Grecom PSR-300, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...1 PSR 300 1 000 Channel Triple Trunking Hand Held Scanner Please read this user s guide before installing setting up and using your new product Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...Channel 24 Assigning a Text Tag to a Group ID 25 Assigning a Text Tag to a Bank 25 Text Input Chart 25 Finding and Storing Active Frequencies 26 Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range 26 Band Charts 27 Searching Active Frequencies in a Range 31 Using Seek Search 31 Manually Tuning a Frequency 32 Listening to the Weather Band 32 Listening to a Weather Channel 32 SAME Standby Mode 32 WX Alert and...

Page 3: ...play key Backlight 44 Using the Keylock 45 Changing the Display Contrast 45 Cloning the Programmed Data 46 TRUNKING 47 How Trunking Works 47 Setting Squelch for Trunking Mode 48 Programming Trunking Frequencies 48 Programming Motorola Trunking Systems UHF Lo 49 Programming Motorola Trunking Systems 800 MHz 50 Programming Fleet Maps 51 Talk Group IDs 52 Storing Talk Group IDs 52 Talk Group ID Hold ...

Page 4: ...phanumeric Display shows you detailed operating information clearly Spectrum Sweeper a powerful new tool for you to rapidly detect monitor and store frequencies for nearby radio transmissions Preprogrammed Frequency Ranges lets you search for transmissions within preset frequency ranges or within ranges you set to reduce search time and select interesting frequencies more quickly High Speed Scan S...

Page 5: ...e radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi sion reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encour...

Page 6: ...uch a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication unless such activity is otherwise illegal This scanner has been designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufac tured so as to not be easily modifiable to pick up those transmissions Do not open your scanner s case to make any modification...

Page 7: ...stops working properly after connecting it to power try reset ting it See Initializing your Scanner on Page 56 USING BATTERIES You can power the scanner with four AA batteries not supplied For the long est operation and best performance we recommend alkaline batteries You can use either the supplied non rechargeable battery holder black or the supplied rechargeable battery holder yellow If you use...

Page 8: ... rechargeable batteries or recharge the rechargeable batteries See Charg ing Rechargeable Batteries CHARGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES Your scanner has a built in charging circuit that lets you charge nickel metal hydride Ni MH or nickel cadmium Ni CD rechargeable batteries not sup plied while they are in the scanner To charge rechargeable batteries you need to use a supplied AC adaptor To charge bat...

Page 9: ...lug Its center tip must be set to positive and its plug must fit the scanner s PWR DC 9V jack Using an adaptor that does not meet these speci fications could damage the scanner or the adaptor Cautions Always connect the DC adaptor to the scanner before you connect it to the power source When you finish disconnect the adaptor from the power source before you disconnect it from the scanner To power ...

Page 10: ...TING AN EARPHONE HEADPHONES For private listening you can plug an 1 8 inch 3 5 mm mini plug earphone or headphones not supplied into the jack on the top of the scanner This automatically disconnects the internal speaker Listening Safely Warning Use extreme caution when you installing or removing an outdoor antenna If the antenna starts to fall let it go It could contact overhead power lines If the...

Page 11: ...n transfer the programmed data to and from another PSR 300 or PSR 400 scanner using an optional connecting cable which has 1 8 inch stereo TRS phone plugs on both ends Connect the cable between each scanner s PC IF jacks See Cloning the Programmed Data You can also upload or down load the programmed data to or from a PC using a USB Scanner PC Interface Cable and application software Do not wear an...

Page 12: ...ns the priority function on or off TEXT lets you input text PSE stops search MODE changes the receive mode AM FM CT DC MO ED LT turns on off the backlight or when used with FUNC locks unlocks the keypad to prevent accidental entries TUNE lets you input a frequency and allows you to fine tune a frequency along with or ATT Attenuate turns attenuation on to reduce the scanner s sensitivity and block ...

