User's Manual

PSR-200U Owner’s Manual Draft
To find the birdies in your individual scanner, begin by disconnecting the antenna and
moving it away from the scanner. Make sure that no other nearby radio or TV sets are turned
on near the scanner. Use the tune function and tune every frequency range from its lowest
frequency to the highest. Occasionally, the tune will stop as if it had found a signal, often
without any sound. That is a birdie. Make a list of all the birdies in your scanner for future
reference.
Frequency Conversion
The tuning location of a station can be expressed in frequency (kHz or MHz) or in
wavelength (meters). The following information can help you make the necessary
conversions.
1 MHz (million) = 1,000 kHz (thousand)
• To convert MHz to kHz, multiply the number of megahertz by 1,000:
30.62 (MHz) x 1000 = 30,620 kHz
• To convert from kHz to MHz, divide the number of kilohertz by 1,000:
127,800 (kHz) / 1000 = 127.8 MHz
• To convert MHz to meters, divide 300 by the number of megahertz:
300 / 50 MHz = 6 meters
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
The scanner is not working at all. What’s wrong?
• The AC or DC adaptor might not be connected. Be sure the adaptor’s barrel plug is fully
inserted into the DC 9V jack. The center tip of the adaptor’s barrel plug must be set to
positive.
The scanner does not receive any stations or reception is poor. What’s wrong?
• The scanner might need to be initialized. Turn the scanner off then on again, or initialize
the scanner (see “Initializing the Scanner”).
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