PSR-200 200 Channel VHF/Air/UHF Desktop Scanner Please read this guide before installing, setting up and using your new product.
CONTENTS Features ......................................................................................................................... 3 Preparation .................................................................................................................... 6 Power Sources .............................................................................................................. 6 Using AC Power .................................................................................................
Cloning the Programmed Data ................................................................................... 26 Initializing the Scanner ................................................................................................. 26 A General Guide to Scanning ...................................................................................... 27 Birdie Frequencies ....................................................................................................... 27 Frequency Conversion ......
Priority Channel — lets you set the scanner to check one channel every 2 seconds so you do not miss transmissions. Data Cloning — lets you transfer the programmed data to another PSR-200/ 100 scanner. Liquid-Crystal Display — makes it easy to view and change programming information. Supplied Telescoping Antenna — provides good reception of strong local signals.
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
PREPARATION POWER SOURCES Using AC Power You can power the scanner using a supplied AC adaptor. Cautions: ! You must use a supplied AC adaptor. • Always connect the AC adaptor to the scanner before you connect it to AC power. When you finish, disconnect the adaptor from AC power before you disconnect it from the scanner. • The correct orientation for the enclosed power adaptor is in a vertical or floor-mount position. To power the scanner using an AC adaptor, connect the plug into the scanner’s DC 9V jack.
CONNECTING THE SUPPLIED ANTENNA You must install an antenna before you can operate the scanner. The supplied telescoping antenna helps your scanner receive strong local signals. To install the antenna, thread it clockwise into the hole on top of the scanner. The scanner’s sensitivity depends on its location and the antenna’s length. For the best reception of the transmissions you want to hear, adjust the antenna’s length according to the chart below.
Listening Safely To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use an earphone or headphones. • Set the volume to the lowest setting before you begin listening. After you begin listening, adjust the volume to a comfortable level. • Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended high-volume listening can lead to permanent hearing loss. • Once you set the volume, do not increase it.
ABOUT THE KEYPAD Here is a brief overview of your scanner’s keys and their functions. MAR – Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed marine band. HAM – Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed amateur radio band. SCAN/MAN – Scans any programmed channels or stops scanning and lets you directly enter a channel number. PD/FD – Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed police/fire band. AIR – Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed aircraft band.
A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY The display has indicators that show the scanner’s current operating status. This quick look at the display will help you understand how your scanner operates. BANK – Appears with numbers (1–10) to indicate the scan bank. Bank numbers with a bar under them show which banks are turned on for scanning (see “Understanding Banks” on Page 12). WX – Indicates that the scanner is active for weather channels. MAR – Indicates that the scanner is active for marine bank.
b X StorE – Appears when you program the frequency into desired vacant channel. CLOnE – Appears when the scanner stays in the clone mode. -dUPL- – Appears when you try to store a frequency that is already stored in another channel. Error – Appears when you make an entry error. FLo ALL-CL – Appears when you remove all the locked-out frequencies during a FD/PD, AIR, or HAM band. L-r – Appears when you review the locked-out frequencies.
ABOUT YOUR SCANNER Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the scanner to work for you. You simply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then set the scanner to scan them. A frequency is the receiving signal location (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the search or tune function.
Fire/Police Group Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 33.420-33.980 20 37.020-37.420 20 39.020-39.980 20 42.020-42.940 20 44.620-45.860 40 45.880 45.900-46.060 40 46.080-46.500 20 2 153.770-154.130 60 154.145-154.445 15 154.650-154.950 15 155.010-155.370 60 155.415-155.700 15 155.730-156.210 60 158.730-159.210 60 166.250 170.150 3 453.0375-453.9625 12.5 458.0375-458.9625 12.5 460.0125-460.6375 12.5 465.0125-465.6375 12.5 Air Group Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 2 108.000-118.000 118.0125-136.9875 12.
Marine Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 01 02 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 156.0500 156.2500 156.3000 156.3500 156.4000 156.4500 156.5000 156.5500 156.6000 156.6500 156.7000 156.7500 156.8000 156.8500 156.9000 156.9500 157.0000 161.6000 157.0500 157.1000 157.1500 157.2000 161.8000 157.2500 161.8500 157.3000 161.9000 157.3500 161.9500 157.4000 162.0000 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 156.1750 156.2250 160.
OPERATION TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH 1. Turn SQUELCH until the indicator points to MIN before you turn on the scanner. 2. To turn on the scanner, slide POWER to ON. 3. Turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear a hissing sound. 4. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing sound stops. Notes: • To listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH counterclockwise. If reception is poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out weak transmissions.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press PGM and repeat Steps 2 and 3. FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Searching the One-Touch Service Search Banks Your scanner contains groups of preset frequencies called One-Touch Service Search bands. Each one-touch service search band is associated with a specific activity (see “One-Touch Service Search” on Page 12).
