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The Basics

EXT SP

— connect an

external speaker here.

ENT

— press to conﬁ rm

frequency and text entries.

your scanner’s rear view

ANT

— connect the supplied

antenna or an external
antenna here.

DC 13.8V

— connect a

power source here.

SCREW HOLE

— use to mount

the scanner in a car with some

hardware (screw not supplied).

RESET

— press

to reset your
scanner.

Press to enter a number or

a character (in text mode).

./DELAY

— press to enter

a decimal point, space, or

hyphen. Press to program delay

time for a channel/search bank.

Summary of Contents for PRO-2096

Page 1: ...Please read this user s guide before installing setting up and using your new product www radioshack com 20 496 PRO 2096 Digital Trunking Mobile Base Scanner...

Page 2: ...as a mobile scanner by mounting it in a vehicle This scanner is the rst of an innovative and exciting new generation capable of receiving digital voice modulation from the newest and most sophisticat...

Page 3: ...vehicle s ignition 13 from your vehicle s cigarrette lighter 14 step 3 connect your scanner 15 connect the supplied antenna 15 connect an external antenna 15 connect an external speaker or headphones...

Page 4: ...weather alert 32 using delay 33 locking out channels frequencies 33 locking out channels 33 locking out frequencies 34 reviewing locked out search frequency 34 clearing locked out search frequencies...

Page 5: ...roup IDs in one bank 55 programming trunked systems 56 Motorola analog digital and APCO 25 systems 56 EDACS systems 57 Motorola VHF and UHF systems 58 Motorola 800MHz splinter systems 59 eet maps 59 p...

Page 6: ...Plus are registered trademarks of Motorla Inc EDACS is a registered trademark of MA COM Inc The IMBE TM Voice Coding Technology embodied in this product is protected by intellectual property rights in...

Page 7: ...ed channels and ID codes and skips speci ed frequencies during a search CLEAR clears an incorrect entry PROG programs frequencies in selected channels PWR VOL SQ long knob turns OFF ON and controls vo...

Page 8: ...then e or d to tune to a frequency FUNC press in combination with other keys to perform various functions WX press to scan programmed weather channels See p 31 PRI turns the priority function on or o...

Page 9: ...antenna or an external antenna here DC 13 8V connect a power source here SCREW HOLE use to mount the scanner in a car with some hardware screw not supplied RESET press to reset your scanner Press to...

Page 10: ...Range Number Frequency Zeromatic On Off Indicator Sub Group Search Range Name Attenuator On Off Indicator Delay On Off Indecator Lockout On Off Indecator While Scanning ScanningDirection or Open Clos...

Page 11: ...35 mm mounting area 1 Remove the four rear screws and pull off the black case before installing your scanner 2 Install the DIN sleeve into the opening in your dashboard lip facing out 3 Push out the t...

Page 12: ...the supplied screws and lockwashers 6 Slide the scanner into the bracket aligning the scanner s holes with the holes in the bracket and then screw the mounting knobs into the scanner When drilling hol...

Page 13: ...east 600mA Its center tip must be set to positive and its plug must t the scanner s DC 13 8V jack Using an adapter that does not meet these speci cations could damage the scanner or the adapter To pre...

Page 14: ...its plug must t the scanner s DC 13 8V jack The supplied DC power cord meets these speci cations Using a power cord that does not meet these speci cations could damage the scanner or the adapter from...

Page 15: ...s 216 225 MHz Extend 3 segments 406 1300 MHz Collapse fully connect an external antenna You will need to connect an external antenna when you mount your scanner in the dashboard of your vehicle You ma...

Page 16: ...hese guidelines when you use headphones Adjust VOL volume to its lowest level before putting on headphones With the headphones on adjust VOL to a comfortable level Avoid increasing the volume once you...

Page 17: ...hen 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 con gures the channels you enter aft...

Page 18: ...requency number appear Press CLEAR and enter another frequency You can replace any stored frequency by selecting the desired bank and channel pressing PROG and then entering the new frequency Press FU...

Page 19: ...y You can set CTCSS or DCS mode when searching any range except for SR0 SR1 and SR4 The scanner will display detected CTCSS or DCS codes depending on the mode setting See Using CTCSS and DCS The scann...

Page 20: ...ng to the desired bank until the bank s number appears on the display To turn off a channel storage bank press the number key corresponding to the desired bank until the bank s number disappears from...

