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- Page 1 20-414.fm Page 1 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Cat. No. 20-414 OWNER’S MANUAL PRO-2040 100-Channel Programmable Home Scanner Please read before using this equipment.
- Page 2 2 seconds so you do not miss important calls. © 1995 Tandy Corporation. Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation. Data Detection — you can set it to detect data signals (nonmodulated signals such as preamble signals for...
- Page 3 For your records, please record your scanner’s serial number in the space provided. The serial number is locat- ed on the back of the scanner. Serial Number:...
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Page 4: Fcc Notice
If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC requires that you stop using your scanner. Note: Mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit in some areas. Check the laws in your area. This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules . Operation is subject to the fol- lowing two conditions: •... -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Channel-Storage Banks ... 17 Monitor Memories... 17 Operation ... 18 Turning On the Scanner/Setting the Volume and Squelch ... 18 Finding Birdie Frequencies ... 19 Manually Storing Frequencies in Channels ... 20 Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies... 21 Limit Search ... - Page 6 It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some electronic and wire communications that are illegal to intentionally intercept. These include: •...
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Page 7: Preparation
20-414.fm Page 7 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM PREPARATION CONNECTING POWER Using Standard AC Power You can power your scanner from a standard AC outlet using the sup- plied AC adapter. Warning: Do not use the AC adapt- er’s polarized plug with an extension... -
Page 8: Using Vehicle Battery Power
20-414.fm Page 8 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Using Vehicle Battery Power To power your scanner from your ve- hicle’s battery power, you need a DC power cord (such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 270-1533). Cautions: • Your vehicle must have a 12-volt DC, negative-ground electrical system. -
Page 9: Connecting An Antenna
If the coaxial cable’s connector does not fit jack, you might also need an adapter. Your local Radio Shack store sells a com- plete line of outdoor antennas, adapters, BNC connectors, and mounting hardware. • Always 50-ohm... -
Page 10: Resetting The Scanner's Display
2. Remove the supplied antenna from the top of the scanner. RESETTING THE SCANNER’S DISPLAY If the scanner’s display locks up after you connect a power source, follow these steps to reset it. 1. If the scanner is off, press to turn it on. -
Page 11: Initializing The Scanner
20-414.fm Page 11 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM INITIALIZING THE SCANNER If the scanner or its display does not work properly even after resetting it, follow these steps to initialize the scanner. Caution: Initializing the scanner clears all the channels you stored in memory. -
Page 12: Listening Safely
20-414.fm Page 12 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Listening Safely To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use an ear- phone or headphones. • Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended high- volume listening can lead to per- manent hearing loss. -
Page 13: Understanding Your Scanner
20-414.fm Page 13 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL This look at the scanner’s front panel will help you understand each control’s function. Control POWER ./CLEAR ENTER VOLUME SQUELCH SCAN MANUAL Function Turns the scanner on and off. - Page 14 20-414.fm Page 14 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Control Function Turns the selected channel’s lockout function on L/O/SEARCH SKIP and off, or skips a specified frequency during a limit or direct search. Sets and turns on and off the priority function for a PRI/HYPER SEARCH particular channel, or selects the hyper search speed.
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Page 15: A Look At The Display
20-414.fm Page 15 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has several indicators that show the scanner’s current operating mode. Indicator Function Appears when you listen to a monitor memory. BANK Appears with numbers (1-10) to the right to show which channel-storage banks are turned on for the scan mode. - Page 16 Appears when you program a channel for a two-second delay before scanning or when you listen to a channel programmed with the delay feature. Appears when the scanner is in the weather band mode. s and t Indicates the search direction. Blinks in high speed search mode.
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Page 17: Understanding The Scanner's Memory
Bank 1) and program the fire depart- ment starting with Channel 11 (the first channel in Bank 2). Monitor Memories The scanner has 10 monitor memo- ries. You can use these memories to temporarily store frequencies while you decide whether or not to store them into channels. -
Page 18: Operation
Note: The first time you turn on the scanner, the channels might not have any frequencies stored in them, but the scanner will continuously scan the empty channels anyway. 3. Press to stop the scan- MANUAL ning. -
Page 19: Finding Birdie Frequencies
Squelch Tips: • If scanner unwanted or weak transmis- sions, slightly turn clockwise to decrease receiver sensitivity. • If the scanner does not pick up any transmissions, slightly turn counterclockwise to SQUELCH increase receiver sensitivity. FINDING BIRDIE FREQUENCIES Birdies are operating frequencies generated and used inside the scan- ner’s receiver. -
Page 20: Manually Storing Frequencies In Channels
FREQUENCIES IN CHANNELS You can manually store up to 100 fre- quencies into your scanner’s chan- nels. Radio Shack sells some good references for active frequencies, such as “Police Call Radio Guide In- cluding Fire and Emergency Servic- es,” “Official Maritime Frequency Directory”... -
Page 21: Searching For And Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies
Limit Search A limit search lets you search for ac- tive transmissions within a specified range of frequencies. Note: You can use the scanner’s de- lay feature while using limit search (see “Delay”). Follow these steps to search for ac- tive frequencies. -
