Radio Shack PRO-94 User Manual

Owner’s Manual

PRO-94 1000-Channel

Handheld Trunking Scanner

Please read before using this equipment.

Contents

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Features ..................................................................... 5

FCC Notice .............................. ..... ...... ..... ...... ...... . 8

Scanning Legally .................................................. 9

Preparation .............................................................. 10

Using Internal Batteries ...................................... 10

Using Non-Rechargeable Batteries ............ 10

Using Rechargeable Batteries .................... 12

Using AC Power ................................................. 13

Using Vehicle Battery Power .............................. 14

Connecting the Antenna .................................... 15

Connecting an Optional Antenna ................ 15

Connecting an Earphone/Headphone ................ 15

Listening Safely .......................................... 16

Traffic Safety ............................................... 16

Connecting an Extension Speaker ..................... 17

Attaching the Belt Clip ........................................ 17

About Your Scanner ................................................ 18

A Look at the Keypad ......................................... 19

A Look at the Display ......................................... 20

Understanding Banks ......................................... 22

Service Banks ............................................. 22

Channel Storage Banks .............................. 22

Monitor Memories ....................................... 23

Operation ................................................................. 24

Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch .... 24

Storing Known Frequencies into Channels ........ 24

Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Fre-

quencies ............................................................. 25

Limit Search ................................................ 26

Direct Search .............................................. 26

Service Bank Search .................................. 27

Search Skip Memory ................................... 28

Listening to the Monitor Memories ..................... 29

Moving a Frequency From a Monitor Memory to a

Channel .............................................................. 29

Scanning the Stored Channels .......................... 30

Manually Selecting a Channel ............................ 30

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RadioShack, Adaptaplug, Hypersearch, and Hyperscan are trademarks

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2000 Tandy Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Motorola, Smartnet, and Privacy Plus are registered

used by Tandy Corporation.
trademarks of Motorola Inc.

Special Features ...................................................... 31

Delay .................................................................. 31

Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off ...... 31

Locking Out Channels ........................................ 32

Priority ................................................................ 32

Using the Keylock ............................................... 33

Using the Display Backlight ................................ 34

Using the Auto Backlight Display ........................ 34

Changing Search Speeds ................................... 34

Turning the Keytone Off/On ................................ 34

Turning the Battery Save Function Off/On .......... 35

Skipping Data Signals ........................................ 35

Receiving NWR-SAME and Weather Alert Signals .
35

Turning On the SAME Weather Alert Feature ..
36

SAME Signal Detection Updating ................ 36

NWR-SAME Alert Tone Test ........................ 37

NWR-SAME Code Detection Tests ............. 37

Trunking Operation .................................................. 38

Types of Trunking Systems ................................ 38

Setting the Scanner to the Trunking Mode ......... 39

Simultaneous Trunking ................................ 39

Setting Squelch for the Trunking Mode .............. 40

Storing Trunked Frequencies ............................. 40

Searching a Trunked Bank ................................. 42

Turning a Trunked Bank On or Off .............. 42

Skipping a Trunked Bank ............................ 43

Turning the Status Bit Ignore (S-Bit) On or Off .

43

Identifying a Trunked Frequency ................. 44

Selecting the EDACS Talk Group ID Format ....

44

EDACS Talk Group ID Range Search ......... 44

Using HOLD to Monitor an Activ e Talk Group ID

45

Temporarily Storing a Talk Group ID into the

Monitor ID Memory ...................................... 45

Locking Out Talk Group IDs ........................ 45

Unlocking a Single Talk Group ID ................ 46

Unlocking All Talk Group IDs ....................... 46

Using Trunk Scanning Scan Delay .............. 46

Monitoring Talk Group IDs ........................... 47

Channel Activity Bars ......................................... 47

Using Talk Group ID Lists ................................... 48

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Manually Storing Talk Group IDs inTalk Group

ID Lists ............................................. ...... ..... 48

Entering EDACS Partial Talk Groups .......... 49

Moving Talk Group IDs to Talk Group ID Lists .
49

Scanning the Talk Group ID Lists ................ 50

Deleting a Stored Talk Group ID List ........... 50

Priority Talk Group ID Scanning .................. 50

Scanning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Systems .. 51

Selecting a Preset Fleet Map ...................... 54

Programming a Fleet Map .......................... 55

Programming the Base and Of fset Frequencies
56

Programming a Hybrid System ................... 57

Turning On/Off the Motorola Disconnect Tone

Detect Function ........................................... 57

A General Guide to Scanning ................................. 58

Guide to Frequencies ......................................... 58

National Weather Frequencies ................... 58

Birdie Frequencies ...................................... 58

Guide to the Action Bands ................................. 59

Typical Band Usage .................................... 59

Primary Usage ............................................ 59

Band Allocation .................................................. 60

Frequency Conversion ....................................... 64

Troubleshooting ...................................................... 65

Resetting the Scanner ........................................ 68

Care and Maintenance ............................................ 69

Specifications .......................................................... 70

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Features

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Your RadioShack 1000-Channel Handheld Trunking
Scanner is one of a new generation of scanners de­signed to track Motorola
systems, (such as Smartnet
GE/Ericsson EDACS
used in many 800 MH z , 90 0 MHz, and UHF communica­tion systems.

Trunking comm uni ca tions systems let a large group of 2­way radio users (or even different groups of 2-way radio
users) efficiently use a set of frequencies. Instead of se­lecting a specific frequency for a transmission, the user
simply selects a talk group. The trunking system auto­matically transmits the call on the first available frequen­cy, and also sends (on a different frequency called a
data channel) a code that uniquely identifies that trans­mission.

Since the trunking system might send a call and its re­sponse on different frequencies, it is difficult to listen to
trunked communications using a regular scanner. The
scanner lets you se lect an d moni tor the d ata chann el fre­quency sent with a 2-way radio transmission, so you can
hear the call an d re sponse for that us er and more easi ly
“follow” the conversation.

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Type I, Type II , hybr id ana log

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. Those systems are extensively

and Privacy Plus®) plus

The scanner also lets you scan conventional transmis­sions, and it is preprogrammed with service banks for
convenience. By pressing a single button, you can
quickly search those frequencies most commonly used
by public service and other agencies, without tedious
and complicated programming.

This scanner gives you direct access to over 37,000 ex­citing frequencies, including police and fire departments,
ambulance services, and amateur radio services, and
you can change your selection at any time.

Your scanner also has these special features:

Triple-Conversion Circuitry

interference from IF (intermediate frequency) images, so
you hear only the selected frequency.

— virtually eliminates any

Features

5

20 Channel-Storage Banks

— you can store up to 50
channels in each of 10 different banks, in two separate
groups, for a total of 1000 channels, so you can more
easily identify calls.

Five Scan Lists

— you can store up to 50 trunking talk

group IDs in each trunk scanning bank.

Digital Weather Alert

— uses the digital SAME (specific
area message encoding) signal transmitted with weather
alerts to identify the type of alert being issued.

Note:

This scanner does not use the specific area fea-

ture of SAME. It responds to all alerts received.

Two-Second Scan Delay

— delays scanning for about
2 seconds before moving to another c han nel , s o y ou ca n
hear more replies that are made on the same channel.

Lock-Out Function

— lets you set your scanner to skip
over specified channels or frequencies when scanning
or searching, and skip over talk group IDs when tracking
trunked systems.

Priority Channels

— lets you program one channel in
each bank (20 in all) and then have the scanner check
that channel every 2 seconds while it scans the bank, so
you do not miss transmissions on those channels.

Five Service Banks

— frequencies are preset in sepa­rate police (fire/emergency), aircraft, ham, marine, and
weather banks, to m ake it eas y to loc ate sp ecific type s of
calls.

Auto Backlight

— automatically turns on the backlight

when the scanner receives signals.

Simultaneous Trunking Operation

— allows the scan­ner to trunk two trunk in g s yst ems, Motorola and EDACS,
at the same time, as well as conventional systems.

Hypersearch



— lets you set the scanner to search at
up to 300 steps per second in frequency bands with 5
kHz steps, compared to the normal search speed of 100
steps per second.

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Hyperscan



— the scanner automatically scans up to
50 channels per second to help you quickly find interest­ing broadcasts.

Key Lock

— lets you lock the scanner’s keys to help
prevent accidental changes to the scanner’s program­ming.

Data Signal Skip

— lets you set the scanner to skip
non-modulated or data signals (such as fax or modem
transmissions) during searches. This lets the scanner
avoid non-voice signals, making a search faster.

Disconnect Tone Detect

— the scanner automatically
tunes to the trunking data channel when it receives a
disconnect transmission. You can turn this off, so you
can continuously monitor a channel with a weak trans­mission where conversations are often disconnected.

Manual Access
Liquid-Crystal Display

— lets you directly acces s any chan ne l.

— makes it easy to view and

change programming information.

Display Backlight

— makes the scanner ea sy to re ad in

low-light situations.

Flexible Antenna with BNC Conne cto r

— provides ad­equate reception in strong signal areas and is designed
to help prevent antenna breakage. Or, you can connect
an external antenna for better reception.

Monitor Memories

— let you temp orar ily store up to 10

frequencies or talk group IDs.

Memory Backup

— keeps the frequencies stored in

memory for an extended ti me if th e scan ner los es powe r.

Three Power Options

— let you power the scanner us­ing internal batteries , ext ernal AC powe r using an op tion­al AC adapter/charger, or DC power using an optional
DC cigarette-lighter power cable.

Key Confirmation Tones

— the scanner sounds a tone
when you perform an operation correctly, and an error
tone if you make an error.

Features

7

Battery Save

— saves battery power when the scanner
does not detect any transmissions for more than 5 sec­onds when a channel is manually selected.

Battery Low Alert

— warns you when battery power

gets low.

Weather Alert Indicator

— your scanner also functions

as a severe weather alert monitor.
Your scanner can receive these bands:

Frequency

Range (MHz)

29–29.7 5 10-m Ham Band

29.7–50 5 VHF Lo Band
50–54 5 6-m Ham Band
108–136.9750 12.5 Aircraft Band
137–144 5 Military Land Mobile
144–148 5 2-m Ham Band
148–174 5 VHF Hi Band
216–224.9950 5 1-m Ham Band
406–420 12.5 Federal Government
420–450 12.5 70-cm Ham Band
450–470 12.5 UHF Standard Band
470–512 12.5 UHF “T” Band
806–956 12.5 Public Service

1240–1300 12.5 25-cm Ham Band

Step

(kHz) Transmission

“800” Band, except
cellular band

FCC NOTICE

Your scanner might cause radio or TV interference even
when it is operating prope rly . To de term ine wheth er yo ur
scanner is causing the interference, turn off your scan­ner. If the interference goes away, your scanner is caus­ing it. Try the following methods to eliminate the
interference:

• move your scanner away from the receiver

• connect your scanner to an outlet that is on a differ­ent electrical circuit from the receiver

8 Features

• contact your local RadioShack store for help

Note:

Mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires

a permit in some areas. Check the laws in your area.

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers frequ enc ie s us ed by m any dif fere nt
groups includi ng police and fire departments, ambulance
services, government agencies, private companies, am­ateur radio services, military operations, pager services,
and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service provid­ers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your
scanner can receive . However, th ere are s ome tra nsmis ­sions 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 the
(ECPA), as amended, you are sub ject to fin es and poss i­ble imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or
divulging t he contents of such a transmission unless you
have the consent of a party to the communication (un­less such activity is otherwise illegal).

This scanner is designed to prevent reception of illegal
transmissions, in compliance with the law which requires
that scanner s be manu factured in such a wa y as to no t
be easily modifiable to pick up those transmissions. Do
not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications
that could allow it to pick up transmissions that it is not
legal to listen to . Doing s o coul d sub ject you t o le gal pe n­alties.

