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Albrecht AE55H Owner's Manual

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AE55H
50-Channel Portable Scanner
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  • Page 1 AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL OWNER’S MANUAL AE55H 50-Channel Portable Scanner...

  • Page 2: Power Sources

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL FEATURES Your new Albrecht AE55H 50-Channel Portable Scanner gives you direct access to over 27,000 exciting frequencies, including police and fire departments, ambulance services, and amateur radio services. You can select up to 50 channels to scan, and you can change your selection at any time.
  • Page 3 AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL . Standard AC power (using an optional AC adapter) . Vehicle battery power (using an optional DC cigarette-lighter adapter) You can power your scanner from six AA batteries. For the longest operation and best performance, we recommend alkaline batteries. You can also power the scanner using a rechargeable scanner battery pack or rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, and recharge it as you use the scanner.

  • Page 4: Connecting The Antenna

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL Using Vehicle Battery Power To power the scanner from your vehicle’s cigarette-lighter socket, you need a DC adapter. Cautions: You must use a DC adapter that supplies 9 volts and delivers at least 200 milliamps. Its center tip must be set to negative, and its plug must correctly fit the scanner’s PWR/CHG jack.

  • Page 5: Using The Belt Clip

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL USING THE BELT CLIP You can use the belt clip for hands-free carrying when you are on the go. Simply slide the belt clip over your belt or waistband. CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/HEADPHONES For private listening, you can plug an earphone or mono headphones with a 3.5 mm plug into the PHONE jack on top of your scanner.

  • Page 6: A Look At The Display

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL L-OUT/E (lockout/enter) – locks out channels so they will not be scanned, or enters frequencies into channels. A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has indicators that show the scanner’s current operation. Add illustration MAN – appears when you manually select a channel.

  • Page 7: Storing Active Frequencies

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL You can search these bands to quickly find active frequencies you might want to store into the scanner’s channels. For example, if you wanted to search for transmissions between amateur radio operators, you could search only the search bands where you are most likely to hear the transmissions (Bands 5, and 8).
  • Page 8 AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency down to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a frequency of 151.4730, your scanner accepts it as 151.4700. . If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another channel, dUPL (duplicate) and the lowest-numbered channel containing the duplicate frequency flash for about 3 seconds.
  • Page 9 AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM THE MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL 1. Press MANUAL, enter the channel number where you want to store the frequency, then press PGM. PGM, the frequency number or 000.0000, and the selected channel number appear.

  • Page 10: Locking Out A Channel

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL SPECIAL FEATURES DELAY Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a pause of several seconds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a reply, you can program a 2-seocnd delay into any of your scanner’s channels.

  • Page 11: Specified Intervals

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING BIRDIE FREQUENCIES Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies are signals created inside the scanner’s receiver. These operating frequencies might interfere with broadcasts on the same frequencies. If you program one of these frequencies, you hear only noise on that frequency. If the interference is not severe, you might be able to turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the birdie.

  • Page 12: Care And Maintenance

    AE55H OWNER’S MANUAL RESETITNG/INITIALIZING THE SCANNER If the scanner’s display locks up or does not work properly after you connect a power source, you might need to reset or initialize it. Important: If you have problems, first try to reset the scanner. If that does not work, you can initialize the scanner, however, initializing clears all frequencies you stored in the scanner’s memory and initialilzes...

  • Page 13: Specifications

    9 V DC, 6 AA batteries AC adapter/DC adapter (9V, 200 mA) Current Drain (Squelched) 50 mA Dimensions 171 (H) x 59 (W) x 40 (D) mm Weight 240 g without antenna and batteries Supplied Accessory Antenna © 1998 ALBRECHT ELECTRONIC GmbH...

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