Radio Shack 20-315, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...es good reception of strong local signals You can connect an external antenna with a BNC connector to the scanner for improved reception of distant weaker signals Liquid Crystal Display makes it easy...

Page 2: ...dentify calls Weather Alert the scanner automatically sounds an alert when it receives a weather emergency signal providing more complete information about weather conditions in your immediate area Hy...

Page 3: ...ent accidentally changing the scanner s programming Key Confirmation Tones the scanner sounds a confirmation tone when you perform an operation correctly and an error tone if you make an error Three P...

Page 4: ...4CPIG 6 RGU QH 6TCPUOKUUKQPU 29 54 10 Meter Ham Band VHF Lo 6 Meter Ham Band 108 136 9875 Aircraft 137 174 Military Land Mobile 2 Meter Ham Band VHF Hi 380 512 UHF Aircraft Federal Government 70 cm Ha...

Page 5: ...ent from that to which the receiver is connected This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interferenc...

Page 6: ...f such 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...

Page 7: ...tteries on Page 8 For the best performance and longest life we recommend RadioShack batteries Follow these steps to install batteries 1 Press in on the battery compartment cover on the back of the sca...

Page 8: ...you charge nickel metal hydride Ni MH or nickel cadmium Ni CD rechargeable batteries not supplied while they are in the scanner To charge rechargeable batteries you need to use a 9V AC adapter RadioSh...

Page 9: ...ptaplug adapter neither supplied Both are available at your local RadioShack store To power the scanner using an AC adapter attach the Adaptaplug to the AC adapter so the tip reads positive then inser...

Page 10: ...o the antenna jack on top of your scanner align the slots around the antenna s connector with the tabs on the antenna jack Press the antenna down over the jack and turn the antenna s base clockwise un...

Page 11: ...our local RadioShack store into on the top of the scanner This auto matically disconnects the internal speaker 56 0 0 5 To protect your hearing follow these guidelines when you use an earphone or head...

Page 12: ...nuous broadcast Even though some earphones headphones let you hear some outside sounds when listening at normal volume levels they still can present a traffic hazard QPPGEVKPI CP ZVGPUKQP 5RGCMGT In a...

Page 13: ...kHz or MHz To find active frequencies you can use the search function You can also search the One Touch Search Banks which are preset groups of frequencies categorized by type of service When you find...

Page 14: ...rs Use the range of numbers above the key 21 40 for example to select the channel in a channel storage bank See Understanding Banks on Page 20 TUNE CLEAR Lets you tune a frequency along with H or G cl...

Page 15: ...tes that the scanner is searching the marine bank see Listening to the Marine Bank on Page 30 MN MN MN MN Indicates that the scanner is searching the weather channels F F F F Indicates that the scanne...

Page 16: ...nels FH FH FH FH Appears when the priority feature is turned on BO BO BO BO Appears when you program a 2 second delay 7BB 9 Be ekj 7BB 9 Be ekj 7BB 9 Be ekj 7BB 9 Be ekj Appears when you lock out the...

Page 17: ...bank or tune search Be KBB Be KBB Be KBB Be KBB Appears when you try to lock out a frequency during a tune when 50 frequencies are already locked out B ekj B ekj B ekj B ekj Appears when you start a t...

Page 18: ...Appears about 2 seconds after you press AIR 7C 7C 7C 7C Appears about 2 seconds after you press HAM M 7j h M 7j h M 7j h M 7j h Appears about 2 seconds after you press WX Be L Be L Be L Be L Appears w...

Page 19: ...s when you turn on the 6m sub bank while searching in the HAM bank C C C C Appears when you turn on the 2m sub bank while searching in the HAM bank 9 C 9 C 9 C 9 C Appears when you turn on the 70cm su...

Page 20: ...eprogrammed with the frequencies allocated by marine fire police aircraft ham radio and weather services This is handy for quickly finding active frequencies instead of searching through an entire ban...