Page 21: ...ory If the transmitted and stored codes match the scanner stops on the transmission and allows the audio to pass to the speaker If the codes do not match the scanner resumes scanning If the special se...

Page 22: ...turn on group 0 press 0 3 Press FUNC SRCH while M appears in SR0 SR1 or SR2 M changes to S Then search through the band To return to the previous mode press FUNC SRCH 4 Rotate SQ clockwise and leave i...

Page 23: ...00 19 156 9500 20 157 0000 161 6000 21 157 0500 22 157 1000 23 157 1500 24 157 2000 161 8000 25 157 2500 161 8500 26 157 3000 161 9000 27 157 3500 161 9500 28 157 4000 162 0000 63 157 1750 64 156 2250...

Page 24: ...08 27 0550 09 27 0650 10 27 0750 11 27 0850 12 27 1050 13 27 1150 14 27 1250 15 27 1350 16 27 1550 17 27 1650 18 27 1750 19 27 1850 20 27 2050 21 27 2150 22 27 2250 23 27 2550 24 27 2350 25 27 2450 26...

Page 25: ...7 6875 14 467 7125 15 462 5500 16 462 5750 17 462 6000 18 462 6250 19 462 6500 20 462 6750 21 462 7000 22 462 7250 23 151 8200 24 151 8800 25 151 9400 26 154 5700 27 154 6000 Search bank SR3 Police Fi...

Page 26: ...460 0125 460 6375 12 5 465 0125 465 6375 12 5 3 851 0125 860 9875 25 866 0125 868 9875 12 5 Search bank SR4 Aircraft Receive mode AM Frequency MHz Step kHz 108 000 136 9875 12 5 Search bank SR5 Ham b...

Page 27: ...e SQUELCH clockwise and leave it set to a point just after the hissing sound stops 6 Press SRCH to start searching When the scanner nds an active frequency it stops searching using Zeromatic Zeromatic...

Page 28: ...tive frequency Use e or d while paused to increment the frequency one step at a time manually tuning to a frequency You can manually set the scanner to move through all receivable frequencies or selec...

Page 29: ...to copy a frequency that is already stored the scanner sounds a tone after you press ENT Dupl f Chxxx appears at the bottom line To copy the duplicate frequency anyway press ENT Otherwise press CLEAR...

Page 30: ...frequency into bank 9 press ENT The scanner stores the frequency in the rst available vacant channel in the bank Otherwise enter any bank number then press ENT to store the frequency in the selected b...

Page 31: ...the strongest weather frequency for your location 3 If necessary press ATT to attenuate a weather channel if it is receiving interference same standby mode The National Weather Service precedes each w...

Page 32: ...when a weather channel is set as the priority channel and weather priority operation is enabled In this mode all alerts are received FIPS settings are ignored The scanner sounds an alert or beep when...

Page 33: ...raf c before resuming the scan operation To toggle the delay setting for a channel press DELAY Delay is automatically set as the default for each channel when you turn on the scanner Delay operates di...

Page 34: ...n lock out as many as 50 frequencies in each search bank If you try to lock out more Memory full appears and you will be unable to lock out any more frequencies until you clear some See Clearing Locke...

Page 35: ...Press SRCH 2 Select the search bank where you want to clear all locked out frequencies 3 Press FUNC L OUT Lockout list appears 4 Press FUNC 6 Con rm list clear 1 YES Press other key for NO appears Pr...

Page 36: ...canner s sensitivity with the attenuator There are two attenuator modes in your scanner Normal attenuator mode allows you to set the attenuator on a per channel basis Normal mode is useful when indivi...

Page 37: ...UNC ATT to set the attenuator to global mode Global ATT appears for two seconds and then ATT appears 2 Press ATT to activate the attenuator ATTon appears on the bottom of the display When the scanner...

Page 38: ...display Press 2 to turn it off using the dimmer Repeatedly press DIM to adjust the brightness of the display backlight to Dark Light Off or Light changing the display contrast 1 Press MAN 2 Press FUNC...

Page 39: ...chpad folder offers a convenient location to temporarily store the contents of working memory when managing the V Scanner memory Working with V Scanner folders is much like working with computer appli...

