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Thank you for purchasing your Triple
Trunking Handheld Radio Scanner
from

RadioShack

. Your scanner scans

conventional frequencies and trunked

systems. Please read this user’s guide
before installing, setting up and using

your new scanner.

20-164

Triple Trunking

Handheld Radio Scanner

www.radioshack.com

What’s Included

Scanner

Antenna

Belt Clip

Non-rechargeable Battery

Holder

Rechargeable Battery
Holder

Preprogrammed Frequency
Addendum

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for 20-164

Page 1: ...cies and trunked systems Please read this user s guide before installing setting up and using your new scanner 20 164 Triple Trunking Handheld Radio Scanner www radioshack com What s Included Scanner...

Page 2: ...alker II 21 Locking Out Frequencies 23 Saving Found Frequencies 24 Scanning 25 Locking Out Channels 25 Priority Scanning 26 Weather Alerts 27 SAME Standby Mode 28 Skywarn 30 Monitoring 31 Trunking Set...

Page 3: ...IDs 39 Saving Trunking Channels 40 Trunk Scanning 41 Trunking Delay 42 Locking Out Talk Group IDs 42 Turning Off Sub Banks 43 Talk Group ID Hold 44 Scanner Maintenance 44 Text Tags 44 Troubleshooting...

Page 4: ...Turn while pu down until th antenna locks place Warning Use ext caution when ins or removing an o starts to fall let it power lines If the line touching the wires can cause e the power compa NOT attem...

Page 5: ...na locks into place Warning Use extreme caution when installing or removing an outdoor antenna If the antenna starts to fall let it go It could contact overhead power lines If the antenna touches a po...

Page 6: ...er if you let them fully discharge once a month To do this use the scanner until battery symbol flashes Warning Never install non rechargeable batteries in the yellow rechargeable battery holder Non r...

Page 7: ...ower source to the PWR DC 9V jack Using the scanner while charging will increase charge time Battery Current Charge Time Ni MH 1600 mAh 16 hours Ni Cd 600 mAh 6 hours Ni Cd 850 mAh 8 hours Do not over...

Page 8: ...atural resources External Power You can power your scanner using a 9V 400mA AC DC adaptor and size C adaptaplugTM neither supplied To use an external power source 1 Always connect the adapter not supp...

Page 9: ...es not meet these specifications could damage the scanner or the adaptor Headphones and Speakers You can plug headphones or an amplified speaker neither included into your scanner s headphone jack Thi...

Page 10: ...cklight and Contrast Your scanner features a backlit keypad and display for easy viewing You can select from three backlight modes Normal Press LIGHT to activate the backlight Keypress Press any key o...

Page 11: ...ht mode 1 Turn on the scanner Multi system Trunking Scanner appears 2 While Multi system Trunking Scanner appears press LIGHT 3 Press or to select a backlight mode and duration seconds Normal Keypress...

Page 12: ...sensitivity turn counterclockwise to increase its sensitivity To set the attenuator mode 1 To set Global mode press FUNC and then ATT On the display G appears 2 To set the attenuator for each channel...

Page 13: ...he delay is on 2 To turn on the delay press DELAY again dly appears if the delay is off Scanner Setup A frequency expressed in kHz or MHz is the tuning location of a station Your scanner saves frequen...

Page 14: ...ank 1 Channel 1 3 Press MAN again M and the bank and channel number appear 4 Press PGM M changes to P 5 Use the number keys to enter the frequency including the decimal point If you make a mistake pre...

Page 15: ...T or press CL to cancel If you made a mistake in Step 5 Invalid Freq briefly appears and the scanner beeps when you press ENT Go back to step 5 again 8 Press MAN again M and the bank and channel numbe...

Page 16: ...s 5 Press 1 to clear all Any other key aborts CTCSS AND DCS CTCSS and DCS allow multiple users to share a single radio frequency without hearing each other s transmissions Your scanner features an adv...

Page 17: ...4 Press MODE until the desired mode CT or DC appears with the default search code value 5 Press FUNC then MODE 6 Use the or to select the desired CTCSS or DCS code You can enter the code manually The...

Page 18: ...med search bank which is divided into eight search bands Seek Search When Seek Search is active the scanner stops on active frequencies for five seconds and then resumes searching automatically To act...

Page 19: ...Aircraft SR5 Amateur Bands SR6 Railroad SR7 Limit search User changeable For SR0 SR2 you can directly select a channel or search through the band SR3 to SR5 banks contain several groups To turn off a...

Page 20: ...e 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 ev...

Page 21: ...ch 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 lowe...

