Radio Shack 20-197 Scanner User Manual


 
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Detailed Menu Reference
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Detailed Menu Reference
LMIT
Parameter
Options Description
Zeromatic On or Of When on, enhances the scanner’s ability to
lock on to the actual center frequency of a
search hit instead of an adjacent frequency.
Search Dir Up or Down Sets search direction used when LMIT
object is active.
Hit Count Numeric value Increments each time a transmission is
received on the LMIT object. Global “Hit
Counts” must be set to ON. Press the
Dflt softkey to reset to 0.
SRVC Menu
The SRVC menu is used when creating new Service Search objects,
or editing existing Service Search objects.
SRVC
Parameter
Options Description
Scan Lists On or Off for
Scan Lists 1-22
Sets membership in Scan Lists. Use keys
to scroll through Scan Lists. Use SEL key to
toggle Scan List membership. A “*” next
to the Scan List number indicates that the
object is mapped to that Scan List.
Srvc Pub Safety,
Aircraft,
Amateur,
CB,
Marine,
FRS/GM/MURS,
Railroad
Pub Safety (Public Safety) searches com-
monly used public safety frequencies.
Aircraft searches civilian and military air
frequencies. Amateur searches amateur
radio frequencies. CB searches the
citizen’s band radio frequencies. Marine
searches the VHF-FM marine radio band.
FRS/GMRS/MURS/DOT/STAR (F/G/MURS)
searches the FRS, GMRS, MURS, DOT and
STAR radio frequencies. Railroad searches
the Association of American Railroads
(AAR) VHF railroad frequencies used in the
US and Canada.
See Appendix A on page 94 for
Search Band
Group frequencies.
SRVC
Parameter
Options Description
Groups
Use to scroll,
SEL to toggle
on/off
Toggle search groups when Pub Safety,
Aircraft and Amateur service searches are
used.
See Appendix A on page 94 for
Search Band
Group frequencies.
Tag Alpha-numeric
text
The alphanumeric display name for the
SRVC search. Use the standard text entry
method or QTXT to name the object.
L/Out On or Off Permanent lockout for the SRVC object.
Also accessed by pressing FUNC L/OUT
while the scanner is stopped on the SRVC
object.
LED Mode Solid or Flash Controls whether the Alert LED flashes
or remains on solid when the Alert LED is
used.
LED Color 0-7 Sets LED color to 0-7 as defined in the
GLOB menu. By default, 0=LED Off,
1=Red, 2=Yellow, 3=Green, 4=Cyan,
5=Blue, 6=Magenta, 7=White.
Latch LED On or Off Normally the Alert LED is active only while
the object is receiving a transmission.
When Latch is on, the Alert LED will remain
lit after the transmission is complete, unless
overridden by a subsequent object that is
also using the Alert LED.
Backlight On, Off or Flash Controls whether the backlight should be
on, off or flashing while the object is active.
Alarm None, Chirp,
Hi-Lo, Alert, Ring,
2-Chirp, Fast Hi-
Lo, DTMF#
Sets the Audible Alarm for the SRVC
object. When an Audible Alarm is selected,
the selected alarm will play anytime the
scanner stops for activity on the SRVC
object while scanning.
Fav Yes or No When On, the SRVC object is a member of
the Favorites Scan List.