RadioShack PRO-2052 - Manual

9 • The antenna should be as high as possible on the vehicle or build-ing. • The antenna and its cable should be as far as possible from sourcesof electrical noise (appliances,other radios, etc.). • The antenna should be vertical for the best performance. To connect an optional base-station ormobile...

11 Plug the speaker cable’s 1 / 8 -inch (3.5- mm) plug into your scanner’s jack. Note: Connecting an external speakerdisconnects the scanner’s internalspeaker. CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/HEADPHONES For private listening, you can connectan earphone or headphones with a 1 / 8 - inch (3.5-mm) plug to the j...

12 UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manual and familiarizeyourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the scanner to work for you. Yousimply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then set thescanner to scan them. A frequency ...

14 REMOTE/HOLD/ ▲ Turns the remote function on or off; holds on the cur- rent ID in trunk scanning mode; sets the search direc-tion and holds the frequency search. DATA/ALERT Turns the data signal skip feature and the SAME alertfeatures on or off, or checks the current trunking bankin trunk scanning...

16 L/O (lockout) Appears when you manually select a channel, fre- quency, or ID that is locked out. ▼ SEARCH ▲ Lights steadily during a limit search, service search, and ID search, and blinks while HyperSearch is activeand when you monitor IDs. The arrow indicates thesearch direction. Error Appears ...

18 OPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH 1. Turn SQUELCH and VOLUME fully counterclockwise. 2. Turn VOLUME back clockwise until you hear a hissing sound. 3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, then leave it set to a point just after thehissing sound stops. Notes: • If the scanner does not scan, t...

19 quency of 151.473, your scan-ner accepts it as 151.475. • If you entered a frequency that is already stored in anotherchannel, the scanner beepsthree times and displays thelowest channel number wherethe frequency is already stored.If you want to store the fre-quency anyway, press E again. • Press...

20 Press SEARCH to start searching im- mediately or to continue searching ifyou want to skip a frequency. During service-search, you can press HOLD to pause the searching. HOLD appears. Press ▲ or ▼ to move up or down one step, or press SEARCH to resume searching. Follow these steps to store service...

21 • If you tune to a search skip fre- quency, L/O appears. See “Lock- ing Out Channels and Fre-quencies” on Page 23. • To skip data signals (such as modem signals), press DATA . See “Skipping Data Signals” onPage 25. SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS To begin scanning channels, press SCAN . The scanner ...

22 ority channel (for up to a total of 10stored channels). As the scannerscans the bank, if the priority feature isturned on, the scanner checks the pri-ority channel for activity every 2 sec-onds. Changing Priority Channels The scanner automatically desig-nates each bank's first channel as itsprior...

23 SPECIAL FEATURES DELAY Many agencies use a two-way radiosystem that might have a period of 2or more seconds between a transmis-sion and a reply. To keep from miss-ing a reply, you can program a 2-second delay into any channel or fre-quency. The scanner continues tomonitor the frequency for 2 seco...

24 Locking Out Channels To lock out a channel while scanning,press L/O when the scanner stops on the channel. To lock out a channelmanually, select the channel andpress L/O until L/O appears. Note: You can still manually selectlocked-out channels. To remove the lockout from a channel,select the chan...

25 CHANGING SEARCH SPEEDS The PRO-2052 has two searchspeeds for a limit search. To switch between the normal and Hy-perSearch speeds during a limitsearch, press SPEED . SEARCH flash- es during HyperSearch. Note: You can use HyperSearch onlyin the 5 kHz step bands (29–54 MHz,137–174 MHz, and 216–224....

26 Each FIPS code identifies a specificgeographic area (defined by the Na-tional Weather Service), so your scan-ner sounds an alert only when aweather emergency is declared in thatarea. This helps you more efficientlytrack the weather conditions in andaround your area. When a Weather Alert Occurs Wh...

