PRO-2046 Programmable 100-Channel Mobile Scanner (200-0149)
Introduction
Your new RadioShack PRO-2046 Programmable 100-Channel Mobile Scanner lets you in on all the action! This scanner gives you direct access to over 30,000 exciting frequencies, including those used by police and fire departments, ambulance and transportation services, aircraft communications, government agencies, and amateur radio services. You can select up to 100 channels to scan and you can change your selections at any time.
Your scanner is preprogrammed with service search banks for convenience. By pressing a single button, you can quickly search those frequencies most widely used by public service and other agencies without tedious and complicated programming. The scanner also lets you group special or interesting frequencies into their own set of channels.
Compact and versatile, the scanner mounts in your home or vehicle. You can also connect an external speaker to your scanner, or an AC adapter and base station antenna (not supplied) to set the scanner up as a base station in your home.
Your scanner has these features:
HyperScan - lets you scan 50 channels or more per second.
Hypersearch - lets you set the scanner to search at up to 300 steps per second in frequency bands with 5 kHz steps, to help you quickly find interesting broadcasts.
Four Service Search Banks - lets you Search preset frequencies in separate police/fire/emergency, Department of Transportation, highway services, and public service banks, to make it easy to quickly identify calls. You can select and search one or more banks at a time.
Data Detection - while scanning channels or searching, you can set the scanner to detect non modulated carriers or data signals, such as preamble signals for pagers, to keep the scanner from stopping on these frequencies.
Weather Band Key - scans seven preprogrammed weather frequencies to keep you informed about current weather conditions.
Ten Channel Storage Banks - You can store 10 channels in each of 10 banks to group channels so calls are easier to identify.
Ten Monitor Memories - you can store 10 frequencies located during a frequency search, so you can decide if you want to move them to permanent channel storage
Ten Priority Channels - lets you set the scanner to check up to 10 channels every 2 seconds so you do not miss
important calls.
Nine Frequency Bands - lets you quickly and easily search preset frequency ranges, so you can find new and unlisted broadcasts.
Two Frequency Band Search - you can search upward or downward through the Options preset frequency bands (band Search) or Search by starting from a specified frequency (direct
search).
Frequency Skip - lets you select up to 20 frequencies for the scanner to skip during a search, so you can search more efficiently.
Two-Second Channel - lets you set the scanner so it delays scanning Scan/Search Delay or searching for 2 seconds before moving to
another channel, so you can hear more replies.
Key Confirmation Tones - the scanner sounds a tone when you perform an operation correctly, and sounds an error tone if you make an error.
Memory Backup - keeps channel frequencies stored in memory for 14 days or more during a power loss.
Lock Out Function - keeps channels you select from being scanned, so you can skip over busy channels such as those with a continuous transmission.
Squelch Control - lets you adjust the scanner's sensitivity to either help the scanner receive weak signals or help eliminate receiver noise when the scanner is not receiving a signal, so you can hear calls instead of static.
Backlit Display - makes it easy to view and change programming information at any time.
Your Pro-2046 scanner can receive all of these bands:
29-54 MHz (10-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Amateur Radio)
108-136.9750 MHz (Aircraft)
137-174 MHz (Government, 2-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF Hi)
406-512 MHz (UHF Lo, 70-Centimeter Amateur Radio, Government, UHF "T"
Band)
806-823.9375 MHz (UHF Public Service)
851-868.9375 MHz (UHF Hi)
896.1125-956 MHz (UHF Hi, 33-Centimeter Amateur Radio)
In addition, your scanner is preprogrammed with these weather service
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162.400 |
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162.475 |
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162.550 MHz |
162.425 |
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162.500 |
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162.450 |
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162.525 |
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We recommend you record your scanner's serial number here. The number is on the scanner's back panel.
Serial Number: _________________________________
FCC Notice
Your scanner might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To determine if your scanner is causing interference, turn off your scanner. If the interference goes away, your scanner is causing it. Try to eliminate the interference by:
Moving your scanner away from the receiver.
Connecting your scanner to an outlet that is on a different electrical circuit from the receiver.
Contacting your local RadioShack store for help.
