Radio Shack PRO-94, Manual

Page 1: ...cellent radio that has many fine features for scanning and trunking However anyone who has tried to read the manual that comes with the radio knows it can be a little hard to find read and figure out...

Page 2: ...s more frequently Also lets you scan just the priority IDs in a bank 20 Priority Channels lets you program one channel in each bank and then have the scanner check that channel every 2 seconds while i...

Page 3: ...nology Contents Scanning the process of stepping through conventional channels in scan banks Trunktracking or Trunking the process of searching for all active talkgroup IDs in trunked systems in scan...

Page 4: ...IDs are in the format FFF SS where FFF is the fleet and SS is the sub fleet Type I systems are usually organized with different IDs assigned to different fleets For example a valid fleet subfleet ID i...

Page 5: ...per limits of a limit search in program mode starts or resumes trunking in trunk mode searches for another active ID in the trunking bank or moves to the next trunking bank during trunking starts sear...

Page 6: ...anks if you turned the radio off in scan mode or start trunking the last selected banks if you turned the radio off in trunk mode A Look at the Display Contents The display has indicators that show th...

Page 7: ...e to which channel the scanner is tuned to 1888 888 5 MHz shows frequencies in scan and manual modes shows ERROR and other text messages shows monitored talk group IDs while trunking shows when trunki...

Page 8: ...ching resumes after the transmission ends See Scan Search Delay To skip data signals press ALT DATA to skip pagers modems MDTs etc so they won t be scanned See Skipping Data Signals To continue search...

Page 9: ...rs from the display 4 Press HOLD again or press and hold the or button to continue searching To clear all the skip frequencies at once 1 While searching press HOLD 2 Press and hold S S L OUT until the...

Page 10: ...ng Frequency and Talk Group Guide to help you get started programming your scanner However some of this information may be outdated or changed by now so you should re check the information before usin...

Page 11: ...anual mode press PROG then TRUNK to put the scanner in program and trunk modes PROG TRUNK and BANK A or B will appear in the display If you want to switch to another bank group hold down A B HOLD for...

Page 12: ...4 6 S 4 6 S 12 6 S 4 6 S 4 7 S 11 7 S 4 7 S 12 7 S 4 7 S 4 7 S 12 7 S 4 7 S 4 E1P9 E1P10 E1P11 E1P12 E1P13 E1P14 E1P15 E1P16 Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size...

Page 13: ...s into the same bank to utilize channel space better if you have a lot of channels and or trunking systems That way you don t have to waste a whole bank on a trunking system that has only 5 channels I...

Page 14: ...st 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 Sca...

Page 15: ...ystem is inactive for 5 seconds the scanner starts trunking the next selected trunk bank This can be a problem if say you are scanning 3 banks and one is real busy It may take a while for the scanner...

Page 16: ...until you hear two short beeps 2 Press or to select the ID you want to unlock 3 Press S S L OUT The ID is unlocked and the next locked ID appears If you have unlocked all the IDs the scan list will ap...

Page 17: ...rom the monitor memory to a talk group ID list 1 In manual mode press SCAN Select the one and only bank that you want to move the ID to and turn the rest of the banks off by pressing the corresponding...

Page 18: ...nner so it remains on the voice channel even when a disconnect tone is transmitted or there is no signal at all set SQUELCH so you hear a hissing Matching IDs with Trunked Frequencies Contents You can...

Page 19: ...the battery save function on turn off the scanner then hold down H S PRIORITY and turn on the scanner on SAVE briefly appears and appears in the display To turn the battery save function off turn off...

Page 20: ...ked Radio Systems User s Page which explains how to find the LCN order for an EDACS system if you don t know the order Look for Finding EDACS Logical Channel Numbers by Todd Hartzel near the bottom of...

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