Radio Shack Desktop Scanner Owner's Manual

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14OperationàOperationTURNING ON THESCANNER/SETTINGVOLUME AND SQUELCH1. Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwiseuntil the indicator points to MIN.2. Slide POWER to ON to turn on thescanner.3. Turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear ahissing sound.4. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until thehissing sound stops.Notes:• To listen to a weak or distant station,turn SQUELCH counterclockwise. Ifreception is poor, turn SQUELCHclockwise to cut out weaktransmissions.• If SQUELCH is adjusted so you alwayshear a hissing sound, the scannerdoes not scan or search properly.5. To turn off the scanner when you finish,slide POWER to OFF.STORING KNOWNFREQUENCIES INTOCHANNELSGood references for active frequencies arethe RadioShackPolice Call,AeronauticalFrequency Directory, andMaritimeFrequency Directory. We update thesedirectories every year, so be sure to get acurrent copy.Follow these steps to store frequencies intochannels.1. Press PGM, enter the channel number(1–200) where you want to store afrequency, then press PGM again. Thechannel number appears.2. Use the number keys and • to enter thefrequency (including the decimal point)you want to store.3. Press ENTER to store the frequency intothe channel.Notes:• If you made a mistake in Step 2,Error appears and the scannerbeeps when you press ENTER.Simply start again from Step 2.• Your scanner automatically roundsthe entered frequency down to theclosest valid frequency. For example,if you enter a frequency for 151.473,your scanner accepts it as 151.470.• If you entered a frequency that isalready stored in another channel,the scanner beeps three times anddisplays the lowest channel numberwhere the frequency is alreadystored, and -dUPL- then thefrequency flashes. If you want tostore the frequency anyway, pressENTER again. Press MON/CL to clearthe frequency.• Press DELAY if you want the scannerto pause 2 seconds on this channelafter a transmission ends before itproceeds to the next channel (see“Using the Delay Function” onPage 20). The scanner also storesthis setting in the channel.