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RACING SCANNER
Thank you for purchasing your Racing
Scanner from RadioShack. Your handheld
scanner is one of a new generation of
race scanners.
www.radioshack.com
What's Included
Scanner
Antenna: 1 Long, 1 Short
Belt Clip
Preprogrammed Race
Frequency List
User's Guide
Quick Start Guide
PRO-137
20-137
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- Page 1 PRO-137 20-137 RACING SCANNER Thank you for purchasing your Racing Scanner from RadioShack. Your handheld scanner is one of a new generation of race scanners. What’s Included Scanner Antenna: 1 Long, 1 Short Belt Clip Preprogrammed Race Frequency List User’s Guide Quick Start Guide www.radioshack.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents About Your Scanner ........4 Overwriting the Preset Race Frequency List..19 Storing Known Frequencies Into Channels ..20 Connecting the Antenna........6 Editing a Tag .............21 Attaching the Belt Clip ........6 Copying a Frequency ........22 Powering Your Scanner ........6 Batteries...............7 Searching .............23 Battery Notes ............8 Fine Tune ............23 External Power ............9... -
Page 3: About Your Scanner
About Your Scanner 1 / PRI SEL / VOL / SQL Headphones Rotate to select next or Press after Func to turn priority on or off. previous, and to change 2 ABC / DLY scan or search direction. Press after Func to program a 2-second delay for a Push to enter Volume selected channel or service. -
Page 4: Connecting The Antenna
Connecting the Antenna Batteries Attach the supplied antenna For the longest operation and best performance, to the scanner by screwing it use alkaline batteries, available at your local tightly onto the anchor post at RadioShack store, or use RadioShack nickel- the top of the scanner. -
Page 5: Battery Notes
Battery Notes External Power You can power your scanner using a 6V, 800mA • When battery power is low, BATTERY Symbol AC/DC adapter (not supplied). flashes and the scanner beeps every 15 seconds. When battery power is depleted, To use an external power source: the scanner turns itself off. -
Page 6: Headphones And Speakers
range, you can also search your scanner’s service Headphones and Speakers banks. Service banks are preset groups of For private listening, you can plug headphones frequencies categorized by the type of services (not included) into the headphone jack on top that use those frequencies. -
Page 7: Transferring Data From Another Scanner Or
5. Turn the scanner on. The scanner automatically goes into the wired programming mode. You can clone all the frequencies programmed in one PRO-137 to another PRO-137 using an 6. WIRED PROGRAMMING MODE appears when the optional interface cable with 1/8-inch stereo scanner receives data from the PC. -
Page 8: Using The Keylock
again, select the channel and press Func + Using the Backlight Display /DLY. DLY appears. To turn on the display light for easy viewing at • To turn on the 2-second delay to search night, press . The display lights for 15 again, press Func + 2 /DLY while the seconds. -
Page 9: Using The Battery Save Function
5. Rotate the knob to select 1: On or 2: Off, then and receives on one or more frequencies. press E . Press and hold Menu to exit the The scanner’s preset racetrack frequencies are Menu mode. organized by the name of the race and by car number. -
Page 10: Loading The Preset Race Frequency List
Loading the Preset Race Frequency List Monitoring a Car For your convenience, six car race frequencies are To monitor a car. preprogrammed. You can use one of these race 1. Press CAR, enter the car number, then press frequencies by loading it to the channel banks. To load the race frequencies: 1. -
Page 11: Storing Known Frequencies Into Channels
3. Rotate the knob to select 2: Store Race, then 8. Rotate the knob to select 1: Edit Car#, then press E press E 4. Rotate the knob to select one of the races, 9. Use the number keys to enter the car number then press E in 3-digits, then press E 10. -
Page 12: Copying A Frequency
• Press Func to toggle the input mode The frequency has been copied. between ABC, abc, and 123. To cancel the copy, press Menu. • Press •CLR once to erase one character. Press and hold to erase all characters. Searching •... -
Page 13: Chain Search
to these services. Note: At least one bank needs to be entered. If you disable all the banks, the error tone 1. Press SRCH in scan mode or press Func + beeps. SRCH in search mode. 5. Rotate the knob to search down or up. 2. -
Page 14: Programming Search Ranges
2. Rotate the knob to select the frequency you Programming Search Ranges want to clear from the skip frequency. To define the search range during a chain search 3. Press E in each search bank: To clear all the skipped frequencies at once while 1. -
Page 15: Signal Stalker I Options
3. Rotate the knob to select the option you after the 10 log channels are fully stored with want, then press E frequencies, the oldest memory is deleted and the new frequency is stored in that channel. 4. Rotate the knob to select 1: On or 2: Off then You can scan the log channels along with the press E normal 1000 channels. -
Page 16: Using Signal Stalker I
Using Signal Stalker I Scanning To turn on Signal Stalker I, press Func + 0 / To begin scanning channels, press SCAN. The Signal Stalker On appears. Every two seconds, the scanner scans through all unlocked channels scanner searches for frequencies in the range you in the activated banks. -
Page 17: Turning Channel Storage Banks On And Off
Turning Channel Storage Banks On and Off Priority You can turn each channel-storage bank on and The priority feature lets you scan through off. When you turn off a bank, the scanner does the channels and still not miss important or not scan any of the 100 channels in that bank. -
Page 18: Weather Scan
Weather Scan About Skywarn Skywarn is an organized group of trained weather To scan for weather transmissions: observers. A Skywarn group exists in virtually /WX. WX Scan appears. You 1. Press Func + 3 every US county with a significant population. can change the scan direction by rotating the During inclement weather, reports made by knob. -
Page 19: Troubleshooting
Resetting the Scanner Troubleshooting Caution: This procedure clears all the information Problem Cause Solution you have stored in the scanner. Before you reset Scanner is on Squelch is not Adjust squelch. the scanner, try turning it off and on to see if it but will not adjusted correctly. -
Page 20: Scanning Legally
Care Scanning Legally Keep the scanner dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry Your scanner covers frequencies used by many immediately. Use and store the scanner only different groups including police and fire in normal temperature environments. Handle departments, ambulance services, government the scanner carefully;... -
Page 21: Specifications
Scan Speed ...... 90 Channels/Second Specifications Search Speed: Frequency Coverage: Normal ......... 90 Steps/Second 25.0000 – 27.9950 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) Hypersearch ....... 270 Steps/Second 28.0000 – 54.0000 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) Priority Sampling......2 Seconds 108.0000 – 136.9875 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps) Delay Time ........ - Page 22 Notes Notes...
- Page 23 Limited One-year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers. For complete warranty details and exclusions, check with your local RadioShack store.