Page 22: Direct Search
Direct Search A direct search lets you specify a starting frequency, then search for active transmissions above or below the specified frequency. Note: You can use the scanner’s de- lay feature while using direct search (see “Delay”). 1. Press MANUAL —... -
Page 23: Search Skip Memory
Error display. To correct this, repeat Steps 2 and 3. 4. When the scanner finds an active frequency you want to monitor, you can do one of the following: • To store the frequency into the... -
Page 24: Listening To Monitor Memories
SEARCH SKIP stops on the frequency during a limit or direct search. To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner can stop on it during a limit or direct search, press to hold the search, press LIMIT —... -
Page 25: Moving A Frequency From A Monitor Memory To Achannel
SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS To scan the stored channels, press . Your scanner scans through SCAN all the stored channels except the ones you lock out (see “Locking Out Channels”). If needed, readjust do not hear the hissing sound be- tween transmissions. -
Page 26: Turning Channel-Storage Banks On And Off
20-414.fm Page 26 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off You can set your scanner to scan more efficiently by turning selected channel storage banks on and off. When you turn off a bank, the scan- ner does not scan any of the 10 channels in the bank. -
Page 27: Listening To The Weather Band
WEATHER BAND The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 chan- nels for use by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Your scanner is preprogrammed with the following frequencies available to NOAA. 162.400 MHz 162.500 MHz 162.425 MHz 162.525 MHz 162.450 MHz... -
Page 28: Special Features
The scanner now checks the priority channel every 2 seconds, and stays on the channel if there is activity. appears on the display whenever the scanner is set to the priority channel. To turn off the priority feature, press until PRIORI- PRI/HYPER SEARCH disappears from the display. -
Page 29: Locking Out Channels
, then press and hold until the scanner SEARCH SKIP beeps twice. CHANGING SCANNING AND SEARCH SPEEDS MANU- The PRO-2040 has two scan and three search speeds. Type Normal Scan Hyper Scan Normal Search High Speed Search Hyper Search... -
Page 30: Detecting Data Signals
Note: You can use hyper search speed only in 5 kHz-step bands. DETECTING DATA SIGNALS You can set the scanner to detect data signals (nonmodulated signals such as preamble signals for pagers) during a limit or direct search. Note: You cannot detect data signals flash- in the air band (AM mode). -
Page 31: A General Guide To Scanning
20-414.fm Page 31 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING Reception of the frequencies cov- ered by your scanner is mainly “line- of-sight.” That means you usually cannot hear stations that are beyond the horizon. During the summer... -
Page 32: Typical Band Usage
20-414.fm Page 32 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Typical Band Usage HF Band (3.00–30.0 MHz) 10-Meter Amateur Band High Range VHF Band (30.00–300.0 MHz) Low Range 6-Meter Amateur Aircraft U.S. Government 2-Meter Amateur High Range UHF Band (300.00 MHz–3.0 GHz) U. -
Page 33: Specified Intervals
Aircraft Note: Your scanner rounds the entered frequency to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you try to enter 151.473, the scanner accepts this as 151.475. Band Allocation To help decide which frequency ranges to search, use the following listing of the typical services that use the frequencies your scanner receives. - Page 34 20-414.fm Page 34 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Abbreviations AIR ..............Aircraft BIFC .
- Page 35 20-414.fm Page 35 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM High Frequency (HF)— (3 MHz–30 MHz) 10-Meter Amateur Band—(28.0-29.7 MHz) 29.000–29.700 ............. . HAM Very High Frequency (VHF)—...
- Page 36 20-414.fm Page 36 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM VHF-Hi Band (148–174 MHz) 148.050–150.345 ........... .CAP, MAR, MIL 150.775–150.790 .
- Page 37 20-414.fm Page 37 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM 170.475 ..............PUB 170.4875-173.175 .
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Page 38: Frequency Conversion
20-414.fm Page 38 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM Trunked Systems Band—Locally Assigned 861.0125–865.9875 ............TSB Public Safety Band—Locally Assigned 866.0125–868.9875 . -
Page 39: Troubleshooting
20-414.fm Page 39 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM TROUBLESHOOTING Your Radio Shack PRO-2040 100-Channel Programmable Home Scanner should require very little maintenance. If you have problems, refer to this chart for possible solutions. If you cannot solve the problem, contact your local Radio Shack store for assistance. -
Page 40: Care And Maintenance
Modifying or tampering with the scanner’s internal components can cause a mal- function and might invalidate your scanner’s warranty and void your FCC autho- rization to operate it. If your scanner is not performing as it should, take it to your local Radio Shack store for assistance. -
Page 41: Specifications
20-414.fm Page 41 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Coverage: VHF-Lo... 29-50 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) Ham... 50-54 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) Aircraft... 108-136.975 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps) Government ... 137-144 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) Ham... - Page 42 20-414.fm Page 42 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM IF Frequencies ...10.8 MHz and 450 kHz Antenna Impedance ...50 Ohms Audio Power...1.3 Watts maximum Built-In Speaker ... 2 -Inch (57 mm), 8-ohm, dynamic type Power Requirements ... AC 120 Volts, 60 Hz Current Drain ...
- Page 43 20-414.fm Page 43 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 11:12 AM NOTES...
- Page 44 RADIO SHACK LIMITED WARRANTY This product is warranted against defects for 1 year from date of purchase from Radio Shack company-owned stores and authorized Radio Shack franchisees and dealers. bring Within this period, we will repair it without charge for parts and labor. Simply your Radio Shack sales slip as proof of purchase date to any Radio Shack store.
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