Radio Shack PRO-99, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Receiver Eliminates interference from intermediate frequency IF images so you hear only the frequency you select HyperSearchTM and HyperScanTM Set the scanner to search at up to 50 steps per second and scan at up to 25 channels per second to quickly find interesting transmissions Duplicate Frequency Check Automatically notifies you if you are about to store a freq...

Page 2: ...ckel cadmium batteries external AC power using optional adapters or vehicle battery power using optional adapters IMPORTANT If an icon appears at the end of a paragraph go to the box on that page with the corresponding icon for pertinent information Warning Important thundervolt Caution light hint notebook Note 2003 RadioShack Corporation All Rights Reserved RadioShack and RadioShack com are trade...

Page 3: ...es that you stop using your scanner This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions 1 This device must not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note Mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit in some areas Check the laws in you...

Page 4: ...teries of the required size and recommended type Do not mix old and new batteries different types of batteries standard alkaline or rechargeable or rechargeable batteries of different capacities If you do not plan to use the scanner for a month or more remove the batteries Batteries can leak chemicals that can destroy electronic parts You can use either the black non rechargeable battery holder or...

Page 5: ...r using an AC adapter attach the Adaptaplug to the AC adapter so the tip reads positive then insert the Adaptaplug into the scanner s PWR DC 9V jack Connect the other end of the adapter to a standard AC outlet USING VEHICLE BATTERY POWER You can power the scanner from a vehicle s 12V power source such as a cigarette lighter socket using a 6V 300 mA DC adapter and a size C Adaptaplug neither suppli...

Page 6: ...i Cd batteries that are fully discharged You can operate the scanner while recharging the batteries but charging takes longer IMPORTANT The EPA certified RBRC Battery Recycling Seal on the nickel cadmium Ni Cd battery indicates RadioShack is voluntarily participating in an industry program to collect and recycle these batteries at the end of their useful life when taken out of service in the Unite...

Page 7: ...d a PL 259 to BNC antenna plug adapter Your local RadioShack store carries a wide variety of coaxial antenna cable and connectors Caution Do not run the cable over sharp edges or moving parts that might damage it Do not run the cable next to power cables or other antenna cables Once you choose an antenna follow the mounting instructions supplied with the antenna after removing a supplied antenna T...

Page 8: ...nes with your scanner while riding a bicycle be very careful Do not listen to a continuous transmission Even though some earphones or headphones let you hear some outside sounds when listening at normal volume levels they still can present a traffic hazard CONNECTING AN EXTENTION SPEAKER In a noisy area an amplified extension speaker available at your local RadioShack store might provide more comf...

Page 9: ...n the key appropriate to the action being performed FUNC Lets you use various functions by pressing this key in combination with other keys When using the FUNC key press the FUNC key first then release it then quickly press the next key in the function key sequence Hold down for about 2 second the scanner enters function menu mode LIGHT KEY SYMBOL Locks and unlocks the keypad to prevent accidental...

Page 10: ...uts characters W through Z in text mode CLEAR Enters a decimal point necessary when programming frequencies or spaces in text mode Or clears an incorrect entry or returns previous menu 0 Enter a 0 or inputs characters _ ENT enter Enters frequencies into channels UNDERSTANDING BANKS CHANNEL STORAGE BANKS To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to channels are divide...

Page 11: ...otes The scanner will not enter scan mode if there are no frequencies stored in channels or if all channels are locked out in the channel storage bank s that you are attempting to scan In either of these cases the scanner will display All channels Locked out See Programming Your Scanner on Page XX If SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a rushing sound the scanner will not scan properly Rotate t...

Page 12: ...uency 2 Program Text 3 Tone Data 4 Delay 5 Recall Lockout 1 ConventionalCH Conventional channel 2 SR0 Car Band 3 SR1 Marine 4 SR2 FRS GMS MU 5 SR3Police Fire 6 SR4 Aircraft 7 SR5 Ham 8 SR6 Limit SRCH 6 System Data 1 Back Light Set backlight timer setting 2 Key Tone Select key tone on or off 1 Key Tone On 2 Key Tone Off 3 LCD Contrast 4 Clone To PC 5 On Air Program 6 Initialization STORING A FREQUE...