Page 40: ...king memory It is not possible to change the V Scanner folder name from the V Scanner menus Always press FUNC TEXT while in program mode to assign a V Scanner folder name to the current working memory...

Page 41: ...ously stored a V Scanner con guration with the name My V Scanner in that location If you choose V Scanner Folder 1 the following appears on the display Save to V Scanner 1 ENTER if YES My V Scanner 6...

Page 42: ...pt you to verify your choice For example if you choose V Scanner Folder 1 the scanner will display Load from V Scanner 1 ENTER if YES My V Scanner 10 Press ENT to accept the choice another number key...

Page 43: ...ify your choice For example if you choose V Scanner Folder 1 the scanner will display Delete V Scanner ENTER if YES My V Scanner 14 Press ENT to accept the choice another number key to change your sel...

Page 44: ...n guration or the modi ed one 18 Be sure to assign a name to each V Scanner before you save it to a V Scanner folder You assign a V Scanner name while using the con guration in working memory by press...

Page 45: ...close enough to their radio microphone Your PRO 2096 features Digital AGC which can compensate for these low audio levels when they occur By default Digital AGC is turned on If desired you can toggle...

Page 46: ...disconnect the cable or interrupt power to either scanner while transferring data 6 To exit clone mode remove the cable cloning v scanner data Your scanner supports cloning of both working memory and...

Page 47: ...he V Scanner memory contents of the source radio press ENT now All eleven V Scanner folders will be transferred from the source radio to the destination radio 5 When the transfer is complete press ENT...

Page 48: ...s located Press e or d to move between the source and destination folder elds Use 0 9 and to select the destination V Scanner folder where you wish to store the sent data Again you may browse the V Sc...

Page 49: ...ss ENT to receive You may abort the send operation by pressing CLEAR 7 After data transfer is complete you will be prompted to press ENT This returns you to the main V Scanner menu To perform addition...

Page 50: ...peration talkgroup ID hold You can set your scanner to follow a trunking signal that you want to track during scanning 1 While the scanner is stopped on a voice channel VC appears hold down TRUNK or p...

Page 51: ...receives transmissions on Motorola APCO 25 and EDACS trunked radio systems These settings called Open Mode and Closed Mode control whether the scanner monitors all traf c from a trunked radio system o...

Page 52: ...r certain talkgroups which you specify by entering them into the ID list and locking them out Open Mode scanning allows you to search the trunking system for new or previously unknown talkgroup activi...

Page 53: ...onal channels except it is performed while in a trunked ID list 1 Press PROG and then TRUNK 2 Press FUNC and then L OUT The rst locked out ID in the ID list is displayed 3 Press L OUT to unlock the se...

Page 54: ...nction begins after this hang time expires Therefore the total amount of delay present after a user unkeys the microphone equals the trunking system hang time plus any trunked ID delay programmed into...

Page 55: ...a new set of talkgroup IDs 1 Press PROG 2 Press TRUNK to enter a talk group ID memory mode 3 Select a talkgroup ID bank using FUNC e or d 4 Press FUNC 6 Con rm list clear 1 YES Press other key for NO...

Page 56: ...e correct trunking bank type If the bank has never been programmed with a trunking system the scanner will display Not trunked Press mode 3 Press MODE until Motorola appears in the display This sets t...

Page 57: ...ems You must program all EDACS system channels into your scanner in Logical Channel Number LCN order beginning with LCN 1 in channel 01 of the channel storage bank Do not program EDACS system channels...

Page 58: ...enter the ID program mode 2 Press FUNC and press or hold e or d to select the bank 3 Press MODE until Motorola appears in the display 4 Press FUNC then 2 The following appears Base freq 406 0000 Offse...

Page 59: ...el type Setting splinter con guration on VHF UHF 900 MHz and 800 MHz APCO 25 systems will have no effect 1 Press PROG TRUNK to enter ID program mode 2 If necessary press FUNC and then e or d to select...

Page 60: ...you press ENT you con rm the size code If you nd an error press CLEAR and start over Block Size Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 S11 S4 S4 S12 S4 S3 S10 S1 1 S11 S4 S4 S4 S10 S10 S1 2 S11 S4 S4 S4 S12 S4 S11 S2...

Page 61: ...t occurs while the scanner is monitoring a trunking voice call If you program a weather channel as the priority channel and you activate priority mode the scanner stops on the weather priority channel...

