Radio Shack 2000650, User Manual

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Configuring Your Scanner
Preprogrammed Frequencies
Your scanner includes 153 preprogrammed frequencies,
which you can load into Channels 1 to 153. For a list of
these frequencies, see “Preprogrammed Frequency List”
on page 24.
To load the pregprogrammed frequencies:
1. Turn off the scanner and then turn it on again.
2. While
WELCOME
message appears, press PGM.
3.
Load
–
Fr
– appears, then
YES
––
Ent
and
No
––
CLEAr
appear alternately.
4. Press ENT to load frequencies or CLEAR to cancel.
Programming Channels
If you do not have a list of frequencies in your area, refer to
www.radioreference.com.
1. Press PGM .
PGM
appears.
2.
Enter the channel number (1–200) where you want to
store a frequency, then press
PGM
again.
3. Use the number keys and • to enter the frequency
(including the decimal point), then press
ENT
.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press PGM
and repeat St ep 3. To program a specific channel
repeat Steps 2 and 3..
• Your scanner automatically rounds down to the
closest valid frequency. For example, if you enter
151.473, your scanner rounds it to 151.470.
• If Error appears and the scanner beeps three times
when you press
ENT
, start again from Step 2.
• If the frequency is already stored in another channel,
the scanner beeps three times and displays
-dUPL-
(duplicate) and the lowest channel number where
the frequency is already stored. Press
TUNE/CLEAR
to cancel. Press
ENT
if you still want
to store the frequency.
Programming with a Computer
You can upload or download programmed data to or
from a PC using a USB cable available from your local
RadioShack store or www.RadioShack.com.
The application software is available online. Use a search
engine to find “scanner programming software.” Follow
instructions in the software package to upload and
download data.
Cloning Programmed Data
You can transfer the programmed data to and from a
PRO-650 scanner using an optional connecting cable
with
Ç
-inch (3.5mm) stereo phone plugs on both ends
(available from your local RadioShack store or
www.RadioShack.com ).
1. Turn on both scanners.
2. Connect the connecting cable to each scanner’s PC/
IF jack.
CLOnE
and
UP to SEnd
appears.
3. Press
e
on the host scanner.
4.
SEndInG
appears at the host scanner.
To exit clone mode after the data transfer is complete,
remove the cable.
No ConnEct
appears if you try to connect to another
model scanner. The PRO-650 does not clone with other
scanner models.