27 on Page 28). For example, this letsyou avoid hearing an alert that appliesto an area within a 50-mile radius butnot necessarily to your county or par-ish. Note: If you do not program any FIPSlocation codes into the scanner’s firstmemory (F1), the scanner sounds analert if it receives a weather al...

28 series of beeps and L3 (if the broad- cast is a statement), L2 (if the broad- cast is a watch), or L1 (if the broadcast is a warning) appears. Once the scanner receives a SAME-coded signal, it retains the informationin its memory. This information staysin memory even if you change modes,but is er...

29 Testing NWR-SAME Code Detection 1. Turn on the SAME alert function (see “Turning on the SAME andWeather Alert” on Page 27). 2. Hold down ALERT for about 3 sec- onds. The selected frequencynumber and TESt alternate on the display. Then, when the scan-ner receives a test code, TSt appears. 3. Press...

30 TRUNK SCANNING Your scanner is designed to tracktransmissions on Motorola Type I,Type II, GE/Ericsson EDACS, and hy-brid analog trunking systems. Re-member these important points whentracking transmissions: • Your scanner monitors Type II systems by default. However, youcan change this if the sys...

32 We recommend you set SQUELCH to the position shown here before select-ing a trunked bank. Note: Change this setting as neces-sary to get the best performance inyour area. PROGRAMMING TRUNKED FREQUENCIES Before you program your scanner totrack a trunked system, consider thefollowing: • Valid trunk...

33 4. Use the number keys to enter the trunked system’s frequencies,then press E . Note: If you entered an invalid fre-quency, the scanner beeps, thechannel number flashes and Error appears. Press CLEAR to clear the frequency, then repeatStep 4. 5. Press either MANUAL or ▲ to select the next channel...

34 Hint: While scanning, you will notknow exactly whom the talkgroup IDsare assigned to until you listen awhileor until you locate talkgroup ID lists infrequency guides or on internet sitessuch as www.trunkscanner.com. With-in a few minutes, you can usually fig-ure out if what you are listening to i...

35 Follow these steps to turn status bit ig-nore on or off. 1. Hold down SCAN until the current status bit ignore setting ( ON or OFF ) appears. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ to select ON or OFF , then press E . Identifying a Trunked Frequency To identify a trunked frequency, press ▼ when the scanner stops on a t...

36 Note: If you consistently miss re-sponses even with trunk scanningscan delay set, you might need tochange the default system type or thefleet map you are using. See “Scan-ning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Sys-tems” on Page 40. Monitoring an Active ID When the scanner stops on a trans-mission, follow...

37 MONITORING IDS You can use your scanner’s display tomonitor the frequencies in a trunkedsystem for activity. You cannot hearconversations in this mode, but this isan excellent way to determine whichtalk groups are the most active. To set the scanner to monitor IDs,hold down SEARCH until the scann...

39 Automatically Storing an ID in a Scan List Location To store an ID in the first availablescan list location during a search,press E at any time after the scanner stops on that ID. Or, follow these steps to store an ID ina specific scan list location. 1. Press PRIORITY when the desired ID appears....

40 Press PRIORITY to turn on priority scanning. Note: Priority scanning does not workif the ID is locked out. SCANNING TYPE I AND HYBRID TRUNKED SYSTEMS Your PRO-2052 is set to scan Type IIuser IDs by default. When you scantrunked frequencies, each Type II userID you see appears as an even num-ber w...

43 Selecting a Preset Fleet Map 1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning, then hold down TRUNK until the scanner beeps twice. BANK , TRUNK , and the bank numbers flash. 2. Press a number key to select the bank where you want to store thepreset fleet map. 3. Repeatedly press ▲ or ▼ to select E1 (...

44 Programming a Fleet Map 1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning, then hold down TRUNK until the scanner beeps twice. BANK , TRUNK , and the bank numbers flash. 2. Press a number key to select the bank where you programmedType I trunk frequencies. 3. Repeatedly press ▲ or ▼ until E1 appears, ...