Page 13: ... TUV enters an 8 or inputs characters T U or V 9 WXYZ enters a 9 or inputs characters W X Y or Z 0 enters a zero or inputs characters _ or DELAY enters a decimal point necessary when programming frequen cies space or programs delay time for the selected channel search bank or enters a hyphen in trunking ID setting CL Clear clears an incorrect entry PWR DC 9V connect a power source here PC IF conne...

Page 14: ...rogram each channel with any of seven receive modes AM FM CT DC MO ED and LT Each receive mode affects how your scanner operates when scanning and receiving transmissions Notes Trunked modes MO ED and LT can only be selected for frequencies above 137 MHz Your scanner s closed mode lets you hear only those trunking talkgroups you specify For more information see Open and Closed Modes AM mode The AM...

Page 15: ...eard as a low purring sound in the background of a voice transmission Some DCS systems transmit a special turn off code at the end of each transmission The turn off code causes a properly equipped receiver to mute before the transmission ends eliminating the squelch tail burst of noise the commonly occurs when the signal is lost Motorola MO mode You can set your scanner so it decodes the talk grou...

Page 16: ...s sage decode success rate This information can help you identify the Motorola trunking system that you are monitoring and the receive quality of the con trol channel signal To properly map the raw Type I data to the correct fleet subfleet format you must program the correct fleet map into the scanner Fleet map information is widely available on the Internet for most Type I systems in use Type II ...

Page 17: ... Fleet Subfleet number from 00 001 to 15 157 When there is activity on an EDACS system that information is sent out on the control channel The scanner decodes the ID for the active talkgroup In the open mode the scanner then goes to the transmission and displays the talkgroup ID on the bottom line of the display In the closed mode the scanner only goes to transmissions with IDs that match talk gro...

Page 18: ...ring on To correctly program this Home Repeater number into your scanner be sure that the channel number in the bank is equal to the number that is displayed after the R For example if you see R12 displayed on a particular LTR frequency that frequency needs to be pro grammed into Channel 12 of the current bank in order to track the LTR system activity properly LTR systems are trunking systems used...

Page 19: ... channel storage banks to open or closed mode In open mode the scanner scans signals transmitted in all systems The scan ner stops on any ID code and only uses the ID list to look up ID text tags In closed mode the scanner stops only on signals that have an ID code which is found in the ID list for the bank Also the scanner scans signals transmitted only under the following conditions When the sig...

Page 20: ...g mode we suggest you set SQ using the steps listed above If SQ is adjusted precisely at the threshold where the hissing sound stops the radio will be most sensitive to very weak signals The radio may also receive unwanted noise or signals that are too weak to understand Most users prefer to position the squelch control a little bit past the point of thresh old to avoid receiving noise or signals ...

Page 21: ...r scanner uses steps consistent with the latest US or worldwide standards If you enter a non valid step frequency any scanner will tune to the next step Some scanner designs do this with out showing the correct step in the display This scanner will show the actual tuned frequency in the display Because steps are so close together the audio quality will not be affected by the offset After a transmi...

Page 22: ... known code For more information on using the CTCSS and DCS feature while scanning see Using CTCSS and DCS To program channel memories for CTCSS or DCS operation follow these steps 1 First enter a conventional frequency See Storing Known Frequencies into Channels 2 Once you have entered the frequency press MODE until the desired mode appears in the 2nd line corner of the display Use CT for CTCSS a...

Page 23: ...79 7 Hz 110 9 Hz 156 7 Hz 186 2 Hz 229 1 Hz 82 5 Hz 114 8 Hz 159 8 Hz 189 9 Hz 233 6 Hz 85 4 Hz 118 8 Hz 162 2 Hz 192 8 Hz 241 8 Hz 88 5 Hz 123 0 Hz 165 5 Hz 196 6 Hz 250 3 Hz 91 5 Hz 127 3 Hz 167 9 Hz 199 5 Hz 254 1 Hz DCS Code Tabel 006 050 125 174 255 343 445 526 703 007 051 131 205 261 346 446 532 712 015 053 132 212 263 351 452 546 723 017 054 134 214 265 356 454 565 731 021 065 141 223 266 3...

