Radio Shack 20-106 User Manual

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Contents
Understanding your Scanner ...................... 6
Understanding the Keypad......................... 6
Understanding the Display ......................... 8
Understanding Object Oriented Scanning 9
Scanner Features ....................................... 13
Scanner Setup ........................................... 16
Connecting the Antenna........................... 16
Attaching the Belt Clip.............................. 16
Powering Your Scanner ............................. 17
Installing Batteries ................................. 17
Setting Battery Type .............................. 18
Charging Batteries................................. 18
External Power ....................................... 21
Headphones and Speakers....................... 21
Listening Safety...................................... 22
Transferring Data To or From another Scanner
or PC .......................................................... 22
Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch... 23
Squelch and Attenuator ............................ 23
Basic Settings ............................................. 24
Delay....................................................... 26
Adjusting the LCD Contrast.................. 26
Turning the Key Tone On or Off ........... 26
Turning Key and Backlight On or Off... 27
Creating Scannable Objects ..................... 28
Understanding Object Menus .................. 28
Conventional Channel Objects ................30
Essential Parameters ............................. 30
Creating a CONV Object...................... 31
Changing Text Tags ............................... 31
Trunking Talkgroup Objects (TGRP) ......... 32
Essential Parameters ............................. 33
Trunking System (TSYS) Objects........... 33
Duplicate (DUPE) ....................................... 37
Scanning.................................................... 38
Basic Scanning Operation......................... 38
Wildcard Scanning..................................... 38
Manual Mode............................................. 39
Organizing Objects .................................. 41
Object Numbering .................................... 41
Grouping Objects with Scan Lists ............ 42
Changing Scan List Membership ......... 43
New Objects........................................ 43
Existing Objects. ................................. 44
Naming Scan Lists ................................. 44
Enabling or Disabling Scan Lists .......... 45
While Scanning ................................... 45
From Global Settings Menu............... 45
NS (Not Scanned) Scan List .................. 46
Favorite List............................................46
Setting the Default Scan List ................47
Deleting Objects........................................ 48
Searching for Objects using FIND............ 49
Filtering by Object Type............................ 50
Object Lockout .......................................... 51
Temporary Lockout................................ 51
Permanent Lockout ............................... 52
Change L/OUT Key Function................ 52
Search Lockout.......................................53
Talkgroup Lockout ................................. 53
Object Searches........................................ 55
Limit Search Object (LMIT)........................ 55
Essential Parameters ............................. 55
Service Search Object (SRVC)................... 57

Radio Shack 20-106 Specifications

General

Brand	Radio Shack
Model	20-106
Category	Scanner
Language	English