20-196a.fm Page 1 Friday, June 2, 2000 3:48 PM Owner’s Manual Cat. No. 20-196 A PRO-2067 500-Channel Mobile Trunk-Tracking Scanner Please read before using this equipment. 20-196a.fm Page 2 Friday, June 2, 2000 3:48 PM INTRODUCTION Your new RadioShack 500-Channel The scanner also lets you scan con- Mobile Trunk-Tracking Scanner is one ventional transmissions, and is pre- of a new generation of scanners de- programmed with service-search signed to track Motorola™ Type I, banks for convenience. By pressing a Type II (such as Smartnet™ and Priva- single button, you can quickly search cy Plus™), GE/Ericsson EDACS, E.F. those frequencies most commonly Johnson LTR™, and hybrid analog used by public service and other trunking systems, which are exten- agencies without tedious and compli- sively used in many 800 MHz, 900 cated programming. MHz and UHF communication sys- tems. This scanner gives you direct access to over 33,000 frequencies, including Trunking communications systems let those used by police and fire depart- a large group of 2-way radio users (or ments, ambulance services, and ama- even different groups of 2-way radio teur radio services, and you can users) efficiently use a group of fre- change your selection at any time. quencies. Instead of selecting a spe- cific frequency for a transmission, the 2-way radio user simply selects a talk FEATURES group. The trunking system automati- cally transmits the call on the first Your scanner also has these special available frequency, and also sends a features: code that uniquely identifies that 2- way radio user’s transmission on a dif- Ten Channel-Storage Banks — let ferent frequency called a data chan- you store 50 channels in each bank nel. (500 total channels), letting you group channels so you can more easily iden- Since the trunking system might send tify calls. individual 2-way radio user’s calls and response transmissions on different Flexible Operation — you can track frequencies, it is difficult to listen to Motorola, GE/Ericsson, and E.F. trunked communications using a regu- Johnson LTR trunking systems (used lar scanner. The scanner monitors the by most trunking communications sys- data channel frequency sent with a 2- tems), letting you hear more calls than way radio user’s transmission and in- many standard trunking scanners. stantly switches to an active frequen- cy, so you can hear the call and response for that 2-way radio user and easily “follow” the conversation. © 2000 RadioShack Corporation. All Rights Reserved. RadioShack, RadioShack.com, HyperSearch, and HyperScan are trademarks used by RadioShack Corporation. 2 20-196a.fm Page 3 Friday, June 2, 2000 3:48 PM Simultaneous Trunking Operation Clone/Remote PC Function — lets — you can scan all 3 types of trunking you transfer programmed data directly systems, and both trunking and con- to another Cat. No. 20-196 or Cat. No. ventional frequencies, at the same 20-522 scanner. You can also upload time. or download the programmed data to or from a PC using an optional inter- Text Input — you can manually enter face kit. the name of the service you are listen- ing to so the service name appears Triple-Conversion Circuitry — virtu- when you scan it, making it easier to ally eliminates any interference from identify transmissions. IF (intermediate frequency) images, so you hear only the selected frequen- Digital Weather Alert — displays the cy. weather event text so you can see the reason for the alert. Scan Delay — delays scanning for about 2 seconds before moving to an- Note: The scanner does not display other channel, so you can hear more the actual location referenced by replies that are made on the same SAME messages. It uses only the channel. message portion of the SAME signal. Lock-Out Function — lets you set Ten Preprogrammed Frequency your scanner to skip over specified Ranges — let you search for trans- channels or frequencies when scan- missions within preset frequency ning or searching, and skip over IDs ranges or within ranges you set, to re- when tracking trunked systems. duce search time and select interest- ing frequencies more quickly. Priority Channel — lets you program one channel as the priority channel. Private/Digital Private Line Receiv- As the scanner scans it checks the pri- ing — decodes and displays the Con- ority channel every 2 seconds so you tinuous Tone Coded Squelch System don't miss transmissions on that chan- (CTCSS) and Digital Coded Squelch nel. (DCS) tone signal being transmitted, letting you see if the transmitter pro- ATT (Attenuate) Button — lets you vides these services. program each memory location to re- duce the scanner’s sensitivity to 12-Character, 4-Line, Dot-Matrix strong local signals, to reduce interfer- Display — makes it easy to view and ence or noise caused by these sig- change displayed information. nals. Frequency Coverage to 960 MHz — provides a wide range of frequencies you can listen to. 3 20-196a.fm Page 4 Friday, June 2, 2000 3:48 PM HyperSearch™ and HyperScan™ — Your scanner can receive these let you set the scanner to search at up bands: to 50 steps per second and scan at up to 25 channels per second, to help Frequency Types of you quickly find interesting transmis- Range (MHz) Transmissions sions. 