Avoiding image frequencies, Resetting the scanner – Radio Shack PRO-76 User Manual

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AVOIDING IMAGE FREQUENCIES

You might discover one of your regular stations on another fre-
quency that is not listed. It might be what is known as an image
frequency. For example, you might find a service that regularly
uses a frequency of 431.875 also on 474.675.

To see if it is an image, do a little math.

Note the new frequency

474.675

Double the intermediate frequency of 21.4 MHz

(42.800)

and subtract it from the new frequency

–42.800

If the answer is the regular frequency

431.875

then you have tuned to an image.

Occasionally, you might get interference on a weak or distant
channel from a strong broadcast 42.8 MHz above or below the
tuned frequency. This is rare, and the image signal is usually
cleared whenever there is a broadcast on the actual frequency.

RESETTING 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 the scan-
ner.

Caution: This procedure clears all the information you have
stored into the scanner. Before you reset the scanner, try turn-
ing it off and on to see if it begins working properly. Reset the
scanner only when you are sure it is not working properly.

To reset the scanner, turn it off then turn it back on while holding
the

2

and

9

keys.

CLEAr

appears.

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