We encourage responsible, legal scanner use.

Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Features

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Preparation

ˆ

You can power your scanner from any of three sources:

• internal batteries (not supplied)

• standard AC power (using an optional AC adapter)

• vehicle battery power (using an optional DC
adapter)

USING INTERNAL BATTERIES

You can power your scanner using four alkaline, lithium,
or rechargeable (Ni-Cd or Ni-MH) AA batteries (not sup­plied). For the best perf orm anc e a nd lon ges t l ife, w e rec ­ommend RadioShack batte ries.

Using Non-Rechargeable Batteries

Follow these steps to install non-rechargeable batteries.

1. Turn

2. Slide up and hold the tab on the back of the scan-

10 Preparation

VOLUME/OFF

make sure the power is turned off.

ner, then pull up the battery compartment cover
from the top edge.

counterclockwise until it clicks to

3. Before you install alkaline or any other non­rechargeable batteries, use a pointed obje ct such
as a ballpoint pen to set

CD

inside the compartment to

ALKALINE JACK NI-

ALKALINE

.

Warning:

ALKALINE JACK NI-CD

Set

to

NI-CD

for use only with nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) or nickel
metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries.
Never attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batter­ies. Non-rechargeable batteries can get hot or
explode if you try to recharge them.

4. Install two batteries in the compartment and two in
the cover as indicated by the polarity symbols (+
and –) marked inside those locations.

Cautions:

• Use only fresh batteries of the required size and

recommended type.

• Always remove old or weak batteries. Batteries

can leak chemicals that destroy electronic cir­cuits.

• Do not mix old and new batteries, different types

of batterie s (sta ndard, alkal ine, or r echarg eabl e),
or rechargeable batteries of different capacities.

Preparation

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5. Replace the cover, inserting the lower tabs first.

BATT.Lo

When

flashes and the scanner beeps every

15 seconds, replace all four batterie s.

Warning:

Always dispose of old batteries promptly and

properly. Do not bury or burn them.

Using Rechargeable Batteries

You can also use four rechargeable batteries. Before
you use Ni-Cd or Ni-MH batteries, you must charge
them.

The scanner has a built-in circuit that lets you recharge
Ni-Cd and Ni-MH batteries while they are in the scanner.
To charge the batteries, set

NI-CD

to

, install the batteries in the scanner, and connect
an external AC or DC adapter to the scanner’s
jack (see “Using AC Power” on Page 13 or “Using Vehi­cle Battery Power” on Page 14).

Warning:

Do not connect either a dapter t o th e scan ner if
non-rechargeable batteries (such as alkaline batteries)
are installed in the scanner and

CD

is set to

NI-CD,

or if you are unsure of the switch’s po­sition. Non-rechargeable batteries will get hot and can
even explode if you try to recharge them.

Before you use Ni-Cd or Ni-MH batteries for the first
time, charge them at least 24 hours to bring them to a
full charge.

ALKALINE JACK NI-CD

POWER

ALKALINE JACK NI-

Discharged batteries take about 10 to 18 hours to fully
recharge. If you use the scanner while the batteries are
charging, charging takes longer.

Notes:

• Ni-Cd batteries last lon ge r and de li ver mo re p ower if
you occasionally let them fully discharge. To do this,
simply use the scanner until it beeps every 15 sec­onds and

BATT.Lo

flashes.

• To prevent damage to Ni-Cd batteries, never charge
them in an area where the temperature is above
113°F (40°C) or below 40°F (4°C) .

12 Preparation

Important:

rechargeable batteries. At the end of a
Ni-Cd battery’s useful life, it must be re­cycled or disposed of properly. Contact
your local, county, or state hazardous
waste management authorities for infor­mation on recycling or disposal pro­grams in your area or call 1-800-843-7422. Some
options that might be available are: municipal curbside
collection, drop-off boxes at retailers such as your local
RadioShack store, recycl ing col lection ce nters, and mai l­back programs

This scanner can use Ni-Cd

.

USING AC POWER

You can power the scanner using an 9V, 300 mA AC
adapter and a size H Adaptaplug
plied). Both are availa ble at yo ur local Radio Shack store.

Cautions:

You must use a Class 2 power source that
supplies 9V DC and delivers at least 300

!

mA. Its center tip must be set to negative
and its plug must fit the scanner’s
jack. Using an adapter that does not meet these
specifications could damage the scanner or the
adapter.

• Always connect the AC adapter to the scanner
before you connect it to AC power. When you finish,
disconnect the adapter f rom AC power bef ore you
disconnect it from the scanner.

Follow these steps to use the scanner on AC power.

1. Turn

2. Insert the Adaptaplug into the AC adapter’s cord so

VOLUME/OFF

make sure the power is turned off.

it reads TIP –. Insert th e Adaptap lug into the scan -

POWER 9V 300MA

ner’s

counterclockwise until it clicks to

™

adapter (neither sup-

POWER 9V 300MA

jack.

3. Plug the AC adapter into a standard AC outlet.

If rechargeable batteries are installed and

JACK NI-CD

is set to

NI-CD

, the adapter powers the

Preparation

ALKALINE

13

scanner and recharges the installed batteries at the
same time.

USING V EHICLE BATTERY POWER

You can power the scanner from a vehicle’s 12V power
source (such as cigarette-lighter socket) using a 9V, 300
mA DC adapte r and a size H Ad aptaplug (neith er sup­plied). Both are availa ble at yo ur local Radio Shack store.

Cautions:

You must use a power source that sup­plies 9V DC and delivers at least 300 mA.

!

Its center tip must be set to negative and
its plug must fit the scanner’s
jack. Using an adapter that does not meet these
specifications could damage the scanner or the
adapter.

• Always connect the DC adapter to the scanner
before you connect it to the power source. When
you finish, disconnect the adapter from the power
source before you disconnect it from the scanner.

• If batteries are installed, make sure the battery
switch inside the battery compartment is set to the
correct position (see “Using Internal Batteries” on
Page 10).

POWER 9V 300MA

1. Turn

2. If the adapter has a voltage switch, set the switch to

3. Insert the Adaptaplug into the DC adapter’s cord so

4. Plug the other end of the adapter into your vehicle’s

If rechargeable batteries are installed and

JACK NI-CD

scanner and recharges the installed batteries at the
same time.

14 Preparation

VOLUME/OFF

make sure the power is turned off.

9V .

it reads TIP

POWER 9V 300MA

ner’s

cigarette-lighter socket.

is set to

counterclockwise until it clicks to

–.

Insert th e Adaptap lug into the scan -

jack.

ALKALINE

NI-CD

, the adapter powers the

Note:

If the scanner does not operate properly when
you use a DC adapter, unplug the adapter from the
cigarette-lighter socket and clean the socket to remove
ashes and debris.

CONNECTING THE ANTENNA

To attach the supplied
flexible antenna to the
connector on the top of
your scanner, align the
slots around the anten­na’s connector with the
tabs on the scanner’s
BNC connector. Then
slide the antenna’s con­nector down over the
scanner’s connector and
rotate the antenna con­nector’s outer ring clockwise until it locks into place.

Connecting an Optional Antenna

The scanner’s BNC connector makes it easy to connect
a variety of optional antennas, including an external mo­bile antenna or outdoor base station antenna. Your local
RadioShack store sells a wide selection of antennas.

Note:

Always use 50-ohm, RG-58, or RG-8, coaxial ca­ble to connect an o utd oor ante nna . If the antenna is over
50 feet from the scanner, use RG-8 low-loss dielectric
coaxial cable. If your antenna’s cable does not have a
BNC connector, your local RadioShack store carries a
variety of BNC adapters.

CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/
HEADPHONE

For private listening, you can plug an optional earphone
or mono headphones into the jack on top of your

Preparation

15

scanner. This automatically disconnects the internal
speaker.

Listening Safely

To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when
you use an earphone or headphones.

• Do not listen at extremely high volume levels.

Extended high-volume listening can lead to perma­nent hearing loss.

• Set the volume to the lowest setting before you

begin listening. After you begin listening, adjust the
volume to a comfortable level.

• Once you set the volume, do not increase it. Over

time, your ears adapt to the volume level, so a vol­ume level th at does not caus e disco mfor t might still
damage your hearing.

Traffic Safety

Do not use an earphone or headphones with your scan­ner when operating a motor vehicle in or near traffic. Do­ing so can create a traffic hazard and could be illegal in
some areas.

If you use an earphone or headphones with your scan­ner, be very careful. Do not listen to a continuous broad­cast. Even though some earphones/headphones let you
hear some outside sounds when listening at normal vol­ume levels, they still can present a traffic hazard.

16 Preparation

CONNECTING AN EXTENSION
SPEAKER

In a noisy area, an optional extension speaker, posi­tioned in the right place, might provide more comfort­able listening. Plug the speaker cable’s 1/8-inch (3.5­mm) mini-plug in to you r scan ner’s jack. Your local Ra­dioShack store carries a selection of suitable speakers.

ATTACHING THE BELT CLIP

To make your scanner easi­er to carry when you are on
the go, use the supplied
belt clip. Use a Phillips
screwdriver and the sup­plied screws to attach the
clip to the scanner.

Preparation

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About Your Scanner

ˆ

We use a few simple terms in this manual to explain the
features of the scanner. Familiarize yourself with these
terms and the scanner’s features, and you can put the
scanner to work for you ri ght aw ay. Simpl y determin e the
type of communications you want to receive, then set the
scanner to scan those communications.

The scanner scans conventional frequencies and

ed systems

missions see “Trunking Operation” on Page 38.

frequency,

A
cation of a station. To find active frequencies, you use

search

the
such as the included

Besides searching within a selected frequency range,
you can also search your scanner’s
vice banks are preset groups of frequencies categorized
by the type of services that us e those frequenci es. For
example, many amateur radio frequencies are located in

HAM

the
When you search and find a desired frequency, you can

store it into a programmable memory location called a

channel
banks

storage bank A and another 500 in channel-storage
bank B. Each bank of 500 is divided into ten 50-channel
sets. You can
there is activity on the frequencies stored there.

Or, when you find a frequency, you can store it into a

temporary

until you decide whether or not to move it to a channel.

. For more information about trunked trans-

expressed i n kHz or M Hz, i s t h e tu n in g lo -

function or refer to a frequency reference

Trunking Frequency Guide

service banks

service bank.

. Channels are grouped into

. The scanner has 500 channels in channel-

scan

the channel-storage banks to see if

memory location called a

channel-storage

monitor memo ry

trunk-

.

. Ser-

Just keep in mind — you
channels.

18 About Your Scanner

search

frequencies and

scan

A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD

Key Function(s)

HOLD (A/B)

SCAN
MAN

PROG

TRUNK

SRC (LIMIT)

ALT (DATA)

H/S
(PRIORITY)

S/S (L-OUT)

(KEYLOCK)

Switches the bank groups; holds the fre­quency search; holds the current ID in the
trunking mode.

Scans the stored channels and scan lists.
Stops scanning and lets you directly ent er a

channel number or frequency; manually
stores talk group IDs in scan lists.

Stores frequencies into channels; programs
the trunking frequency, fleet map, and ID
memories.

Turns trunk tracking on and off and stores
trunked frequencies.

Starts a limit search; searches a specified
frequency range for frequencies; searches
for another active ID during trunking opera­tion.

Turns on or off the data signal skip feature;
moves through menu settings while trunking;
turns on or off the NWR-SAME weather alert.

Sets and turns on and off the priority and pri­ority scanning feature; turns on and off
Hypersearch.

Lets you lock out selected channels or skip
specified frequencies during a search; lets
you lock out a selected ID while trunking.

Locks the keypad to prevent accidental pro­gram changes; turns the display backlight on
and off.

