Radio Shack PRO-90, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Cat No 20 520 PRO 90 300 Channel TrunkTracker Scanner Please read before using this equipment 20 520 fm Page 1 Wednesday August 4 1999 3 06 PM...

Page 2: ...anner The PRO 90 lets you select and monitor the data channel frequency sent with a 2 way radio user s transmission so you can hear the call and re sponse for that 2 way radio user and easily follow t...

Page 3: ...earch preset frequencies in separate police fire emergency aircraft marine and weather banks to make it easy to locate specific types of calls HyperSearch and HyperScan lets you set the scanner to sea...

Page 4: ...rror Battery Low Alert warns you when battery power gets low Battery Save saves battery power when the scanner does not detect any transmissions for more than 1 minute when a channel is manually selec...

Page 5: ...used by many different groups including police and fire departments ambulance services government agencies private companies am ateur radio services military operations pager services and wireline tel...

Page 6: ...Storage Banks 19 Service Banks 19 Understanding Trunking 19 Operation 20 Turning On the Scanner and Setting Squelch 20 Storing Known Frequencies into Channels 21 Limit Search 22 Scanning Service Banks...

Page 7: ...IDs Into Scan Lists While Searching 42 Automatically Storing an ID in a Scan List Location 42 Deleting a Stored ID 43 Scanning the Scan Lists 43 Scanning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Systems 44 Selectin...

Page 8: ...Standard AC Power on Page 9 or Using Vehicle Bat tery Power on Page 10 It takes about 14 16 hours to recharge a battery pack that is fully discharged You can operate the scanner while recharging the...

Page 9: ...end of a rechargeable battery pack s useful life it must be recycled or disposed of properly Contact your local county or state hazardous waste management authorities for information on recycling or...

Page 10: ...st be set to positive and its barrel plug must correctly fit the scanner s EXT PWR jack The recommended power cable meets these specifications Using a power cable that does not meet these specificatio...

Page 11: ...lighter socket and clean the socket to remove ashes and other debris CONNECTING THE ANTENNA Follow these steps to attach the supplied flexible anten na to the connector on the top of your scanner 1 Al...

Page 12: ...ructions supplied with the an tenna route the antenna cable to the scanner then con nect it to the antenna jack Warning Use extreme caution when installing or re moving an outdoor antenna If the anten...

Page 13: ...n listening adjust the volume to a comfortable level Once you set the volume do not increase it Over time your ears adapt to the volume level so a vol ume level that does not cause discomfort might st...

Page 14: ...cable s 1 8 inch mini plug into your scanner s jack ATTACHING THE BELT CLIP You can attach the supplied belt clip to make your scan ner easier to carry when you are on the go Use a Phil lips screwdriv...

Page 15: ...arch banks which are preset groups of frequencies categorized by type of service When you find a frequency you can store it into a program mable memory location called a channel which is grouped with...

Page 16: ...enters a decimal point or clears an incorrect entry E enter enters frequencies into channels t LIMIT sets the search direction and holds the frequen cy search sets the frequency range DLY delay progr...

Page 17: ...eived trunking frequency or a data frequency in the trunk tracking mode see Channel Activity Indicators on Page 40 P appears when a priority channel is selected blinks when the scanner s battery is lo...

Page 18: ...urned on HOLD appears when you manually select a channel or when the scanner is in the hold mode during a search or service bank scan or during a limit search DLY appears when you program a delay L O...

Page 19: ...ough an entire band see Scanning Service Banks on Page 23 UNDERSTANDING TRUNKING In the past groups that broadcast frequently such as po lice departments were restricted to transmitting on just a few...

Page 20: ...onnected before you turn it on 1 Turn SQUELCH fully clockwise 2 Turn VOLUME OFF clockwise until it clicks and you hear a hissing sound 3 Press MANUAL and turn SQUELCH counterclockwise then leave it se...

Page 21: ...s for active frequencies are the Ra dioShack Police Call Guide including Fire and Emer gency Services Official Aeronautical Frequency Directory and Maritime Frequency Directory We up date these direct...

Page 22: ...Delay on Page 26 The scanner also stores this setting in the channel 4 If you want to program the next channel in sequence press MANUAL and repeat Steps 2 and 3 LIMIT SEARCH If you do not know a frequ...