29–54 10-Meter Ham, VHF DIN-E Size Cabinet Lo, 6-Meter Ham Supplied Frequency Guide — lists 108–136.9875 Aircraft the frequencies for many of the public 137–174 Military Land Mobile, safety systems you can listen to. 2-Meter Ham, VHF Hi Memory Backup — keeps the chan- nel frequencies stored in memory for 380–512 Federal Govern- ment, 70-cm Ham an extended time even without battery Band, UHF Stan- power. dard Band, UHF “T” Band 806–823.9875 Public Service “800” 849–868.9875 except Cellular 894–960 Band This Owner’s Manual also includes the section “A General Guide to Scan- ning” on Page 44 to help you target frequency ranges in your service area so you can search for a wide variety of transmissions. Note: See “Specifications” on Page 54 for more information about the scan- ner’s frequency steps. 4 20-196a.fm Page 5 Friday, June 2, 2000 3:48 PM FCC NOTICE vices, military operations, pager ser- vices, and wireline (telephone and Your scanner might cause radio or TV telegraph) service providers. It is legal interference even when it is operating to listen to almost every transmission properly. To determine whether your your scanner can receive. However, scanner is causing the interference, there are some transmissions you turn off your scanner. If the interfer- should never intentionally listen to. ence goes away, your scanner is These include: causing it. Try the following methods •telephone conversations (cellular, to eliminate the interference: cordless, or other private means • Move your scanner away from the of telephone signal transmission) receiver. •pager transmissions •Connect your scanner to an outlet •any scrambled or encrypted trans- that is on a different electrical cir- missions cuit from the receiver. •Contact your local RadioShack According to the Electronic Communi- store for help. cations Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and possible imprison- This device complies with Part 15 of ment for intentionally listening to, us- the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to ing, or divulging the contents of such a the following two conditions: (1) this transmission unless you have the con- device may not cause harmful interfer- sent of a party to the communication ence, and (2) this device must accept (unless such activity is otherwise ille- any interference received, including gal). interference that may cause undesired operation. This scanner is designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions, in Note: Mobile use of this scanner is compliance with the law which re- unlawful or requires a permit in some quires that scanners be manufactured areas. Check the laws in your area. in such a way as to not be easily mod- ifiable to pick up those transmissions. Do not open your scanner's case to SCANNING LEGALLY make any modifications that could al- low it to pick up transmissions that it is Your scanner covers frequencies not legal to listen to. Doing so could used by many different groups includ- subject you to legal penalties. ing police and fire departments, ambu- lance services, government agencies, We encourage responsible, legal private companies, amateur radio ser- scanner use. 5 20-196a.fm Page 6 Friday, June 2, 2000 3:48 PM CONTENTS Preparation ........................................................................................................... 8 Connecting an Antenna ................................................................................... 8 Mounting an Antenna ...................................................................................... 8 Mounting the Scanner In Your Vehicle ............................................................. 8 Powering the Scanner ..................................................................................... 9 Using the Scanner as a Base Station ............................................................ 10 Connecting an Extension Speaker ................................................................ 11 Connecting an Earphone/Headphones ......................................................... 12 Connecting the Clone Cable .......................................................................... 12 Understanding Your Scanner ............................................................................ 13 A Look at the Keypad ...................................................................................