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Scanner Setup
Connecting an External Speaker
To use an external speaker (available at your local RadioShack store), plug
the speaker's 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) plug into the scanner's EXT SP jack.
Note:
Connecting an external speaker mutes the scanner's internal speaker.
Connecting Headphones
For private listening, you can plug headphones (not included) into the
headphone jack on top of your scanner. This automatically disconnects the
internal and external speaker. Note that the sound is not in stereo.
Listening Safely
To protect your hearing, follow these earphone or headphones guidelines:
•
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 listening. Turn on the
scanner, and adjust the volume to a comfortable level.
•
After you set the volume, do not increase it. Over time, your ears adapt
to the volume level, so a volume level that does not cause discomfort
might still damage your hearing.
•
Even though some earphones/headphones let you hear some outside
sounds when listening at normal volume levels, they still can present a
traffic hazard.
Understanding Your Scanner
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 right away.
The scanner scans conventional frequencies and trunked systems. A
frequency, expressed in kHz or MHz, is the tuning location of a station. To
find active frequencies, use the search function. For more information about
trunked transmissions see "Trunk Operation" on p. 41.
Besides searching within a selected frequency range, you can also search
your scanner's service banks. Service banks are preset groups of frequencies
categorized by type of service. For example, many amateur radio
frequencies are located in the Ham service bank.
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When you search and find a desired frequency, you can store it into a
programmable memory location called a channel. Channels are grouped
into channel-storage banks. Your scanner has 20 channel-storage banks.
Each bank contains 50-channel sets. So the scanner has 1,000 channels.
You can scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is activity on the
frequencies stored there.
Note: Search for frequencies to find your local frequencies, after you have
programmed these frequencies into channels, you can scan the
channels.
Service Banks
The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to the
Marine, CB band, FRS/GMRS/MURS, Police (Fire/Emergency, non-trunked
UHF and VHF), Aircraft and Ham band services. This helps you quickly find
active frequencies instead of doing a chain search.
Channel-Storage Banks
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to,
all the channels are divided into 20 banks of 50 channels. Use each channel-
storage bank to group frequencies.
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 0 (the first channel in Bank 0),
and program the fire department frequencies starting with Channel 50 (the
first channel in Bank 1).
Manual Mode
To enter Manual Mode from any other mode, press MAN/MENU.
Programming Frequencies into Channels
Before the scanner can begin to scan, you must program a frequency into at
least one channel.
To locate and store specific frequencies into channels for later use:
1. From Manual Mode, press ENT/PGM to put the scanner in Programming
Mode.
2. Press FUNC +
or
to select a bank.
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