Page 23: ...ransmission HOLD appears To release hold and continue searching press SRCH Notes To step through the frequencies while HOLD appears press s or t If you tune to a search skip frequency L O appears See...

Page 24: ...uch as modem signals press DATA See Skipping Data Signals on Page 31 Because frequencies are not always assigned to the same services everywhere you might hear transmis sions from one service in anoth...

Page 25: ...ugh there might be periods of silence or if you want to monitor a specific channel Follow these steps to manually select a channel 1 Press MANUAL 2 Enter the channel number 3 Press MANUAL again Or if...

Page 26: ...storage banks and stops on an active channel where you want to store a delay quickly press DLY before it continues scanning again DLY appears If the desired channel is not selected manually select the...

Page 27: ...n manually select any channel within a bank even if that bank is turned off You cannot turn off all banks One bank is always active LOCKING OUT CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES You can scan existing channels...

Page 28: ...You can lock out as many as 20 frequencies during a search If you try to lock out more than 20 frequen cies the first locked out frequency is automatically unlocked Follow these steps to remove the lo...

Page 29: ...k you want to program as a priority channel To turn on the priority feature press PRI during scanning PRI appears Every 2 seconds the scanner checks the priority channel in each bank that is turned on...

Page 30: ...n the keylock hold down LOCK until appears To turn it off hold down LOCK until disappears USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT You can turn on the display backlight for easy viewing at night Press LOCK to turn...

Page 31: ...er for 1 second then turns on the internal power for about 1 3 of a second to check for a transmis sion Note The scanner s battery save function does not work if the priority function is on even if a...

Page 32: ...I and Type II Instead of selecting a specific frequency to transmit on a trunked system chooses one of several frequencies in a 2 way radio us er s talk group when that user presses PTT push to talk T...

Page 33: ...of data a Type II system radio sends Since the data capacity of Type I systems is limited and the amount of data increases with each user Type I sys tems usually accommodate fewer users than Type II s...

Page 34: ...OGRAMMING TRUNKED FREQUENCIES Before you program your scanner to track a trunked sys tem consider the following Valid trunked system frequencies range from 851 0125 868 9875 in 12 5 kHz steps You can...

Page 35: ...e first channel in the bank when you select the bank 3 Use the number keys to enter the trunked system s frequencies then press E Note If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 3 the scanner beeps t...

Page 36: ...frequencies for a trunked system in one or more of the 10 available banks and you are scanning non trunked frequencies follow these steps to begin trunk scanning 1 Press TRUNK The indicators for all b...

Page 37: ...o user Other IDs might take some time but determining who each ID represents is half the fun of trunk tracking Monitoring an Active ID When the scanner stops on a transmission you can hold the scanner...

Page 38: ...next active ID appears Unlocking a Single ID 1 Hold down L O until you hear two short beeps 2 Repeatedly press t or s to select the ID you want to unlock 3 Press L O The ID is unlocked and the next l...

Page 39: ...racking scan delay set you might need to change the default system type or the fleet map you are using See Scanning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Systems on Page 44 Monitoring IDs You can use your scanner...

Page 40: ...ng has more than 20 channels The indicator that remains on steadily even when there are no current transmissions represents the frequency being used as the data channel The indicator that flashes when...

Page 41: ...Ds List 2 for fire department IDs List 3 for emergency medical service IDs and so on Once IDs are stored in lists you can scan them like you scan conventional channels You can program IDs into scan li...

Page 42: ...lect a scan list location and store an ID during a search 1 When your scanner stops on an ID you want to store press PRI The currently selected scan list memory location flashes 2 Press E to store the...

Page 43: ...s 0 then E SCANNING THE SCAN LISTS Press SCAN to begin scanning the lists you have pro grammed Note If you haven t programmed any IDs SCAN scrolls on the display but your scanner does not stop on an a...

Page 44: ...I ID appears as a three or four digit number followed by a hyphen followed by a one or two digit number such as 200 14 If you notice a mix of odd and even user IDs such as 6477 2160 6481 6144 and 116...

Page 45: ...unique The left most digit is the block number in the ID The next two digits identify which fleet is active and the last digit s after the hyphen identifies the subfleet The size codes selected by a T...

Page 46: ...e receiv ing most of the replies to the conversations with IDs assigned to the block you just programmed then you have probably selected the right size code and can work on the next block of the map T...