Page 22: ...ker Bands see Appendix D 3 To turn off a bank press the bank or group number while Signal Stalker II is active 4 To turn off Signal Stalker hold the Signal Stalker button again Priority mode is not av...

Page 23: ...ed out frequencies You can lock out up to 50 frequencies in each bank If you try to lock out more L O Memory Full appears While using Signal Stalker II you can lock out 150 frequencies if searching al...

Page 24: ...g any other key cancels the clearing Saving Found Frequencies To save a frequency found during a search 1 When the scanner stops on a frequency press FUNC then PGM Store in ChXXX appears and the frequ...

Page 25: ...ire banks Turning off a bank prevents the scanner from scanning any channels within the bank You cannot turn off all banks There must be at least one active bank to scan To scan 1 Press SCAN The scann...

Page 26: ...econds This lets you scan without missing a transmission on the Priority channel Priority scanning does not operate if the scanner stops on a trunking transmission Priority check seems random during p...

Page 27: ...nel 1 Press PGM 2 Press PRI 3 Use the number keys to enter the frequency 4 Press ENT If the frequency is incorrect Invalid Freq appears briefly Weather Alerts The Federal Communications Commission FCC...

Page 28: ...specific areas by FIPS code The National Weather Service maintains a current list of FIPS codes at www nws noaa gov nwr To program a FIPS code 1 Press WX and listen to identify the weather station wi...

Page 29: ...de Repeat this process to program additional FIPS codes 7 Press L OUT to lock out or enable specific FIPS entries 8 Press WX to exit the FIPS code entry table To review stored FIPS codes 1 Press WX th...

Page 30: ...essage and the scanner sounds an alert or series of beeps 5 Press any key except LIGHT to stop testing Skywarn Skywarn is an organized group of trained weather observers Using Skywarn you can hear tra...

Page 31: ...ns on a single channel Your scanner features a power save circuit that allows the scanner to sleep briefly while waiting for a call on a monitored channel To monitor a channel 1 Press MAN 2 Use the nu...

Page 32: ...0 banks as a trunking bank but each bank can only scan for one system Motorola EDACS GE Ericsson or LTR EF Johnson Trunking banks can contain both trunking and non trunking channels To define a Trunki...

Page 33: ...smissions on any unlocked channel This lets you search for Talk Group IDs that you can then save While scanning appears for Closed mode and appears for Open mode under the channel storage bank s numbe...

Page 34: ...4 S4 S4 S4 5 S4 S4 S12 S4 S4 S4 S4 6 S3 S10 S4 S4 S12 S12 7 S10 S10 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 8 S1 S1 S2 S2 S3 S3 S4 S4 9 S4 S4 SO SO SO SO SO SO 10 SO SO SO SO SO SO S4 S4 11 S4 SO SO SO SO SO SO SO 12 SO S...

Page 35: ...es In the 800 MHz trunking band you can select a base frequency normal or offset but in the 900 MHz trunking band you do not need to set the base frequency You can get information about base and offse...

Page 36: ...4 Press FUNC then 3 NORMAL appears 5 Press or to select NORMAL or SPLINTER and press ENT If you are uncertain about the base frequency use NORMAL The base frequency in NORMAL is 851 0125 MHz The base...

Page 37: ...el Number order usually listed as LCN LTR Trunking Setup LTR systems assign each frequency a Home Repeater HR number and are frequently programmed with unique ID codes for each radio LTR Talk Group ID...

Page 38: ...saved ID was saved appears If you try to store more than 150 talk group IDs in a bank Memory Full appears Saving a Talk Group ID Each of the 10 banks contains 5 sub banks that each hold 30 Talk Group...

Page 39: ...or to select the location where to store the Talk Group ID 6 Use the number and decimal point keys to enter the Talk Group ID For ED Talk Group IDs you can enter either a decimal or AFS code The defa...

Page 40: ...ode at a time either EDACS Motorola or LTR Because Motorola control frequencies change daily you should save all the control frequencies in the same bank If you do not know the control frequency save...

Page 41: ...de at a time either EDACS Motorola or LTR To focus on trunk scanning during a normal scan you turn off banks that contain only conventional channels For Motorola channels your scanner displays the Tal...

Page 42: ...o set ID Delay None 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 or 4 0 seconds 3 Press ENT Locking Out Talk Group IDs You can only lock out Talk Group IDs when the scanner is in the Closed mode To lock out Talk Group...

Page 43: ...If the ID memory bank has no locked out ID you hear the low beep tone 3 Press or to scroll through the list 4 Press PGM to exit Turning Off Sub Banks To turn off a sub bank 1 Press TRUNK repeatedly to...

