Radio Shack 20-106 User Manual

Also see for PRO-106: User guide Firmware upgrade guide Service manual Quick start guide

Contents

2Contents3ContentsUnderstanding your Scanner ...................... 6Understanding the Keypad......................... 6Understanding the Display ......................... 8Understanding Object Oriented Scanning 9Scanner Features ....................................... 13Scanner Setup ........................................... 16Connecting the Antenna........................... 16Attaching the Belt Clip .............................. 16Powering Your Scanner ............................. 17Installing Batteries ................................. 17Setting Battery Type .............................. 18Charging Batteries................................. 18External Power ....................................... 21Headphones and Speakers....................... 21Listening Safety...................................... 22Transferring Data To or From another Scanneror PC .......................................................... 22Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch... 23Squelch and Attenuator ............................ 23Basic Settings ............................................. 24Delay....................................................... 26Adjusting the LCD Contrast.................. 26Turning the Key Tone On or Off ........... 26Turning Key and Backlight On or Off ... 27Creating Scannable Objects ..................... 28Understanding Object Menus .................. 28Conventional Channel Objects ................ 30Essential Parameters ............................. 30Creating a CONV Object ...................... 31Changing Text Tags ............................... 31Trunking Talkgroup Objects (TGRP) ......... 32Essential Parameters ............................. 33Trunking System (TSYS) Objects........... 33Duplicate (DUPE) ....................................... 37Scanning.................................................... 38Basic Scanning Operation......................... 38Wildcard Scanning..................................... 38Manual Mode ............................................. 39Organizing Objects .................................. 41Object Numbering .................................... 41Grouping Objects with Scan Lists ............ 42Changing Scan List Membership ......... 43New Objects........................................ 43Existing Objects. ................................. 44Naming Scan Lists ................................. 44Enabling or Disabling Scan Lists .......... 45While Scanning ................................... 45From Global Settings Menu............... 45NS (Not Scanned) Scan List .................. 46Favorite List ............................................ 46Setting the Default Scan List ................ 47Deleting Objects........................................ 48Searching for Objects using FIND............ 49Filtering by Object Type............................ 50Object Lockout .......................................... 51Temporary Lockout................................ 51Permanent Lockout ............................... 52Change L/OUT Key Function................ 52Search Lockout....................................... 53Talkgroup Lockout ................................. 53Object Searches ........................................ 55Limit Search Object (LMIT)........................ 55Essential Parameters ............................. 55Service Search Object (SRVC)................... 57