Radio Shack PRO-97, Manual

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The display has indicators that show the scanner's current operating status. The display information helps you understand how your scanner operates.
In Scan Mode
1st Line
The banks that are selected for scanning will appear and the cursor will blink on the bank being scanned.
If there is a dot instead of the bank number, then the bank is not on for scanning.
pri­­ will appear in the left if priority is off.
PRIon appears if priority is on monitoring an AM or FM channel.
PRIct appears if priority is on monitoring a channel in CT mode.
PRIdc appears if priority is on monitoring a channel in DC mode.
PRIwx appears if priority is on monitoring a weather channel.
2nd Line
The + or ­ under the bank number will denote if the bank is open or closed. If there is a dot instead of the + or ­, then the bank is not on for scanning.
atg appears when global attenuation is off for all channels/searches.
ATG appears when global attenuation is on for all channels/searches.
3rd Line
Scanning up... or down... appears.
4th Line
Displays the bank currently being scanned.
Low battery! blinks when the scanner's battery is low.
In Receive Mode
1st Line
ch will be appear in the left when the priority channel is receiving.
will be appear in the left when the scanner is in function mode.
M, P, S, or H appears in the top left showing manual, program, or
scan modes. H appears when the scanner is receiving while holding
on an ID.
000 appear as bank (0­­) and channel number (­00) to the right of M,
P, S or H then the receive mode.
0000.00000 shows the frequency.
The weather channel number in weather search.
2nd Line
pri appears on the left with priority off. PRI appears with priority on.
att appears if the attenuator is off for the channel. ATT appears with
the attenuator on for the channel.
atg appears when global attenuation is off for all channels/searches.
ATG appears when global attenuation is on for all
channels/searches.
dly appears if the delay is off for the channel. DLY appears with the
delay on for the channel.
lo appears if the channel is unlocked. LO appears if the channel is
locked out; or VC if receiving an ID.
+ appears if the bank is open. ­ appears if the bank is closed.
A will appear to the right of the channel when the channel is
receiving.
3rd Line
Displays the channel name or Priority Channel if the priority channel
is receiving.
4th Line
If the receive mode of the channel is CT or DC the CT or DC code if
programmed (with Search if in search mode) or
CT: or DC: Code Search with no code received.
A will appear to the right of the tone if a tone is received.
If the receive mode of the channel is MO, ED, or LT The ID number
(or tag) of the current ID.
In Manual mode on a Motorola control channel, the Motorola system
ID and signal strength when not scrolling through the active IDs.
Low battery! blinks when the scanner's battery is low
In Search Mode
Contents
1st Line
SR0­SR6 will appear to show the current search band (or not for a TUNE search).
or will appear to show the search direction.
MO, ED, CT, DC, FM, or AM will appear in the top right to show the receive mode.
0000.00000 appears to the right to display the frequency.
2nd Line
pri appears on the left with priority off. PRI appears with priority on.
att appears if the attenuation is off for the channel (SR0­2) or for the band (SR3­6).