Radio Shack PRO-92 - Manual (Page 29)

29 Operation
greatly improve EDACS scanning in a fringe area. If you
are having trouble scanning an EDACS system, try man-
ually selecting the data channel. If you are getting good
reception, the scanner will indicate talk group
CTL-01 .
Try changing your location or using an outdoor antenna
to improve reception.
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Operation
TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND
SETTING SQUELCH
1. Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwise until the indi-
cator points to MIN before you turn on the scanner.
2. To turn on the scanner, turn VOLUME clockwise.
Welcome To Multi-System Trunking ap-
pears. After about 3 seconds, you hear a hissing
sound.
3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing
sound stops.
4. To turn off the scanner when you finish, turn VOL-
UME counterclockwise to OFF .
Notes:
• The scanner does not scan if there are no fre-
quencies stored in channels. If the scanner does
not scan and you have already stored frequen-
cies in channels, turn
SQUELCH further clock-
wise.
• If the scanner picks up unwanted, partial, or very
weak transmissions, turn SQUELCH clockwise to
decrease the scanner’s sensitivity to these sig-
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