Page 24: ...nel number where you want to enter the text then press MAN again M and the bank and channel number appear at the 2nd line of the display for example M100 2 Press PGM M changes to P 3 Press TEXT The cursor appears at the fourth line 4 Enter the text using the numeral keys see Text Input Chart Note If you make a mistake press or to move to the character you want to change For example to identify ama...

Page 25: ...ng the keypad 4 Press ENT to store Text Input Chart Notes To access the numbers after you press TEXT when you assign the text tag to a channel or you press FUNC and bank number when you assign the text tag to a bank press 1 Then press the desired number you want to enter To enter lowercase character or a character from the second set for the key 0 press FUNC after pressing the first numeral key PR...

Page 26: ...0 SR7 Bank Band SR0 Marine SR1 CB SR2 FRS GMRS MURS SR3 Public Safety SR4 Aircraft SR5 Amateur Bands SR6 Railroad SR7 Limit search User changeable Follow these steps to select preprogrammed search bands and search them for active frequencies 1 Repeatedly press SRCH to select your desired search bank SR0 SR1 SR2 SR3 SR4 SR5 SR6 or SR7 2 In the marine CB and FRS GMRS MURS bands you can directly sele...

Page 27: ...hannel Frequency MHz 1 156 050 5 156 250 6 156 300 7 156 350 8 156 400 9 156 450 10 156 500 11 156 550 12 156 600 13 156 650 14 156 700 15 156 750 16 156 800 17 156 850 18 156 900 19 156 950 20 157 000 21 157 050 161 600 22 157 100 23 157 150 24 157 200 25 157 250 161 800 161 850 26 157 300 27 157 350 161 900 161 950 28 157 400 63 156 175 162 000 64 156 225 65 156 275 160 825 66 156 325 67 156 375...

Page 28: ...6 27 265 27 27 275 28 27 285 29 27 295 30 27 305 31 27 315 32 27 325 33 27 335 34 27 345 35 27 355 36 27 365 37 27 375 38 27 385 39 27 395 40 27 405 Channel Frequency MHz Channel Frequency MHz 1 462 5625 2 462 5875 3 462 6125 4 462 6375 5 462 6625 6 462 6875 7 462 7125 8 467 5625 9 467 5875 10 467 6125 11 467 6375 12 467 6625 13 467 6875 14 467 7125 15 462 5500 16 462 5750 17 462 6000 18 462 6250 ...

Page 29: ...55 700 7 5 155 730 156 210 7 5 158 730 159 210 7 5 166 250 170 150 2 453 0375 453 9625 6 25 458 0375 458 9625 6 25 460 0125 460 6375 6 25 462 5500 462 7250 6 25 465 0125 465 6375 6 25 467 5625 467 7125 6 25 3 764 003125 766 996875 3 125 773 003125 775 996875 3 125 794 003125 796 996875 3 125 803 003125 805 996875 3 125 4 851 0125 852 0125 12 5 852 0375 853 0375 12 5 853 0625 854 0625 12 5 854 0875...

Page 30: ... CT or DC Search bank SR6 Railroad Receive mode FM CT or DC Search bank SR7 Programmable limit search Receive mode FM AM CT or DC Note If you change the receive mode using MODE key the scanner shows the receive mode for small caps ex fm am ct or dc If you want to change the default setting press FUNC then press MODE Group Frequency MHz Step kHz 0 108 000 117 99166 8 33 1 118 000 136 99166 8 33 2 1...

Page 31: ...essing FUNC then 0 Press FUNC then 0 again to reverse the Zeromatic setting Whenever this feature is turned on Zeromatic ON briefly appears then ZM appears at the right of the third line and the scanner stops at the correct frequency When you turn this feature off ZM changes to small caps zm and the scanner stops when it detects an active signal Zeromatic functions only in search banks 3 4 5 6 and...