If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC requires that you stop using your scanner.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1)this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2)this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Scanning Legally
It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some electronic and wire communications that are illegal to intentionally intercept. These include:
Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission).
Pager transmissions.
Scrambled or encrypted transmissions.
According to the Federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), as amended, you could be fined and possibly imprisoned for intentionally intercepting, using, or disclosing the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). These laws change from time to time and there might be state or local laws that also affect legal scanner usage.
Special Features Faxback Doc. # 46802
Delay
Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a pause of several seconds between a query and a reply. Your scanner's delay feature causes it to wait for 2 seconds after each transmission on a channel before it resumes scanning or searching.
To program a 2 second delay for a channel you select, manually select the channel then press DELAY until DLY appears.
To program a 2 second delay for a channel while scanning, quickly press DELAY when the channel appears on the display. DLY appears.
To turn off delay on any active channel, press DELAY when the channel appears on the display. DLY disappears.
Skipping Frequencies/Channels
You can scan channels and search for frequencies faster by skipping ones that have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel. You can skip up to 20 frequencies during a band, direct, or service bank search, and you can skip all channels.
To skip a channel/frequency while scanning or searching, press L/OUT/S/S when the scanner stops on it.
Removing Skip from Frequencies
To remove the skip from a frequency while searching, press 91-100/0 to stop the search, press /\ or \/ to select the skipped frequency, then press L/OUT/S/S until L/O disappears from the display. To remove the skip from all frequencies at once while searching, press and hold down L/OUT/S/S until the scanner beeps twice.
Notes: If you skip more than 20 frequencies, each new frequency replaces earlier ones, starting from the first stored frequency.
You can manually select skipped frequencies after you press 91/100/0 to stop a search. The scanner displays L/O when you select a skipped frequency.
Removing Skip from Channels
To remove the skip from a channel while scanning, press MANUAL to stop the scan, use the number keys to enter the channel number, then press L/OUT/S/S until L/O disappears from the display. To remove the skip from all channels at once while scanning, select the banks containing the locked channels, press MANUAL, then press and hold down L/OUT/S/S until the scanner beeps twice.
Priority
The priority feature lets you scan through programmed channels and still not miss important or interesting calls on specific channels. You can program one stored channel to each bank as a priority channel (up to 10
stored channels). As the scanner scans each bank, it checks that bank's priority channel every 2 seconds for activity.
Notes: You cannot use the priority and data detection features at the same time (see "Detecting Data Signals" below).
You can skip priority channels. If you skip all priority channels, the display shows P CH LOC OUt when you turn on the priority feature. See "Skipping Frequencies/Channels" above.
The priority feature must be turned off to listen to monitor memories.
The scanner automatically designates the first channel in each bank as that bank's priority channel.
Follow these steps to program a different channel as the priority channel.
1.Use the number keys to enter the channel number you want to program as the priority channel, then press PRIORITY/H/S. P appears on the display to the right of the channel number.
3.Repeat Steps 1-2 for each channel you want to program in a bank as a priority channel.
4.To confirm all priority channel numbers for all banks, press PROGRAM then repeatedly press PRIORITY/H/S.
To turn on the priority feature, press PRIORITY/H/S during scanning. PRI appears on the display and the scanner checks the priority channel in each selected bank every 2 seconds. It stays on the channel if there is activity, and P appears on the display.
To turn off the priority feature, press PRIORITY/H/S. PRI disappears from the display.
Note: If you are scanning more than one bank in which a priority channel has been programmed, the scanner stops on the lowest-numbered priority channel first while scanning.
Changing The Search Speed
You can adjust your scanner's search speed. You can set the scanner to search at either 100 steps per second (normal search speed) or 300 steps per second (HyperSearch speed).
Note: You can use the HyperSearch speed only in 5 kHz-step bands. (See "Band Mode and Frequency Step" below).
To select the HyperSearch speed during a band or direct search, press PRIORITY/H/S. SRCH flashes on the display.
Detecting Data Signals
You can set the scanner to detect un-modulated carriers or data signals (such as preamble signals for pagers) during scanning, band search, direct search, or service bank search.
Note: You cannot detect data signals in the air band (AM mode). See "Band Mode and Frequency Step" below.
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