Introduction; Contents - Realistic PRO-37 Owner's Manual

INTRODUCTION
Your Realistic PRO-37 Programmable
Scanner lets
you in on all the
action!
This scanner gives you direct access
to
over 31,000 frequencies that
in-
clude the police department, fire
de-
partment, ambulance service,
ama-
teur radio, and
transportation
ser-
vices. You can store frequencies
in
your scanner's 200 channels and
you
can
change
your
selections
at
any
time.
The secret to your scanner's ability
to
scan
so
many frequencies
is
its
custom-designed microprocessor
-
a
tiny, built-in computer. Your scanner's
microprocessor also gives your scan-
ner these special features:
Hyperscan
-
lets
you search through
frequencies at up
to 50 steps per sec-
ond
or
scan stored channels
at
25
channels/second.
Ten
Channel-Storage Banks
-
let
you group your stored frequencies
so
that you can easily identify calls.
Liquid-Crystal Display
-
shows the
selected channel and frequency.
Two-Second
Scan
Delay
-
lrelpspre-
vent
the loss of
replies
on a
channel
while
you are scanning
Memory Backup
-
keeps the channel
frequencies stored
in your
scanner's
memory
for up
to
t
hour without the
battery.
Lockout
Function
-
makes
your
scanner skip over specified channels.
Priority
Channel-
helps keep you
from missing
important
calls on
the
selected priority channel.
Monitor
Banks
-
let you save up
to
ten channels located during
a
fre-
quency search.
Your PRO-37 covers
allthese
bands:
.
30-50 MHz (VHF
Lo)
.
50-54 MHz (6-Meter Ham Band)
.
1
0B-136.975 MHz (Aircraft)
.
137-144 MHz (Government)
.
144-148 MHz (2-Meter Ham Band)
.
148-174 MHz (VHF
Hi)
.
380-450
MHz (Ham
Radio
and
Government)
.
450-470 MHz (UHF
Lo)
.
470-512 MHz (UHF TV)
.
806-823.9375 MHz (UHF
Hi)
.
851.1125-808.9375 MHz (UHF
Hi)
.
896.1125-960 MHz (UHF
Hi)
CONTENTS
lntroduction
..............2
Preparation
..............4
Power
Sources
.......................4
Connecting
the
Antenna
.........7
Connecting an
Earphone
........8
Connecting an Extension
Speaker..
..........8
Understanding Your
Scanner......
...................9
A Look
at
the
Disp1ay.................
................9
A Look
at
the Keyboard
.............
..............10
Understanding Channel Storage
Banks
.....................
11
.Operation
...............12
Using
the Reset Button
................
...........12
Setting the Volume and Squelch
Controls......
............12
Using
the Key
Lock
..............12
Programming the
Scanner...............
.......13
Searching for Active
Frequencies
............14
Moving a Frequency From Monitor Memory to
a
Channel ...............................16
A
General Guide to
Scanning
......................19
Birdies
...............19
Reception
Notes..........
.........19
Guide
to
the Action
8ands.........
..............20
Care and
Maintenance
............-23
Troubleshooting
.............
...........24
Specif
ications.................
...........25
Your scanner might cause radio or
TV
lf
you cannot
eliminate
the
interfer-
interference, even
when
it
is
operat-
ence,
the FCC
requires
that you stop
ing properly. To
determine
whether
using your scanner.
your scanner is causing the
interfer-
ence.
turn off vour scanner. lf the
in-
For
your important records, please
re-
-
'
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cord your scanner's serial number
in
terference goes away, your scanner
is
;;-^:::^
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-,
causins
the
interrerence.
rry
to
erimi-
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nate the interference
by:
oer
ls
locateo on me
DacK oT tne
scanner.
Moving
your
scanner away
from
the receiver
Contacting your local Radio Shack
store for help
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