Radio Shack 20-164 Scanner User Manual


 
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To search banks SR0-SR2:
1. Press SRCH repeatedly to select SR0, SR1,
or SR2.
2. To search the entire band, press FUNC then
SRCH. “MAN” (Manual select) or “SRCH”
(searches through the band) appears. The
scanner starts searching while “SRCH”
appears on the display. When the scanner
nds an active frequency, it stops searching.
Press FUNC then SRCH again to return to
the previous mode.
3. To select a channel while “MAN” appears on
the display, press a channel number or use
or .
4. Adjust the Squelch.
5. If the scanner stops on an unwanted
frequency, you can press L/OUT to lock out
the frequency. For more information, see
Locking Out Frequencies....
6. To pause while searching, press PSE. The
scanner stops searching and *** PAUSED
*** appears. To resume, press PSE again.
Zeromatic
While searching, the scanner stops if a
transmission triggers the squelch setting. A
narrow-band FM transmission can have a
deviation of +/- 5 Khz, and the actual total
bandwidth, including the tails of the sidebands,
can be even greater. However, search intervals
smaller than that can stop your scanner short of
the correct (center) frequency.
The Zeromatic function allows the scanner to
nd the correct center frequency for search
banks SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6 and SR7. When
active, Zeromatic automatically tunes to the
frequency that is the closest step increment to
the correct center frequency.
To activate Zeromatic:
1. Press FUNC then 0. “Zeromatic ON.”
appears briey, then ZM appears.
2. To turn Zeromatic off, press FUNC then 0
again. “ZM” changes to “zm.”
Programming a Search Range
To program the search range of Bank SR7:
1. Repeatedly press SRCH to select SR7.
2. Press PGM then SRCH. “Enter SR7 Search
Range Limits” appears. L blinks for the
lower-limit of the range.
3. Use the number keys to enter the lower-limit
frequency (including the decimal point).
4. Press ENT. U appears.
5. Use the number keys to enter the upper-
limit frequency (including the decimal
point), then press ENT.
If either entered frequency is incorrect,
“Invalid Freq” appears briey.
6. Press SRCH to start searching.
7. Adjust the Squelch. After the set delay, the
scanner starts searching. When the scanner
nds an active frequency, it stops searching.
Signal Stalker II
Signal Stalker II provides a powerful tool to
rapidly detect, monitor and save frequencies
of nearby or high-power transmissions. Signal
Stalker II resembles more expensive portable
frequency counters, but provides many