Page 32: ...ode for small caps ex fm am ct or dc If you want to change the default setting press FUNC then press MODE Listening to the Weather Band Your scanner incorporates weather alert as one of its features and is an ex tremely sensitive high quality receiver on the weather frequencies However the included flex antenna is optimized for general purpose scanning If you use this scanner as your only means fo...

Page 33: ...ric text table if desired Repeat this process for all the FIPS codes that you wish to store 5 Press L OUT to lock out or enable specific FIPS entries 6 Press WX to exit the FIPS code entry table Notes Press WX then a number key to quickly review stored FIPS codes Press L OUT to toggle lockout status Your scanner can also detect the 1050 Hz weather alert tone when a weather channel is set as the pr...

Page 34: ...o Skywarn repeater frequency and monitor these reports in many cases hearing about severe weather in your area instantly as it occurs This function lets you quickly move to the skywarn channel channel 999 from any mode by pressing and holding WX about 1 second The scanner displays SKY in the third line Notes To activate this function you must program your desired Skywarn frequency into the Skywarn...

Page 35: ...then ENT when you find a frequency you want to copy Bank 9 Store appears 2 If you want to copy the frequency into bank 9 press ENT It is stored in the first available vacant channel in the bank Or press your desired bank num ber to store then press ENT Channel Stored appears for 2 seconds All the conditions such as receiving mode and delay condition are copied on the channel After about 2 seconds ...

Page 36: ...ch as a paging or broadcast transmitter and will not function properly until you have left the vicinity of the transmitter The Spectrum Sweeper feature is more sensitive than portable frequency counters and will detect transmissions at a greater distance You can activate the Attenuator to reduce the sensitivity if desired Once an active frequency is found the transmission is played through your sc...

Page 37: ... in a 1 MHz segment Spec trum Sweeper will sweep through the 1 MHz segment in finer steps until the source of the RF signal energy is found Certain segments of RF spectrum are used by high power transmitters such as paging transmitters The Spectrum Sweeper can detect these transmitters easily even at great distances due to their high transmitter output power You can press L OUT when the Spectrum S...

Page 38: ...press 1 The scanner does not scan any of the channels within the banks you turned off To turn on banks while scanning press the number key until the bank s num ber appears For example to turn bank 1 on again press 1 Notes You cannot turn off all banks There must be at least one active bank You can manually select any channel in a bank even if the bank is turned off Monitoring a Single Channel Powe...

Page 39: ...tected code into the chan nel memory by pressing ENT while the code is displayed For more information about your scanner s receive modes including CTCSS and DCS see Understanding Your Scanner s Modes For more information on programming memory channels for CTCSS or DCS operation see CTCSS and DCS Deleting Frequencies from Channels 1 Press MAN 2 Use the number keys to enter the channel with the freq...

Page 40: ...uch as a weather channel Locking Out Channels To lock out a channel while scanning press L OUT when the scanner stops on the channel To lock out a channel manually select the channel then press L OUT so lo changes to LO on the display Note You can still manually select locked out channels To remove the lockout from a channel manually select the channel and press L OUT so LO changes to lo Reviewing...

Page 41: ...uencies are cleared within a bank No Lockout appears Clearing All Locked Out Frequencies in a Search Bank 1 Press SRCH 2 Select the search bank in which you want to clear all locked out frequen cies 3 Press FUNC then press L OUT Lockout list appears 4 Press FUNC then 6 Clear entire list Press 1 to clear all any other key aborts appears Press 1 to clear all locked out frequencies List cleared appea...

Page 42: ...nter the frequency you want to enter into the priority channel then press ENT To program a weather channel as the priority channel 1 Press WX 2 Select the weather channel you want to program as the priority channel 3 Press FUNC then PRI To turn on the priority feature press PRI so pri changes PRI on the display while scanning If the scanner detects activity on the priority channel Priority Channel...