Page 47: ...P8 E1P9 Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code 0 S10 0 S1 0 S4 1 S10 1 S1 1 S4 2 S11 2 S2 2 S0 3 S4 3 S2 3 S0 4 S4 4 S3 4 S0 5 S4 5 S3 5 S0 6 S4 6 S4 6 S0 7 S4 7 S4 7 S0 E1P10 E1P11 E1P12 Blo...

Page 48: ...S0 6 S4 6 S0 6 S0 7 S4 7 S0 7 S4 E1P13 E1P14 E1P15 Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code 0 S3 0 S4 0 S4 1 S3 1 S3 1 S4 2 S11 2 S10 2 S4 3 S4 3 S4 3 S11 4 S4 4 S4 4 S11 5 S0 5 S4 5 S0 6 S0 6...

Page 49: ...ype I fleet and subfleet IDs such as 100 12 100 9 000 12 or 400 8 How do you know if the preset map you selected is cor rect Listen to see if you are following complete conver sations If not try anoth...

Page 50: ...an only be assigned to Block 0 Since these size codes require multiple blocks you will be prompted for the next available block when program ming a fleet map For example if you assign Block 0 as an S...

Page 51: ...These oper ating frequencies might interfere with broadcasts on the same frequencies If you program one of these frequen cies you hear only noise on that frequency If the inter ference is not severe...

Page 52: ...Service 806 00 823 93 MHz Conventional Systems 851 00 856 00 MHz Conventional Trunked Sys tems 856 00 861 00 MHz Trunked Systems 861 00 866 00 MHz Public Safety 866 00 868 93 MHz High Range 896 11 902...

Page 53: ...ked Systems FIRE Fire Department HAM Amateur Ham Radio GOVT Federal Government GMR General Mobile Radio GTR General Trunked IND Industrial Services Manufacturing Construction Farming Forest Products M...

Page 54: ...IL 35 020 35 980 BUS PUB IND TELM 36 000 36 230 GOVT MIL 36 250 Oil Spill Cleanup 36 270 36 990 GOVT MIL 37 020 37 980 PUB IND 38 000 39 000 GOVT MIL 39 020 39 980 PUB 40 000 42 000 GOVT MIL MARI 42 0...

Page 55: ...USXX 162 6625 MED 162 6875 163 225 GOVT MIL USXX 163 250 MED 163 275 166 225 GOVT MIL USXX 166 250 GOVT RTV FIRE 166 275 169 400 GOVT BIFC 169 445 169 505 Wireless Mikes GOVT 169 55 169 9875 GOVT MIL...

Page 56: ...nel 16 511 750 Channel 20 Note Some cities use the 470 512 MHz band for land mobile service Conventional Systems Band Locally Assigned 851 0125 855 9875 CSB Conventional Trunked Systems Band Locally A...

Page 57: ...ecessary conversions 1 MHz million 1 000 kHz thousand To convert MHz to kHz multiply the number of mega hertz by 1 000 9 62 MHz x 1000 9620 kHz To convert from kHz to MHz divide the number of kilo her...

Page 58: ...e AC adapter charger or DC adapter is not connected Be sure the adapter s barrel plug is fully plugged into the EXT PWR jack The scanner s display dims or the scanner sounds a tone every 15 30 seconds...

Page 59: ...anu ally Scanner will not track a trunked system Thetransmission might not use a system that can be tracked by your scanner Scan another trans mission The data fre quency is miss ing Find the data fre...

Page 60: ...s Set the scanner to receive Type I trunked frequen cies See Scan ning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Sys tems on Page 44 The selected fleet map is incorrect Try another preset fleet map or pro gram your o...

Page 61: ...and cases and can cause the scanner to work improperly Use and store the scanner only in normal temperature environments Temperature extremes can shorten the life of electronic devices damage batterie...

Page 62: ...n 108 136 9875 MHz 1 5 V Spurious Rejection at 40 84 MHz 50 dB Selectivity 10 kHz 6 dB 15 kHz 50 dB IF Rejection at 162 4 MHz 80 dB Operating Temperature 4 to 140 F 20 to 60 C Scan Speed Normal 100 Ch...

Page 63: ...VDC 200 mA Current Drain Squelched 70 mA Full Output 180 mA Dimensions HWD 6 21 3 111 16 Inches 153 63 5 43 mm Weight 11 oz 310 g Specifications are typical individual units might vary Specifications...

Page 64: ...g 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 wise provided by law a correct the...