Radio Shack PRO-2096, User Manual

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The Basics
step 4: set up your scanner
squelch
1. Rotate VOL clockwise to turn on your scanner. DSP LOADING
and Welcome To Digital Trunking appears. In a few seconds,
you might hear a hissing sound.
2. Adjust VOL to a comfortable listening level.
3. Rotate SQ (squelch) fully counterclockwise to OFF . Then,
rotate SQ clockwise until the hissing sound stops.
4. To turn off the scanner, turn VOL counterclockwise to OFF .
storing conventional frequencies
1. Turn on your scanner and press PROG .
2. Select the desired channel storage bank and channel, and
then press PROG .
3. Use the number keys and ./DELAY (to enter the decimal
point) to enter the frequency you want to store.
4. Press ENT to store the frequency.
5. The scanner confi gures the channels you enter after a
two second delay. A D appears at the top of the display. If
you do not want the scanner to pause before it resumes
scanning, press
./DELAY until D no longer appears on the
display.
6. To receive conventional frequencies, including AM,
FM/Digital, CTCSS and DCS, press MODE . For more
information on CTCSS and DCS programming, see
“Programming CTCSS/DCS channels”.
7. If desired, program a text tag for the channel. See
“Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel”.
8. To program additional channels, press PROG or
e
or
d
to
move to the next channel memory location.