About Your Scanner

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Key Function(s)

DELAY

9999

8888

Number
Keys

• (MON/CLR)

E (SVC)

Programs a 2-second delay for the selected
channel, a limit search, or each service scan;
programs a 5-second delay while trunking.

Searches down through a selected frequency
range; selects options during programming;
changes the ID location number while trunk­ing.

Searches up through a selected frequency
range; selects options during programming;
changes the ID location number while trunk­ing.

Each key has a single-digit label and a range
of numbers. Single-digit keys enter a chan­nel, a frequency, or an ID number. The range
of numbers (51–100, for example) is used to
enter the channels of a memory bank.

Stores frequencies into monitor memories
during a search; recalls frequencies from the
monitor memories when programming a
channel; stores IDs into the monitor memo­ries or selects options while trunking; enters
a decimal point or clears an incorrect entry.

Starts a service bank search; enters frequen­cies into channels; stores the talk group IDs
in the scan lists.

A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY

The display has indica tors that show the scanner’s cur­rent operating status. The display information helps you
understand how your scanner operates.

Bank A

indicates the bank group. The numbers show which
channel-storage banks are turned on for scanning.

TRUNK

tion and while you store a trunking frequency into a
channel.

P

20 About Your Scanner

or B — appears with numbers (1–10). A or

— appears when you select the trunking opera-

— appears when you select a priority channel.

B

DATA

— appears when the data skip function is active;
appears when the disconnect tone detect function is off
in the trunking mode.

SCAN

— appears when you scan channels.

LIST

Numbers with a bar under them show which ID scan list
banks are turned on for scanning.

SEARCH

searches, and blinks when you monitor IDs.

PRI
HOLD

searches, and ID monitor holds; flashes while the scan­ner is temporarily monitoring a programmed ID.

DLY
L/O

you locked out.

K/L
Error
BATT Lo
MON

tor, program ID monitor, or when you select a monitor
memory. The number to the right of this indicator shows
the current monitor memory.

— appears with numbers (1–5) during trunking.

— appears during limit, direct, service, and ID

— appears when the priority feature is turned on.

— appears during limit, direct, service, and ID

— appears when you select a delay.
— appears when you manually select a channel

(keylock) — appears when you lock the keypad.

— appears when you make an entry error.

— alerts you when the bat tery pow e r get s low.

— appears during search modes, ID search moni-

MAN

— appears wh en y ou pre ss

channel number or frequency.

PGM

— appears while yo u store a frequency in to a c ha n­nel, while you enter a frequency range during a limit
search, or when you program trunking frequencies, fleet
maps, or ID memories while trunking.

HYPER

active duri ng a direct or limit search.

8888

search, indicating the search direction.

— appears while Hyperscan or Hypersearch is

9999

or

— appears during a limit, direct, or service

About Your Scanner

MAN

to directly enter a

21

S

— appears when the battery save function is active

(during conventional scanning only).

WX HAM MRN AIR POL

tor which shows the current service bank during a ser­vice search.

ALERT

— appears when the weather alert is turned on,
or flashes when the scanner detects an alert coded sig­nal.

M

or E — indicate either a Motorola (M) trunking system

E

or EDACS (

CH

— appears with a number to its left to indicate to

which channel the scanner is tuned to.

) system.

— appears along with an indica-

UNDERSTANDING BANKS

Service Banks

The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies
allocated to the weather, ham, marine, aircraft, and po­lice (fire/emergency) services. This helps you quickly
find active frequencies instead of doing a limit search
(see “Service Bank Search” on Page 27).

Channel Storage Banks

To make it easier to identify and select the channels you
want to listen to, all the channels are divided into main
bank Groups A and B. Each main bank group has 10
banks of 50 channels. Use each channel-storage bank
to group frequencies, such as those for the police de­partment, fire department, ambulance services, or air­craft (see “Guide to the Action Bands” on Page59).

For example, the police department might use four fre­quencies in your town while the fire department uses an
additional four. You could program the four police fre­quencies starting with Channel 1 (the first channel in
bank 1), and program the fire department frequencies
starting with Channel 51 (the first channel in bank 2).

22 About Your Scanner

Monitor Memories

The scanner also has 10 temporary memory locations
called monitor memories. Use these monitor memories
to temporarily store frequencies when you search
through an entire band (see “Searching For and Tempo­rarily Storing Active Frequencies” on Page 25). You can
then move a frequency to a channel for permanent stor­age. See “Moving a Frequency From a Monitor Memory
to a Channel” on Page 29.

While you are searching frequencies, the 10 numbers at
the top of the display indicate the 10 monitor memories.

MON

appears and the flash ing number b esi de it ind icate s

the currently active monitor memory.

About Your Scanner

23

Operation

ˆ

TURNING ON THE SCANNER
AND SETTING SQUELCH

Note:

Make sure the scanner’s antenna is connected

before you turn it on.

1. Turn

2. Turn

3. If the scanner is scanning, press

SQUELCH

VOLUME/OFF

hear a hissing sound.

stop scanning, then turn
the hissing stops.

fully counterclockw i se.

SQUELCH

VOLUME

clockwise until it clicks and you

MAN

(manual) to

SQUELCH

clockwise until

STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES
INTO CHANNELS

You can locate and store specific frequencies into chan­nels for later use. To assist you in locating a desired fre­quency from the scanner’s wide range, consider using a
frequency guide. Good references for active frequencies
are the RadioShack

Emergency Services
cy Directory

be sure to get a current copy.

. We update these directories every year, so

Police Call Guide including Fire and

, and

Official Aeronautical Frequen-

Note:

To store trunked system frequencies, see “Storing

Trunked Frequencies” on Page 40.
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.

MAN

1. Press
seconds to select either main bank group. Enter the
channel number where you want to store a fre-

24 Operation

and hold down

A/B (HOLD)

for about 2

quency, then press
appears.

PROG

. The channel number

2. Use the number keys and • (

MON/CLR)

to enter the
frequency (including the decimal point) you want to
store.

E (SVC

3. Press

) to store the frequency into the chan-

nel.

Notes:

• If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 2,

Error

appears and the scanner beeps three

times. Enter a valid frequency.

• The scanner automatically rounds the entered

number to the nearest valid frequency. For exam­ple, if you enter 151.473 (MHz), your scanner
accepts it as 151.475.

DELAY

Press

to pause scanning 2 seconds after the
end of a transmission before scanning proceeds to
the next channel (see “Delay” on Page 31). The
scanner stores this setting in the channel.

4. To program the next channel in sequence, press

PROG

and repeat Steps 2 and 3.

SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY
STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES

If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your ar­ea, use a limi t, dir ect, or se rvice sear ch (excep t wea the r
service search) to find a transmission. Also see “Guide
to the Action Bands” on Page 59.

Note:

While doing a limit, direct, or service bank search,

:

press

DELAY

•

if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds
after a transmission ends before it proceeds to the
next frequency (see “Delay” on Page 31).

DATA

if you want the scanner to skip data signals

•
(such as fax or modem signals) and search only for

Operation

25

audio (voice) signals (see “Skipping Data Signals”
on Page 35).

Limit Search

A limit search lets you search within a specific range

-L-

of frequencies.

appears during a limit search.

1. Press

2. Enter the frequency that is the lower limit of the

3. Press

4. Enter the frequency that is the upper limit of the

5. Press

6. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly

PROG

, then

MHz

(or the previous low limit frequency) appear.

29.000 MHz is the low end of the scanner’s range.

range you want to search (including the decimal
point), then press

LIMIT

. Hi and
ous high limit frequency) appear. 1300.000 MHz is
the upper limit of the scanner’s range.

range you want to search (including the decimal
point), then press

9999

to search from th e u ppe r to th e l ow e r li mi t,

8#

8#

to search from the lower to the upper limit.

or

8#8#

press either:

HOLD (A/B)

mission.

MON/CLR (•)

the current monitor memory.

to stop searching to listen to the trans-

HOLD

to store the displayed frequency into

LIMIT (SRC)

E

.

1300.000 MHz

E (SVC)

appears.

again.

. Lo and

(or the previ-

29.000

7. To release the hold and continue searching, press

HOLD (A/B)

ond. Or, if you did not press
press

or hold down

8888

9999

or

to continue searching.

9999

or

8888

for at least 1 sec-

MON/CLR (•)

, simply

Direct Search

You can search up or down from the currently displayed
frequency using direct search.
searching until the scanner stops.

26 Operation

-d-

appears during

1. Press

2. Enter the frequency you want to start from using the

MAN

.

number keys. (Press • to enter a decimal point).

Notes:

• To start the search from a frequency already
stored in one of your scanner’s channels, press

MAN

enter the channel number and then press

PROG

• If you enter an invalid frequ enc y, the scanner dis­plays

PROG

or

again.

Error.

. Then use the number keys to

MAN

or

MON/CLR (•)

Press

.

9999

3. Press
the selected frequency.

9999

4. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly
press either:

HOLD

sion.

MON/CLR

current monitor memory.

5. To release the hold and continue searching, press

HOLD

Or, if you did not press

9999

Note:

appears, press

to search down or

appear.

to stop searching and listen to the transmis-

HOLD

appears.

to store the displayed frequency into the

8888

or

8888

9999

or hold down

to continue searching.

To step through the frequencies while

8888

to search up from

-d-, SEARCH

9999

or

for at least 1 second.

HOLD

, simply press

.

, and

8888

or

8888

or

HOLD

Service Bank Search

You can search for weather, ham, marine , a irc raft , o r p o­lice (fire/emergency) transmissions without knowing the
specific frequencies used in your area. The scanner is
preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to
these services. To use this feature, press

SEARCH

with the weather service bank. To select a different ser-

appears and the scanner searches starting

SVC(E

).

Operation

27

vice bank, repeatedly press
the selected bank.

When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly
press either:

HOLD

•

to stop searching and listen to the transmis-

HOLD

sion.

appears.

SVC

. A bar appears above

MON/CLR

•
current monitor memory.

To release the hold and continue searching, press

(A/B)

or hold down
you did not press
continue searching.

Note:

located to fire and police departments, it can take sever­al minutes to search all the service frequencies.

to store the displayed frequency into the

HOLD

8888

9999

or

for at least 1 second. Or, if

HOLD (A/B)

Because there are many different frequencies al-

, simply press

8888

or

9999

to

Search Skip Memory

You can skip up to 50 speci fied f requ encie s duri ng a l imit
or direct search and up to 20 specified frequencies dur­ing a service bank search. This lets you avoid unwanted
frequencies or those already stored in a channel.

Note:

You cannot skip frequencies during WX service

search.
To skip a frequency , press

stops on the frequency during a limit, direct, or service
search. The scanner stores the frequency in memory
and automatically resumes the search.

To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the
scanner stops on it during a limit, direct, or service bank
search:

S/S (L-OUT)

when the scanner

HOLD

1. Press

2. Press
appears.

3. Press

28 Operation

to stop the search.

8888

S/S

or

L/O

.

9999

disappears.

to select the frequency.

L/O

To clear all the sk ip freq uen cies at once while sear ch in g,

HOLD

press
twice.

Notes:

• If you selected all frequencies to be skipped within

• If you sele ct mo r e th an 50 fr eq ue n ci es to sk ip , ea ch

•Press

, then hold down

the search range, the scanner beeps 3 times and
does not search.

new frequency replaces a frequency previously
stored, beginning with the first stored frequency.

8888

9999

or

to select a skipped frequency while

HOLD

appears.

skipped frequency.

S/S

until the scanner beeps

L/O

appears when you select a

LISTENING TO THE MONITOR
MEMORIES

Note:

To listen to the monitor memories, the priority
channel feature must be turned off (see “Priority” on
Page 32).

To listen to the frequency stored in any one of the ten
monitor memories, press
number of the desired monitor memory (0–9), or repeat­edly press
ories.

