks” on Page 21 . Use the si ngle digi ts to enter a c hannel or freq uency. A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The disp lay has [...]

20 d Appear s instead o f the channel number during a dire ct sear ch. DLY Appear s when y ou program a dela y. Error Appear s when you make an entry error. H Appear s during a limit s earch ho ld. h Appear s duri ng a dire ct sear ch hold. Hi Appear s with a s elected f requenc y to show th e search range’s upper l imit. KEYLOCK Appear s when yo[...]

21 PRI Appear s when the pr iori ty feat ur e is turned on. SCAN Appear s when the scann er sca ns chann els. SRCH Appear s during li mit, dir ect, and weath er band searche s. WX Indica tes tha t the scan ner is s earching th e weather c hannels. UNDERSTANDIN G BANKS Channel Storage Banks To mak e it eas ier to iden tify and sele ct the c hannels [...]

22 OPERATION T U RNIN G ON THE SCANNER/ SETTI NG V OLU ME AND SQUELCH 1. T urn SQ UEL CH fully count erclockwi se. 2. T o turn on the sc anner , turn VOLUME clo ckwise until yo u hear a hissing sound . 3. T urn SQUELCH clock- wise , just u ntil t he hi ss- ing soun d stop s. Notes: • T o lis ten to a wea k or distant s tation , turn SQUELCH count[...]

23 4. Pres s E to st ore t he f re- quen cy into t he channe l. Notes: • If you ma de a mi sta ke in Step 3 , Error appe ars and the scann er beeps three times w hen you press E . Simply start aga in from S tep 3. • Y ou r scann er auto- mati call y rounds the entered frequency down to the c losest valid frequen cy . For exampl e, if you ent er[...]

24 6. Press ▼ to search from the upper to the lower limit or ▲ to sear ch from the lower to the upper limit. The current mo nitor memory num ber flashes. 7. When the s canner stops on a transmission you want to save, press MON to store the frequency i n the cu rrent monitor memory . The monitor memory number stops flashing. 8. Press e ither ▼[...]

25 then pres s MANUAL again. 2. Pre ss ▼ or ▲ to search up or d own from the selected frequenc y . 3. When the scanner stops on a transm ission y ou want to save, press MON to store the fr equency in the current monitor memory . T he monitor memory number stops flashing. 4. Press either ▼ or ▲ to continue the search. If you saved a frequenc[...]

26 Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel Follow these step s to move a freque ncy sto red in a mon- itor m emory t o a pe rmanent channel. 1. Press MANUAL . MAN appears. 2. Enter t he number ( 1– 200 ) for the ch annel wher e yo u wa nt t o sto re the monito r freque ncy . The channel number appears . 3. Pre ss PROG . The cur- ren[...]

27 To lock out chann els so the scanne r does not stop for a transm ission on thos e chan- nel s, see “ Locking Out Channels ” on Pa ge 2 8. Notes: • Y ou c an man ually se lect any c hannel in a ban k, even if th e bank is turned off. • Y ou cannot tur n off all ten b anks. MANUALLY SELECT ING A CHANNEL You can cont inuously mon i- tor a s[...]

28 SPECIAL FEATURES USING THE KEYLOCK Once you p rogram you r scanne r, you ca n prot ect it from ac cidental program changes by turning on the keylo ck feat ure. When th e keypad is locked, the onl y controls that operate are SCAN , MANUAL , KEYLOCK , VOLUME , and SQUELCH . Note : The keylock does not preven t the scanner from scanni ng channe ls.[...]

29 DELAY Many a gencies use a tw o- way radi o system that h as a period of se vera l secon ds between a qu ery an d a re- ply. T o avoid mis sing a re - ply, y ou can p rogram a 2- second delay in to any cha n- nel or fr equency. When yo ur scanne r stops on a chann el or frequenc y with a pro- gramme d delay, DLY ap- pears . The scan ner con- tin[...]

30 Notes: • Y ou c an manual ly sel ect any c hannel i n a bank , even if the bank is turned off. • Y ou cannot tur n off all banks . One bank is alwa ys ac tive . USING SEARCH SKIP MEMORY You ca n skip s pecif ied fre- quen cies during a lim it or di- rect sea rch. This lets you avoid u nwanted freq uencies or ones y ou have alrea dy store d i[...]

31 channe l for activi ty every 2 secon ds. PRI appears whenever the scann er is set to use pr iority. The scann er automa tically designate s each bank’s first channe l as its prio rity ch an- nel. Foll ow these st ep s to select a d ifferent c hannel as the priority c hannel for a bank. 1. Pre ss PROG . 2. Enter the c hannel nu m- ber you want [...]