46 PC REMOTE FUNCTION Your scanner’s PC Remote functionlets you connect the scanner to acomputer then use the computer tooperate most of the scanner’s func-tions, the same way as if you were us-ing the keys on the scanner’s frontpanel. CONNECTING THE SCANNER TO A COMPUTER Caution: Always turn off th...

47 TURNING THE REMOTE FUNCTION ON AND OFF To turn the remote function on or off,hold down REMOTE until the scanner beeps. SFT flashes when the remote function is turned on. PC TO SCANNER COMMANDS Follow these steps to enter com-mands to operate the scanner usingyour computer. 1. Make sure your compu...

48 PC TO SCANNER FUNCTIONS LIST For the following functions, type the command then press Enter on your computer’skeyboard. Function Command Check frequency stored in a channel # PM###where ### equals the three-digit channel number Check if Delay is on DL Clear the scanner’s memory AC Important: This...

51 Function Command Check if Frequency Identification active FI Turn Frequency Identification on/off FIN/FIF Check for Speaker Muting mode on/off MU? Check Speaker Muting mode setting MU Set Speaker Muting on/auto/off MUN/MUA/MUF Confrim scan list priority ID location PI # where # equals an ID locat...

52 SCANNER TO PC RESPONSES The scanner sometimes returns responses via your computer and software. Youmight see any of the following codes. Code Meaning NG Invalid command ERR Command format error ORER Overrun error OK Command received CXXX Channel number FXXXXXXXX Frequency TN Trunking frequency TF...

53 SCANNER MODE CODES The scanner sometimes returns information about the mode it is operating in viayour computer and software. You might see any of the following codes Code For this Mode 00 Scan 01 Manual 02 Limit Search 03 Limit Search Hold 04 Service Scan 05 Service Scan Hold 06 Program 07 EDACS...

55 A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is mainly “line-of-sight.” Thatmeans you usually cannot hear stations that are beyond the horizon. GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES National Weather Frequencies Birdie Frequencies Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies ar...

56 GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS Typical Band Usage (MHz) VHF Band Low Range 29.00–50.00 6-Meter Amateur 50.00–54.00 Aircraft 108.00–136.00 U.S. Government 137.00–144.00 2-Meter Amateur 144.00–148.00 High Range 148.00–174.00 FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band 174.00–216.00 New Mobile Narrow Band 220.00–22...

57 Primary Usage As a general rule, most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following fre-quencies: VHF Band UHF Band Note: Remote control stations and mobile units operate at 5 MHz higher than theirassociated base stations and relay repeater units. BAND ALLOCATION To help decide which fre...

63 FREQUENCY CONVERSION The tuning location of a station can be expressed in frequency (kHz or MHz) or inwavelength (meters). The following information can help you make the necessaryconversions. 1 MHz (million) = 1,000 kHz (thousand) • To convert MHz to kHz, multiply the number of megahertz by 1,00...

64 TROUBLESHOOTING If your scanner is not working as it should, these suggestions might help you elimi-nate the problem. If the scanner still does not operate properly, take it to your localRadioShack store for assistance. PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Scanner is on but will not scan. SQUELCH is not...

66 RESETTING THE SCANNER You might need to reset the scannerif: • the scanner’s display locks up. • the scanner does not work prop- erly after you connect power. • the scanner is dropped or sub- jected to a physical or electricalshock. Caution: This procedure clears all theinformation you have progr...

67 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your RadioShack PRO-2052 1000-Channel Dual Trunking TrunkTracker HomeScanner is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following sug-gestions will help you care for your scanner so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the scanner dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry imm...

68 SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Coverage (MHz): 10 Meter Amateur Radio ...................................... 29.000–29.6950 (in 5 kHz steps)VHF Lo ............................................................... 29.7000–49.9950 (in 5 kHz steps)6 Meter Amateur Radio .........................................

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