MON/CLR (•)

MAN, MON/CLR (•)

to step through the moni tor mem-

, then the

MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A
MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL

MAN

1. Press

2. Enter the number of the desired target channel
where you want to mov e the fre quenc y that is s tored
in the monitor memory, then press
appears.

3. Press
the monitor memory containing the frequency.

4. Press
memory into the selected channel.

MAN

.

appears.

PROG

.

MON/CLR (•)

E

. The frequency transfers from the monitor

then enter the number (0–9) of

Operation

PGM

29

5. Repeat Steps 2–4 to store the remaining monitor
memory frequencies into channels, as necessary.

SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS

To begin scanning channels, press

SCAN

. The scanner
scans through all non-locked channels in the activated
banks. (See “Locking Out Channels” on Page 32 and
“Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off” on
Page 31). When the scanner finds a transmission, it
stops on it. When the transmission ends, the scanner re­sumes scanning.

Notes:

• If you have not stored frequencies into any chan­nels, the scanner does not scan.

• If the scanner picks up unwanted partial, or very
weak transmissions, turn

SQUELCH

clockwise to
decrease the scanner’s sensitivity to these signals.
To list en t o a weak or di stant stat io n, tur n

SQUELCH

counterclockwi se.

• To ensure proper scanning, adjust

SQUELCH

until

the audio mutes.

• To scan in the trunk scanning mode, see “Trunking
Operation” on Page 38.

MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL

You can continuously monitor a single channel without
scanning. This i s us efu l if you hear an emer ge ncy broa d­cast on a channel and do not want to miss any details —
even though there might be periods of silence — or if
you want to monitor a specific channel.

MAN

To manually select a channel, press

MAN

channel number then press

again.

, enter the

Or, during scanning, if the radio stops at a channel you
want to listen to, press

MAN

pressing

at this time causes the scanner to step

through the channels.) Press

MAN

one time. (Repeatedly

SCAN

to resume automatic

scanning.

30 Operation

Special Features

ˆ

DELAY

Sometimes a user might pause before replying to a
transmission. To avoid missing a reply on a specific
channel, you can program a 2-second delay into any
channel or frequency. The scanner continues to monitor
the channel frequency for an additional 2 seconds after
the transmission stops before resuming scanning or
searching.

Depending on how the scanner is operating, follow one
of these steps to program a delay.

• If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active

channel where you want to store a delay, quickly

DELAY

press

DLY

appears.

• If the desired channel is not selected, manually

select the ch ann el , then press

before it continues scanning again.

DELA Y

DLY

.

appears.

• If the scanner is searching, pr ess

scanner is searching .
ner automatically adds a 2-second delay to every
frequency it stops on in that band.

To turn off the 2-second delay, press
scanner is monitoring a channel, scanning, or searching .

DLY

disappears.

DLY

DELAY

while the

appears and the scan-

DELAY

while the

TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE
BANKS ON AND OFF

You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off.
When you turn off a bank, the scanner does not scan
any of the 50 channels in that bank.

While scanning, press the number key that corresponds
to the bank you want to turn on or off. Numbers appear
at the top of the displa y, showing the curre ntly selec ted
banks.

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31

The scanner scans all the channels within the displayed
banks that a re not locked out (se e “Locking Out Chan ­nels”). The bank number flashes when the scanner
scans a channel that belongs to the bank.

Notes:

• You can manually select any channel within a bank,
even if that bank is turned off.

• You cannot turn off all banks. One bank must
always be active.

LOCKING OUT CHANNELS

You can increase the scanning speed by locking out
channels that ha ve a c ontinuous transmis sio n, suc h as a
weather channel. To lock out a channel, manually se­lect the channel, then press
pears.

Note:

You can still manually select locked-out channels.

To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select
the channel, then press

To unlock all channels in the banks that are turned on,

MAN

press
until the scanner beeps twice.

to stop scanning, then hold down

L-OUT(S/S)

L-OUT(S/S).

L/O

.

L/O

disappears.

L-OUT(S/S)

ap-

PRIORITY

The priority feature lets you scan through the channels
and still not miss i mportan t or inte restin g call s on sp ecifi c
channels. You can program one stored channel in each
bank as a priority channel (10 for the banks in Group A
and 10 for the banks in Group B). If the priority feature is
turned on, as the scanner scans the bank, it checks that
bank’s priority channel for activity every 2 seconds.

The scanner automatically designates each bank’s first
channel as its priority channel. Follow these steps to se­lect a different channel in a bank as the priority channel.

PROG

1. Press

32 Special Features

.

2. Enter the channel number you want to select as the
priority channel, then press

PRIORITY (H/S)

.

P

appears to the rig ht o f th e s el ec ted ch annel number .

3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the channel in each bank
you want to program as a priority channel.

To review all priority channels (in ascending order only),
press

PROG

, then repeatedly press

PRIORITY

to see the

numbers of the priority channels.
To turn on the priority feature, press

PRI

scanning.

appears. Then the scanner checks the

PRIORITY

during

designated priority channel every 2 seconds in each
bank. The bank number appears at the top of the dis­play.

To turn off the priority feature , press

PRIORITY

PRI

.

dis-

appears.

Notes:

• The priority feature must be turned off to listen to the
monitor memories or to use the data skip feature.

• If you have locked out all priority channels,

LOC OUt

appears when you activate the priority
feature. To unlock any desired priority channels, se e
“Locking Out Channels” on Page 32.

USING THE KEYLOCK

To protect the scanner from accidental program chang­es, turn on the keylock feature. When the scanner is
locked, the only controls that operate are

KEYLOCK, VOLUME/OFF

To turn on the keylock, hold down
appears. To turn it off, hold down

, and

SQUELCH

KEYLOCK
KEYLOCK

disappears.

SCAN, MAN

.

until

until

K/L
K/L

,

Note:

Using keylock does not prevent the scanner from

scanning channels .

Special Features

33

USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT

To turn on the display light for easy viewing at night,
press .The display lights for 15 seconds. To turn off
the light sooner, press again.

USING THE AUTO BACKLIGHT
DISPLAY

You can set the scanner so the auto backlight turns on
for about 5 seconds when the scanner receives signals.
If you press a key (except ) within 5 seconds, the
display remains lighted for more than 15 seconds.

To turn auto backlight displ ay on or off, turn off the scan­ner. Then hold down and turn on the scanner.

Aut

Lit

briefly appears wh en a uto bac kligh t is on .

Lit

Aut

briefly appears when auto backlight is off.

on

OFF

CHANGING SEARCH SPEEDS

Note:

Hypersearch applies only to the 5 kHz step bands

(29–54 MHz, 137–174 MHz, and 216–224.9950 MHz).
The scanner has two search speeds.

Normal Search Hypersearch

100 steps/second

To switch between the normal and Hypersearch speeds
during limi t search or direct search, press
appears during Hypersearch.

300 steps/second

H/S

.

HYPER

TURNING THE KEYTONE OFF/ON

1. Turn off the scanner.

2. While holding down

OFF bEEP

To turn the key tone back on, repeat these steps.

bEEP

appears.

34 Special Features

appears.

L-OUT/S/S,

turn on th e sc ann er.

on

TURNING THE BATTERY SAVE
FUNCTION OFF/ON

When the scanner is set to receive (monitor) a manually
selected channel, and it is not actively scanning, using
the battery save feature conserves energy.

To turn the battery save function off or back on, turn off
the scanner, then hold down
scanner.

PRIORITY

and turn on the

OFF SAVE

•
been turned off.

•on
been turned on, and appears.

When the battery save feature is active, the scanner re­peatedly turns off the internal power for 1 second, then
turns it back on for about 1/2 second to check for a trans­mission.

briefly appears when battery save has

SAVE

briefly appears when battery save has

S

SKIPPING DATA SIGNALS

To prevent the scanner from stopping on channels that
consist of nonmodulated or data signals (such as fax or
modem transmissions) during a search or scan, turn on
the data skip feature. When the radio receives a data
signal and data skip is selected, the signal is ignored.

To turn on the data skip feature, turn off the priority fea­ture if it is on (see “Priority” on Page 32), then press

TA

DATA

.

press

Note:

as data signals are not generally found in this service.

appears. To turn off the data skip feature,

DATA

This feature does not apply to the air service band

again.

DATA

disappears.

DA-

RECEIVING NWR-SAME AND
WEATHER ALERT SIGNALS

In 1994, the National Oceanic and Aerospace Adminis­tration (NOAA) began broadcasting alerts that include
digitally encoded data. Specific Area Message Encoding
(SAME) includes informati on wh ich iden tifies the s everit y
of the alert. While this scanner does not encode specific

Special Features

35

geographical data, it does detect SAME signals and de­code the alert level. The scanner displays this data as
codes corresponding to the levels of severity (L1, L2,
and L3).

Turning On the SAME Weather
Alert Feature

1. Press

2. Press

When the scanner receives a SAME-coded signal,

ALERT

cates the severity of the alert) appears, as well. The
scanner remains on the weather channel and the audio
turns on so you can hear the weather broadcast.

The scanner displays one of the following codes to indi­cate the alert level.

In addition to weather alerts, the scanner also receives
test and other event information. See “NWR-SAME
Code Detection Tests” on Page 37.

SVC (E)

and select the weather search mode.

See “Service Bank Search” on Page 27.

ALT (DATA)

audio until the scanner receives a SAME-coded sig­nal.

flashes and an associated “L” code (which indi-

L1

: Warning

L2

: Watch

L3

: Statement

-----

: Non-emergency

ALERT

.

appears. This mutes the

SAME Signal Detection Updating

When the scanner receives a SAME-coded signal, it re­tains information about the most recent alert until you
turn off the power. Once the scanner detects an alert

ALERT

code,
(L1, L2, or L3) press
search mode. Press

36 Special Features

flashes. To verify the specific alert level

SVC (E)

ALT (DATA)

to select the weather

to clear the alert.

NWR-SAME Alert Tone Test

To hear and test the tones for the three alert levels,

SVC (E)

press

ALT

down
der L3, L2, then L1, and
appears as its tone sounds. Press any key to end the
test sequence.

to select the weather service, then hold

for about 1 second. The ton es sound in the or-

TESt

flashes. Each alert code

NWR-SAME Code Detection Tests

The National Weather Service sends out daily, weekly,
and monthly test (and sometimes demonstration) sig­nals, which let anyone with a receiver (such as the scan­ner) verify that the equipment is working properly.

To find out the specific test schedule in your area, con­tact your local NOAA or NWS office. Those offices are
usually listed in the telephone book under

ment, Department of Commerce

.

US Govern-

ALERT

When
1 second. The frequency and
When the scanner re ceive s the t est code,
pears.

To exit the test mode, press
ond.

Note

: If an actual alert is sent, the scanner sounds the
appropriate tone and displays the corresponding alert
level.

appears, hold down

Special Features

ALT (DATA)

TESt

appear alternately.

ALT (DATA)

for about

TESt

also ap-

for about 1 sec-

37

Trunking Operation

ˆ

The scanner tracks transmissions that use the Motorola
Type I, Type II, hybrid, and Ericsson EDACS analog
trunking systems. The frequencies for many of the 800
MHz, 900 MHz, and EDACS public safety systems are
listed in the separate

System Frequency Guide

National Public Safety Trunked

included with your scanner.

TYPES OF TRUNKING SYSTEMS

This trunking scanner monitor s two basic types of sys­tems — the Motorola Type I/Type II or hybrid system,
and the Ericsson EDACS system. Instead of selecting a
specific frequency to transmit on, a trunked system
chooses one of several frequencies in a 2-way ra dio us­er’s talk group when that user presses their PTT (push to
talk) control. Thus, trunking systems, in general , all ocate
a few frequencies among many dif ferent users. Motorol a
Type I and Type II systems achieve the same results in a
slightly different way. One important di stinction between
these systems is the amoun t o f d ata tr ansmi tt ed by each
radio when the operator pushes the PTT control. A Type I
system transmits the radi o’s ID and its curren t affiliation
or the trunk system to which it b elongs. A Typ e II syst em
only transmits the radio’s ID.

