Handheld Scanner (200-0564) Features Faxback Doc. # 38252 Your new Radio Shack PRO-64 400-Channel Portable Scanner gives you direct access to over 32,000 exciting frequencies, including police and fire departments, ambulance services, and amateur radio services. You can select up to 400 channels to scan, and you can change your selection at any time. The secret to your scanner's ability to scan so many frequencies is its custom-designed microprocessor - a tiny, built-in computer.
Duplicate Frequency Check - automatically notifies you if you are about to store a frequency you have already stored, to help avoid wasting storage space. Liquid Crystal Display - makes it easy to view and change programming information. Ten Priority Channels - let you set the scanner so it checks the next priority channel, in order, every 2 seconds, so you do not miss important calls.
We recommend you record your scanner's serial number here. This number is on the scanner's back panel. Serial Number:__________________________________________ Your PRO-64 scanner can receive all of these frequencies: 29-54 MHz (10-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Amateur Radio) 108-136.
services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to.
(such as Cat. No. 23-125) to power the scanner. To charge or recharge nickel-cadmium batteries, however, you must remove them from the scanner and use an external charger (such as Cat. No. 23-134). Note: If you are using a rechargeable scanner battery pack, you must charge it first (see "Charging a Rechargeable Battery Pack" below). Caution: Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of batteries (standard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or rechargeable batteries of different capacities.
adapter meets these specifications. Using an adapter that does not meet these specifications could damage the scanner or the adapter. When you finish using the AC adapter, disconnect it from the AC outlet first. Then disconnect it from the scanner. Plug the adapter's supplied 1.3 mm inner diameter/3.4 mm outer diameter barrel plug into the scanner's PWR/DC 9V jack. Then plug the adapter's power module into a standard AC outlet.
rechargeable battery pack (Cat. No. 23-288) while it is in the scanner. To charge the battery pack, simply connect an AC or DC adapter to the scanner's PWR/DC 9V jack. It takes about 14-16 hours to recharge a battery pack that is fully discharged. You can operate the scanner while recharging the battery pack, but the charging time is lengthened. Notes: If you want to take the battery pack out of the scanner to charge it, follow the instructions provided with the battery pack.
Use extreme caution when installing or removing an outdoor antenna. If the antenna starts to fall, let it go! It could contact overhead power lines. If the antenna touches a power line, contact with the antenna, mast, cable or guy wires can caused electrocution and death! Call the power company to remove the antenna. Do not attempt to do so yourself. CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/HEADPHONES For private listening, you can plug an earphone or mono headphones (such as Cat. No.
Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner's features, you can put the scanner to work for you. You simply determine the communications you want to receive, then set the scanner to scan those frequencies. A frequency is the tuning location of a station (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the search function to search bands, which are preset ranges of frequencies.
BAND - selects a preprogrammed search band. WX - scans through the preprogrammed weather channels. PRI - sets and turns on and off priority for 10 priority channels. Number Keys - each key has a single-digit label and a range of numbers. Use the digits on the keys to enter the numbers for a channel or a frequency. Use the range of numbers above the key (41-80, for example) to select the channels in a channelstorage bank. DIRECT/.
Up or Down Arrow - indicates the search or scan direction. WX - appears when you scan the preprogrammed weather channels. Key SYMBOL - appears when you lock the keypad. AUTO - appears while the scanner automatically stores frequencies into channels. M - flashes with a number (1-40) to show which monitor memory you are listening to. CH - appears with digits (1-400) to show which channel the scanner is tuned to.
stored in a bank, or when you try to enter a frequency during a search when all channels are full. L-FULL - appears when 200 frequencies are locked out during a band, limit, or direct search. A-FULL - appears when you select a full bank while auto storing or when you finish sorting a full bank. AC-XXCH - appears with a number to show how many empty channels are in a bank. Sor. - appears while the scanner sorts frequencies. Pri-On- - appears when you turn on the priority feature.
3-Error - appears instead of ConnECt when a communications error occurred while transferring frequencies Data transfer stops. UNDERSTANDING BANDS/BANKS/MEMORIES Search Bands Your scanner can tune over 32,000 different frequencies. Many of these frequencies are grouped within permanent memory locations called search bands (1-17).
