Radio Shack 20-107 Scanner User Manual


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Weather
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Data
Activating SAME Standby Mode
After you have programmed FIPS codes for one or more SAME
locations, you can activate SAME Standby Mode:
1. Press
, then press or to select the strongest NOAA
channel for your area.
2. Press SKIP to select Standby Mode. The speaker silences and
SKIP = Normal appears at the bottom of the screen.
iSCAN monitors the selected weather channel for SAME alerts
that match the locations you have programmed. If a matching
alert is detected, iSCAN will sound an alarm, display the type of
alert on the screen, and monitor the alert message.
n Note: Press SKIPagaintoreturntoNormalWeatherMode.
Skywarn
Many areas of the country have amateur radio repeaters that have
been designated as “Skywarn” repeaters. During times of severe
weather, these repeaters are used to relay reports of severe weather
directly to meteorologists at a local National Weather Service
forecast office. By monitoring Skywarn repeaters, you’ll hear about
severe weather conditions before they are reported by local radio
and television media.
To monitor Skywarn, store your local Skywarn repeater frequencies as
objects in the Skywarn playlist:
1. Browse for Skywarn frequencies in the iSCAN Library and import
themtotheSkywarnplaylist.(See“Programming iSCAN” on page 20.)
2. EnabletheSkywarnplaylist.(See“Enabling Playlists” on page 26.)
3. Quickly access the Skywarn playlist by pressing
while iSCAN
is in Normal Weather Mode.
n Notes:
• TheSkywarnplaylistworkslikeanyotherplaylist.Itcanbeenabled
anddisabledforscanningalongwiththe20regularplaylists.
• WhenactivatedfromNormalWeatherMode,allotherplaylists
aretemporarilydisabled,andonlyobjectsmappedtothe
Skywarn playlist will be monitored.
Working with iSCAN’s Data
SD Card
YouriSCANcomeswitha2GBSDcardalreadyformatted,installed,
and ready for use. To manage SD card contents, remove it from iSCAN
and insert it into your computer’s SD card slot or external SD card
reader. External SD card readers are available at your local RadioShack
store or RadioShack.com.
You can then use the iSCAN PC Application to:
• Accessthecard
• UpdatetheLibrary
• EditiSCAN’scongurationandstoredobjects
• Backupdatastoredonthecard
• Optimizethecard
• Reformatthecardifnecessary
n Notes:
• ReadingfromorwritingtotheSDcardwhileitisinstalledin
iSCANisnotsupported.TheSDcardmustberemovedfrom
iSCANandconnectedtoacomputerusinganSDcardinterface.
• Youcanpurchaseadditionalcards,formatthemforusewith
iSCAN,thenusethemtostoredifferentcongurationsor
backups.
• AlwaysusetheiSCANPCApplicationtoformattheSDcard.
This will ensure that the card is properly formatted for best
performanceiniSCAN.
• TheSDcardcomesformattedforthestandardFATlesystem
withaclustersizeof32k.(Notethatthisisnotthesameasthe
“FAT32”lesystem.)
• IfyoumustreformattheSDcard,orifyouuseadditionalcards
(2GBorsmaller),formatusingtheFATlesystemwith32k
clusters.
• IfyouuseSDcardslargerthan2GB,formatusingFAT32with32k
clusters.
• FormattingtheSDcardforotherlesystemtypesmaycause
iSCANtomalfunction.
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