Page 21: ...157 1500 24 157 2000 161 8000 25 157 2500 161 8500 26 157 3000 161 9000 27 157 3500 161 9500 28 157 4000 162 0000 63 156 1750 64 156 2250 160 8250 65 156 2750 66 156 3250 67 156 3750 68 156 4250 69 1...

Page 22: ...37 020 37 420 20 39 020 39 980 20 42 020 42 940 20 44 620 45 860 40 45 880 45 900 45 940 46 060 40 46 080 46 500 20 2 153 770 154 130 60 154 145 154 445 15 154 650 154 950 15 155 010 155 370 60 155 41...

Page 23: ...ather TGSWGPE 4CPIG 5VGR M 108 000 136 9875 12 5 TQWR TGSWGPE 4CPIG 5VGR M 1 29 000 29 700 5 2 50 000 54 000 5 3 144 000 148 000 5 4 420 000 450 000 12 5 JCPPGN TGSWGPE 1 162 400 2 162 425 3 162 450 4...

Page 24: ...ectories every year so be sure to get a current copy 1 Press PGM F C F C F C F C appears Then enter the channel number 1 200 where you want to store a frequency then press PGM again 2 Use the number k...

Page 25: ...ic frequen cies that are used in your area The fire police and ham one touch banks have separate groups of frequencies called sub banks This lets you search for and select only those frequencies that...

Page 26: ...s during the search you can store them into the scanner s channel storage banks Frequen cies found in the one touch banks are automatically assigned to specific channel storage banks as shown below Yo...

Page 27: ...nner to search through all receivable frequencies from a specified frequency You can use the scanner s delay feature while using tune 1 Repeatedly press SCAN MAN until C7D C7D C7D C7D appears 2 Enter...

Page 28: ...lash twice If you want to cancel the operation press TUNE CLEAR instead of ENT After storing the frequen cy the scanner continues to search for frequencies 5ECPPKPI VJG 5VQTGF JCPPGNU To set the scann...

Page 29: ...nning the scanner moves to the selected bank and scan it If no transmission is found the scanner continues scanning to scan through all selected banks QPKVQTKPI C 5VQTGF JCPPGN You can continuously mo...

Page 30: ...u no longer want a frequency stored in a channel and you do not want to replace that frequency with a different one follow these steps to clear the stored frequency 1 Press SCAN MAN to stop scanning 2...

Page 31: ...g direction press H or G You can select a marine channel directly When the scanner stops searching the marine bank use the number keys to enter the two digit channel number KUVGPKPI VQ VJG 9GCVJGT CPF...

Page 32: ...ning to the WX channel 7B hj 7B hj 7B hj 7B hj appears If the scanner detects the weather alert it sounds an alarm The scanner sounds the alert for five minutes when it receives the weather alert sign...

Page 33: ...tops before resuming scanning searching or tuning You can program a 2 second delay in any of these ways If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active channel quickly press DELAY before it resumes...

Page 34: ...ppears To remove the lockout from a channel manually select that channel again then press L O L O RVW until B E B E B E B E disappears See Removing Lockouts From All Frequencies in a One Touch Search...

Page 35: ...to clear the lockouts press TUNE CLEAR 4 18 0 1 1765 41 4 37 0 5 1 Hold down L O L O RVW for about 2 seconds during a search or tune B h B h B h B h appears 2 While holding down TUNE CLEAR press L O L...

Page 36: ...ng scanning or searching FH FH FH FH appears The scanner checks the priority channel every 2 seconds and stays on the channel if there is activity F9 F9 F9 F9 and the frequency appear whenever the sca...

Page 37: ...jed or ed jed ed jed ed jed ed jed appear release 2 and ENT 7UKPI VJG G QEM Once you program your scanner you can protect it from accidental program changes by turning on the keylock feature When the...

Page 38: ...ght get interference on a weak or distant channel from a strong transmission 21 4 MHz above or below the tuned frequency This is rare and the image signal is usually cleared whenever there is a transm...

Page 39: ...l RadioShack store The programming kit includes a CD ROM with the software you need and a connecting cable 1 Make sure your scanner is turned off 2 Follow the steps provided with the programming kit t...

