Radio Shack PRO-2049 User Manual
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OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
Cat. No.
20-419
PRO-2049
90-Channel Direct Entry
Programmable Scanner
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FEATURES
Your RadioShack PRO-2049 90Channel Direct Entry Programmable
Scanner lets you in on all the action!
This scanner gi ves you direct access
to over 23,000 frequencies, including
those used by police and fi re departments, ambulance and transportation
services, government agencies, and
amateur radio services. You can select up to 90 channels to scan and you
can change selections at any time.
The scanner’s frequency bands let
you search specif ic, preset ranges of
frequencies quickly and easily.
Your scanner has all these special
features:
Weather Band Key
— scans seven
preprogrammed weather channels to
keep you informed about current
weather conditions.
Three 30-Channel Storage Banks
—
let you store 30 channels in each of
three banks to group channels so calls
are easier to identify.
Three Monitor Memories
— let you
temporarily save three frequencies located during a frequency search, so
you can decide if you want to move
them to permanent channel storage.
Priority Channels
— let you set the
scanner to check up to thr ee channels
every 2 seconds so you do not miss
important calls.
Band Search
— lets you quickly an d
easily search preset frequency ranges, so you can find ne w and unlisted
broadcasts.
Direct Search —
lets you search for a
transmission starti ng from a specified
frequency.
Search Skip
— lets you select up to
20 frequencies fo r the scanner t o skip
during a search, so you can search
more efficiently.
Two-Second Channel Scan/Search
Delay
— lets you set the scanner so it
delays scanning or searching for 2
seconds before moving to another
channel/frequency, so you can hear
more replies.
Lock-Out
— keeps chann els you select from being scanned, so you can
skip over busy channels such as
those with a continuous transmission.
Key Confirmation Tones
— the
scanner sounds a tone when y ou perform an operation correctly and
sounds an error to ne if you make an
error.
Memory Backup
— keeps channel
frequencies stored in memory for 3
days or more during a power loss.
1999 Tandy Cor p oration.
RadioShack is a registered tr ademark used by Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
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External Speaker Jack
— lets you
connect an external speaker, or an
earphone or headphones for private
listening.
External Antenna Terminal
— lets
you connect an ex ternal antenna (not
supplied) for improved reception.
Your PRO-2049 scanner can receive
all of these frequencies:
• 29–54 MHz (10-Meter Amateur
Radio, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Amateur)
• 108–136.975 MHz (Aircraft)
• 137–174 MHz (Government, 2Meter Amateur Radio, VHF Hi)
• 406–512 MHz (UHF Lo, 70-Centimeter Amateur Radio, Government, UHF “T” Band)
This table shows the pr eset freq uency
steps your sca nner uses for each frequency range.
Freq. Range
(MHz)
-54.000 5
29.000
108.000
137.000-144.000 5
144.000-148.000 5
148.000-174.000 5
406.000-450.000 12.5
450.000-470.000 12.5
470.000
Note:
-136.975 12.5
-512.000 12.5
The frequency steps are preset.
Freq. Step
(kHz)
You cannot change them.
Your scanner can also receive these
preprogrammed weather channel frequencies:
• 162.400 MHz
• 162.425 MHz
• 162.450 MHz
• 162.475 MHz
• 162.500 MHz
• 162.525 MHz
• 162.550 MHz
We recommend you record your scanner’s serial number here. The number
is on the scanner’s bottom panel.
Serial Number _________________
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FCC NOTICE
Your scanner m ight cause TV or rad io
interference even when it is op erating
properly. To determine whether your
scanner is causing the 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 Radio Shack
store for help
If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC requires that you s top
using your scanner.
SCANNING LEGALLY
Your scanner covers frequencies
used by many different group s including police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencie s,
private companies, a mateur rad io ser vices, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and
telegraph) service pro vide rs. It is leg al
to listen to almo st every transmission
your scanner can receive. However,
there are some transmissions you
should never intentionally listen to.
