Radio Shack PRO-94 - Scanning Conventional Channels; Priority Scanning

8/17/2015 EasiertoReadPro94ScannerManual
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ProgrammingTalkGroupIDs
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YouhavetoprogramthetrunkingfrequenciesfirsttobeabletoprogramtheIDs.Yourscannerhas5scanlistsforeachbankwhere
youcanstoreIDs.Eachlistcancontainupto10IDs,foratotalof50IDsforeachbank.Ifyouuseallthebanksastrunkingbanks,
youcanstoreupto1000IDs.IfyouareprogrammingEDACSIDsinAFSformat,youcanalsoprogramawholefleetorwhole
agencyasoneIDandlockoutthatIDasyouwouldasingleID.
TalkgroupIDlistshelpyoutoorganizetalkgroupIDsintocategories.Forexample,youmightuseList1forpoliceIDs,List2forfire
departmentIDs,List3foremergencymedicalserviceIDs,andsoon.OnceyoustorealltheIDsinthelists,youcantrunkscanthem
(almost)thesamewaythescannerscansconventionalchannels.
Note:WhenyoutrunkscanIDswiththeStatusBitIgnorefunctionsettooff,youmaymisstransmissionswithspecialstatusbits.See
SettingtheStatusBitIgnoreFunction.
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1.Inmanualmode,pressTRUNK.Thenumbersofthebankswhichhavestoredfrequenciesand(properly)storedtrunkedsystems
blinkandTRUNKappearsinthedisplay.SelecttheoneandonlybankthatyouwanttoprogramtheIDsinandturntherestofthe
banksoffbypressingthecorrespondingnumbersonthekeypad.
2.PressSRC(LIMIT)tostarttrunkingthebank.
3.PressPROG.AnumbershowingthecurrentIDlist(15)appearsatthetopofthedisplay,andtheIDlocationinthatlist(110)
appearsinthedisplayontheleft.(Shouldbelist1,location1).Pressing(H/S)PRIORITYwillselectthelists.Pressing or will
selectadifferenttalkgroupIDlocationinthelist.
4.EnterIDsaccordingthesystemyouaretrunking.ToclearamistakewhileenteringanID,press.(MON/CLR).
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ToenteraMotorolaTypeIID,(Ex:60014)usethenumberkeystoentertheblocknumber(6)andthefleetnumber(00),
thenpress.(MON/CLR),thenenterthesubfleetnumber(14)andpressSVC(E)tostoretheID.
 ToenteraMotorolaTypeIIID,usethenumberkeystoentertheIDandpressSVC(E)tostoretheID.
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ToenteraEDACSIDinAFSformat(thedefault),(Ex:04070)usethenumberkeystoentertheagencynumber(04),then
press.(MON/CLR),thenenterthefleetnumber(07)andthesubfleetnumber(0),thenpressSVC(E)tostoretheID.
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ToenteraEDACSIDinDecimalformat,(Ex:568)pressSVC(E)tochangetheformat.TheEinthedisplaywillblink.Use
thenumberkeystoentertheID(Ex:568),thenpressSVC(E)tostoretheID.
TodeleteanID,selectanIDinthescanlist,thenpress0thenSVC(E)tocleartheIDlocation.
5.Press toadvancetothenextlocationandentertherestoftheIDsthesameway(step4).
Tostoptrunkingandreturntomanualmode,pressTRUNK.
ScanningConventionalChannels
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Tobeginscanningchannels,inmanualmodepressSCAN.
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Selectanycombinationofbankstoscanbypushingthenumberkeysthatcorrespondtothebanks.Ifyouwanttoswitchtoanother
bankgroup,holddownA/B(HOLD)forabout2secondstoselectadifferentbankgroupandpressSCANagain.Numbersappearat
thetopofthedisplay,showingthecurrentlyselectedbanks.Thescannerscans(uponly)throughallthechannels(thataren’t
lockedout)intheselectedbanksandstartsoveragain.Thebanknumberblinkswhenthescannerscansthechannelsinthatbank.
Ifthescannerfindsanactivefrequency,itstopsonit.Whenthetransmissionends,thescannerresumesscanning.Ifitisalong
transmission,(suchasaHamragchewing)andyouwanttomoveon,pressSCANagaintoresumescanning.
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Ifthescannerpicksupanunwantedpartialstation,turnSQUELCHclockwisetodecreasethescanner'ssensitivityand
mutethescannersoitwillcontinuescanning.
 Tolistentoaweakordistantstation,turnSQUELCHcounterclockwise.
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Toturnbanksonoroffwhilescanning,pressthenumberkey,09(0forbank10)thatcorrespondstothebankyouwantto
turnonoroff.Youcannotturnoffallbanks.Onebankmustalwaysbeactive.
 Topauseonachannel,quicklypressMANwhilethechannelisdisplayed.PressSCANtoresume.
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Tolockoutachannel,quicklypressS/S(LOUT)whilethechannelisdisplayedtolockoutanychannelsoitwon’tbe
scannedifitisanoisyorunwantedfrequency.Eachchannelcanhaveitsownlockoutsetting.SeeLockingOut
Channels.
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Toturnonthedelayforthechannel,quicklypressDELAYwhilethechannelisdisplayedtopause2secondsbefore
searchingresumesafterthetransmissionends.Eachchannelcanhaveitsowndelaysetting.SeeScan/SearchDelay.
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Toskipdatasignals,pressALT(DATA)toskippagers,modems,MDTs,etc.sotheywon’tbescannedSeeSkippingData
Signals.
Tostopscanning,pressMAN.
PriorityScanning
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Thepriorityfeatureletsyouscanthroughthechannelsandstillnotmissimportantorinterestingcallsonspecificchannels.Youcan
programonestored(conventional)channelineachbankasaprioritychannel(10forthebanksingroupAand10forthebanksin
groupB).Ifthepriorityfeatureisturnedon,asthescannerscansthebank,itchecksthatbank'sprioritychannelforactivityevery2
seconds.
 Note:Thepriorityfeaturemustbeturnedofftolistentothemonitormemoriesortousethedataskipfeature.
 Note:Thescannerautomaticallydesignateseachbank'sfirstchannelasitsprioritychannel.
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