Talk Group Ids; Finding Talk Group Ids; Storing Talk Group Ids; Talk Group Id Text Tags - Radio Shack PRO-160 Manual

Trunk Scanning

Talk Group IDs

Finding Talk Group IDs

Set the scanner to Open Mode to find all the active talk group IDs within the
trunked system. Once you've stored the IDs, set the scanner to Close Mode
so you only hear the IDs you want.
To toggle a bank between Open Mode and Close Mode, press FUNC +
•/DELAY/OPEN/CLOSE. T+ appears for Open Mode; T– appears for Close Mode.
You can also change the a bank's mode from the Set Open/Close menu.
1. In Scan Mode, press FUNC +
2. Press TRUNK to go to the Set Open/Close menu.
3. Press or to move the cursor up or down. Press the number key that
corresponds to the desired bank, choosing + for Open Mode or – for
Close Mode.
4. Press TRUNK while in the Set Open/Close menu to return to the Select
Bank Menu.
5. To exit from Menu Mode, press MAN/MENU.

Storing Talk Group IDs

1. Press FUNC + ENT/PGM when the scanner stops on a voice channel
transmission or when a talk group ID is indicated in the Manual Mode.
2. Press or to select the list where you want to store the ID and press
ENT/PGM.
Note: If the ID has already been stored, "ID was saved" appears.
3. The smallest empty ID memory number and "-----" appears. Press
to choose the memory location where you want to store the ID, then
press ENT/PGM.
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4. "Edit ID Memory?" appears. Press ENT/PGM to edit; press CL to cancel.
/BANK to go to the Select Bank menu.
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Talk Group ID Text Tags

When the scanner stops on a transmission, it displays the ID's text tag if you
have stored the ID. You can confirm the ID code while the scanner shows the
text when the received signal is a voice channel.
1. Press FUNC + PSE/TEXT while the scanner is receiving the voice channel
and indicating the text name. The ID code appears as MT ID: XXXXXX, etc.
2. Press FUNC + PSE/TEXT again to cancel.

Pausing on an Active Talk Group ID

To stop scanning and keep the scanner tuned to a desired ID:
1. Press PSE. PAUSE appears and the scanner stays on the current ID.
2. Press PSE to resume scanning or searching.

Manually Entering a Talk Group ID

You can listen to a specific talk group ID (even if it's not stored in memory by
manually entering the ID.
1. Press PSE to enter Pause Mode.
2. Enter the ID number and press PSE.
3. "ID Hold" appears.
or

Locking Out Talk Group IDs

Many municipal and commercial services use trunk systems to transmit
signals from such devices as water meter transmitters, door alarms, and
traffic signals. Some signals are encrypted and most are not voice signals.
Since all these are assigned Talk Group IDs just like other users, you may
want to lock out reception of these signals. The scanner allows that you lock
out up to 50 Talk Group IDs for each trunk scanning bank. If you use all the
banks as trunking banks, you can lock out up to 1000 IDs at one time.
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