Radio Shack Pro 94 Manual page 15

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To select a different channel in a bank as the priority channel, in manual mode, press PROG. Enter the channel number you want to
select as the priority channel, then press H/S(PRIORITY).
To turn on the priority feature, press H/S(PRIORITY) during scanning. PRI appears. Then the scanner checks the designated priority
channel every 2 seconds in each bank.
To review all priority channels, in manual mode, press PROG. Pressing H/S(PRIORITY) (each time) steps through the priority
channels.
To turn off the priority feature, press H/S(PRIORITY) during scanning. PRI disappears.
Note: If you have locked out all priority channels, LOC Out appears in the display when you activate the priority feature.
This may happen if you have programmed trunking frequencies into all of the first channels (default priority channels) of
the banks and locked them out without changing the priority channels. Simply change the priority channels to empty ones
or channels that have conventional frequencies.
You can trunk a selected bank only after you have programmed the trunking system for that bank. You can scan a bank or trunk a
bank but you can't do both. See the individual sections on programming trunked systems.
Your scanner's squelch setting is automatically adjusted during trunking, which means it is not necessary to manually adjust
squelch while scanning trunked transmissions. However, the squelch setting can affect how fast your scanner acquires the data
channel, and in some instances, can prevent your scanner from acquiring the data channel at all. It is recommended that you set
SQUELCH about half way before selecting a trunked bank. You can change this setting as needed for the best performance in your
area.
1. In manual mode, press TRUNK. The numbers of the banks which have stored frequencies and (properly) stored trunked systems
blink and TRUNK appears in the display. If you want to switch to another bank group, hold down A/B(HOLD) for about 2 seconds.
2. Press the number keys 0­9 (0 for bank 10) of the trunked banks you want to trunk. An activity bar will blink below the selected
banks.
Note: Pressing
3. Press SRC(LIMIT). As the scanner looks through the frequencies, you see them on the display. When the scanner finds the
controlling data channel, the scanner begins trunking. You will then see ­­ ­­­ in the display. If you are relatively close to the system,
this may all happen so quickly that you just see ­­ ­­­. The closer you are to the transmitting signal, the faster the data channel will be
found. The radio may also lose data channels from time to time, that are farther away, and have to find them again.
If a trunking system is inactive for 5 seconds, the scanner starts trunking the next selected trunk bank. This can be a problem if, say
you are scanning 3 banks and one is real busy. It may take a while for the scanner to move on to the next bank if there isn't a 5
second delay in transmissions. One solution is to trunkscan the banks. See Trunkscanning the Talk Group ID Lists.
To trunkscan the ID lists, press SCAN. SCAN Id will move across the display. To turn lists on or off, press the list number
on the top of the display (1­5). To resume trunking (all IDs), press SRC(LIMIT). See Trunkscanning the Talk Group ID
Lists.
To turn banks on or off, press ALT(DATA). The banks selected for scan appear and blink in the top of the display for about
5 seconds. Press the bank number 0­9 (0 for bank 10) to turn the desired bank on or off.
To move to the next active ID in the bank, (while receiving an ID) quickly press SRC(LIMIT).
To skip to the next trunked bank, press and hold SRC(LIMIT).
To pause on an ID, press HOLD(A/B) while the ID is displayed. HOLD appears in the display and the scanner stays on
the selected ID. If you want to listen to (and hold) a different ID, use the number keys to enter the ID and press HOLD to
advance to the ID. To resume trunking, press HOLD(A/B) again.
To store an ID into a monitor memory, quickly press .(MON/CLR) while the ID is displayed to store the ID. Press
SRC(LIMIT) to resume trunking. You can only store one ID at a time to move to a talk group ID list. If you store another one
before moving it, the newest one replaces the old one. See Moving a Talk Group ID to an ID List.
To lock out an ID, quickly press L/OUT while the ID is displayed. See Locking Out Talk Group IDs.
To turn the delay on or off for all trunking IDs, press DELAY. See Trunking Delay.
To use the EDACS agency or agency/fleet search feature, see EDACS Talk Group ID Range Search.
To turn the Motorola Status Bit Ignore function on or off, while trunking a Motorola bank, press and hold SCAN until the
current status bit ignore setting (ON or OFF) appears. Press
save the setting. See Setting the Status Bit Ignore Function.
To activate the Motorola disconnect tone detect function, while trunking a Motorola bank, press SVC(E). DATA blinks for
about 5 seconds then remains in the display when trunking a Motorola bank. See Setting the Disconnect Tone Detect.
Note: If you consistently miss responses when trunking a Motorola Type I system, try changing the fleet map being used.
See Programming a Type IIi or Type I System.
To stop trunking, press TRUNK.
While trunking, you may not know which agency, fleet, or talk group the talk group IDs are assigned to until you listen awhile. You
can determine the type of agency you are listening to after a short while by matching the IDs with the transmission you hear. You
can then program them into lists to trunkscan. Determining the service associated with a talk group ID might take awhile, but
discovering the ID owner of each signal is half the fun.
Trunkscanning the Talk Group ID Lists
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Trunking Trunked Banks
or toggles through E (EDACS) banks, M (Motorola) banks, and all banks.
appears to the right of the selected channel number.
or to select to select ON or OFF, then press E(SVC) to
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