User's Manual

200018 User’s Guide Draft
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ssary, press MENU until the Main Menu appears.
2. Use  and/or  to scroll to the Browse Library menu item, then press  to advance to the next
step, Select State.
3. Use  and/or  to scroll to your desired state, then press  to advance to the next step.
4. Use  and/or  to scroll to your desired state/province, then press  to advance to the next step.
At this point there will typically be three options to choose from, Agencies, Counties/Cities and
Systems.
Agencies: State level group agencies with statewide responsibilities, such as state troopers or highway
patrol agencies, state emergency management agencies, highway departments, state parks and
departments of forestry, etc. If you wish to explore Agencies for these types of users, scroll to Agencies
and press  to proceed to the next step.
Counties/Cities: group of radio systems that are used in a local county or independent city. If you wish
to explore the radio systems used in counties and independent cities, scroll to Counties/Cities and
press  to proceed to the next step.
Systems: state level group of trunked radio systems that provide statewide coverage, such as
consolidated statewide trunked radio systems for use by multiple state agencies, and in some cases,
local agency use as well. Many states have consolidated their communications systems to a single
statewide trunked radio system, which allows radio users from multiple agencies to share a single
sophisticated radio system that provides coverage throughout the entire state. If you wish to explore
statewide trunked radio systems, scroll to Systems and press  to proceed to the next step.
NOTE: When selecting objects below the Systems level from either States or Cities/Counties, keep in
mind that one or more Sites must be also be selected along with any individual talkgroup objects that
you pick from a System. When in doubt about which Site should be selected, you can select all sites,
or even the entire System, and the PRO-18 will automatically find and use the best available site. For
more information about Systems, see the Conventional Frequencies and Trunking Talkgroups section
below.
More often than not, you’ll probably want to explore counties and independent cities for radio systems
and users in your immediate area, so for this step by step process, we’ll use Counties/Cities as our
example.
5. Scroll to Counties/Cities and press  to proceed. You’ll be presented with a list of counties and
independent cities for your state, with the counties appearing first at the top of the list. Now, scroll to
your county or independent city and press  to proceed to the next step.
Note: You can also press  anytime to navigate backward through the Library menu system.
6. For counties and independent cities, there will typically be three options to choose from: Agencies,
Categories and Systems. The association of objects with each of these groups depends a lot on how
the RadioReference volunteers decide to group the information they submitted to the RadioReference
database. You’ll likely find businesses, airports, attractions, authorities and other non-governmental
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