Page 13: ... frequency will not be adversely affected If you enter a frequency that has already been entered elsewhere in 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 CLEAR and enter the correct frequency If the dual entry is intentional press ENT to accept You may replace any frequency by selecting th...

Page 14: ...ss 6 then 1 Space Press CLEAR 6 is the sixth number associated with 1 on the keypad Press 1 then 6 m is the first letter associated with 6 on the keypad Press 6 and FUNC for the lower case set then press 1 5 Press ENT to input the text Text Input Chart Press Character Press Character CLEAR Space 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 A B C 2 FUNC a b c 3 D E F 3 FUNC d e f 4 G H I 4 FUNC g h i 5 J K L 5 FUNC j k...

Page 15: ...ingle channel with your scanner by navigation to that channel while in manual mode The scanner will receive traffic on the selected frequency Your scanner features a power save circuit that is automatically activated any time you manually select a channel The power save mode works by allowing the receiver to sleep briefly while waiting for a call on the selected channel USING CTCSS When your scann...

Page 16: ...section of the manual describes the process for configuring a memory channel for CTCSS operation and manually programming a known code To program channel memories for CTCSS operation follow these steps 1 First enter a conventional frequency See Storing Conventional Frequencies on Page XX 2 Once you have entered the frequency press FUNC then press 4 CTCSS CT00 SRCH appears The scanner detect the CT...

Page 17: ...Notes You can use the scanner s delay feature while searching the search bank See Using the Delay Function on Page XX You can set CTCSS when searching any search range except for SR1 and SR4 The scanner will display detected CTCSS codes depending on the CTCSS setting See Using CTCSS on Page XX The scanner does not search locked out frequencies while searching ranges See Locking Out Channels or Fre...

Page 18: ... then SRCH while M is displayed M changes to S and now you can search through the band Press FUNC and then SRCH again to return to the previous mode In all search bands except marine and FRS GMS MURS bands press FUNC and then SRCH to pause the search To continue search press FUNC then press SRCH again 4 Rotate SQUELCH clockwise and leave it set to a point just after the rushing sound stops After 2...

Page 19: ...125 3 937 1500 3 937 2000 3 937 2875 4 450 0000 159 9875 12 5 Search bank SR1 Marine band Channel Frequency MHz 01 156 0500 05 156 2500 06 156 3000 07 156 3500 08 156 4000 09 156 4500 10 156 5000 11 156 5500 12 156 6000 13 156 6500 14 156 7000 15 156 7500 16 156 8000 17 156 8500 18 156 9000 19 156 9500 20 157 0000 161 6000 21 157 0500 22 157 1000 23 157 1500 24 157 2000 161 8000 25 157 2500 161 85...

Page 20: ...50 74 156 7250 77 156 8750 78 156 9250 79 156 9750 80 157 0250 81 157 0750 82 157 1250 83 157 1750 84 157 2250 161 8250 85 157 2750 161 8750 86 157 3250 161 9250 87 157 3750 161 9750 88 157 4250 Search bank SR2 FRS GMS MURS band Channel Frequency MHz 01 462 5625 02 462 5875 03 462 6125 04 462 6375 05 462 6625 06 462 6875 07 462 7125 08 467 5625 09 467 5875 10 467 6125 11 467 6375 ...

Page 21: ...requency MHz Step kHz 1 33 4200 33 9800 20 1 37 0200 37 4200 20 1 39 0200 39 9800 20 1 42 0200 42 9400 20 1 44 6200 45 8600 40 1 45 8800 1 45 9000 1 45 9400 46 0600 40 1 46 0800 46 5000 20 2 153 7700 154 1300 60 2 154 1450 154 4450 15 2 154 6500 154 9500 15 2 155 0100 155 3700 60 2 155 4150 155 7000 15 2 155 7300 156 210 60 2 158 7300 159 2100 60 2 166 2500 2 170 1500 3 453 0375 453 9625 12 5 3 45...

Page 22: ...2 seconds Function menu appears on the display 2 Press 4 to select Program Search Data then press 1 to select Change Frequency The cursor blinks L on the top line for the lower limit frequency 3 Use the number keys and CLEAR to enter the desired lower limit frequency including the decimal point 4 Press ENT to set the lower limit frequency The cursor moves to upper frequency field If the entered fr...

