Fcc Notice; Scanning Legally - Radio Shack PRO-2049 Owner's Manual

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FCC NOTICE

Your scanner might cause TV or radio
interference even when it is operating
properly. To determine whether your
scanner is causing the interference,
turn off your scanner. If the interfer-
ence goes away, your scanner is
causing it. Try to eliminate the interfer-
ence by:
• moving your scanner away from
the receiver
• connecting your scanner to an
outlet that is on a different electri-
cal circuit from the receiver
• contacting your local RadioShack
store for help
If you cannot eliminate the interfer-
ence, the FCC requires that you stop
using your scanner.

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers
used by many different groups includ-
ing police and fire departments, ambu-
lance services, government agencies,
private companies, amateur radio ser-
vices, military operations, pager ser-
vices, 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.
These include:
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• telephone conversations (cellular,
cordless, or other private means
of telephone signal transmission)
• pager transmissions
• any scrambled or encrypted trans-
missions
According to the Electronic Communi-
cations Privacy Act (ECPA), you are
subject to fines and possible imprison-
ment for intentionally listening to, us-
ing, or divulging the contents of such a
transmission unless you have the con-
sent of a party to the communication
(unless such activity is otherwise ille-
gal).
This scanner has been designed to
prevent reception of illegal transmis-
sions. This is done to comply with the
legal requirement that scanners be
manufactured so as to not be easily
modifiable to pick up those transmis-
sions.
Do not open your scanner's case to
frequencies
make any modifications that could al-
low it to pick up transmissions that it is
not legal to listen to. Doing so could
subject you to legal penalties.
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scanner use.
encourage responsible, legal