Page 44: ...a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new Text Tags While scanning if the scanner stops on a channel with a saved text tag the text appears on the display Otherwise the Talk Group ID appears o...

Page 45: ...k Press PGM Press FUNC then press bank number Bank X 0 through 9 selected appears 4 To define a text tag for a FIPS code first access the FIPS code definition See SAME Standby Mode on Page 28 5 Press...

Page 46: ...jack The center tip of the adaptor s barrel plug must be set to positive Recharge the rechargeable batteries or replace the standard batteries Unplug the DC adaptor from the power source and clean the...

Page 47: ...tting might be too sensitive causing it to pick up unwanted partial or weak transmissions Antenuator might be on so your scanner might not receive weak signals The scanner might need to be initialized...

Page 48: ...to omit the birdie To find the birdies 1 Disconnect the antenna and moving it away from the scanner Make sure that no other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the scanner 2 Start a search of e...

Page 49: ...o initialize the scanner 1 Turn off the scanner then turn it on again Multi system Trunking Scanner appears 2 While Multi system Trunking Scanner appears press 0 3 Press 1 4 Press ENT Initializing ple...

Page 50: ...ent reception of illegal transmissions in compliance with the law which requires that scanners be manufactured in such a way as to not be easily modifiable to pick up those transmissions Do not open y...

Page 51: ...installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communicati...

Page 52: ...aved in the associated Talk Group ID sub bank In Open Mode the scanner stops on all transmissions except those you lock out Appendix B Search Banks Note All scanners tune by steps Your RadioShack scan...

Page 53: ...1500 74 156 7250 07 156 3500 24 157 2000 161 8000 77 156 8750 08 156 4000 25 157 2500 161 8500 78 156 9250 09 156 4500 26 157 3000 161 9000 79 156 9750 10 156 5000 27 157 3500 161 9500 80 157 0250 11...

Page 54: ...67 71250 26 154 57000 03 462 61250 15 462 55000 27 154 60000 04 462 63750 16 462 57500 28 154 62500 05 462 66250 17 462 60000 29 464 50000 06 462 68750 18 462 62500 30 464 55000 07 462 71250 19 462 65...

Page 55: ...5 6 25 45 880 467 5625 467 7125 6 25 45 900 Group 3 45 940 46 060 10 764 003125 766 996875 3 125 46 080 46 500 10 773 003125 775 996875 3 125 Group 1 794 003125 796 996875 3 125 151 820 151 940 7 5 80...

Page 56: ...es You can program any of the following codes CTCSS Codes 67 0 Hz 94 8 Hz 131 8 Hz 171 3 Hz 203 5 Hz 69 3 Hz 97 4 Hz 136 5 Hz 173 8 Hz 206 5 Hz 71 9 Hz 100 0 Hz 141 3 Hz 177 3 Hz 210 7 Hz 74 4 Hz 103...

Page 57: ...3 017 054 134 214 265 356 454 565 731 021 065 141 223 266 364 455 606 732 023 071 143 225 271 365 462 612 734 025 072 145 226 274 371 464 624 743 026 073 152 243 306 411 465 627 754 031 074 155 244 31...

Page 58: ...145 154 445 7 5 851 0125 852 0125 12 5 154 570 852 0375 853 0375 12 5 154 600 853 0625 854 0625 12 5 154 650 154 770 7 5 854 0875 855 0875 12 5 154 785 154 950 7 5 855 1125 856 1125 12 5 155 010 155...

Page 59: ...mber fleet number and subfleet number Fleet No Subfleet No XXX XX Example XXX XX Motorola Type II talk group IDs are 4 or 5 digit numbers divisible by 16 EDACS Enter either a four digit decimal number...

Page 60: ...M 773 000 775 996875 MHz in 3 125 kHz steps FM 794 000 796 996875 MHz in 3 125 kHz steps FM 803 000 805 996875 MHz in 3 125 kHz steps FM 806 000 823 9875 MHz in 12 5 kHz steps FM 849 000 868 9875 MHz...

Page 61: ...lectivity All AM and FM except AM 25 27 995 MHz 6 dB 7 kHz 50 dB 13 kHz AM 25 27 995 MHz 6 dB 4 kHz 50 dB 6 kHz Spurious Rejection at 154 1 MHz FM 40 dB Scanning Rate Up to 60 Channels per Second Sear...

Page 62: ...A COM Inc LTR is a registered trademark of EF Johnson Limited One year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for...

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