Radio Shack PRO-2056 Scanner User Manual


 
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CONTENTS
Preparation............................................................................................................ 7
Connecting an Antenna ................................................................................... 7
Connecting the Telescoping Antenna........................................................ 7
Connecting the Window-Mount Antenna................................................... 7
Connecting an External Antenna............................................................... 8
Mounting the Scanner in Your Vehicle ............................................................. 9
Connecting Power from Your Vehicle’s Battery ....................................... 10
Using the Scanner as a Base Station ............................................................ 11
Using the Supplied AC Adapter............................................................... 11
Memory Backup ............................................................................................. 11
Connecting an External Speaker or Headphones.......................................... 12
Listening Safely ........................................................................................12
Understandin
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Your Scanner............................................................................ 13
Banks............................................................................................................. 13
Service Search Banks ............................................................................. 13
PRIVATE Bank......................................................................................... 14
Channels........................................................................................................ 14
Search Bands ................................................................................................ 15
A Look at the Front Panel .............................................................................. 17
A Look at the Display ......................................................................................18
Operation............................................................................................................. 19
Turning On the Scanner/
Setting Volume and Squelch.......................................................................... 19
Using Service Search .................................................................................... 19
Using Band Search ........................................................................................ 20
Monitoring a Frequency ................................................................................. 20
Storing Frequencies into Channels................................................................ 21
Clearing Frequencies from Channels ............................................................ 22
Special Features................................................................................................. 23
Using Memolock ............................................................................................ 23
Delay.............................................................................................................. 23
Locking Out Channels and Frequencies........................................................ 23
Removing a Lockout from All Channels and Frequencies
within a Bank .......................................................................................... 24
Listening to Weather Broadcasts ................................................................... 24
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