These include:
• telephone conversations (cellular,
cordless, or other private means
of telephone signal transmission)
• pager transmissions
• any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to th e Elec tronic Com munications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are
subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a
transmission unless you have the consent of a par ty to the communication
(unless such activity is otherwise illegal).
This scanner has been designed to
prevent reception of illegal transmissions. This is done to co mply with the
legal requirement that scanners be
manufactured so as to not be easily
modifiable to pick up those transmissions.
Do not open your scanner’s case to
make any modifications that c ould allow it to pick up transmissions that it is
not legal to listen to. Doing so could
subject you to legal penalties.
We encourage responsible, legal
scanner use.
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CONTENTS
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing the Display Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting the Supplied Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting an Outdoor Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting an External Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting an Earphone/Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Listening Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Understanding Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A Look at the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A Look at the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Understanding Banks and Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Channel-Storage Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Monitor Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Frequency Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning On the Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Resetting the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Manually Storing Frequencies Into Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Band Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Direct Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Listening to Monitor Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deleting a Frequency from a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Scanning Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manually Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Skipping Frequencies/Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing Skip from Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing Skip from Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Listening to the Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning the Key Tone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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A General Guide to Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ham Radio Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
National Weather Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Birdie Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
United States Broadcast Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Guide to the Action Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Typical Band Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Primary Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Band Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Avoiding Image Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Frequency Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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PREPARATION
This scanner is designed for use in the
home as a base station. You can
place it on any flat s urface such as a
desk, shelf, or table.
REMOVING THE
DISPLAY PROTECTOR
Your scanner’s display is protected
during shipment by a piece of film.
Peel off this film before you use the
scanner.
CONNECTING AN
ANTENNA
Connecting the Supplied
Antenna
You must install an antenna before
you can operate the scanner.
The supplied telescoping antenna
helps your scann er receive strong local signals. To install the antenna,
thread it clockwise into the hole on the
scanner’s top.
The scanner’s sensitivity depends on
the antenna’s leng th an d v ariou s e nv ironmental condition s. For the best reception of the transm issions you want
to hear, adjust the antenna’s length.
Frequency Antenna Length
29–54 MHz Extend fully
108–174 MHz Collapse one
segment
406–512 MHz Collapse both
segments
Connecting an Outdoor
Antenna
Instead of the supplied antenna, you
can connect an outdoor base-station
antenna (not supplied) to your scanner. Your loca l Ra dio Shack store sells
a variety of antennas. Choo se t he on e
that best meets your needs.
When deciding on a base-station antenna and its loc ation, consider these
points:
• The antenna should be as h igh as
possible on the house.
• The antenna and its cable should
be as far as possible from sources
of electrical noise (appliances,
other radios, etc.).
• The antenna shoul d be vertical for
the best performance.
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To connect an optional base-station
antenna, first remove th e supplie d antenna from the scanner. Always use
50-ohm coaxial ca ble, such as RG-58
or RG-8, to connect the base-station
antenna. For lengths over 50 fe et, use
RG-8 low-loss die lectric coa xial c able.
If the antenna cable’s connec tor does
not fit in the
need an antenna plug adapter such as
RadioShack Cat. No. 278-208. Your
local RadioShack sto re carries a wide
variety of coaxial antenna cable and
connectors.
Once you choose an antenna, follow
the mounting instructions supplied
with the antenna. Then route the antenna’s cable to the scanne r and connect the cable to th e
back of the scanner.
ANT.
jack, you might also
ANT
jack on the
CONNECTING POWER
The scanner’s supplied AC adapter
lets you power the scanner from a
standard AC outlet . To connect po wer
to the scanner, insert the AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the
back of the scanner, the n plug the AC
adapter into a standard AC outlet.
Warning:
er’s polarized plug with an extension
cord receptacle u nless the blades ca n
be fully inserted to prevent blade exposure.
