Radio Shack ADV0801 Owner's Manual page 14

ADV0801 Owner's Manual Draft
Traffic Safety
Do not wear an earphone or headphones with your scanner when operating a motor vehicle or
riding a bicycle in or near traffic. Doing so can create a traffic hazard and could be illegal in
some areas.
If you use an earphone or headphones with your scanner while riding a bicycle, be very careful.
Do not listen to a continuous transmission. Even though some earphones and headphones let
you hear some outside sounds when you listen at normal levels, they still can present a traffic
hazard.
Creating Your First New Objects
When the scanner is first turned on after it is unpacked, you are working with a clean slate. You
will notice that your scanner tells you this:
illust (LCD)
The scanner is in program mode and is ready for you to enter the first Objects into the memory.
The scanner prompts you to Press NEW to create objects.
You will also notice that there are three pushbutton keys beneath the display, and above each
button in the display, a label that indicates the current function of these three keys. These keys
are called softkeys, and they function much like the softkeys on many Automatic Teller
Machines. Their meaning can change depending on the operational state that the radio is in.
Right now, the softkeys on your radio should read as follows:
NEW EDIT GLOB
Let's focus on the NEW softkey for a few minutes. As you might have guessed, NEW is an
invitation for you to create a new Scannable Object (CONV, TGRP, LMIT, SRVC, or STLK). So,
what would you like to create first? We suggest that you start with a Conventional Channel
Object (CONV) first, to get familiar with the radio's user interface and display.
Conventional Channel Object (CONV)
A Conventional Channel Object (CONV) is a record that stores the parameters for a regular,
non-trunked conventional AM or FM channel. When you create a CONV object, you are creating
an object that will allow you to scan and monitor a "plain old radio channel", that is, a single
frequency and the associated parameters that are necessary for you to receive traffic on that
frequency.
Essential Conventional Channel parameters
CONV objects are the simplest objects supported by the radio. By this we mean that there really
isn't that much for you to do if you want to create one. There are only a few essential
parameters in the CONV object fields that must be set correctly for a CONV object to work. The
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