Why the difference? In Type I systems, each radio in the
trunk group individually transmits its own affiliation, while
the trunk system maintains a database that determines
each radio’s affiliation(s) in Type II systems.

Another difference between the systems is that Type I
systems are arranged in a fleet-subfleet hierarchy. For
example, it is possible for a city using a Type I system to
designate four fleets, each with eight subfleets.

The police department, fire department, utilities group,
and city administration could each be a separate fleet.
The police might decide to further divide its fleet into
subfleets, such as dispatch, tactical operations, detec­tives, north, south, east, and west side patrols, and su­pervisors . All the availabl e police radios woul d then be
assigned to one of the police subfleets, letting the police

38 Trunking Operation

centralize their communications and control the type of
users on a sin gle system. Determini ng the exact fleet­subfleet hierarchy for a particular area is referred to as

fleet map programming

The disadvantage of a Type I system is that the brief
burst of dat a sent when a user tr ansmits must conta in
the radio’s ID, its f lee t in form ati on, and the subfleet infor­mation as well. This is three times the amount of data a
Type II system radio sends. Since the data capacity of
Type I systems is limited and the total amount of data in­creases with each user, Type I systems usually accom­modate fewer users than Type II systems. Nevertheless,
Type I systems are still in use.

.

There are also
of Type I and Type II. Your scanner is preset to monitor
Type II systems, but you can change to Type I or a hy­brid of Type I and Type II systems by selecting a prepro­grammed fleet map or creating a custom fleet map for
your area (see “Scanning Type I and Hybrid Trunked
Systems” on Page51).

systems which are a combination

hybrid

SETTING THE SCANNER TO THE
T RUNKING MODE

Simultaneous Trunking

The scanner allows you to track up to 10 systems at a
time. You can trunk scan or search and scan conven­tional frequencies at the same time. You can also pro­gram conventional frequencies in the same bank as
trunking systems.

After the scanner is finished checking activity in the
trunked system, it scans other conventional frequencies
in the bank. (Only trunking frequencies are programmed
in trunk mode.)

If a system is ina cti ve for 1 s ec ond an d th ere are no con­ventional channels in the bank, the scanner starts scan­ning the nex t selected trunk bank. If you turne d
on, the scanner starts scanning the next trunk bank after
about 5 seconds.

DELAY

Trunking Operation

39

To scan both trunking and conventional banks, select
the banks you wish to be active with trunking off, then

TRUNK

press
to conventional scanning, press

. The scanner begins scanning. To return

TRUNK

again.

SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE
T RUNKING MODE

Your scanner’s squelch setting is automatically adjusted
during trunking, which means it is not necessary to man­ually adjust squelch while scanning trunked transmis­sions. However, the squelch setting can affect how fast
your scanner acquire s the da ta cha nnel, a nd, in some i n­stances, can prevent your scanner from acquiring the
data channel at all.

We recommend you set
selecting a trunked bank.

Note:

Change this setting as needed for the best perfor-

mance in your area.

SQUELCH

fully clockwise be for e

STORING TRUNKED FREQUENCIES

Follow these steps to select, program, and store trunked
frequencies.

1. Press

2. Press th e number key (1–10 ) of the desire d target

PROG

or more bank numbers flash.

storage bank. Select one of the trunk systems by
repeatedly pressing
system type, then press
automatically selects the first channel in the
selected ba nk.

Note:

Y ou c an sel ect from the fol lowing s ix sy stems:

You See Trunk System

E1
Ed

E2

800

–

TRUNK

then

Motorola Type I, 800 MHz frequencies
EDACS frequencies
Motorola Type II, 800 MHz frequencies

8888

TRUNK

.

or

E (SVC)

appears and one

9999

to select a trunking

. The scanner then

40 Trunking Operation

You See Trunk System

E2

900

–

E2

Hi

–

E2

UHF

–

3. Use the number keys to enter a valid frequency
within the trunk system, then press
and the bank number, the channel number, and
(EDACS) or M (Motorola) appears depending upon
the trunk system selected.

Notes:

• If you enter an invalid frequency (outside the

selected range), the scanner beeps, the channel
number flas hes and
pens, press
then repeat the entry.

• For EDACS systems, you must enter the fre-

quencies in logical cha nne l num ber (LCN ) order.

• If you try to e nte r a dup lic ate frequency in a bank ,

the scanner beeps and the channel which was
previously stored appears.

• It is very important that you enter all the listed fre-

quencies for the selected agency in Step 3. Oth­erwise, trunking will not occur when you press

SRC

Motorola Type II, 900 MHz frequencies
Motorola Type II, VHF frequencies
Motorola Type II, UHF frequencies

Error

appears. If this hap-

MON/CLR

in Step 6.

(•) to clear the frequency,

E (SVC)

BANK

.

E

SCAN

PROG

, then

4. Press either
in the bank.

5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until you enter all desired fre­quencies in that bank.

6. Press
trunk’s data channel and scan conventional fre­quencies at the same time.

As the scanner looks through the frequencies, you
see them on the display. When the scanner finds
the controlling data channel, the scanner begins
trunking.

8888

or

to select the next channel

SRC

to begin searching for the

Trunking Operation

41

SEARCHING A TRUNKED BANK

Once the data channel is acquired, the scanner begins a
trunk search. With the search function, you will be able
to find all the active talk groups within the trunked sys-

SCAN

tem. Press
mode from the trunk search mode. See “Scanning the
Talk Group ID Lists” on Page 50.

While scanning conventional frequencies, follow the
steps below to switch to the trunk mode after the scan­ner finds the data channel.

1. Press
trunking and conventional banks.

. You can switch to the trunk scan

TRUNK

. The scanner begins scanning both

2. Hold down

SCAN

for about 1 s econd. The sca nner

switches to the trunk scan mode.

3. Hold down

SRC

for about 1 second. The scanner

switches to the trunk search mode.

Hint:

While searching, you may not know exactly to
whom the talk group IDs are assigned until you listen
awhile. To locate talk group ID lists for your local police,
fire, and other agencies, refer to frequency guides avail­able at your local RadioS hack store or on intern et sites
such as

www.trunkscanner.com

. You can also deter­mine the type of agency you are listening to after a short
while, be it a p olice , fire, o r emer gen cy medi cal 2- way ra­dio user. Once you have identified the type of service,
note the associated talk group ID of that unit for future
programming. See “Identifying a Trunked Frequency” on
Page 44. Determining the service associated with a talk
group ID might take aw hi le, but dis co ve ring the ID own er
of each signal is half the fun of trunk scanning!

Turning a T runked Bank On or Off

DATA (A LT)

Press
trunked banks appear. Press the bank number (
turn the desired bank on or off.

during trunk scanning. The selected

0–9

), to

42 Trunking Operation

Skipping a Trunked Bank

You can scan conventional frequencies programmed in
the same bank by holding down
seconds. If there is no conventional frequency, the scan­ner scans the next bank.

SRC (LIMIT

) for about 2

Turning the Status Bit Ignore (S-Bit)
On or Off

You can set how your scanner works with
(also called S-Bits), letting you control how the scanner
interprets and displays talk group IDs.

The last four bits of a Motorola Type II talk group ID (a
binary 16-b it c o de) a re t h e st at us bi t s. I n s om e s ys t em s,
status bits identify special situations (such as an emer­gency status).

Your scanner is preset to ass ume that the status bi ts in a
talk group ID are set to 0 and ignores them. For exam­ple, when the scanner receives the talk group ID
010111001110

0000

and converts the first 12 bits of the ID to 2 3776 (th e
talk group ID). However, since the status bit value is 3
(0011 converted to decimal equals 3), the ID is actually

23779.
If you are scanning a Motorola Type I system and do not

have a fleet map for that system, you might have to turn
off status bit ignore in order to determine the proper fleet
map.

Important:

Motorola Type I system, be sure status bit ignore is set

ON

or you will miss some transmissions.

to

0011,

it reads the ID as 010111001110

If you are scanning any system other than a

status bits

Follow these steps to turn status bit ignore on or off.

1. Hold down
setting (

2. Press
press

SCAN

until the current status bit ignore

ON

OFF

or

8888

to select ON or

E (SVC)

.

Trunking Operation

) appears.

9999

to select

OFF

, then

43

Identifying a Trunked Frequency

While ID scanning (looking for IDs within a trunked sys-

9999

9999

.

to see the

tem) or performing an ID search, press
current trunked frequency. (The frequency flashes

9999

twice.) Then hold down
sounds and the ID and the frequency alternately appear.
To return to normal operation, press

until a confirmation tone

Selecting the EDACS Talk Group ID Format

The EDACS system uses two grou p ID form ats : Deci ma l
and Agency-Fleet-Subfleet (AFS). If you use a list of IDs
shown in one format (for example AFS) and the ID you
want to receive is in the other format (for example, deci­mal), press
ID appears in decimal format.
when the decimal format is selec ted .

SVC (E)

to switch to the decimal format. The

E

flashes o n the display

EDACS Talk Group ID Range Search

To search EDACS IDs faster, set a range for the Agency
or Fleet listi ngs. Enter the Agency (o r the Agency and
the Fleet) listing numbers using the number keys, then

SRC (LIMIT)

press

Example 1

Agency = 01
Press

01---

. Note the following examples.

0 1 . SRC (LIMIT)

appears during search.

Example 2

Agency = 01 Fleet = 01

0 1 . 0 1 SRC (LIMIT)

Press

01-01-

To stop an ID range search, press

44 Trunking Operation

appears during search.

SRC (LIMIT)

.

Using HOLD to Monitor an
Active Talk Group ID

Follow these steps to stop scanning and keep the scan­ner tuned to a desired ID.

1. Press

2. If you want to listen to (and hold) a different ID, use

3. Press

4. Press

HOLD (A/B)

stays on the current ID.

the number keys to enter that ID.

HOLD (A/B)

scanner monitors the ID.

SRC

to resume searching for a data channel

(trunk scanning).

HOLD

.

appears and the scanner

again.

HOLD

flashes, then the

Temporarily Storing a Talk Group ID
into the Monitor ID Memory

To store a talk group ID into a temporary monitor memo­ry, press
moving it into a list memory. Press
searching.

Note:

ry into the ID scan list, see “Moving Talk Group IDs to
Talk Group ID Lists” on Page 49.

MON/CLR (•)

To program the ID stored in the monitor ID memo-

. This lets you store the ID prior to

SRC

to resume

Locking Out Talk Group IDs

Many municipal and commercial services use trunk sys­tems to transmit signals from such devices as water
meter transmitters, door alarms, and traffic signals.
Some signals are encrypted, as well, and most are not
voice signals. Since all these are assigned IDs just like
other users , yo u m ay wa nt t o lo ck o ut r e cept i on o f t he se
ID signals. You can lock out up to 100 IDs at one time.

Note:

If you lock out an ID while searching, it is also
locked out of the scan list(s). See “Using Talk Group ID
Lists” on Page 48.

Trunking Operation

45

To lock out an ID, press
pears. The ID is locked out, and the next active ID ap­pears.

L-OUT (S/S)

when the ID ap-

Unlocking a Single Talk Group ID

1. Hold down
beeps.

2. Repeatedly press
want to unlock.

3. Press
next locked ID appears.

4. Press
ously selected function.

L-OUT (S/S)

L-OUT (S/S)

SRC (LIMIT)

until you hear two short

8888

9999

or

to select the ID you

. The ID is unlocked, and the

to resume the scanner’s previ-

Unlocking All Talk Group IDs

Hold down
two short beeps, then press
at once. The sc an ner be eps tw i ce . Pre ss
sume the search.

