Radio Shack PRO-67 Instruction Manual

PRO-67 Scanner
(200-0512) Operation Faxback Doc. # 38891
TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH
1. Turn SQUELCH fully clockwise.
2. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise until it clicks. The scanner automatically
scans the programmed channels from selected banks.
3. Press MAN (Manual) to stop scanning. The display shows the current
channel and the channel's frequency (or all zeroes if the channel is
empty).
4. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise to set the scanner's volume about halfway.
5. Slowly turn SQUELCH counterclockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
6. Adjust VOLUME/OFF to a comfortable listening level.
7. Slowly turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing sound stops.
Note:
If you want to listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH
counterclockwise to increase receiver sensitivity. If reception is
poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease sensitivity.
PERMANENTLY STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES

Good references for active frequencies are Radio Shack's "Police Call
Guide including FIRE and Emergency Services," "Official Aeronautical
Frequency Directory," and "Maritime Frequency Directory." We update these
directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy.
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press MAN, enter the channel number where you want to store a
frequency, then press PROG. The desired channel number appears on the
display.
2. Use the number keys and CLEAR/. to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to store.
3. Press E to store the frequency.
Notes:
If you make a mistake in Step 2, Error appears on the display and the
scanner beeps three times. Simply start again from Step 2.
Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the nearest
valid frequency. For example, if you enter a frequency of 151.475.
While scanning, press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds
after a transmission ends before it proceeds to the next channel.
4. If you want to program the next channel in sequence, just press PROG
and repeat Steps 2 and 3.
Note:

If the scanner loses power, it protects the frequencies stored in
memory for about 3 days.
SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your area, use a limit,
direct, or service search to find a transmission. Also see "Guide to the
Action Bands," Faxback Doc. # 38892.
Notes:
While using the limit, direct, or service bank search modes, you can
press:
DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds after a
transmission ends before it proceeds to the next frequency.
DATA if you want the scanner to skip data signals
(such as fax signals) and search only for audio (voice) signals.
(Note: The data skip function does not work in the AIR
frequency band.)
Limit Search
A limit search lets you search within a specific range of frequencies.
-L- appears on the display during a limit search.
1. Press PROG, then LIMIT. Lo and 29.000 MHz appear on the display.

2. Enter the frequency that is the lower limit of the range you want to
search (including the decimal point), then press E.
3. Press LIMIT. Hi and 1000.000 MHz appear on the display.
4. Enter the frequency that is the upper limit of the range you want to
search (including the decimal point, then press E again.
5. Press Down Arrow to search from the upper to the lower limit or
Up Arrow to search from the lower to the upper limit.
6. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press:
MON to store the displayed frequency into the current monitor
memory, or
Down or Up Arrow to continue searching, or
0/Hold to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission.
-H- appears on the display.
To release hold and continue searching, hold down 0/HOLD, Down or
Up arrow for more than 1 second.
Notes:
To step through the frequencies while -H- appears, press Down or
Up Arrow.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, L/O appears on the display.

Direct Search
Direct search lets you search up or down from the currently displayed
frequency.
1. Press MAN.
2. Use the number keys and CLEAR/. to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) where you want to start the search, or enter the
channel number containing the starting frequency, then press MAN
again.
3. Press DOWN Arrow to search downward or UP Arrow to search upward from
the selected frequency. -d-, SEARCH, and DOWN or UP Arrow appear on
the display.
4. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press:
ON to store the displayed frequency into the current monitor memory,
or
DOWN or UP Arrow to continue searching, or
0/HOLD to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission.
-h- appears on the display
To release hold and continue searching, hold down l-/HOLD, DOWN or
UP Arrow for more than 1 second.
Notes:

To step through the frequencies while -h- is displayed, press arrow
down or up.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, L/O appears on the display.
Service Bank Search
You can search for air, marine, fire, or weather transmissions even if you
do not know the specific frequencies being used in your area. The scanner
is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to these services. To
use this feature, press SVC. The AIR, MARINE, FIRE, and WX indicators
flash. Then press the desired service bank key (AIR, MRN, FIRE, or WX).
The indicator for the selected service stops flashing and the scanner
starts searching the band.
When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press:
MON to store the displayed frequency into the current monitor memory,
or
Arrow down or up to continue searching,
or
0/HOLD to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission. -H-
appears on the display
To release hold and continue searching, hold down 0/HOLD, arrow down,
or arrow up for more than 1 second.

Note:
Because there are many different frequencies allocated to fire and
police departments, it takes several minutes to search all these
frequencies.
Search Skip Memory
You can skip up to 20 specified frequencies during a limit, direct, or
service bank search. This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or ones you
have already stored in a channel.
To skip a frequency, press L-OUT/S/S when the scanner stops on the
frequency during a limit, direct, or service search. The scanner stores
the frequency in memory and automatically resumes the search.
To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner can stop on it
during a limit, direct, or service bank search:
1. Press 0/HOLD to hold the search.
2. Press Down or UP Arrow to select the frequency. L/O appears on the
display.
3. Press L-OUT/S/S until L/O disappears form the display.
To clear all the skip frequencies at once, while in the search mode,
press O/HOLD, then press and hold L-OUT/S/S until the scanner beeps
twice (about 3 seconds).
Notes:

If you skip all the frequencies in the weather band, the scanner will
not start searching. In this case, the scanner sounds three beeps.
If you skip all frequencies within the search range, the scanner
sounds three beeps and will not start searching.
If you program more than 20 frequencies to skip, each new frequency
replaces one you already stored, starting from the first frequency you
stored.
You can select a skipped frequency when the scanner is in the hold
mode. The scanner displays L/O when you select a skipped frequency.
LISTENING TO THE MONITOR MEMORIES
You can listen to any one of ten monitor memories by pressing MAN, MON,
then the number of the monitor memory you want to listen to (0-9).
Note:
To listen to the monitor memories, the priority channel feature must
be turned off.
MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL
Follow these steps to move a frequency stored in a monitor memory to a
CHANNEL.
1. Press MAN. MAN appears on the display.

2. Enter the number for the channel where you want to store the monitor
frequency, then press PROG. PGM appears on the display.
3. Press MON and enter the monitor memory number that contains the
frequency you want to store.
4. Press E. The scanner stores the frequency into the selected channel.
SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS
To begin scanning the channels, press SCAN. The scanner scans through all
non-locked channels in the activated banks. When the scanner finds a
transmission, it stops on it. When the transmission ends, the scanner
resumes scanning.
Note:
Set SQUELCH as described in "Turning On the Scanner and Setting
SQUELCH" so the scanner scans through channels properly.
MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a single channel without scanning. This is
useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not want to
miss any details - even though there might be periods of silence - or if
you want to monitor a specific CHANNEL.
Follow these steps to manually select a channel.
1. Press MAN.

2. Enter the CHANNEL number.
3. Press MAN again.
Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel,
press MAN one time. (Pressing MAN additional times causes your
scanner to step through the channels.) To resume automatic scanning,
press SCAN.
SPECIAL FEATURES
DELAY
Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a period of
2 or more seconds between a query and a reply. To keep from missing a
reply on a specific channel, You can program a 2-second delay into any
channel or on frequencies during a frequency search. The scanner
continues to monitor the frequency for 2 seconds after the transmission
stops before resuming scanning or searching.
To program a 2-second delay:
If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active channel, quickly
press DELAY before it continues scanning again.
If the desired channel is not selected, manually select the channel,
then press DELAY.
If the scanner is searching, press DELAY while the scanner is
searching. DLY appears on the display and the scanner automatically
adds a 2-second delay to every transmission it stops on in that band.