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20-107 / PRO-107
User’s Guide
iSCAN Trunking Scanner
Thank you for purchasing your iScan Trunking Scanner from
RadioShack. Please read this user’s guide before installing,
setting up, and using your new scanner.
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Contents Introduction ......................................................................... 4 Renaming Playlists........................................................................26 Package Contents ..............................................................................4 Working with Objects .......................................................................27 Features ..............................................................................................5 Browsing Obj
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Introduction Features Introduction Easy-to-understand media player user interface – A simplified Welcome to iSCAN, an exciting new way to enjoy the hobby of keypad and display with familiar Play, Pause, and Navigation controls scanning two-way analog radio communications, including police, make it easy to use your iSCAN. fire, EMS, amateur, government, and other channels. The complete USA RadioReference database on SD card – The iSCAN combines the simplicity and ease-of-use of a portable me
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Introduction How iSCAN Works Understanding Objects iSCAN monitors two types of objects while scanning: conventional iSCAN is designed with a simplified keypad and controls similar frequencies and trunking talkgroups. to those used by portable media players, including , , , navigation keys, a MENU key, a SKIP key and a /II/SEL key. Conventional Frequencies iSCAN’s uncluttered keypad gives you instant access to the functions A conventional frequency is a single radio frequency, which i
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Introduction Understanding the Library Organization Library Copyright Notice States – Pick your state; each state contains three data types: Agencies, The data contained in iSCAN’s Library is provided by special Counties/Cities, and Systems. arrangement with RadioReference and is Copyright ©2009 RadioReference.com LLC who retains sole ownership of the database. We ask that you respect this copyright by adhering to the Agencies – Statewide agencies such as highway patrol, emergency followin
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Introduction Understanding Keys and Features Headphone Jack BNC Antenna Squelch Control Connector / Power / Backlight • Increase volume • Press and hold for about one second to turn • Scroll up through objects and menus iSCAN on and off • Press briefly to toggle the backlight on and off SKIP / II / SEL • Press while monitoring or paused on an object to • Press to play skip the object • Press again to pause • Press again while the object is selected to resume • In menus: select, enabl
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Introduction Display Icons Understanding the Display In the Individual Object Display, the row of icons at the top of the The menu-driven user interface provides access to the settings that display provides the following status information about iSCAN: control what iSCAN monitors. The Main Menu display is show below. Squelch circuit is open. –Main Menu– Play Signal meter indicating strength of the received signal. Browse Objects The scanner is receiving trunking control channel
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AA Setup Powering iSCAN Setup Installing Batteries Attaching the Antenna w Warning: Always power of f iSCAN by pr essing and holding 1. Align the slots on the antenna’s befor e r emoving batteries. Failur e to power of f iSCAN may cause connector with the posts on iSCAN’s data loss or memory corruption. connector and slide the antenna in 1. Power off iSCAN. place. 2. Remove the battery compartment cover. 2. Rotate the antenna’s BNC connector clockwise until it snaps in place. 3. Set the
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Setup b Battery Notes: Using Vehicle Power • A low battery warning sounds every 30 seconds (default setting) 1. Press and hold to power off iSCAN. when the batteries are nearly depleted. 2. Plug the mini-USB end of the supplied USB cable into the PC/IF • Dispose of batteries pr omptly and pr operly . Do not burn or bury j a c k a n d c o n n e c t t h e U S B e n d t o a c a r D C U S B p o w e r a d a p t e r ( n o t them. included, available at your local Radi
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Basic Operation Using the Main Power Cut-Off Switch Basic Operation The Main Power Cut-Off switch is only used to prevent battery drain when iSCAN is not used for long periods of time. Do not use the Turn on iSCAN and Set Squelch Main Power Cut-Off switch on a routine basis. 1. Slide Main Power Cut-Off to the ON position. Always press and hold to turn off iSCAN before switching the 2. Press and hold . Main Power Cut-Off switch to OFF and before removing the 3. Turn SQUELCH to the midpoint
