Sporty's Air-Scan V, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ... 2004 Sportsman s Market Inc Sporty s Air Scan V Scanner with AM FM Radio Aviation Interrupt Operator s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ved including interference that may cause undesired operation Scanning Legally Your receiver covers frequencies used by some different groups including Aircraft communications and Military operations Space operations Meteorological Satellite Space research Mobile satellite It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your receiver can receive however there are some transmissions you should n...

Page 3: ... the Band key until AIR appears on the screen B Using the keypad enter the desired frequency such as 122 975 C Press the Memory key The first available memory channel will be displayed on the screen D Press the Memory key a second time the frequency is now stored E To store up to four more memory frequencies repeat steps A D 2 Select the AM or FM frequency you want to listen to 3 To activate Aviat...

Page 4: ... Front View 8 Right Side View 9 Rear View 10 Bottom View 10 Operating Instructions 11 Manual Frequency Selection 11 Frequency Search 12 Frequency Memory 13 Memory Recall 14 Memory Scan 15 Memory Clear 17 Aviation Interrupt 17 Low Battery 19 Screen Lighting 19 Key Tone 19 Accessories 20 Specifications 21 ...

Page 5: ...s Aviation Interrupt exclusive feature allows you to listen to the ballgame talk radio or music and never miss an important aviation transmission 2 280 Aviation frequencies 118 000 MHz to 142 975 MHz 8 33 kHz spacing on Aviation Band 118 AM broadcast frequencies 530 kHz to 1630 kHz 102 FM broadcast frequencies 87 7 MHz to 107 9 MHz Back Lit Screen Five Memory Channels on Aviation Band Full Feature...

Page 6: ...03 9747 NOTE When returning your unit for warranty service do NOT include any accessories If your Air Scan V is no longer under warranty you may still have it serviced at Sporty s Call Sporty s Customer Service at 513 735 9000 for instructions Precautions Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Neve...

Page 7: ...olution If operating the radio at temperatures outside the range of 20 F to 122 F 30 C to 50 C the LCD screen may not display the selected frequency If the Air Scan V is used in temperatures lower than the recommended range the characters being displayed may change very slowly These irregularities will disappear with no harm to the Air Scan V when operation is resumed within the recommended temper...

Page 8: ...6 Controls STEREO MAX MIN ON OFF POWER UP DOWN VOLUME SQUELCH 1 2 3 CLR 4 5 6 MEM 7 8 9 RCL 0 INTERRUPT LIGHT ALL CLR BAND front view a k l m n o p f g h i j e d c b q ...

Page 9: ...7 OPEN OPEN right view rear view bottom view r s t u Controls ...

Page 10: ...se volume D Screen This LCD displays the current band and frequency E Internal Speaker F Numeric Keypad These keys are used whenever the Air Scan V requires a numeric input such as setting the frequency G Down Key This key is used to select the next lower frequency and to initiate search and scan functions H Up Key This key is used to select the next higher frequency and to initiate search and sca...

Page 11: ...t Key This key activates the back lighting for the screen P Interrupt Key This key is used to activate and deactivate the exclusive Aviation Interrupt feature Q Stereo Light This feature works when the FM channel has a stereo broadcast signal and either an external speaker or headphones are connected Right Side View R Earphone Jack A standard Walkman style headphone may be plugged into this jack T...

Page 12: ...10 Rear View S DC Adapter T Speaker Bottom View U Battery Cover ...

Page 13: ...d band enter the frequency using the numeric keypad NOTE Six digits are always required to select a frequency on the Aviation Band The Air Scan V will return to the previous frequency if there is a pause of five seconds or more between key entries while entering a new frequency The Clear key may be pressed any time prior to entering the last digit to clear the digits entered and return to the prev...

Page 14: ...f the broadcasting signal is cut off for more than two seconds the search will resume until another signal is found When the end of the frequency range is reached during an upward search the search automatically continues searching at the beginning of the frequency range Likewise when the beginning of the frequency range is reached during a downward search the search automatically continues at the...

Page 15: ...ection or frequency search To store this frequency press the Memory key The following screen will appear The first available memory channel will be displayed on the screen In this example memory channel 2 is the first available location meaning that a frequency is already stored in memory channel 1 To store the frequency press the Memory key a second time You may also overwrite an existing memory ...

Page 16: ...r and the corresponding frequency of the first memory channel that is being used will be displayed This frequency immediately becomes the active frequency and is received by the Air Scan V In this example memory channel 2 is listed first meaning that no frequency is currently being stored in memory channel 1 At this point you may select any stored memory channel by pressing the Up or Down key to s...

Page 17: ...memory channels select the Aviation band press the Band key until AIR appears on the screen then press the Recall key to enter the Recall mode Then press and hold the Up or Down key for one second to initiate either an upward or downward scan The word SCAN will appear on the top line of the screen and the memory channel number and frequency will be displayed on the bottom line of the screen When a...

Page 18: ...h off may be strong enough to disrupt a scan If a scan gets stuck on a frequency with too much background noise increase the squelch or press and hold the Up or Down key for one second to skip that frequency and resume scanning Please note since ATIS broadcasts continually a scan will always stop on an ATIS frequency if it is included in the scan ...

Page 19: ...els may be cleared by once again pressing the Up or Down key to make another selection and then pressing the Memory Clear key Press the Clear key at any time to exit the Memory Clear function To clear every memory channel hold down the Clear key while turning on the power Please note there is no way to reverse this process The screen will display the following to verify all of the memory channels ...

Page 20: ...f broadcast activity is found on any of these channels the Air Scan V interrupts the original AM or FM broadcast and plays the aviation transmission Once the transmission has ended the Air Scan V returns to the original AM or FM frequency Once in Aviation Interrupt the Air Scan V will continuously scan your memory channels for activity To exit Aviation Interrupt press the Interrupt key 2 key a sec...

Page 21: ...key 3 key to activate the Air Scan V s screen lighting for 10 seconds Key Tone To deactivate the key tone function of the Air Scan V press CLR 1 key The screen will prompt BP CLR as shown below The key tone function is also activated by pressing CLR 1 key The screen will prompt BEEP as shown below The key tone function is set in the on position at the factory BP OFF BP ON BATT 122 975 CLR BEEP ...

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Page 23: ...nd Weight including antenna 2 65 lb with batteries 1 75 lb without batteries Dimensions Height 3 50 in Width 9 75 in Depth 6 87 in Operating Temperature Range 14ºF to 122ºF 5º C to 35º C Frequency Stability 0 002 10º C to 50º C Power Supply Requirement Alkaline battery 6 0 V 6 C Cell batteries X 1 5 V each not included External 12 0 V Wall Power Adapter Receiver Audio Output 350mW with an 8 OHM lo...

Page 24: ... Modulation AM 20 0µV for 20dB stn n with 1 kHz 60 Modulation FM 5 0µV for 20dB stn n with 1 kHz 45 kHz Modulation Selectivity Aviation Band 40dB at 3kHz at 6dB AM 40dB at 6kHz at 6dB FM 40dB at 200kHz at 6dB Power Consumption 200mA Full Volume 60mA Watch and Wait ...

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