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Radio Shack Pro-2054 Owner's Manual

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20-427 Owner's Manual Draft
RadioShack
20-427
PRO-2054 300 Channel Mobile/Base Scanner
Please read this user's guide before installing, setting up and using your new product
www.radioshack.com
Thank you for purchasing your Pro-2054 300 channel Mobile/Base scanner from
RadioShack. You can mount your scanner in a fixed position and use it as a base scanner or
you can use it as a mobile scanner by mounting it in a vehicle. This scanner lets you scan
conventional transmissions, and is preprogrammed with search banks for convenience. By
pressing a one touch search key, you can quickly search those frequencies most commonly
used by public service and other agencies without tedious and complicated programming.
what's included
user's guide
quick start guide
Scanner
Antenna
DIN sleeve and keys (2)
Knob (2)
Rubber washer (2)
Screw (2)
Rubber foot (3)
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© 2005 RadioShack Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack, RadioShack.com, Hypersearch, Hyperscan, and Adaptaplug are trademarks
used by RadioShack Corporation.
preloaded data addendum
DC cable w/fuse
Mounting bracket
Lock washer (2)
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  • Page 1 Please read this user’s guide before installing, setting up and using your new product www.radioshack.com Thank you for purchasing your Pro-2054 300 channel Mobile/Base scanner from RadioShack. You can mount your scanner in a fixed position and use it as a base scanner or you can use it as a mobile scanner by mounting it in a vehicle.
  • Page 2 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft your scanner’s keypad WX (Weather)/(skywarn) – scans through the seven preprogrammed weather channels, or jumps to a Skywarn channel you programmed (300 CH). MAR (Marine) – lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed marine band. F/P (Fire/Police) – lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed fire/police band. AIR (Aircraft) –...
  • Page 3 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft squelch. PC/IF – connect an optional PC interface cable here to use the scanner with your computer. Headphone Symbol – attach headphones with 1/8” jack here. your scanner’s rear view ANT – connect the supplied antenna or an external antenna here. SCREW HOLE –...
  • Page 4 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 3. Push out the top and bottom tabs to hold the sleeve firmly in place. 4. Slide the scanner into the sleeve until it locks in place. Notes: • To remove your scanner from the DIN sleeve, insert the two keys straight into the scanner’s front panel.
  • Page 5 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Note: When drilling holes, be sure to avoid obstructions behind the mounting surface. Consult a qualified installer if in doubt. using your scanner as a base station You can place your scanner on a desk, shelf, or table to use it as a base station. Since the speaker is on the bottom of the scanner, you may want to use the mounting bracket to elevate your scanner off the surface for better sound.
  • Page 6 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft through your vehicle’s ignition 1. Disconnect the cable from the negative (–) terminal of your vehicle’s battery. 2. Ground the black wire of the supplied DC power cord to your vehicle’s chassis. Note: Be sure the grounding screw makes complete contact with the metal frame of your vehicle.
  • Page 7 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft engine while scanning. This is normal. connect the supplied antenna Push the antenna onto your scanner’s antenna connector and rotate until it locks into place. Your scanner’s sensitivity to various frequencies depends on its location and the antenna’s length.
  • Page 8 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft When you mount your scanner in your dashboard, you will need to connect an external speaker or headphones. add photograph listening safely To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use headphones. • Adjust VOL (volume) to its lowest level before putting on headphones. With the headphones on, adjust VOL to a comfortable level.
  • Page 9 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Manual Tuning – allows you to manually move through the entire range of available frequencies. (See “Specifications” for a list of the available frequency Ranges.) understanding channel storage banks A bank is a storage area for a group of channels. Channels are storage areas for frequencies. Whereas a channel can only contain one frequency, a bank can hold numerous channels.
  • Page 10 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft to decrease the scanner’s sensitivity to these signals. If you want to listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQ counterclockwise. • If SQ is adjusted so you always hear a hissing sound, the scanner will not scan properly. •...
  • Page 11 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 3. Use the number keys and •/DELAY to enter the frequency (including the decimal point) you want to store. If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to delete a single digit or press and hold CLEAR about 2 seconds to delete all digits.
  • Page 12 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft • You can use the scanner’s delay feature while searching the banks (see “Delay”). • The scanner does not search locked-out frequencies while searching ranges. See “Locking Out Channels or Frequencies”. The fire/police and ham one touch banks have separate groups of frequencies called sub-banks.
  • Page 13 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft when it detects an active signal. Zeromatic functions only in Police/Fire, Aircraft, Amateur band, and tune operation. In the aircraft band, press FUNC then press /¥ to start searching up from the lowest frequency or press ¥/ to start searching down from the highest frequency. Note: If you press PAUSE while searching, the scanner stops searching and PSE appears.
  • Page 14 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft copying a frequency into an bank 10’s empty channel You can copy a frequency into a vacant channel in a bank 10 (default setting) when the scanner stops on the frequency during search or tune mode. 1.
  • Page 15 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 162.450 MHz 162.475 MHz 162.500 MHz 162.525 MHz 162.550 MHz MAR (marine) band Note: Two frequencies are assigned in one channel in some Marine frequencies. For example, 157.000 and 161.600 are assigned in Channel 20. Receive mode: FM Frequency (MHz) Frequency (MHz) 156.0500...
  • Page 16 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 156.3250 156.3750 156.4250 156.4750 156.5250 156.5750 156.6250 156.6750 156.7250 156.8750 156.9250 156.9750 157.0250 157.0750 157.1250 157.1750 157.2250 157.2750 161.8250 161.8750 157.3250 157.3750 161.9250 161.9750 157.4250 F/P (police/fire) band Receive Mode: FM Group Frequency (MHz) Step (kHz) 33.420 –...