32 T URNING TH E KEY T ONE ON OR OFF The s canner i s pr eset to sound a tone each ti me you press any of its keys . Follow these st eps to tur n the scan - ner’s ke y tone on or off. 1. If the s canner is tu rned on, turn VOLUME coun - terclo ckwi se until it clicks to tu rn it off. 2. Hold do wn S/S whi le yo u turn on the sca nner . no bEEP (i[...]

33 A VOIDING IMAGE FREQUENCIES You might discover on e of your regul ar stations o n another fre- quency tha t is not l isted. I t might be what is know n as an im age frequenc y. For example, you might f ind a s ervice that regular ly uses a frequency of 431.87 5 also on 474.6 75. To s ee if it is an image , do a litt le math . Note the new f requ[...]

34 A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING Reception of the freq uenci es cover ed by your scann er is mai nly “line-of- sig ht.” Tha t me ans y ou us ual ly c an not hea r st atio ns tha t are beyond the horiz on . GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES Ham Radio Frequencies Ham rad io o perators often broadca st e mergency infor matio n when oth er means of commu nication[...]

35 the scanne r. Use the sea rch func tion and s earch ever y frequen- cy range from i ts lowest fre quency to the highest. Occ asionally , the scan ner will stop searc hing a s if it had found a signal . How- ever, the s ignal of ten is silen t. That is a b irdie. Make a list of a ll the birdies in your scanner f or future reference . GUIDE TO THE[...]

36 UHF Band Note: Remote con trol statio ns and mobil e units oper ate at 5 MHz highe r than thei r associa ted base st ations an d relay re - peater un its. BAND ALLOC ATION To help decide which frequ ency rang es to scan , use the follow- ing lis ting of the typi cal se rvices t hat use th e fre quencies your scanner receives . These frequenci es[...]

37 MAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Military Amat eur Radio MARI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariti me Limi ted Coas t (Coast Gu ard, Marine T elephon e, Shipboar d Radio, Private Stat ions) MARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Military Af filiate Radio Syste[...]

38 38.000– 39.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT , MIL 39.020– 39.980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PUB 40.000– 42.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT , MIL, MARI 42.020– 42.940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

39 157.530 –157.725 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IND, T AXI 157.740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUS 157.770 –158.100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TELB 158.130 –158.460 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

40 462.462 5–462.525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL 462.550 –462.925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GMR, BUS 462.937 5–463.187 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MED 463.200 –467.925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

41 T ROUBLESHOOTING If your scanner i s not wor king as it shoul d, these suggesti ons might help you elimi nate the problem. If the scanne r still does not ope rate proper ly, take it to y our local R adioS hack sto re for assis tance. PROBLE M POSSIBLE CA USE SOLUTION Scanner is totally in opera- tive. The AC or DC adapter is not co n- nected. Be[...]

42 Scanner is on but will not scan (con ti nued) Only on e chan nel is (or no ch annel s are) store d. Store freque ncies into m ore than one c hanne l. The sc anner is n ot set to s can. Press SCAN . All channe ls are locked out. Make su re at least two channels a re not locked ou t. Duri ng sc an- ning, t he scan- ner locks on frequencie s that h[...]

43 CARE AND MAINTENANC E Your Rad ioShack 200-Ch annel VH F/UHF/Air Han dheld S can- ner is an exam ple of superio r design an d crafts manship . The followi ng sugges tions wil l help yo u care for your sca nner so y ou can enj oy it for years. Keep the s canner dry. If it gets wet, wip e it dry i mmedi- ately. Li quids mig ht contain mi nerals th[...]

44 SPECIFICATIONS Freque ncy Cove rage (M Hz): 10 Meter A mateur Radio ........ .......... 29–29.7 (in 5 kHz ste ps) VHF Lo ......... ............. ................... .... 29.7– 50 (in 5 k Hz steps) 6 Meter A mateur Radio ................ ....... 50–54 (in 5 kHz ste ps) Aircraft ................. ............. ... 108– 136.975 (in 12.5 kHz[...]

45 Squel ch Se nsitivi ty: Threshold .... ....... ...... .. 0.3 µ V for VHF Lo , 0.4 µ V for all others T ight (FM) ... .................... ............ ................... (S + N)/N 2 5 dB T ight (AM) ................ ............. ................... ...... ( S + N)/N 1 7 dB IF Rejection ( at 162.4 M Hz) .... ............. ................... [...]

46 NOTES 20-313.fm P age 46 Friday, January 7, 2000 3:09 PM[...]

47 20-313.fm P age 47 Friday, January 7, 2000 3:09 PM[...]

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