For example, if you wanted to search for transmissions between pilots and the control tower at an air show, you could search only the search bands where you are most likely to hear the transmissions (4 and 7). Notes: The scanner can search for transmissions on frequencies that are not stored in any of the search bands. For more information, see "Operation," Faxback Doc. # 38254. The frequencies in the scanner's search bands are preset. You cannot change them. See "Guide to Action Bands," Faxback Doc.
Make sure the scanner's antenna is connected before you turn it on. 1. Turn SQUELCH MIN/MAX fully counterclockwise. 2. Turn VOLUME OFF/MAX clockwise until it clicks and you hear a hissing sound. 3. Turn SQUELCH MIN/MAX clockwise, then leave it set to a point just after the hissing sound stops. If the scanner automatically starts scanning channels, press MANUAL to stop scanning. Notes: If you hear not stored frequencies into any channels, the scanner does not scan.
3. Use the number keys to enter the frequency you want to store into that channel (including the decimal point). 4. Press ENTER to store the frequency. Notes: If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 3, the scanner beeps and displays the channel number and Error. Simply repeat Steps 3 and 4. Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency down to the closest valid frequency. For example, if you try to enter a frequency of 151.4730, your scanner accepts it as 151.4700.
Notes: To turn off bank 10, press 0. To turn a bank back on, press its number key again. The bar under the bank number appears. If you select a bank that does not contain any empty channels, A-FULL appears instead of AC-XXCH. To enter new frequencies into this bank, you must delete one or more frequencies stored in it. 3. Press LIMIT. L appears. 4. Use the number keys to enter the lower limit of the frequency range where you want to find frequencies to store, then press ENTER. 5. Press LIMIT. H appears. 6.
preprogrammed search bands for active frequencies, then store any that you find into your scanner's channels or monitor memories. Notes: You can use the scanner's delay feature while using band search. During band search, you can manually change the receive mode. Follow these steps to search for and store active frequencies using band search. 1. Press BAND. The last selected band number (b followed by a number, such as b02), SRCH, and the frequency search range appear on the display. 2.
selected band, press and hold Up or Down Arrow for about 1 second. Note: If you try to store a frequency in a monitor memory that is already stored in a channel, - dUPL - flashes then M, the channel number, CH, and the frequency flash. If you want to store the frequency anyway, press MON again. 4. To select a different band and search for another active frequency, repeat Steps 2-3.
the bar under the selected bank number flashes. 2. Using the number keys, enter the search bank number for each limit search range you want to remove or select. When a bank is selected, a bar appears under it. Note: To select bank 10, press 1 then 0. 3. Hold down Up Arrow for about 1 second to search from the lower to the upper limit, or Down Arrow to search from the upper to the lower limit. As the scanner searches, it displays SRCH, and the bar under the selected search bank number flashes.
You can restore the preprogrammed limit search ranges you replaced by resetting the scanner. 1. Press PGM. PGM appears. 2. Using the number keys, select the number for the search bank where you want to store a new limit search range. Note: To select bank 10, press 1 then 0. 3. Press LIMIT. SRCH BANK, the selected search bank number, and L appear, and a bar flashes under the selected search bank's number. 4.
(in steps of 5, 12.5, or 25 kHz, depending on the band), press and release Up or Down Arrow. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops searching. To store that frequency in the lowest available channel, simply press ENTER. The scanner stores the frequency, and Up or Down Arrow, the channel number and CH, and the frequency flash twice. Then the scanner continues to search.
frequencies that the scanner cannot tune, and try to search in that range, the scanner beeps and does not search. If you set a search range that crosses over into a range of frequencies that the scanner cannot tune, the scanner searches only up to the limit of tunable frequencies and returns to the starting frequency. SCANNING THE CHANNELS To begin scanning channels or to start scanning again after monitoring a specific channel, press SCAN.