Note: If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another channel, the lowest numbered channel containing the duplicate frequency and -dUPL- (duplicate) flash for about 3 seconds. If you want to store the frequency anyway, press ENT again. You can then delete the frequency later. See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on Page 19. If there is no empty channel in the bank, Ch-FULL appears after you press ENT. To store more frequencies, you must clear some channels or you may program the other bank.
SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS To set the scanner to continuously scan through all channels with stored frequencies, simply pressing SCAN until SCAN and appear, then the scanner begins to rapidly scan until it finds an active frequency. If the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops and displays that channel and frequency number, then it automatically begins scanning again when the transmission on that frequency ends. Notes: • To reverse the scanning direction, press or .
MONITORING A STORED CHANNEL You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning. This is useful if you hear an emergency transmission on a channel and do not want to miss any details — even though there might be periods of silence — or if you simply want to monitor that channel. Follow these steps to manually select a channel. 1. Pressing SCAN/MAN until MAN appears. 2. Enter the channel number (1–200). 3. Press SCAN/MAN again.
LISTENING TO THE MARINE BANK To listen to the marine bank, press MAR. MAr appears about 2 seconds, then the scanner starts searching from marine channel 16. To stop searching the channels, press PSE. SRCH disappears and MAN appears. To change the channel manually, press or . To search through the marine bank again, press PSE. MAN disappears and SRCH appears To change the searching direction, press or . You can select a marine channel directly.
Listening to a Weather Channel To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. WEAthEr appears for about 2 seconds, then the scanner starts searching the weather bank. To stop searching the channels, press PSE. SRCH disappears and MAN appears. To change the channel manually, press or . To search through the weather bank again, press PSE. MAN disappears and SRCH appears. To change the searching direction, press or .
• The scanner sounds an alert or beep when it receives the SAME code. If you do not stop the alert (or beep) for five minutes, the alert stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the scanner receives a new message after five minutes, it sounds the alert or beep. To stop the sound and ready the scanner to receive a new alert signal before the five minute time out, press any key.
SPECIAL FEATURES DELAY Many agencies use a two-way radio system that has a period of several seconds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a reply, you can program a 2-second delay into any channel or frequency. When your scanner stops on a channel or frequency with a programmed delay, DLY appears and the scanner continues to monitor that channel or frequency for 2 seconds after the transmission stops before resuming scanning, searching, or tuning.
Locking Out Marine Channels To lock out a Marine channel during searching, press L/O when the scanner stops on the channel. To manually lock out a Marine channel, select the channel then press L/O. To remove the lockout from a Marine channel, manually select that channel again, then press L/O until disappears. Locking Out Frequencies To lock out a frequency during a one-touch service search, press L/O/L/O RVW when the scanner stops on that frequency.
USING PRIORITY The priority feature lets you scan through channels and still not miss important or interesting calls on a frequency you select. You can program one frequency into the priority channel. As the scanner scans, if the priority feature is turned on, the scanner checks the priority channel for activity every 2 seconds. 1. Press PGM, then press PRI/ALERT. PCH and 000.0000 or the previouslystored frequency appear. 2. Enter the frequency you want to enter into the priority channel, then press ENT.
Cloning the Programmed Data You can transfer the programmed data to and from another PSR-200 (or PSR100) scanner using an optional connecting cable with 1/8-inch (3.5mm) stereo (TRS) phone plugs on both ends (not supplied). 1. Turn on both scanner. 2. Connect the connecting cable to each scanner’s PC/IF jack. CLOnE and UP to SEnd appears. 3. Press at the host scanner. 4. SEndInG appears at the host scanner. The scanner sends the data. To exit the clone mode, remove the cable.
A General Guide to Scanning Birdie Frequencies Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies are signals created inside the scanner’s receiver. These operating frequencies might interfere with transmissions on the same frequencies. If you program one of these frequencies, you hear only noise on that frequency. If the interference is not severe, you might be able to turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the birdie.
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” on Page 26).
UHF Standard ..................................................... 450–470 (in 12.5 kHz steps) UHF “T” ............................................................... 470–512 (in 12.5 kHz steps) Channels of Operation ............................................................... 200 channels Sensitivity (20 dB S/N): 29–54 MHz .............................................................................................. 0.5 μV 108–136.9875 MHz ................................................................
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