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Basic Operation 1 Browse the Library Using iSCAN’s Main Menu The heart of iSCAN’s user interface is the Main Menu, where all the 1. Press and hold to turn –Main Menu– major functions are controlled. The following options are available in on iSCAN. The Main Menu Play the Main Menu: Browse Objects displays. Playlists Play Begin playback (scanning) of imported o b j e c t s i n Search enabled playlists. See “Programming iSCAN” below Browse Library for more information. Brow
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Basic Operation 2 Select Objects from the Library 3 Import Objects to Playlists 1. As you drill into each Library 1. Press MENU after you’ve Subcategories Library grouping, you will eventually selected all the objects from in Category: Import Selected see checkboxes ( ) next to the Library that you want to Six Flags Over Back the listings. These listings can import. Main Menu be imported to a playlist. 2. Press /II/SEL at Import 2. Continue to drill into the Playlists for
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Basic Operation • If you select an entir e gr ouping, you may have an excessively -or- System Sites lar ge number of objects imported to a playlist, so be sur e you • Press to see a list of Cedar Hill want to monitor everything that a gr ouping contains. iSCAN only Dallas available sites. monitors one transmission at a time, and trying to scan too many Fort Worth objects may be slow if they ar e fr equently busy . • If only one site is listed, Richardson press /II/SEL to
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Basic Operation Working with Playlists 4. When finished, press /II/SEL to Playlist Name: save. Before you can begin monitoring your imported objects, you must Fort Wort enable the playlists where your objects are stored. You can also give Press MENU to return to the your playlists descriptive names. playlists menu without saving. moves cursor SEL=OK, MENU=Back Enabling Playlists n Note: Y ou can change the names of the playlists using the iSCAN 1. In the M
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Basic Operation To pause on an active object: Editing Objects 1. Press /II/SEL while iSCAN is stopped on the object. You can edit the objects in your playlists using iSCAN or the PC 2. To resume scanning, press /II/SEL again. Application. See “Installing the iSCAN PC Application” on page 46 and the application’s help files for more information. Skipping Objects To edit objects using iSCAN: You can “skip” objects you no longer want to monitor while scanning or browsing objects. You can als
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Basic Operation –Object Edit– Menu –Object Edit– Menu Locked When checked, the selected object will not be scanned and Flash Defines a 32-step pattern used when the Light Mode is Out the Locked Out status is not changed when the Main Menu’s Pattern set to Flash. To set the Flash Pattern, follow the on-screen “Restore Skipped” utility is used. Locked Out objects are instructions and press , , , to set the pattern value. indicated by an “L” in the Channel Status Indicator, for See “Flash P
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Searching –Settings– Menu Searching Priority Mode When checked, Priority Mode is enabled. Objects iSCAN features three search modes: Signal Stalker II, Service Search, that have Priority enabled in the Object Edit Menu and Limit Search. When you find a frequency, you can store it as an will be checked more frequently for activity. object in a playlist. Priority Time Controls how frequently conventional channel priority objects are checked. Signal Stalker II G Atten Mode When checked, Global
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Searching –Stalker– Menu Service Search Main Menu Navigate back to iSCAN’s Main Menu. The Service Search function is a good way to find activity on local frequencies. The Service Search function searches through Stalker Menu Navigate back to the Signal Stalker Menu. frequencies used by the following radio services: Public Safety, Store Channel Stores a found frequency as an object in the first playlist. Air craft, Railr oad, Amateur , CB, Marine, and FRS/GMRS/MURS. Cancel Changes Exit the Si
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Searching –Services– Menu –”Service X”– Menu Zeromatic Helps iSCAN tune to exact frequencies when searching. Aircraft Search civilian and military air frequencies: Press /II/SEL or to enable or disable Zeromatic. 108-118 MHz Navigation Zeromatic does not have any effect in channel-based 118-137 MHz Civilian V oice sear ches such as CB, Marine and FRS/GMRS/MURS 138-150 MHz M i l i t a r y V o i c e ( e x c l u d e s 2 m A m a t e u r ) bands. 225-400 MHz Military V
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Weather To change Limit Search parameters: Weather Modes Press MENU while Limit Search is active. The following Limit Search iSCAN is a sophisticated and powerful NOAA weather radio receiver. options are available: You can use iSCAN to: –Limits– Menu • Monitor 24-hour NOAA weather radio br oadcasts using Normal Main Menu Navigate to iSCAN’s Main Menu. Weather Mode. Search Menu Navigate to the Search Menu. • Monitor for sever e weather br oadcasts while you continue Store Channel Stores a f