5. Press ENTER. The scanner stores the frequency in the selected channel. 6. To move another monitor memory frequency to the next channel, press PGM and repeat Steps 3-5. Moving Frequencies from Monitor Memories to a Bank Your scanner can move all the frequencies you have stored in monitor memories into a bank you specify.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel number or monitor memory number containing the frequency you want to delete. 3. If you are deleting the frequency from a channel, press PGM. If you are deleting the frequency from a monitor memory, press MON. 4. Press 0, then press ENTER. The frequency is deleted. 5. To delete more frequencies, repeat Steps 2-4. Deleting Frequencies from All Channels Within a Bank You can delete the frequencies in all channels within a bank.
frequencies you want to sort. 3. Hold down ENTER, then press Up Arrow to sort channels from the lowest to the highest frequency, or press Down Arrow to sort channels from the highest to the lowest frequency. As the scanner sorts the frequencies, Sor. appears on the display. LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES To listen to a monitor memory, press MANUAL, then press MON. M, the channel number, and CH flash, and the current monitor memory frequency appears.
resumes scanning or searching. You can program a 2-second delay in any of these ways: If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active channel, quickly press DELAY before it starts to scan again. If the desired channel is not selected, manually select the channel then press DELAY. If the scanner is searching, press DELAY during the search. DLY appears on the display and the scanner automatically adds a 2-second delay to every transmission it stops on. To turn off delay, press DELAY when DLY is displayed.
4. Press L/OUT. The frequency you want to remove the lockout from disappears. If there is another locked-out frequency, it appears on the display. If there are no more locked-out frequencies, the scanner continues searching. Reviewing Locked-Out Channels/Frequencies To review the channels you lock out, press MANUAL, then repeatedly press L/O RVW. As you press L/O RVW, the scanner displays all locked-out channels. To review the frequencies you locked out, press BAND, LIMIT, or DIRECT/.
If you want to store the frequency anyway, press ENTER again. 5. Repeat Steps 2-4 to store more frequencies into the priority channels (up to 10 channels.) To turn on the priority feature, press PRI when the scanner is in the scan or manual mode. Pri -On- and PRI appear on the display. The scanner checks the priority channels every 2 seconds. It stays on a priority channel if there is activity, and P, a priority channel number, and CH appear along with the priority frequency.
scanner no longer uses any of the preset receive modes. Instead, the scanner uses the selected mode to search for frequencies in all bands. To return to the default settings, hold down CLEAR, then press AM/FM. USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT You can turn on the display's backlight for easy viewing dimly-lit areas. Press LIGHT to turn on the display light for 5 seconds. To turn off the light before it automatically turns off, press LIGHT again.
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 recommended size and type. Always remove old and weak batteries. They can leak chemicals that destroy 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.
manually. Keypad does not work. Keylock is turned on. Turn off keylock. Error appears on the display Programming error. Enter the frequency correctly, including the decimal point. Keys do not work Undetermined error. Turn the scanner off or display changes. then on again, or reset the scanner. Scanner is on but will not scan. SQUELCH is not Adjust SQUELCH correctly adjusted. clockwise (see "Operation," Faxback Doc. # 38254. In the scan mode, Birdies.
2. While holding down CLEAR, insert a pointed object, such as a straightened paper clip, into the reset opening on the side of the scanner. Then gently press and release the reset button inside the opening. Note: You must release the reset button before you release CLEAR. Otherwise, the memory might not clear. 3. When the display reappears, release CLEAR. (br/km-03/06/1997) Handheld Scanner (200-0564) Specifications Faxback Doc. # 38260 Frequency Coverage Ham.............................................
380-512 MHz.......................................................1 uV 806-960 MHz.......................................................2 uV AM 29-54 MHz.........................................................2 uV 108-136.975 MHz...................................................2 uV 137-174 MHz.......................................................2 uV 380-512 MHz.......................................................2 uV 806-960 MHz.......................................................
Built-in Speaker........................................1 3/8 Inch (36 mm) 8-ohm, Dynamic Type Power Requirements..................................................+9 VDC 6AA batteries AC Adapter (Cat. No. 273-1665) DC Adapter (Cat. No. 270-1560) Rechargeable Battery Pack (Cat. No. 23-288) Battery Life.........................18.5 Hours (using alkaline batteries) Current Drain (Squelched)............................................95 mA Dimensions (HWD)............................