Note:

Press
press
lected function. For more information about scan lists,
see “Using Talk Group ID Lists” on Page 48.

L-OUT (S/S)

When you unlock all t he ID s, the scan list appears .

SCAN

to scan the IDs stored in your scan lists or

SRC (LIMIT)

while searching until you hear

E (SVC)

to unlock all the IDs

L-OUT/SS

to resume the sc anner’s previ ously se-

to re-

Using Trunk Scanning Scan Delay

Sometimes a user might pause before replying to a
transmission. You can set the scanner to hold on an ID
for 5 second s to wai t for a reply. T hat way, the sca nner
continues to monitor the ID for 5 seconds after the trans­mission stops before resuming scanning.

DELAY

Press

DLY

appears when the scan delay is set to on.

Note:

delay turn ed on, change t he default sys tem type or the
fleet map being used. See “Scanning Type I and Hybrid
Trunked Systems” on Page51.

46 Trunking Operation

to turn trunk scanning scan delay on or off.

If you consistently miss responses even with scan

Monitoring Talk Group IDs

You can use your scanner’s display to monitor the fre­quencies/talk group IDs of a trunked system for activity.
While you cannot hear conversations in this mode, it is
an excellent way to determine which talk group IDs are
the most active. To set the scanner to monitor IDs, hold

MON/CLR (•)

down
ber flash. All active group IDs appear in quick succes­sion. To stop monitoring IDs, press

Note:

When you monitor IDs, any IDs you have locked

out also appear.

until

SEARCH

and the channel num-

SRC

again.

CHANNEL ACTIVITY BARS

Your scanner displays up to 20 channel activity bars for
the stored frequencies in a ba nk. Th ese ba rs indi cate th e
activity taking place on a trunked system. By observing
these bars, you can see how many frequencies are be­ing used and generally monitor how much communica­tion traffic occurs.

Each frequency you s tore i n a trunking bank has a co rre­sponding activity bar. However, there are only 20 bars
for a possible maximum of 50 frequencies. If the trunk
system contains more than 20 frequencies, some bars
will represent more than one frequency.

• If a bar appears steadily w ith out an y v oic e tra nsm is -

sion, it represents the frequency in use as the data
channel.

• If a bar appears and flashes when an ID appears,

the bar represents the frequency being used by the
trunk system transmitter.

• If a bar appears without any voice transmission, the

channel is probably being used for a telephone
interconn ect call or a priva te call, or the bar might
be a locked-out ID. Your scanner does not monitor
these types of calls.

• If the scanner is holding on an ID which is not being

used, the other activity bars turn on and off as other
groups use the system.

Trunking Operation

47

USING TALK GROUP ID LISTS

When you program trunked frequencies into a bank (see
“Storing Trunked Frequencies” on Page40), your scan­ner sets up five scan lists for that one bank in which you
can store your favorite IDs. Each list can contain up to
10 IDs, for a total of 50 IDs for each trunk scanning
bank. If you us e a ll the banks as trunking ban ks , y ou ca n
store 1000 IDs.

Talk group ID lists help you to organize trunking system
users into c at e go rie s . Fo r ex a mp l e, y ou m ig h t us e Li st 1
for police IDs, List 2 for fire department IDs, List 3 for
emergency medical service IDs, and so on. Once you
store all the IDs in a list, you can scan them just as you
scan conventional channels. You can program IDs into
talk group ID lists ma nua lly , d urin g a search, or automat­ically.

Manually Storing Talk Group IDs
in Talk Group ID Lists

1. Select the trunking bank you want to use (see
“Searching a Trunked Bank” on Page42).

2. After the scanner begins trunk scanning, press

MAN

. A number showing the current talk group ID
list appears at the top of the display, and bars
appear that show activity in other banks.

MAN

3. Press
select the talk group ID list location (shown at the
top of the display) where you want to store an ID.
Then press

4. Enter the type of ID you want to store, then press

To enter a Type I ID

the block number and the fleet number, then press

. Enter the subfleet number and press

•

To enter an EDACS ID

enter the agency number, then press
the fleet number and the subfleet number, then
press

48 Trunking Operation

again, then repeatedly p ress

PROG

.

, use the number keys to enter

, use the number keys to

E.

8888

or

E.

. Next, enter

•

9999

to

E

.

Note:

To clear a mistake while entering an ID, press

0

then E, then start over at Step 1.

5. Repeatedly press

PROG

8888

or

to select the next
scan list location you want to program. Then repeat
Step 4 to enter another ID.

E

6. When you finish, press

to store the entries.

Entering EDACS Partial Talk Groups

You can enter partial group numbers in an EDACS talk
group. By entering only the desired portion of a group,
you can select either 128, 8, or 1 talk group. For exam­ple, you might program every talk group in a police de­partment by pressing just four keys.

Note:

You cannot use partial talk groups in decimal
mode. (See “S electing the EDACS T alk Group ID For­mat” on Page 44.)

You can program a specific talk group such as 01-011
into the scan list memory. In AFS mode, you can pro­gram the talk groups for an entire agency by pressing
corresponding keys.

For example:

You Press To Scan

01 . E

01 . 01 E

all 01 groups
all 01 talk groups within

the 01 agency

To lock out a la rge number of talk group s, press

L-OUT

after entering an agency or an agency and fleet into
memory.

Note:

In AFS mode, agency numbers range fro m 00–15.

Moving Talk Group IDs to
Talk Group ID Lists

MAN

1. Press

MAN

.

appears.

Trunking Operation

49

2. Select the ID scan list location where you want to

PROG

store the IDs, then press

PGM

.

appears.

3. Press

4. Press

MON/CLR

E

selected ID scan list.

. A monitor ID appears.

. The scanner stores the IDs into the

Scanning the Talk Group ID Lists

SCAN

Press

Note:

Error

times, then the sc an li st numbers appea r at the top of the
display. To correct th e entry , delet e at lea st one of the i n­correct IDs (see “Deleting a Stored Talk Group ID List”).

To remove a scan list from active scanning, use the
number keys to enter the scan list’s number. The scan
list number turns off, and the IDs in that list are not
scanned.

Note:

You cannot remove all of them.
To restore a scan list t o ac tiv e s ca nn ing , us e th e nu mber

keys to enter the number of the list again.
Press

to begin scanni ng t he l is t s yo u ha ve stored.

If one or more of the IDs you stored are incorrect,

flashes twice and the scanner beeps several

One of the five scan lists must always be active.

SRC

to return to the previously selected function.

Deleting a Stored Talk Group ID List

PROG

0

then E.

PGM

.

appears.

8888

9999

or

to select the talk group

1. Press

2. Repeatedly press
ID list location (shown at the top of the display) you
want to delete.

3. Press

Priority Talk Group ID Scanning

You can assign a priority to a favorite ID so during scan­ning the scanner checks that ID mo re frequen tly than the
others in the list. Each of the five memory locations re-

50 Trunking Operation

served for storing lists (see “Using Talk Group ID Lists”
on Page 48) can have only one priority ID, an d the ID as­signed that priority in List 1 has the highest priority of all.

To assign a priority to an ID, press
sired ID number (list number and location number), then

PRIORITY (H/S)

press
To turn priority ID scanning on or off, repeatedly press

PRIORITY (H/S)

PRI

appears when priority s c anning is turned on.

Note:

Priority ID scanning does not operate when priori­ty IDs are locked out. See “Locking Out Talk Group IDs”
on Page 45.

. P appears.

during ID scanning or manual operation.

PROG

. Enter the de-

SCANNING TYPE I AND HYBRID
TRUNKED SYSTEMS

Your scanner is preset t o sca n Type II syste m ID s. Whe n
you scan trunked frequencies, each Type II user ID you
see appears as an even number without a dash (exam­ple 2160). Your scanner can also scan Type I trunked
systems. Each Type I ID appears as a thre e- or four-digit
number, followed by a hyphen, followed by a one- or
two-digit number (example 200-14).

If you notice a mix of odd- and even-user IDs (examples
6477, 2160, 6481, 6144, and 1167), then you are proba­bly monitoring either a Type I or hybrid (a combination of
Type I and Type II user IDs) system with the S-Bit func­tion turned off (see “Types of Trunking Systems” on
Page 38 and “Turning the Status Bit Ignore (S-Bit)
On or Off” on Page 43).

Subfleet information is included with the frequency list
for a Type I system. To enter the provided map, see
“Programming a Fleet Map” on Page 55.

Note:

To locate suitable fleet map information, review

the contents of website
If you do not already know the size codes used, you will

have to guess. Since you do no t have to fig ure out all the
blocks at one time, this is not as hard as it might seem.

www.trunkscanner.com

Trunking Operation

.

51

Select a size code for a block, then press

SRC

and listen
to the conversations. If you are receiving most of the re­plies, then you have probably selected the right size
code and can program the next block of the map. There
are 16 preset fleet maps to choose from, and it is best to
start with these when setting up a Type I or hybrid trunk
scanning bank. If none of the following preset fleet maps
allow you to follow complete conversations, then you
probably need to program your own fleet map (see “Pro­gramming a Fleet Map” on Page 55).

E1P1 E1P2 E1P3

Size

Block
0S110S40S4
1S111S41S4
2S112S42S4
3S113S43S4
4S114S44S4
5S115S45S4
6S116S46S12
7 S11 7 S4 7 (S12)

Code Block

Size
Code Block

Size
Code

E1P4 E1P5 E1P6

Block
0S120S40S3
1 (S12) 1 S4 1 S10
2S42S122S4
3 S4 3 (S12) 3 S4
4 S4 4 S4 4 S12
5 S4 5 S4 5 (S12)
6S46S46S12
7 S4 7 S4 7 (S12)

Size
Code Block

Size
Code Block

Size
Code

52 Trunking Operation

E1P7 E1P8 E1P9

Size

Block
0S100S10S4
1S101S11S4
2S112S22S0
3S43S23S0
4S44S34S0
5S45S35S0
6S46S46S0
7S47S47S0

Code Block

Size
Code Block

Size
Code

E1P10 E1P11 E1P12

Block
0S00S40S0
1S01S01S0
2S02S02S0
3S03S03S0
4S04S04S0
5S05S05S0
6S46S06S0
7S47S07S4

Size
Code Block

Size
Code Block

Size
Code

E1P13 E1P14 E1P15

Size

Block
0S30S40S4
1S31S31S4
2S112S102S4
3S43S43S11

Code Block

Trunking Operation

Size
Code Block

Size
Code

53

4S44S44S11
5S05S45S0
6S06S126S12
7 S0 7 (S12) 7 (S12)

E1P16

Block
0S3
1S10
2S10
3S11
4S0
5S0
6S12
7 (S12)

Size
Code

Selecting a Preset Fleet Map

1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning and

PROG

press
the fleet map.

2. Press a number key to select the bank to store the
fleet map.

3. Repeatedly press

E

. A previously programmed trunked frequency

appears.

then

TRUNK

to select th e ba nk t o stor e

8888

9999

or

to select E1, then press

4. Press

5. Repeatedly press

DATA (ALT).

8888

9999

or

the desired map (example

to select the name of

E1P7

). The prepro-

grammed fleet map appears.

6. Press

E (SVC)

, then press

SRC (LIMIT).

The scanner
then searches for transmissions using the preset
map you chose.

54 Trunking Operation

Note:

When the scanner searches for transmissions,

you see Type I flee t and su bfle et IDs such as

100-9, 000-12

How do you know if the preset map you selected is cor­rect? Listen to find out if you are following complete con­versations. If not, try another preset map.

, or

400-8

.

100-12

Programming a Fleet Map

1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning. Press

PROG

2. Press the number key of the bank where you want
to store the fleet map.

3. Repeatedly press
press
grammed appears.

TRUNK

then

E

. A trunked frequency you previously pro-

.

