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Cat. No. 20-419
OWNER’S MANUAL
PRO-2049
90-Channel Direct Entry
Programmable Scanner
Please read before using this equipment.
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20-419.fm Page 2 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack PRO-2049 90- Band Search — lets you quickly and Channel Direct Entry Programmable easily search preset frequency rang- Scanner lets you in on all the action! es, so you can find new and unlisted This scanner gives you direct access broadcasts. to over 23,000 frequencies, including Direct Search — lets you search for a those used by police and fire depart- transmission starting from a specified ments, ambulance and tr
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20-419.fm Page 3 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM External Speaker Jack — lets you This table shows the preset frequency connect an external speaker, or an steps your scanner uses for each fre- earphone or headphones for private quency range. listening. Freq. Range Freq. Step External Antenna Terminal — lets (MHz) (kHz) you connect an external antenna (not 29.000-54.000 5 supplied) for improved reception. 108.000-136.975 12.5 Your PRO-2049 scanner can receive 137.000-144.000 5 all of these
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20-419.fm Page 4 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM • telephone conversations (cellular, FCC NOTICE cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission) Your scanner might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating • pager transmissions properly. To determine whether your • any scrambled or encrypted trans- scanner is causing the interference, missions turn off your scanner. If the interfer- ence goes away, your scanner is According to the Electronic Communi- c
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20-419.fm Page 5 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM CONTENTS Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Removing the Display Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connecting an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connecting the Supplied Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connec
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20-419.fm Page 6 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM A General Guide to Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Ham Radio Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 National Weather Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Birdie Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 United States Broa
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20-419.fm Page 7 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM PREPARATION This scanner is designed for use in the The scanner’s sensitivity depends on home as a base station. You can the antenna’s length and various envi- place it on any flat surface such as a ronmental conditions. For the best re- desk, shelf, or table. ception of the transmissions you want to hear, adjust the antenna’s length. REMOVING THE Frequency Antenna Length DISPLAY PROTECTOR 29–54 MHz Extend fully Your scanner’s display is pr
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20-419.fm Page 8 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM To connect an optional base-station CONNECTING POWER antenna, first remove the supplied an- tenna from the scanner. Always use The scanner’s supplied AC adapter 50-ohm coaxial cable, such as RG-58 lets you power the scanner from a or RG-8, to connect the base-station standard AC outlet. To connect power antenna. For lengths over 50 feet, use to the scanner, insert the AC adapter’s RG-8 low-loss dielectric coaxial cable. barrel plug into the A
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20-419.fm Page 9 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM • Use only the supplied AC adapter Note: Plugging in an external speaker to power your scanner. Using disconnects the scanner’s internal another adapter could damage speaker. your scanner. A replacement adapter is available by special order through your local CONNECTING AN RadioShack store. EARPHONE/ • Be sure to connect the AC adapter HEADPHONES to the scanner before you connect it to an AC outlet, and disconnect You can connect an optional
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20-419.fm Page 10 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM Listening Safely To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use an earphone or headphones. •Set OFF/VOLUME to the lowest setting before you begin listening. After you put on the earphone or headphones, adjust OFF/VOLUME to a comfortable level. • Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended high-vol- ume listening can lead to perma- nent hearing loss. • Once you set OFF/VOLUME, do not increase it. Over time, your ear
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20-419.fm Page 11 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER A LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL A quick glance at this section should help you understand each control’s function. VOLUME Turns the scanner on or off and adjusts the volume. SQUELCH Adjusts the scanner’s squelch. See “Turning On the Scan- ner/Setting Volume and Squelch” on Page 17. / Enters the search direction. BAND Searches a band you select. See “Frequency Bands” on Page 15. DELAY Programs a 2-second delay for the sel
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20-419.fm Page 12 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM MANUAL Stops scanning to let you listen to a monitor memory or directly enter a channel number. 1–9, HOLD/0 Each key has a single-digit label, and the 1–3 keys also have a range of numbers. Use the digits on the keys to enter the numbers for a channel or a frequen- cy. Use the range of numbers above the key (61–90, for example) to select the channels in a channel-stor- age bank. See “Channel-Storage Banks” on Page 15. Also, pressing HOLD (0
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20-419.fm Page 13 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has indicators that show the scanner’s current operating mode. A good look at the display will help you understand your scanner. BM123 CH SCAN MAN PGM PRI L/O DLY WX B Appears with a number (1–3) to its right to show which channel-storage banks are turned on for scanning. See “Understanding Banks and Bands” on Page 15. M Appears with a number (1–3) to its right to show which monitor memory you are listening
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20-419.fm Page 14 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM WX (weather) Appears when the scanner is searching the weather band. / Indicates the search direction during a search. b Appears instead of the channel number during a band search. d Appears instead of the channel number during a direct search. H Appears during a band search hold. h Appears during a direct search hold. 14
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20-419.fm Page 15 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM UNDERSTANDING BANKS AND BANDS You can store frequencies into either MONITOR MEMORIES a permanent memory location called a channel, or a temporary memory loca- Monitor memories are temporary stor- tion called a monitor memory. You can age areas where you can store up to store up to 90 channels and up to 3 three frequencies during a search monitor memories. while you decide whether to save them into channels. You can manually Your scanner als
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20-419.fm Page 16 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM This table shows the frequency band ranges displayed by the scanner and the typ- ical usage, frequency coverage, and step for each. Displayed Frequency Coverage Step Frequency Typical Usage (MHz) (kHz) Band Range 10-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF 29.000 to 54.000 5.0 29-54 Lo, 6-Meter Amateur Radio Aircraft 108.000 to 136.975 12.5 108-137 Government 137.000 to 144.000 5.0 137-144 2-Meter Amateur Radio 144.000 to 148.000 5.0 144-148 VHF Hi 148.000
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20-419.fm Page 17 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM OPERATION TURNING ON THE RESETTING THE SCANNER/SETTING SCANNER VOLUME AND SQUELCH You might need to reset the scanner in any of the following conditions. 1. Turn OFF/VOLUME and SQUELCH fully counterclockwise. • before you use it for the first time (to clear anything that might already have been stored in mem- ory) • if the scanner’s display locks up • if the scanner does not work prop- erly after you connect power 2. Turn VOLUME clockwise u
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20-419.fm Page 18 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM MANUALLY STORING FREQUENCIES INTO CH CHANNELS If you know a frequency you want to store, you can store it manually into a channel. Good references for active frequen- cies are RadioShack’s “Police Call 4. Using the number keys, enter the Radio Guide Including Fire and Emer- frequency you want to store into gency Services,” “Aeronautical Fre- that channel, including the deci- quency Directory,” and “Maritime mal point. Frequency Directory.”
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20-419.fm Page 19 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM band. When the scanner finds a SEARCHING FOR AND transmission, it stops and displays TEMPORARILY STORING the frequency’s number until the ACTIVE FREQUENCIES transmission stops, then it starts searching again. You can search for transmissions us- 2. To manually search the band, ing either a band or direct search, then press HOLD after the scanner temporarily store the frequencies for starts automatically searching the those transmissions in
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20-419.fm Page 20 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:43 PM Note: You can change the direction of 4. When the scanner finds an active either an automatic or manual search frequency, you can do any of the by pressing or once. following: • save the frequency into the cur- rent monitor memory by press- Direct Search ing MONITOR. Using direct search, you can enter a • continue searching or change frequency, then search for transmis- the search direction by pressing sions above or below that frequency