Page 23: ...ter the frequency where you want the scanner to start 4 Press ENT to store the frequency Use the or v keys to step up and down from the stored frequency 5 While automatic tuning press or v to change the direction of the tune When the scanner finds an active frequency it stops on the frequency USING FREQUENCY COPY You can easily copy a frequency into a vacant channel in a specified bank This featur...

Page 24: ...ENING TO A WEATHER CHANNEL To hear your local forecast and regional weather information press WX Your scanner scans through the weather band then stops on the first active weather frequency Press WX repeatedly to find the strongest weather frequency for your location WX Alert Your scanner s WX alert warns you of serious weather conditions by sounding an alarm if a National Weather Service broadcas...

Page 25: ... Banks on Page XX Using Tune on Page XX frequencies you already know Then you store a car number and the frequencies associated with that car number in the scanner s channels and display the car number as you scan those frequencies by using the information in Scanning by Car Number on Page XX STORING A CAR NUMBER AND FREQUENCY You can store a car number and frequency in each of the scanner s chann...

Page 26: ...imal point you want to associate with the displayed car number by using the number keys and CLEAR 5 Press ENT to store the frequency The frequency is associated with the car number entered ADDING A CAR NUMBER TO THE CHANNEL You can assign the car number after you program the frequency into the channel 1 Press and hold FUNC for about 2 seconds Then press 2 and 2 Channel number and car number if you...

Page 27: ...G BY CAR NUMBER Once you store car numbers into channels you can set the scanner so it displays the car numbers you assigned to the channels as it scans them To scan by car number press FUNC then press SCAN CAR CH It is switches between Car number and bank channel number Scanner s display top line changes car number and bank channel number too The scanner displays Car then press SCAN As the scanne...

Page 28: ...y appear whenever the scanner is set to the priority channel To turn off the priority feature press FUNC then press 1 PRI P ON changes to P OFF DELAY Many agencies use a two way radio system that has a period of several seconds between a query and a reply To avoid missing a reply you can program a 2 second delay into any channel or frequency When your scanner stops on a channel or frequency with a...

Page 29: ...ars Reviewing the Lock Out Channels To review all locked out channels press and hold FUNC for about 2 seconds then press 5 and 1 Repeatedly press or v to advance to the next locked out channel Note If you want to remove the lockout from a channel simply press 3 L OUT to remove the lockout Clearing All Lockout Channels To clear all lockout channel s as follows 1 Press and hold FUNC for about 2 seco...

Page 30: ...cked out number also appears as L Olist XX or YY The tenth of twenty five locked out frequencies would appears as L Olist 10 of 25 If the search bank has no locked out frequencies L O List Empty appears in the scanner s display Press SRCH to cancel reviewing locked out frequencies Clearing a Locked Out Search Frequency To clear a locked out frequency select that frequency see Reviewing the Locked ...

Page 31: ...pears 2 Press 6 then press 1 to select 1 Back Light 3 Press or v to select the desired backlight duration Selecting 3 5 10 or 20 sets the backlight duration TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF The scanner is preset to sound a tone each time you press one of its keys except LIGHT You can turn the key tone off or back on 1 Press and hold FUNC for about 2 seconds Function Menu appears 2 Press 6 then pres...

Page 32: ...your scanner by receiving data transmitted on a frequency your scanner can receive called on air programming You can use on air programming to store the following data into the scanner Channel number from 000 to 949 Frequency any frequency the scanner scan receive Car number from 0 to 999 including 00 000 01 and 001 Channel text tag Channel lockout setting ON or OFF Channel delay setting ON or OFF...

Page 33: ...ency between 108 000 and 136 9875 MHz in Step 2 If the scanner did not receive an end bit from the PC END does not appear On Air Programming Specifications Interface AFSK Audio Frequency Shift Keying Modulation MSK Minimum Shift Keying Mark Frequency 1200 Hz Space Frequency 1800 MHz Data Format Asynchronous Data Length 8 bit Parity None Stop Bit 2 bit Baud Rate 1200 bps Data Transmission Direction...

Page 34: ...scanner has birdie frequencies Birdies are signals created inside the scanner s receiver These operating frequencies might interfere with transmission 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 SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the birdie This scanner s birdie frequencies in MHz are Bi...

Page 35: ...runked Systems 856 00 861 00 Public Safety 866 00 869 00 Trunked Private General 894 00 960 00 Primary Usage As a general rule most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following frequencies Note Remote control stations and mobile units operate at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and relay repeater units VHF Band 2 Meter Amateur Band 144 000 148 000 Government Police and Fi...