8888

9999

or

until E1 appears, then

,

4. Press

5. Repeatedly press

6. Press

7. Repeatedly press

Block

8. Repeat Step 7 until you have selected a size code

9. Press

DATA

. A preprogrammed fleet map appears.

8888

DATA

E

.

.

Then press

8888

for the first block, then press
block appears.

for each desired block.

SRC (LIMIT)

programming mode, tunes the data channel, then
searches using the map you programmed.

. The scanner exits the trunking

9999

or

or

until

9999

to select the size code

E

. The next available

USr

appears.

Size Code

Trunking Operation

55

Note:

If you select size code S-12, S-13, or S-14, these

restrictions apply:

• S-12 can only be assigned to Blocks 0, 2, 4, or 6

• S-13 can only be assigned to Blocks 0 and 4

• S-14 can only be assigned to Block 0

Since these size codes require multiple blocks, you will
be prompted for the next available block when you pro­gram a fleet map. For example, if you assign Block 0 as

b2

S-12, the scanner prompts you for
available, instead of b 1. If you ass ign Block 0 as S-14,
you would not see another prompt because S-14 uses
all available blocks .

, the next block

Programming the Base and
Offset Frequencies

To properly track Motorola VHF and UHF trunked sys­tems, you must program the applicable
frequencies for each system.

For a list of these frequencies and other scanner infor­mation, go to
frequency resources.

www.trunkscanner.com

and

base

and other similar

offset

1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning. Press

PROG

2. Press the number key of the bank where you want
to store the base frequency.

3. Repeatedly press

E2-UHF

trunked frequency appears.

4. Press
appears.

5. Enter a desired frequency.

6. Press
appears.

56 Trunking Operation

TRUNK

then

, then press E. A previously programmed

DATA (ALT)

DATA (ALT)

.

8888

9999

or

to select

. The preset base frequency

. The preset offset frequency

E2-VHi

or

7. Enter the frequency using the number keys accord­ing to the following guide:

• For Moto rola Type II VHF, (E2-VHF Hi ba nd) u se

5kHz steps between 5 kHz – 100 kHz.

• For Motorola Type II UHF, (E2-UHF band) use

12.5kHz steps between 12.5 kHz – 100 kHz.

Programming a Hybrid System

A hybrid system is simply a Type I system with some of
its blocks designated as Type II blocks. To program a
hybrid system, follow the steps listed in “Programming a
Fleet Map” on Page55. However, if you want a block to

8888

be Type II, instead of pressing
size block (Step 7), enter size code

or

S-0

9999

instead.

to select the

Turning On/Off the Motorola Disconnect
Tone Detect Function

While trunking a Motorola system, your scanner auto­matically tunes to the data channel when i t de tec ts a dis ­connect tone (a code that tells the trunking system that
the transmitter has finished sending) on the voice chan­nel.

You can manually turn off this function so the scanner
does not tune to the data channel under those condi­tions. You might use this feature to listen to weak trans­missions when conversations are generally disconnect­ed.

To turn the disconnect tone detect function on or off, set

SVC

the scanner to trunk track then press
beeps and

Notes:

• To set the scanner so it remains on the voice chan-

DATA

flashes for about 5 seconds.

nel (even when a disconnect tone is transmitted or
there is no signal at all) set
hissing.

Trunking Operation

SQUELCH

. The scanner

so you hear a

57

• You cannot use the disconnect tone detect function
if you are programming a trunking frequency or a
fleet map.

To set the scanner to automatically tune to the data
channel once again when it detects a disconnect tone,
press

ˆ

SVC (E)

.

A General Guide to

Scanning

Your scanner’s reception is mainly “line-of-sight.” You
usually cannot he ar statio ns that a re beyon d the horizo n.

GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES

National Weather Frequencies

162.400 162.475 162.525

162.425 162.500 162.550

162.450

Birdie Frequencies

Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies are sig­nals created by the scanner’s internal circuits. These
stray frequencies might interfere with broadcasts on the
same or similar frequenc ies . If yo u prog ram one of these
frequencies, you hea r only noise on th at frequ ency . If the
interference is not severe, you might be able to turn

SQUELCH

This scanner’s known birdie frequencies (in MHz) are:

407.7625 407.8125 413.1750 413.2250

415.0000 435.9250 455.7375 465.6500

485.4625 489.2500 823.8000 899.2375

906.4125 906.5875 926.7000 1290.7000

58 A General Guide to Scanning

clockwise to cut out the birdie.

41.6000 145.6000 165.3000 171.2500

GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS

Typical Band Usage

VHF Band

Low Range 29.00–50.00 MHz
6-m Amateur 50.00–54.00 MHz
U.S. Government 137.00–144.00 MHz
2-m Amateur 144.00–148.00 MHz
High Range 148.00–174.00 MHz
1-m Amateur 216.00–225.00 MHz

UHF Band

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, Wide
Band
Public Service 806.00–823.93 MHz
Conventional Systems 851.00–856.00 MHz
Conventional/Trunked
Systems 856.00–861.00 MHz
Trunked Systems 861.00–866.00 MHz
Public Safety 866.00–868.93 MHz
High Range 896.11–902.00 MHz
33-cm Amateur 902.00–928.00 MHz
Private Trunked 935.00–940.00 MHz
General Trunked 940.00–941.00 MHz
Fixed Services 941.00–944.00 MHz
Studio-to-Transmitter
Broadcast Links 944.00–952.00 MHz
Private Fixed Services, Paging 952.00–956.00 MHz
25-cm Amateur 1240.00–1300.00MHz

470.00–512.00 MHz

Primary Usage

As a general rule, most of the radio activ ity is conc entrat­ed on the following frequencies:

VHF Band

Activities Frequencies

Government, Police, and Fire 153.785–155.980 MHz
Emergency Services 158.730–159.460 MHz
Railroad 160.000–161.900 MHz

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UHF Band

Activities Frequencies

Land-Mobile “Paired”
Frequencies 450.000–470.000 MHz

Base Stations 451.025–454.950 MHz
Mobile Units 456.025–459.950 MHz
Repeater Units 460.025–464.975 MHz
Control Stations 465.025–469.975 MHz

Note:

Remote control stations and mobile units operate
at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and
relay repeater units.

BAND ALLOCATION

Use the following listing of the typical services within
your scanner’s frequency coverage to assist you to de­cide which frequency ranges to scan. These frequencies
are subject to change, and might vary from area to area.
For a more complete listing, refer to the Police

dio Guide including Fire and Emergency Services

able at your local RadioShack store.

Abbreviations Services

BIFC ................................... Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Cache

BUS .......................................................................... Business

CAP .................................................................. Civil Air Patrol

CB ............................................. ....................... Citizens Band

CCA .............................................................. Common Carrier

CSB ..................................................... Conventional Sys tems

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

MARS ...................................... Military Affiliate Radio System

MED ......................................... Emergency/Medical Services

MIL ...................................................................... U.S. Military

MOV ......................................... Motion Picture/Video Industry

NEW ........................................................ New Mobile Narrow

NEWS .............................. Relay Press (Newspaper Reporters)

OIL ......................................................... Oil/Petroleum Industry

POL ............................................................. Police Department

(Coast Guard, Marine Telephone,

Shipboard Radio, Private Stations)

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PUB ................ .................................................. Public Services

(Public Safety, Local Government, Forestry Conservation)

PSB ...................................................................... Public Safety

PTR ................................................................. Private Trunked

ROAD ....................................... Road & Highway Maintenance

RTV ................................. Radio/TV Remote Broadcast Pickup

TA XI .................... ................................................. Taxi Servic e s

TELB ............................................... .. ..... .. .. .. Mobile Telephone

(Aircraft, Radio Common Carrier, Landline Companies)

TELC ............................................................. Cordless Phones

TELM ............................................. .... . Telephone Maintenance

TOW .............................................. ......................... Tow Trucks

TRAN .................................................. Transportation Services

TSB ........................ ....................................... Trunked Systems

TVn ..................................................... FM-TV Audio Broadc ast

USXX .................................................... Government Classified

UTIL ...................................................... Power & Water Utilities

WTHR .......................................................................... Weather

(Trucks, Tow Trucks, Buses, Railroad, Other)

VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF)

VHF Low Band—(29–50 MHz—in 5 kHz steps)

29.000–29.700 ................................................................. HAM

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

36.250 .................................................... .. .. .. .. Oil Spill Cleanup

36.270–36.990 ................................................. .. .. .. GOVT, MIL

37.020–37.980 .......................................................... PUB, IND

38.000–39.000 ................................................. .. .. .. GOVT, MIL

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 ..................................................... American Red Cross

47.440–49.580 .......................................................... IND, PUB

49.610–49.990 ................................................. .. .. .. . MIL, TELC

6-m Amateur Band —(50–54 MHz )

50.00–54.00 ..................................................................... HAM

Aircraft Band—(108–137 MHz)

108.00–121.490 ................................................................. AIR

121.500 ........................................................... AIR Emergency

121.510–136.000 ............................................................... AIR

U.S. Government Band (137–144 MHz)

137.000–144.000 .................................................... GOVT, MIL

2-m Amateur Band (144–148 MHz)

144.000–148.000 .............................................................. HAM

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VHF High Band (148–174 MHz)

148.050–150.345 ............................................. CAP, MAR, MIL

150.775–150.790 .............................................................. 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

152.030–152.240 ............................................................. TELB

152.270–152.480 ............................................ IND, TAXI, BUS

152.510–152.840 ............................................................. TELB

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 Cleanup

154.600–154.625 .............................................................. BUS

154.655–156.240 ............................... MED, ROAD, POL, PUB

156.255–157.425 ..................................................... OIL, MARI

157.450 ............................................................................. MED

157.470–157.515 ............................................................. TOW

157.530–157.725 ...................................................... IND, TAXI

157.740 ............................................................................. BUS

157.770–158.100 ............................................................. TELB

158.130–158.460 ......................... BUS, IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL

158.490–158.700 ............................................................. TELB

158.730–159.465 ......................................... POL, PUB, ROAD

159.480 ............................................................................... OIL

159.495–161.565 ............................................................ TRAN

161.580–162.000 ............................................ OIL, 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, FIRE

166.275–169.400 .................................................. GOVT, BIFC

169.445–169.505 ................................. Wireless Mikes, GOVT

169.55–169.9875 ........................................ 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 Mik es

173.225–173.5375 ............................. MOV, NEWS, UTIL, MIL

173.5625–173.5875 ........................ MIL Medical/Crash Crews

173.60–173.9875 ........................................................... GOVT

216.00–224.9950 .............................................................. HAM

ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF)
U. S. Government Band (406–420 MHz)

406.125–419.975 ................................................ GOVT, USXX

70-cm Amateur Band (420–450 MHz)

420.000–450.000 .............................................................. HAM

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Low Band (450–470 MHz)

450.050–450.925 .............................................................. RTV

451.025–452.025 .................................. IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL

452.0375–453.00 .................... IND, TAXI, TRAN TOW, NEWS

453.0125–454.000 .................................................... P UB, OIL

454.025–454.975 ............................................................. TELB

455.050–455.925 .............................................................. RTV

457.525–457.600 .............................................................. BUS

458.025–458.175 .............................................................. MED

460.0125–460.6375 ....................................... FIRE, POL, PUB

460.650–462.175 .............................................................. BUS

462.1875–462.450 .................................................... BUS, IND

462.4625–462.525 ................................ IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL

462.550–462.925 .................................................... G M 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 69 in 6 MHz steps)

475.750 .................................................................. Channel 14

481.750 .................................................................. Channel 15

487.750 .................................................................. Channel 16

511.750 ................................................................... Channel 20

Note:

Some cities use the 470–512 MHz band for land/

mobile service.