Page 43: ...EDACS Trunking System with 4 digit decimal ID code or 5 digit AFS code LT accesses the FM mode LTR Trunking System with 6 digit ID code Note MO MOT ED and LT modes are not available when the scanner tunes up or down through the frequency ranges in which the trunking operation is not used Using the Attenuator To reduce interference or noise caused by strong signals you can reduce the scanner s sens...

Page 44: ...ht Your PSR 300 features a backlit keypad and display for easy viewing and use in dark environments There are three backlight modes you can choose from to control backlight activation Normal mode Keypress mode and first keypress Ignore mode With Normal mode simply press to activate the backlight The backlight will activate and remain on for the factory default setting of 5 seconds The back light c...

Page 45: ...0 sets the back light mode for Ignore operation for the selected duration Press ENT to store your selection Using the Keylock Once you program your scanner you can protect it from accidental program changes by turning on the key lock feature When the keypad is locked the only controls that operate are FUNC SQ and VOL You cannot activate the keylock while you are entering a frequency into a chan ne...

Page 46: ... receives data from another scanner other than a PSR 300 or PSR 400 Follow these steps to clone the data 1 Turn on both scanners 2 Connect the connecting cable to each scanner s PC IF jack CLONE MODE Press UP to send Remove cable to exit appears 3 Press Confirm to send data 1 YES Press other key for NO ap pears 4 Press 1 to send the data to the other unit or press any other key to cancel the opera...

Page 47: ... enter all the control frequencies in the same bank If you do not know which is the control channel it is better to enter all the system frequencies into the same bank When the scanner decodes the Motorola control channel and finds the voice channel the scanner displays the control channel memory location and the received frequency on the second line VC voice channel on the third line the bank and...

Page 48: ...g Squelch for Trunking Mode Your scanner automatically mutes the audio during trunk scanning when it decodes control channel data However we recommend you turn SQ clock wise and leave it set to a point just after the rushing sound stops This lets the scanner quickly acquire the data channel Programming Trunking Frequencies You program trunking frequencies the same as non trunked frequencies ex cep...

Page 49: ...cessary press MODE to change the receiving mode 7 Press SCAN to start scanning Notes If you enter a frequency that has already been entered into the same bank the scanner sounds an error tone and displays Dupl Freq and the channel number that has been duplicated If the dual entry is an error press CL and enter the correct frequency If the dual entry is intentional press ENT to ac cept You may repl...

Page 50: ...umber and press ENT Confirm the entry If it is incorrect then press the number keys again to set the frequency After you confirm the input press ENT again 7 While S in Step blinks repeatedly press or to select the step number 5 0 6 25 10 0 12 5 15 0 18 75 20 0 25 0 30 0 31 25 35 0 37 5 40 0 43 75 or 50 0 kHz then press ENT 8 Press PGM to enter the program mode Store the trunking IDs into the sub b...

Page 51: ...plied try the following common fleet maps 5 Press ENT for each entry If you make a mistake press CL and enter the correct size code Notes The default setting of the bank is for Motorola Type II However if you set Type I and you want to return to Type II enter 1 key then 5 key 15 at Step 4 To confirm the input repeat Steps 1 5 and press ENT Each time you press ENT you confirm the size code If you f...

Page 52: ...ges to ID XXXX The first X in ID save X XX is the sub bank number 0 4 in the bank XX is the number of IDs from 00 29 in each sub bank If the ID has already been stored when you press TRUNK ID was saved ap pears Note When you try to store more than 150 talk group IDs in a bank Memory Full appears Clear some talk group IDs in order to store new ones see Clear ing Talk Group IDs Follow these steps to...

Page 53: ...ication S at the first digit in the top line changes to H To release ID hold press SCAN or TRUNK Turning an ID Sub Bank On or Off Follow these steps to turn the ID sub bank on or off during the program mode 1 Press TRUNK repeatedly to select the desired sub bank 2 Press FUNC then 1 to turn the sub bank on if it is off or off if it is on Follow these steps to turn the ID sub bank on or off during t...