Do not use the AC adapt-
AC 10V
jack on the
Cautions:
• Do not run the cable over sharp
edges or moving par ts that might
damage it.
• Do not run the cable next to power
cables or other antenna cables.
• Follow all cautions and warnings
included with your antenna.
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Cautions:
You must use a Class 2 power source that supplies 10
volts AC and delivers at le ast
300 mA. Its plug must fit the scanner's
AC 10V
meets these specifications. Using an
adapter that does not meet these
specifications could damage the scanner or the adapter.
jack. The supplied adapter
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• Use only the supplied AC adapter
to power your scanner. Using
another adapter could damage
your scanner. A replacement
adapter is available by special
order through your local
RadioShack store.
• Be sure to connect the AC adapter
to the scanner before you connect
it to an AC outlet, and disconne ct
the AC adapter from the AC outlet
before you disconnect it from the
scanner.
CONNECTING AN
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
You can connect an optional external
speaker with a
to the scanner. Use an 8-ohm external
speaker that can handle at least 2.5
watts of power. Your local RadioShack stor e se ll s sc a nne r a ccess ories, including external speakers.
1
8
/
-inch (3.5-mm) plug
Note:
Plugging in an external speak er
disconnects the scanner’s internal
speaker.
CONNECTING AN
EARPHONE/
HEADPHONES
You can connect an optional earphone or pair of monaural headphones with a
to the scanner. Your local RadioShack
store sells a complete line of earphones and headphones.
Insert the earphone ’s or headphones’
plug into the
of the scanner.
1
8
/
-inch (3.5-mm) plug
EXT. SP.
jack on the back
Insert the speaker ’s plug into the
SP.
jack on the back of the scanner.
EXT.
Note:
Plugging in an earphone or
headphones disconnects the scanner’s internal speaker.
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Listening Safely
To protect your hearing, follow these
guidelines when you us e an ear phone
or headphones.
•Set
OFF/VOLUME
to the lowest
setting before you begin liste ning.
After you put on the ear phone or
headphones, adjust
OFF/VOLUME
to a comfortable level.
• Do not listen at extremely high
volume levels. Extended high-volume listening can lead to permanent hearing loss.
• Once you set
OFF/VOLUME
, do
not increase it. Over time, your
ears adapt to the volume level, so
a volume level that does not cause
discomfort might still damage your
hearing.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER
A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL
A quick glance at this section should help you understand each control’s function.
VOLUME
SQUELCH
Turns the scanner on or off and adjusts the volume.
Adjusts the scanner’s squelch. See “Turning On the Scan-
ner/Setting Volume and Squelch” on Page 17.
/ Enters the search direction.
BAND
Searches a band yo u select. See “Frequency B ands” on
Page 15.
DELAY
PRIORITY
MONITOR
Programs a 2-second delay for the selected channel.
Sets and turns on or off priority for a particular channel.
Stores frequencies into and accesses the three monitor
memories. See “Monitor Memories” on Page 15.
S/S-LOCKOUT
Skips a specified frequency during a band or direct search
(search/skip/lockout) or locks out selected channels during scanning.
WEATHER
PROGRAM
SCAN
Scans the seven preprogrammed weather channels.
Programs frequencies into channels.
Scans through the channels.
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MANUAL
1–9, HOLD/0
CLEAR/
E (Enter)
.
Stops scanning to let you l isten to a monitor memory
or directly enter a channel number.
Each key has a single-digit label, and the 1–3 keys
also have a range of numbers. Use the digits on the
keys to enter the n umber s for a ch annel or a fr equency. Use the range of numbers above the key (
61–90
for example) to select the channels in a channel-s torage bank. See “Chann el-Storag e Banks” on Page 15.
Also, pressing
HOLD (0)
during a search pauses the
scanner.
Clears an incorr ect entry, or enters th e decimal point
when you enter a frequency.
Stores frequencie s into c han nel s. See “Manually Stor-
ing Frequencies into Channels” on Page 18.
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