  • Page 17 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 154.650 – 154.950 155.010 – 155.370 155.415 – 155.700 155.730 – 156.210 158.730 – 159.210 166.250 170.150 453.0375 – 453.9625 12.5 458.0375 – 458.9625 12.5 460.0125 – 460.6375 12.5 462.5500 – 462.7250 12.5 465.0125 – 465.6375 12.5 467.5625 –...
  • Page 18 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Group Frequency (MHz) Step (kHz) 28.0000 – 29.7000 50.0000 – 54.0000 144.0000 – 148.0000 420.0000 – 450.0000 12.5 manually tuning a frequency You can manually set the scanner to move through all receivable frequencies, or select a specific frequency as a starting point.
  • Page 19 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Notes: . You must store frequencies into channels before the scanner can scan them. The scanner does not scan through empty channels. . To change the scanning direction, press /¥ or ¥/. The scanner scans through all channels (except those you have locked out) in the active banks (see “Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On”...
  • Page 20 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 3. Press MAN again. 4. Press PROG to enter the program mode. M changes to P. 5. Press FUNC. 6. Press CLEAR. The frequency number changes and 0.0000 appears. Listening to the marine bank To listen to the marine bank, press MAR. MAr appears for about 2 seconds, then the scanner starts searching from marine channel 16.
  • Page 21 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft To listen to the weather bank, press WX. WEAthEr appears for about 2 seconds, then the scanner starts searching the weather bank. To stop searching the channels, press PAUSE. SRCH disappears and MAN appears. To change the channel manually, press /¥ or ¥/. To search through the weather bank again, press PAUSE.
  • Page 22 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Skywarn Many areas of the country have amateur radio repeaters that have been designated as “Skywarn” repeaters. During times of severe weather, these repeaters are used to relay reports of severe weather directly to meteorologists at a local National Weather Service (NWS) forecast office.
  • Page 23 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft The Signal Stalker II feature is more sensitive than portable frequency counters and will detect transmissions at a greater distance. You can activate the Attenuator to reduce the sensitivity if desired. Once an active frequency is found, the transmission is played through your scanner’s speaker, and you can quickly store it in any of your scanner’s memory locations.
  • Page 24 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft transmission. Press FUNC L/OUT to review or clear locked out frequencies in the Signal Stalker II. You can lock out 150 frequencies while searching all bands and 50 frequencies while searching Police/Fire frequencies. Signal Stalker II functions by rapidly sweeping through the RF spectrum in 1 MHz segments.
  • Page 25 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Note: Delay is automatically set as the default for each channel when you turn on the scanner. To turn delay on or off, press •/DELAY. When delay is on, DLY appears on the display. locking out channels or frequencies You can scan existing channels or search frequencies faster by locking out channels or frequencies that have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.
  • Page 26 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft • The scanner does not store locked out frequencies during a search. • You can lock out as many as 50 frequencies in each bank. If you try to lock out more, L–O Fr–FULL appears • If you lock out all frequencies in marine search bank, All ch L–OUt appears and the scanner does not search.
  • Page 27 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 3. Press FUNC then 6. L–O Fr–CL appears. Press ENT to clear all locked-out frequencies. L–r EMPty appears. Press CLEAR to cancel the operation. priority In addition to the 300 programmable memory channels, the scanner has one priority channel.
  • Page 28 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 3. Enter the frequency you want to enter into the priority channel, then press ENT. To program a weather channel as the priority channel: 1. Press WX. 2. Select the weather channel you want to program as the priority channel. 3.
  • Page 29 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft There are two attenuator modes in your scanner. One is normal attenuator mode in which you set the attenuator in each channel or each band/group in the search and tune mode. The other is global mode in which you set the attenuator only once. This setting is applied all the time in every mode.
  • Page 30 The scanner sends the data. To exit the clone mode, remove the cable. CLOnE and Error alternately appears when the scanner receives data from a scanner other than a PRO-2054. If this happens, turn off the scanner then turn it on again. care Keep the scanner dry;...
  • Page 31 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft First, turn off the scanner and your vehicle’s ignition. Make sure you replace the fuse only with another fuse of the same type and rating (2-amp, fast-acting glass fuse). service and repair If your scanner is not performing as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance.
  • Page 32 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 406–512 MHz (in 6.25 kHz steps) 806–823.9875 MHz (in 6.25 kHz steps) 849–868.9875 MHz (in 6.25 kHz steps) 894– 960 MHz (in 6.25 kHz steps) Memory channels Channel memory banks Sensitivity (20 dB S/N): FM/AM(aircraft band): 28–54 MHz 0.3 µV 108 –136.99166 MHz (AM)
  • Page 33 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft Antenna Impedance 50 Ohms Audio Output Power (10% THD) 1.5 W Built-in Speaker 3 Inches (77 mm) (8-ohm, Dynamic Type) Power Requirement 13.8 V Current Drain (Squelched) 110 mA Physical Dimensions (HWD) 2 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 5 5/16 Inches (55 x 185 x 135 mm) Weight (without cabinet and accessories) 27.7 oz.
  • Page 34 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 2. Press 0 while WELCOME appears. 3. Press 1. InItIAL appears on the display. 4. Press ENT. WAIt appears for about 2 seconds. Note: Do not turn off the scanner until the initialization is complete. When the initialization is complete, 1CH 000.0000 appears on the display.
  • Page 35 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft 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. These include: • Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission) •...
  • Page 36 20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft time the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops and monitors the radio traffic on that channel until the transmission ends, then resumes scanning. Channel Storage Banks – a storage area for a group of channels. Channels are storage areas for frequencies.