Page 54: ...seconds appears 2 Press or to select None 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 or 4 0 seconds 3 Press ENT Note When activated ID delay watches the control channel command for the delay time when the signal disappears from the voice channel Reviewing Locked Out Talk Group IDs You cannot clear all lockouts from a talk group at the same time 1 Press PGM then TRUNK 2 Press FUNC Then L OUT The locked out ID app...

Page 55: ...ansmis sions on the same frequencies If you program one of these frequencies you hear only noise on that frequency If the interference is not severe you might be able to turn SQ clockwise to omit the birdie To find the birdies in your scanner begin by disconnecting the antenna and moving it away from the scanner Make sure that no other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the scanner Use the...

Page 56: ...nitialization is complete M000 appears on the second line of the display Bank 0 Ch 00 appears on the fourth line FAQs Frequently Asked Questions The scanner is not working at all What s wrong The AC or DC adaptor might not be connected Be sure the adaptor s barrel plug is fully inserted into the PWR DC 9V jack The center tip of the adaptor s barrel plug must be set to positive The batteries might ...

Page 57: ...d by an operational error Carefully reread the rel evant section in the instructions SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Coverage 25 000 26 960 MHz in 10 kHz steps AM 26 965 27 405 MHz in 10 kHz steps AM 27 410 29 505 MHz in 5 kHz steps AM 29 510 29 700 MHz in 5 kHz steps FM 29 710 49 830 MHz in 10 kHz steps FM 49 835 54 000 MHz in 5 kHz steps FM 108 000 136 9916 MHz in 8 33 kHz steps AM 137 000 137 995 MHz ...

Page 58: ... in 12 5 kHz steps FM 849 000 868 9875 MHz in 12 5 kHz steps FM 894 000 939 9875 MHz in 12 5 kHz steps FM 940 000 960 000 MHz in 6 25 kHz steps FM 1240 000 1300 000 MHz in 6 25 kHz steps FM Memory channels 1000 Channel memory banks 10 Number of memory channels per bank 100 Talk group ID memories 1 500 ID memory banks 10 Sub banks per bank 5 Number of memory IDs per sub bank 30 Sensitivity 20 dB S ...

Page 59: ...B 8 kHz 50 dB 17 kHz Spurious Rejection at 154 1 MHz FM 40 dB Scanning Rate Up to 60 Channels per Second Search Rate Up to 78 Steps per Second Delay Time 2 seconds Intermediate Frequencies IF 1st 380 8 MHz 2nd 21 4 MHz 3rd 455 kHz Priority Sampling 2 seconds Operating Temperature 14 to 140 F 10 to 60 C IF Rejection 380 8 MHz at 154 1 MHz 60 dB 21 4 MHz at 154 1 MHz 100 dB Squelch Sensitivity Thres...

Page 60: ...A Battery Charge Current 150 mA Dimensions HWD 5 3 4 x 2 9 16 x 1 5 8 Inches 145 x 65 x 42 mm Weight without antenna and batteries 8 5 oz 240 g Supplied Accessories Flexible Antenna Rechargeable Non Rechargeable Battery Pack AC Adaptor Belt Clip Specifications are typical individual units might vary Specifications and depic tions are subject to change and improvement without notice ...

Page 61: ...nels Talkgroup IDs each channel storage bank has an associated tralkgroup ID list for a total of 10 talkgroup ID lists Each ID list has 5 sub banks Each sub bank has 30 ID locations You can program up to 150 talkgroup IDs in each bank so you can program up to 1500 talkgroup IDs in 10 banks When the scanner stops on a transmission in the Motorola or EDACS mode it checks to see if the ID has been st...

Page 62: ...a to validate the Warranty of purchase along with Proof of purchase or you may also register online from the link below Online Product Registration is also available at http www greamerica com register Warranty Limitations This warranty does not apply to equipment or parts that have been subject to accident abuse incorrect service alterations service by non authorized ser vice personal misuse A co...

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