Radio Shack 200 Ch VHF/Air/UHF Home Scanner, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Cat No 20 422 OWNER S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment 200CH VHF Air UHF Home Scanner with Scanner Control Protocol and WX Alert 20 422 fm Page 1 Friday January 7 2000 12 54 PM...

Page 2: ...in each of ten banks to group channels so calls are easier to identify Ten Monitor Memories let you tem porarily save ten frequencies located during a frequency search so you can decide if you want t...

Page 3: ...se frequencies 29 54 MHz 10 Meter Amateur Radio VHF Lo 6 Meter Amateur 108 136 975 MHz Aircraft 137 174 MHz Government 2 Meter Amateur Radio VHF Hi 406 512 MHz UHF Lo 70 Centi meter Amateur Radio Gove...

Page 4: ...tary operations pager services and wireline telephone and telegraph ser vice providers It is legal to listen to al most every transmission your scanner can receive However there are some transmission...

Page 5: ...oring Frequencies into Channels 14 Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies 15 Listening to Monitor Memories 16 Moving a Frequency From a Monitor Memory to a Channel 17 Deleting a Freq...

Page 6: ...pplied antenna you can connect an outdoor base station anten na not supplied to your scanner Your local RadioShack store sells a variety of antennas Choose the one that best meets your needs When deci...

Page 7: ...plug with an extension cord re ceptacle unless the blades can be fully inserted to prevent blade exposure Cautions You must use a Class 2 power source that supplies 10V AC and delivers 300 mA Its plu...

Page 8: ...k store sells a complete line of earphones and headphones Insert the earphone s or headphones plug into the EXT SP jack on the back of the scanner Note Plugging in an earphone or head phones disconnec...

Page 9: ...anner to the weather alert mode turns priority on or off for a particular channel MONITOR Stores frequencies into and accesses the ten monitor memories S S LOCKOUT Skips a specified frequency during a...

Page 10: ...OK AT THE DISPLAY The display has indicators that show the scanner s current operating mode A good look at the display will help you understand your scanner BANK Appears with a number 1 10 to its righ...

Page 11: ...grammed a 2 second delay WX weather Appears when the scanner is tuned to the weather band ALT Appears during weather alert mode and flashes when the scan ner receives a weather alert Indicates the sea...

Page 12: ...ere might be other law enforcement agencies such as state po lice county sheriffs or SWAT teams that use their own frequencies You could program all law enforcement fre quencies starting with Channel...

Page 13: ...can store any frequency into a monitor memory You cannot change or delete any of the frequencies in the frequency bands Displayed Frequency Band Range Typical Usage Frequency Coverage MHz Step kHz 29...

Page 14: ...if the scanner is dropped or sub jected to an electrical shock Caution This procedure clears all the information you have programmed into the scanner Use this procedure only when you are sure your sc...

Page 15: ...sequence repeat Steps 3 5 To pro gram another channel not in sequence repeat Steps 2 5 SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES You can search for transmissions using either a band or...

Page 16: ...L 2 Use the number keys to enter the frequency where you want to start the search Press to enter the dec imal point 3 Press or to search up or down from the selected frequency d direct and or appear a...

Page 17: ...ROM A CHANNEL 1 If the scanner is scanning press MANUAL 2 Use the number keys to enter the channel number containing the fre quency you want to delete 3 Press PROGRAM 4 Press 0 then E The frequency is...

Page 18: ...dcast on a channel and want to hear all the de tails even though there might be peri ods of silence or if you want to monitor only a specific channel or a locked out channel Follow these steps to manu...

Page 19: ...DLY dis appears To turn off delay for all frequen cies during a search simply press DELAY SKIPPING FREQUENCIES CHANNELS You can scan channels faster by skip ping ones that have a continuous trans miss...

Page 20: ...total As the scanner scans it checks the priority channels in each selected bank for activity every 2 seconds Notes You can skip priority channels If you skip all priority channels the scan ner displ...

Page 21: ...ere weather emer gency signal See Testing Alert Tone 1 Press WX to find the clearest local weather broadcasting station 2 Press ALERT ALT appears and the broadcast turns off When a severe weather emer...

Page 22: ...the interference is not severe you might be able to turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the birdie This scanner s known birdie frequencies in MHz are 171 250 and 460 0125 To find the birdies in your sc...

Page 23: ...r Amateur 144 00 148 00 MHz High Range 148 00 174 00 MHz UHF Band 300 MHz 3 0 GHz U S Government 406 00 420 00 MHz 70 cm Amateur 420 00 450 00 MHz Low Range 450 00 470 00 MHz FM TV Audio Broadcast Wid...

Page 24: ...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...

Page 25: ...L 39 020 39 980 PUB 40 000 42 000 GOVT MIL MARI 42 020 42 940 POL 42 960 43 180 IND 43 220 43 680 TELM IND PUB 43 700 44 600 TRAN 44 620 46 580 POL PUB 46 600 46 990 GOVT TELC 47 020 47 400 PUB 47 420...

Page 26: ...L 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 USXX 166 250 GOVT RTV FIR...

Page 27: ...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 Note Some cities use the 470 512 MHz band for land mobile service...

Page 28: ...r due to metal frames or material in the building Change the scanner s location and try again Be sure SQUELCH is adjusted proper ly See Turning On the Scanner Set ting Volume and Squelch on Page 14 Th...

Page 29: ...stic parts Keep the scanner away from dust and dirt which can cause premature wear of parts Handle the scanner gently and carefully Dropping it can damage circuit boards and cases and can cause the sc...

Page 30: ...MHz in 12 5 kHz steps UHF T 470 512 MHz in 12 5 kHz steps Channels of Operation Any 200 channels in any band combinations 20 channels 10 banks and 10 monitor channels Sensitivity 20 dB S N with 3 kHz...

Page 31: ...mic Type AC Adapter 10 Volts AC Dimensions HWD 23 8 93 8 611 16 Inches 60 238 170 mm Weight without AC Adapter 1 lb 2 oz 510 g Specifications are typical individual units might vary Specifications are...

Page 32: ...t 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 un less otherwise provided by law...