Page 36: ... CCA Common Carrier CSB Conventional Systems CTSB Conventional Trunked 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 MAR Military Amateur Radio MARI Maritime Limited Coast Coast Guard Marine Telephone Shipboard Radio Private Stations MARS Military Aff...

Page 37: ...MHz 29 000 29 700 HAM VERY HIGH FREQUENCY VHF 30 MHz 300 MHz VHF Low Band 29 7 50 MHz in 5 kHz steps 29 700 29 790 IND 29 900 30 550 GOVT MIL 30 580 31 980 IND 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 TELM 36 000 36 230 GOVT MIL 36 230 36 990 Oil Spill Cleanup GOVT MIL 37 020 37 980 PUB IND 38 000 39 000 GOVT MIL 39 020 39 980 PUB 40 000...

Page 38: ... MIL 2 Meter Amateur Band 144 148 MHz 144 000 148 000 HAM VHF High Band 148 174 MHz 148 050 150 345 CAP MAR MIL 150 775 150 980 MED 150 815 150 980 TOW Oil Spill Cleanup 150 995 151 475 ROAD POL 151 490 151 955 IND BUS 151 985 TELM 152 0075 MED 152 270 152 480 IND TAXI BUS 152 870 153 020 IND MOV 153 035 153 725 IND OIL UTIL 153 740 154 445 PUB FIRE 154 490 154 570 IND BUS 154 585 Oil Spill Cleanu...

Page 39: ...L USXX 166 250 GOVT RTV FIRE 166 275 169 400 GOVT BIFC 169 445 169 505 Wireless Mikes GOVT 169 550 169 9875 GOVT MIL USXX 170 000 170 150 BIFC GOVT RTV FIRE 170 175 170 225 GOVT 170 245 170 305 Wireless Mikes 170 350 170 400 GOVT MIL 170 425 170 450 BIFC 170 475 PUB 170 4875 173 175 GOVT PUB Wireless Mikes 173 225 173 5375 MOV NEWS UTIL MIL 173 5625 173 5875 MIL Medical Crash Crews 173 600 173 587...

Page 40: ...R BUS 462 9375 463 1875 MED 463 200 467 925 BUS FM TV Audio Broadcast UHF Wide Band 470 512 MHz Channels 14 through 20 in 6 MHz steps Note Some cities use the 470 512 MHz band for land mobile service 475 750 Channel 14 481 750 Channel 15 487 750 Channel 16 493 750 Channel 17 499 750 Channel 18 505 750 Channel 19 511 750 Channel 20 Conventional Systems Band Locally Assigned 851 0125 855 9875 CSB Co...

Page 41: ...iply the number of megahertz by 1 000 30 62 MHz x 1000 30 620 kHz To convert from kHz to MHz divide the number of kilohertz by 1000 127 800 kHz 1000 127 8 MHz To convert MHz to meters divide 300 by the number of megahertz 300 50 MHz 6 meters CARE Keep the scanner dry if it gets wet wipe it dry immediately Use and store the scanner only in normal temperature environments Handle the scanner carefull...

Page 42: ...dead Replace the batteries with fresh ones or recharge the rechargeable batteries Poor or no reception An antenna is not connected or is connected incorrectly Make sure an antenna is properly connected to the scanner Programming frequencies are the same as birdie frequencies Avoid programming frequencies listed under Birdie Frequencies on Page XX or only listen to them manually Keypad does not wor...

Page 43: ...hannels Sec Delay Time 2 Seconds IF Frequencies 1st IF 380 8 MHz 2nd IF 45 MHz 3rd IF 450 kHz IF Refection 380 75 MHz 75 dB at 154 6 MHz Priority Sampling 2 Seconds Squelch Sensitivity Threshold 0 3 uV Tight FM S N N 30 dB Tight AM S N N 20 dB Antenna Impedance 50 Ohms Audio Output Power 10 THD 150 mW nominal Using Batteries Built In Speaker 1 1 8 Inches 28 mm 8 Ohms Operating Temperature 14 to 14...

Page 44: ... 122 x 67 x 31 mm Weight without antenna and batteries 5 8 oz 165 g Limited One Year Warranty Will add Address Date Code ...