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Conguring Your Scanner
Preprogrammed Frequencies
Yourscannerincludes153preprogrammedfrequencies,
whichyoucanloadintoChannels1to153.Foralistof
thesefrequencies,see“PreprogrammedFrequencyList”
on page 26.
To load the preprogrammed frequencies:
1. Turnothescannerandthenturnitonagain.
2. While WELCOMEmessageappears,pressPGM.
3. Load –Fr–appears,thenYES––Ent and No––CLEAr
appear alternately.
4. Press ENT to load frequencies or CLEAR to cancel.
Programming Channels
Ifyoudonothavealistoffrequenciesinyourarea,refer
to an online resource such as www.radioreference.com.
1. Press PGM. PGM appears.
2. Enter the channel number
(1–200)whereyouwantto
storeafrequency,
3. Press PGM again.
4. Use the number keys to
enterthefrequency,
5. Press ENT.
6. To program the next
channelinsequence,press
PGM and repeat Steps 4 and 5.
• Your scanner automatically rounds down to the
closest valid frequency. For example, if you enter
151.473, your scanner rounds it to 151.470.
• If Error appears and the scanner beeps three times
when you press ENT, start again from Step 2.
• If the frequency is already stored in another channel,
the scanner beeps three times and displays - d U P L-
(duplicate) and the lowest channel number where
the frequency is already stored. Press
TUNE/CLEAR to cancel. Press ENT if you still want
to store the frequency.
Programming with a Computer
You can upload or download programmed data to or
from a PC using a USB cable available from your local
RadioShack store or www.RadioShack.com.
The application software is available online. Use a search
enginetond“scannerprogrammingsoftware.”Follow
instructions in the software package to upload and
download data.
Cloning Programmed Data
You can transfer the programmed data to and from a
PRO-649 scanner using an optional connecting cable
with Ç-inch(3.5mm)stereophoneplugsonbothends
(availablefromyourlocalRadioShack store or
www.RadioShack.com).
1. Turn on both scanners.
2. Connect the connecting cable to each scanner’s PC/
IFjack.CLOnE and UP to SEnd appears.
3. Press e on the host scanner.
4. SEndInG appears at the host scanner.
Toexitclonemodeafterthedatatransferiscomplete,
remove the cable.
No ConnEct appears if you try to connect to another
model scanner. The PRO-649 does not clone with other
scanner models.
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