Radio Shack PRO-2052 - Manual (Page 6)

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CONTENTS
Preparation ........................................................................................................... 8
Connecting an Antenna ................................................................................... 8
Connecting Power ........................................................................................... 9
Connecting an Extension Speaker ................................................................ 10
Connecting an Earphone/Headphones ......................................................... 11
Understanding Your Scanner ............................................................................ 12
A Look at the Front Panel .............................................................................. 12
A Look at the Display ..................................................................................... 14
Understanding Banks .................................................................................... 17
Understanding Trunking ................................................................................. 17
Operation ............................................................................................................ 18
Turning On the Scanner and Setting Squelch ............................................... 18
Storing Known Frequencies into Channels .................................................... 18
Searching Service Banks .............................................................................. 19
Limit Search ................................................................................................... 20
Scanning the Stored Channels ...................................................................... 21
Manually Selecting a Channel ....................................................................... 21
Deleting a Frequency from a Channel ........................................................... 21
Priority ........................................................................................................... 21
Special Features ................................................................................................ 23
Delay ............................................................................................................. 23
Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off ................................................. 23
Locking Out Channels and Frequencies ........................................................ 23
Turning the Key Tone On and Off ................................................................... 24
Changing Search Speeds .............................................................................. 25
Skipping Data Signals ................................................................................... 25
Using NWR-SAME and Weather Alert .......................................................... 25
Testing Weather Alert Reception ................................................................... 28
Trunk Scanning .................................................................................................. 30
Types of Trunking Systems ............................................................................ 30
Setting the Scanner to the Trunk Scanning Mode ......................................... 31
Setting Squelch for the Trunk Scanning Mode ............................................... 31
Programming Trunked Frequencies ............................................................... 32
Scanning a Trunked Bank .............................................................................. 33
Monitoring IDs ............................................................................................... 37
Channel Activity Indicators ............................................................................ 37
Scan Lists ...................................................................................................... 37
Scanning the Scan Lists ................................................................................ 39
Scanning Type I and Hybrid Trunked Systems .............................................. 40
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