Page 62: ...e scanner detects the 1050 Hz weather alert tone in Priority WX mode Weather ALERT appears and an alert tone sounds Press WX to listen to the weather alert message To turn off priority press PRI This...

Page 63: ...instantly decodes the CTCSS or DCS code on a received transmission Channels programmed with the search code will receive all traf c on the channel and will instantly decode and display any CTCSS or D...

Page 64: ...ice reception is desired CTCSS Code Table 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 5 Hz 146 2 Hz 17...

Page 65: ...the active talkgroup is automatically stored in the next available ID memory location Your scanner s display indicates where the ID was stored as ID save X YY and then changes to ID ZZZZZ where X is t...

Page 66: ...t by pressing TRUNK during a trunked transmission the scanner automatically stores the active ID in the next available open ID storage location in the ID list We suggest leaving ID sub bank 0 empty wh...

Page 67: ...nted characters or hold down CLEAR to abort the text entry For example to identify a channel as FIRE Ch 6 for Fire Channel 6 F is the third letter of DEF associated with 3 on the keypad Press 3 3 I is...

Page 68: ...e Text Input Chart on Page 69 Use e d or CLEAR to edit your entry or hold down CLEAR to delete the text entry 7 Press ENT to store the text with the ID assigning a text tag to a channel storage bank 1...

Page 69: ...FUNC after pressing the rst number key using channel receive modes You can program each channel with any one of six receive modes AM FM Digital CTCSS DCS Motorola or EDACS Trunked modes ED and MOT can...

Page 70: ...4 Click on Software Updates and Downloads 5 Click on PRO 2096 XXX exe Full download and upgrade instructions are provided on the Firmware Upgrade page 6 To check the DSP version number turn on the sca...

Page 71: ...or talkgroup is encrypted The scanner will not receive encrypted traf c The digital channel or talkgroup is being transmitted from a distant location Reposition the scanner or use an outdoor antenna t...

Page 72: ...y is not affected when you initialize the scanner 1 Turn off the scanner and turn it on again First the DSP boot version and then Welcome To Digital Trunking appears 2 Press 0 The following messages a...

Page 73: ...ion Make sure you replace the fuse only with another fuse of the same type and rating 2 amp fast acting glass fuse service and repair If your scanner is not performing as it should take it to your loc...

Page 74: ...2 6 25 kHz 806 823 9875 6 25 kHz 849 868 9875 6 25 kHz 894 960 6 25 kHz 1240 1300 6 25 kHz Memory Organization V Scanners eleven 500 channel virtual scanners Memory channels 500 Channel storage banks...

Page 75: ...Hz 1 5 V 406 512 MHz 2 V 806 960 MHz 2 V 1240 1300 MHz 3 V Selectivity 25 27 995 MHz in AM mode 6 dB 5 kHz 50 dB 6 kHz All frequencies at AM and FM mode except 25 27 995 MHz at AM 6 dB 8 kHz 50 dB 14...

Page 76: ...ld FM and AM 0 5 V Tight FM 25 dB Tight AM 20 dB Antenna Impedance 50 Ohms Audio Output Power 10 THD 1 5 W Built in Speaker 3 in 77 mm 8 ohm dynamic type Power Requirement 13 8 V Current Drain 600 mA...

Page 77: ...s military operations pager services and wireline telephone and telegraph service providers It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive However there are some transmiss...

Page 78: ...torage bank Digital Operation Your scanner is equipped with advanced Digital Signal Processing circuitry to receive and decode Phase 1 APCO 25 C4FM four level FM digital voice transmissions This secti...

Page 79: ...the reception of the raw undecoded digital signal This is a normal indication of a digitral signal that is too weak to decode Frequency the receiving signal location expressed in MHz To nd active freq...

Page 80: ...trunking IDs search settings and other parameters associated with scanner operation AM Mode AM sets the scanner to receive amplitude modulation AM transmissions AM is primarily used for aircraft mili...

Page 81: ...scanner so it decodes talkgroup IDs used with EDACS GE Ericsson M ACOM trunking systems This setting is called the EDACS mode EDACS systems are used primarily by business or private communications ser...

Page 82: ...82 Beyond the Basics...

Page 83: ...83 Beyond the Basics...

Page 84: ...fects in material and workmanship under normal use for one 1 year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers For complete warranty...

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