Radio Shack PRO-2053 - Manual (Page 18)

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Operation
FINDING AND STORING
ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
You can search for transmissions in the
scanner’s preprogrammed search bank. The
search bank is divided into six search bands.
You can change the search range of Bank
SR5 manually by setting the lower and high-
er ends of the search range.
Notes:
• You can use the scanner's delay feature
while searching the search bank. See
“Using the Delay Function” on Page 26.
• The scanner does not search locked-out
frequencies while searching ranges.
See “Locking Out Channels or Frequen-
cies” on Page 26.
Searching a Preprogrammed Fre-
quency Range
The scanner contains these preprogrammed
search ranges, stored in the search bank
(SR0 – SR5).
Bank Band
SR0 Marine
SR1 CB
SR2 Police/Fire
SR3 Aircraft
SR4 Ham
SR5 Limit search (User changeable)
To select preprogrammed search bands and
search them for active frequencies:
1. Repeatedly press SEARCH to select
your desired search bank ( / / / /.т .т .т .т , /.с /.с /.с /.с , /.р /.р /.р /.р ,
/.п /.п /.п /.п , /.о /.о /.о /.о , or /.н /.н /.н /.н ).
2. In the marine and CB bands, you can
directly select a channel or search
through the band. When
) ) ) ) appears at
the left most position of the second line,
you can directly select a channel (refer
to the following band charts). Press the
desired channel number while
) ) ) ) appears
to select it. You can also change the
channels by pressing
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
.
3. Press FUNC then SEARCH while ) ) ) )
appears. ) ) ) ) changes to / / / / and you can
search through the band. Press FUNC
then SEARCH again to return to the pre-
vious mode.
4. Rotate SQUELCH clockwise and leave it
set to a point just after the hissing sound
stops. After 2 seconds (if the delay fea-
ture is on), the received frequency
appears and the scanner starts search-
ing.
5. When the scanner finds an active fre-
quency, it stops searching.
CLEAR Back Space
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