Page 40: ...Ij7hj Ij7hj and the data being received by the scanner appears in the order it is received 5 When the scanner successfully receives all data dZ dZ dZ dZ and _d_I _d_I _d_I _d_I appear If the scanner r...

Page 41: ...ht interfere with transmissions 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 SQUELC...

Page 42: ...o or TV sets are turned on near the scanner Use the search function and search every frequency range from its lowest frequency to the highest Occasionally the searching will stop as if it had found a...

Page 43: ...136 00 U S Government 137 00 144 00 2 Meter Amateur 144 00 148 00 High Range 148 00 174 00 7 CPF Military Aircraft 380 00 384 00 U S Government 406 00 420 00 70 Centimeter Amateur 420 00 450 00 Low R...

Page 44: ...lable at your local RadioShack store 7 CPF EVKXKVKGU TGSWGPEKGU 70 Centimeter Amateur Band 420 000 450 000 FM Repeaters Land Mobile Paired Frequencies 450 000 470 000 Base Stations 451 025 454 950 Mob...

Page 45: ...AR Military Amateur Radio MARI Maritime Limited Coast Coast Guard Marine Telephone Shipboard Radio Private Stations MARS Military Affiliate Radio System MED Emergency Medical Services MIL U S Military...

Page 46: ...D PUB 32 000 32 990 GOVT MIL 33 020 33 980 BUS IND PUB 34 010 34 990 GOVT MIL 35 020 35 980 BUS PUB IND PTR Private Trunked ROAD Road Highway Maintenance RTV Radio TV Remote Broadcast Pickup TAXI Taxi...

Page 47: ...UB 47 420 American Red Cross 47 440 49 580 IND PUB 49 610 49 990 MIL 6 Meter Amateur Band 50 54 MHz 50 00 54 00 HAM Aircraft Band 108 136 MHz 108 000 121 490 AIR 121 500 AIR Emergency 121 510 136 000...

Page 48: ...TRAN 161 580 162 000 OIL MARI RTV 162 0125 162 35 GOVT MIL USXX 162 400 162 550 WTHR 162 5625 162 6375 GOVT MIL USXX 162 6625 MED 162 6875 163 225 GOVT MIL USXX 163 250 MED 163 275 166 225 GOVT MIL US...

Page 49: ...IL 455 050 455 925 RTV 457 525 457 600 BUS 458 025 458 175 MED 460 0125 460 6375 FIRE POL PUB 460 650 462 175 BUS 462 1875 462 450 BUS IND 462 4625 462 525 IND OIL TELM UTIL 462 550 462 925 GMR BUS 46...

Page 50: ...g information can help you make the necessary conversions 1 MHz million 1 000 kHz thousand To convert MHz to kHz multiply the number of megahertz by 1 000 30 62 MHz x 1000 30 620 kHz To convert from k...

Page 51: ...listed under Birdie Frequencies on Page 41 or only listen to them manually The keypad does not work Keylock is turned on Turn off keylock The scanner might need to be reset or initialized Turn the sc...

Page 52: ...p the scanner away from dust and dirt and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new 5 48 0 4 2 4 If your scanner is not performing as it should take it to your local RadioShack sto...

Page 53: ...4 148 in 5 kHz steps VHF Hi 148 174 in 5 kHz steps Amateur Radio Government 380 450 in 12 5 kHz steps UHF Standard 450 470 in 12 5 kHz steps UHF T 470 512 in 12 5 kHz steps Channels of Operation 200 c...

Page 54: ...Ohms Operating Temperature 14 to 140 F 10 to 60 C Power Requirements 6 Volts DC 4 AA Batteries AC Adapter Optional DC Adapter Optional Current Drain Squelched 45 mA Dimensions HWD 511 16 23 8 19 16 I...

Page 55: ...hack store or obtain a RadioShack catalog for a more complete listing of available accessories RG 8 RG 58 50 Ohm Coaxial Cable Use to connect your scanner to an external antenna External Antenna Conne...

Page 56: ...the event of a product defect during the warranty period take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase date to any RadioShack store RadioShack will at its option unless other...