Conventional Systems Band — Locally Assigned

851.0125–855.9875 .......................................................... CSB

Conventional/Trunked Systems Band — Locally Assigned

856.0125–860.9875 ........................................................ CTSB

Trunked Systems Band — Locally Assigned

861.0125–865.9875 ........................................................... TSB

Public Safety Band — Locally Assigned

866.0125–868.9875 .......................................................... PSB

33-cm Amateur Band (902–928 MHz)

902.0000–928.0000 .......................................................... HAM

Private Trunked

935.0125–939.9875 .......................................................... PTR

General Trunked

940.0125–940.9875 .......................................................... GTR

25-cm Amateur Band

1240.0000–1300.0000 ...................................................... GTR

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FREQUENCY CONVERSION

The tuning l oca tio n of a st ati on ca n be exp re ssed i n fr e­quency (kHz or MHz) or in wavelength (meters). The fol­lowing information can help you make the necessary
conversions.

1 MHz (million) = 1,000 kHz (thousand)

To convert MHz to kHz, multip ly the number of mega­hertz by 1,000:

9.62 (MHz) × 1000 = 9620 kHz

To convert from kHz to MHz, divide the number of kilo­hertz by 1,000:

2780 (kHz) ÷ 1000 = 2.780 MHz

To convert MHz to meters, divide 300 by the number of
megahertz:

300 ÷ 7.1 MHz = 42.25 meters

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Troubleshooting

ˆ

If your scanner is not working as it should, these sugges­tions might help you elim inate the prob lem. If the scan­ner still does not operate properly, take it to your local
RadioShack store for ass ist anc e.

Problem Possible Cause Remedy

Scanner is on but
will not scan.

Scanner is totally
inoperative.

The scanner’s
display dims or
the scanner
sounds a tone
every 15
onds.

30 sec-

–

SQUELCH

adjusted cor­rectly.

Only one channel
or no channels
are stored.

No power. Check the batteries

The AC adapter
or DC adapter is
not connected.

Batteries are not
correctly
installed.

The batteries are
weak.

is not

Adjust

SQUELCH

Store frequencies
into more than one
channel.

or make sure the
AC adapter or DC
adapter is con­nected properly.

Recharge the
rechargeable bat­teries or replace the
non-rechargeable
batteries.

Be sure the
adapter’s barrel
plug is fully plugged
into the

9V 300 mA

jack.
Make sure the bat-

teries are installed
properly.

Recharge the
rechargeable bat­teries or replace the
non-rechargeable
batteries.

.

Troubleshooting

65

Problem Possible Cause Remedy

The keypad does
not work.

BATT. Lo

flashes.

Poor or no recep­tion.

Error

appears.

The scanner
locks on frequen­cies that have an
unclear transmis­sion.

The keylock func­tion is activated.

The batteries are
weak.

Batteries are
weak or com­pletely dis­charged.

An antenna is not
connected or is
connected incor­rectly.

Programming
error.

Stored frequen­cies are the same
as “birdie” fre­quencies.

To turn o ff the key­lock, press

LOCK

disappears.
Recharge the

rechargeable bat­teries or replace the
non-rechargeable
batteries.

Check the batteries
or make sure the
AC adapter or DC
adapter is con­nected properly.

Make sure an
antenna is con­nected to the scan­ner.

Re-enter the fre­quency correctly,
including the deci­mal point.

Avoid storing fre­quencies listed
under “Birdie Fre­quencies” on
Page 58, or only lis­ten to them manu­ally.

until

KEY-

K/L

66 Troubleshooting

Problem Possible Cause Remedy

The scanner
does not track a
trunked system.

Scanner is set to
receive Type I
trunked frequen­cies, but does
not scan them.

The transmis­sion might not
use a system that
can be tracked by
your scanner.

The data fre­quency is miss­ing.

The system you
are trying to track
is a Type I sys­tem, and the
scanner is set to
scan Type II sys­tems.

The fleet map
you have select­ed or entered
might be incor­rect.

Scan another trans­mission.

Find the data fre­quency (see “Stor­ing Trunked
Frequencies” on
Page 40).

Set the scanner to
receive Type I
trunked frequen­cies. See “Scanning
Type I and Hybrid
Trunked Systems”
on Page 51.

Check the fleet map
and correct it if nec­essary (see “Scan­ning Type I and
Hybrid Trunked
Systems” on
Page 51 and “Pro­gramming a Fleet
Map” on Page 55).

Scanner does
not acquire a
data channel.

SQUELCH

correctly adjusted
for trunk scan­ning.

The frequency
used for the data
channel is miss­ing.

is not

Troubleshooting

Adjust squelch for
trunk scanning. See
“Setting Squelch for
the Trunking Mode”
on Page 40.

Press
search for the data
channel (see “Stor­ing Trunked Fre­quencies” on
Page 40).

SRC

to

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Problem Possible Cause Remedy

Missing replies to
conversations.

Channel activity
bars are flashing
but no sound is
heard.

The system you
are trying to track
is a Type I sys­tem, and the
scanner is set to
scan Type II sys­tems.

The selected
fleet map is incor­rect.

Not all of the
trunk’s frequen­cies have been
entered.

The transmis­sion might be a
private or tele­phone intercon­nect call. The
scanner does not
scan these types
of transmissions.

Set the scanner to
receive Type I
trunked frequen­cies. See “Scanning
Type I and Hybrid
Trunked Systems”
on Page 51.

Try another preset
fleet map or pro­gram your own fleet
map (see “Scanning
Type I and Hybrid
Trunked Systems”
on Page 51).

Enter all of the
trunk’s frequencies
(see “Storing
Trunked Frequen­cies” on Page 40).

Scan for another
transmission.

The ID shown is
not active.

Wait for the ID to
become active, or
scan another trans­mission.

RESETTING THE SCANNER

If the scanner’s display locks up or stops operating prop­erly, you might need to reset the scanner.

Caution:

have stored in the scanner. Before you reset the scan­ner, try turning it off and on to see if it begins working
properly. Reset the scanner only when you are sure it is
not working properly.

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This procedure clears all the information you

1. Turn off the scanner.

2. While holding down

CLEAR

flashes for about 5 seconds as the scanner

clears its memory.

Note:

Do not turn off the scanner again until
stops flashing. Ot herw i se , th e s ca nne r m igh t no t c lea r it s
memory properly.

Care and Maintenance

ˆ

Your RadioShack 1000-Channel Handheld Trunking
Scanner is an example of superior design and crafts­manship. The following suggestions will help you care
for your scanner so you can enjoy it for years.

Keep the scanner dry. If it gets wet, wipe
it dry immediately. Liquids might contain
minerals that can corrode the electronic
circuits.

Use and store the scanner only in normal
temperature environments. Temperature
extremes can shorten the life of electronic
devices, damage batteries, and distort or
melt plastic parts.

Keep the scanner away from dust and
dirt, whic h can cause premat ure wear of
parts.

2

and 9, turn on the scanner.

CLEAR

Handle the scanner gently and carefully.
Dropping it can damage circuit boards
and cases and can cause the scanner to
work improperly.

Use only fresh batteries of the required
size and recommended type. Batteries
can leak chemicals that damage your
scanner’s electronic parts.

Wipe the scanner with a da mp cloth occa­sionally to ke ep it lo oki ng new. Do not use
harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or
strong detergents to clean the scanner.

Care and Maintenance

69

Modifying or tampering with the scanner’s internal
components can cause a malfunction and might inval­idate its warranty and void your FCC authorization to
operate it. If your scanner is not performing as it
should, take it to your loca l RadioShack st ore for as­sistance.

Specifications

ˆ

Frequency Coverage: .................. 29–54 MHz (in 5 kHz steps)

1240.0000–1300.0000 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps)

Monitor Channels ...................................................... ......... .... 10

Number of Banks ................................................................... 20

Sensitivity (AM/FM):

FM...............................................20 dB S/N at 3 kHz deviation)

108–136.975 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps)

137–174 MHz (in 5 kHz steps)

216–224.995 MHz (in 5 kHz steps)

406–512 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps)

806.0000–823.9375 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps)

851.0000–868.9875 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps)

896.1125–956.0000 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps)

29–54 MHz.....................................................0.5 µV

137–174 MHz ............................................... 0.5 µV

216–225 MHz ............................................... 0.6 µV

406–512 MHz ............................................... 0.5 µV

806–956 MHz ............................................... 0.6 µV

1240–1300 MHz ...................................... ..... 4.0 µV

AM ............................................ 20 dB S/N at 60% modulation)

108–136.9875 MHz ...................................... 1.5 µV

Spurious Rejection (at 40.84 MHz) ................................. 50 dB

Selectivity:

IF Rejection (at 162.4 MHz) ............................................ 80 dB

Channels ........................................................................... 1000

Operating Temperature ................. –4° to 140°F (–2°0

Scan Speed ............................................. 50 Channels/Second

Search Speed:

Normal ......................................................... 100 Steps/Second

10 kHz –6 dB

15 kHz –50 dB

60°C)

to

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Hypersearch .......................... ...................... 300 Steps/Second

Service ................................................ 50 Frequencies/Second

Priority Sampling ...................................................... 2 Seconds

Delay Time ............................................................... 2 Seconds

IF Frequencies ...................... 380.7 MHz, 10.85 MHz, 450 kHz

Antenna Impedance ............................................. ......... .. ... 50

Audio Output ............................................... 350 mW maximum

Built-in Speaker ........................................1

7

/16 Inches (36 mm)

8Ω Dynamic Type

Maximum Current Drain ............................................... 180 mA

Power Requirements:

4 AA Alkaline Batteries (6.0 VDC),

or 4 AA Rechargeable Ni-Cd Batteries (4.8 VDC)

or Optional AC Adapter
or Optional DC Adapter

Current Drain:

Squelched ............................................ ...... ... 70 mA

Full Output ...................................................180 mA

Dimensions (HWD) .......................................... 6

Weight (without antenna, batteries, belt clip) .................. 8.2 oz

Specifications are typical; individual units might vary. Specifica­tions are subject to change and improvement without notice.

23/5 × 13/4 in

×

(153 × 66 × 44 mm)

(232 g)

Ω

Specifications

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Limited Ninety-Day Warranty

This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in
material and workmanship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the
date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized
RadioShack franchisees and dealers. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN,
RadioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FIT­NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO
THE DURATION OF THE WRITTEN LIMITED WARRANTIES CON­TAINED HEREIN. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack SHALL
HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO CUSTOMER OR ANY
OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LIABILITY,
LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING OUT OF ANY
BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY, INCLUDING, BUT N OT LIMITED TO,
ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF TIME,
DATA, PROPERTY, REVENUE, OR PROFIT OR ANY INDIRECT, SPE­CIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF Ra­dioShack HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts
or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so
the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
In the event of a product 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, unless otherwise provided
by law: (a) correct the defect by product repair without charge for parts and
labor; (b) replace the product with one of the same or similar design; or (c)
refund the purchase price. All replaced parts and products, and products
on which a refund is made, become the property of RadioShack. New or
reconditioned parts and products may be used in the performance of war­ranty service. Repaired or replaced parts and p roducts are warranted for
the remainder of the original warranty period. You will be charged for repair
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This warranty does not cover: (a) damage or failure caused by or attribut­able to acts of God, abuse, accident, misuse, improper or abnormal usage,
failure to follow instructions, improper installation or maintenance, alter­ation, lightning or other incidence of excess voltage or current; (b) any re­pairs other than those provided by a RadioShack Authorized Service
Facility; (c) consumables such as fuses or batteries; (d) cosmetic damage;
(e) transportation, shipping or insurance costs; or (f) costs of product re­moval, installation, set-up service adjustment or reinstallation.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other
rights which vary from state to state.

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