User's Manual

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special scanner programming is required to receive conventional or trunked digital traffic.
The DSP module in your scanner features updateable firmware. If DSP improvements become available,
you can easily download an update file from the Internet and apply the file to your scanner to obtain the
latest DSP firmware version.
Your scanner is designed to track Motorola analog and Astro® digital trunking systems using 3600 bps
control channel operation, APCO 25 digital trunking systems using 9600 bps control channel operation,
and M/A-COM EDACS® trunking systems.
The scanner lets you scan conventional transmissions, and is preprogrammed with service search banks
for your convenience. By pressing a single button, you can quickly search those frequencies most
commonly used by public safety and other agencies.
Your RadioShack Mobile/Desktop Digital Scanner features RadioShack’s exciting new 11-in-1 V-Scanner
technology. V-Scanner stands for Virtual Scanner. V-Scanner allows you to build and store eleven separate
configuration profiles in V-Scanner folder memory. Stored V-Scanners can be recalled, edited and activated
at any time, giving you a powerful tool that allows you to quickly reconfigure your scanner for use in
different areas or applications.
This scanner gives you direct access to over 59,000 frequencies including those used by police and fire
departments, ambulance services, government agencies, air, and amateur radio services.
Your scanner includes the following features:
500 Channels – 10 channel storage banks with 50 channels each.
V-Scanner Folders – eleven 500 channel virtual scanner folders at your fingertips.
Phase 1 APCO-25 Digital Reception – automatic detection and reception of digital voice modulation from
conventional, trunked and mixed-mode networks.
Intelligent Adaptive Digital Tracking – ensures optimal reception of digital signals from a variety of digital
conventional and trunked radio system types.
Digital AGC – automatically compensates for audio level variances in digital transmissions.
Simultaneous Multi-System Trunking Operation – quickly tracks up to ten Motorola, APCO-25 or EDACS
trunking systems at the same time. Mix conventional channels and trunking systems in the same channel
storage banks. Scan conventional frequencies and trunked systems simultaneously. Automatically detects
Motorola 3600 bps or APCO-25 9600 bps control channel operation.
Automatic Channel Tracking – automatically determines the trunking system frequencies for Motorola and