20-433 PRO-433 1,000 ch Trunking Desktop/Mobile Scanner Thank you for purchasing your PRO-433 1,000 Channel Trunking Desktop/Mobile Scanner from RadioShack. Your scanner is one of a new generation of scanners designed to track Motorola® Type I, Type II, hybrid analog, and many other systems. Quick Start p.
Contents quick start 4 step 1: installing your scanner step 2: power your scanner step 3: connect your scanner step 4: setting up your scanner step 5: monitoring and scanning the basics 4 5 6 8 10 11 your scanner’s controls your scanner’s display replacing the fuse 12 13 15 beyond the basics 16 channel-storage banks priority channels chain search service bank search weather search and alert FIPS codes Skywarn Signal Stalker I data skip keytones delay memory lock 16 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 2
Contents type I and hybrid trunked systems programming base and offset frequencies Motorola disconnect tone detect function 30 33 34 special features 35 PC programming scanner cloning 35 35 care 37 troubleshooting resetting the scanner service and repair 37 38 38 specifications 39 RF emissions information 40 limited one-year warranty 40 3
Quick Start quick start step 1: installing your scanner You can mount your scanner as a base station or in your vehicle. If you are unsure how to install your scanner in your vehicle, consult your automobile manufacturer, dealer, or a qualified installer. base station Attach the four protective rubber feet to the mounting bracket when you use the scanner as a base station on a flat surface such as a desk, shelf, or table.
Quick Start Your scanner requires a 2 x 7-1/8 x 5-5/16 inch (50 x 180 x 135 mm) mounting area. Allow an additional 2-3/8 inch (60 mm) space behind the scanner for connectors and wires. 1. Remove the four rear screws that secure the outer metal case and pull off the case with care. 2. Insert the DIN sleeve into the opening in your dashboard, lip facing out. 3. Push out the top and bottom tabs to hold the sleeve firmly in place. 4. Slowly slide the scanner into the sleeve until it locks in place.
Quick Start vehicle cigarette lighter or power port To power your scanner from your vehicle’s 12V power source, use a 12V DC cigarette-lighter adapter (not supplied, available at RadioShack). NOTE If you use a cigarette-lighter adapter, you might hear some electrical interference from your engine while scanning. This is normal. vehicle ignition (negative ground only) NOTE If you are not experienced in connecting accessories to the vehicle fuse box, use a certified installer. 1.
Quick Start antenna Expand the antenna according to the frequencies you want to montitor: Frequency ..................................... Antenna Length 25-174 MHz .....................Extend fully (4 segments) 400-512 MHz ................... Extend half (2 segments) 806-1300 MHz ................Collapse fully (1 segment) The scanner’s ANT jack supports a variety of antennae (available at RadioShack). • NOTES • • ANT Match the antenna connector arrow to the ANT jack’s upper projection.
Quick Start step 4: setting up your scanner turning on your scanner To turn on your scanner, turn the VOLUME knob clockwise until it clicks. To set the squelch, turn the SQUELCH knob fully counterclockwise, then rotate it clockwise until the hissing sound stops. storing frequencies in channels Your scanner comes with 150 preprogrammed frequencies.
Quick Start 4. Select the target bank. The smallest empty channel number flashes over the frequency. 5. Press or to access the target channel. 6. Press E/PGM. If there is no empty channel, the scanner automatically selects the first channel of the bank. To cancel the copy or move, press . /CLR /DELAY. searching for frequencies You can search for frequencies up or down using direct search. 1. Press and hold SRCH. SRCH appears in the display. 2.
Quick Start step 5: monitoring and scanning monitoring To monitor a channel, press SCAN/MANUAL while the scanner is pausing on the channel, or stop the scanning by pressing SCAN/ MANUAL, enter the channel number, and press SCAN/MANUAL. scanning To scan, press SCAN/MANUAL. When the scanner finds a transmission, it monitors the transmission until it ends. • NOTES • If you have not stored frequencies into any channels, the scanner cannot scan.
The Basics the basics A frequency is the tuning location of a station. A channel is a programmable memory location for storing frequencies that you can scan for activity. Channels are grouped into 10 channelstorage banks, each of which contains 100-channels. Service banks are preset channel-storage banks of frequencies used by HAM operators, marine, aircraft, and police (fire/emergency) services. For example, many amateur radio frequencies are located in the HAM service bank.
The Basics your scanner’s controls SQUELCH Adjusts the squelch. PC/IF PC interface cable connection. VOLUME Turns on the scanner and adjusts the volume. Headphone connection. SCAN/MANUAL Starts and stops channel scans, or lets you directly enter a frequency or channel number. SRCH Searches for frequencies, or active talk group IDs. SVC Starts a service bank search. TRUNK Accesses trunk tracking and stores trunked frequencies. WX / Controls weather searches and activates the Skywarn function.
The Basics Number keys Enter a channel, a frequency, or an ID number. HAM Selects the ham band when in service mode. MRN Selects the marine band when in service mode. AIR Selects the air band when in service mode. POL Selects the police band when in service mode. ALERT Activates the NWR-SAME weather alert. CLR /DELAY Clears error messages, or accesses the delay feature. E/PGM Stores frequencies into channels, and programs the trunking frequency, fleet map, and ID memories.
The Basics DATA Appears when the data skip function is active, and in the trunking mode when the dis connect tone detect function is off. Appears when Signal Stalker I is active. SCAN Appears during channel scan. LIST Appears with numbers (1–5) during trunking. A bar indicates which ID scan list banks are turned on for scanning. SRCH Appears during chain, direct, and ID searches. SVC Appears during Service Search mode. PRI Appears when the priority feature is turned on.
The Basics or Indicates the search direction during a chain, direct, or service search, and normal and weather scan. ALERT Appears when the weather alert is turned on, or flashes when the scanner detects an alert coded signal. M, E or L Indicates the trunking system: Motorola (M), EDACS (E), or LTR (L). CH Indicates the current channel.
Beyond the Basics beyond the basics channel-storage banks The scanner displays the channel-storage bank number while scanning a channel. You can turn off a bank by pressing the bank’s number, but one bank must always be active. To increase scanning speed, you can lock out channels with continuous transmission, such as weather channels or birdies. Birdies are internally generated signals inherent in the electronics of the receiver.
Beyond the Basics chain search Chain search lets you search through preset frequency ranges and store found frequencies. You can also modify each range. NOTE At least one bank must be active. If you disable all the banks, the error tone beeps. 1. Press SRCH. SRCH appears. 2. (Optional) Press 0 – 9 to enable / disable search banks: Bank No. Frequency (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 ...................................................29.0000 – 54.0000 ..............................5 2 ....................................
Beyond the Basics 3. Enter the lower limit frequency, and then press E/PGM. 4. Press or to change to the upper limit frequency. 5. Enter the upper limit frequency, and then press E/PGM. 6. When you finish programming frequency ranges, press SRCH. service bank search You can search preprogrammed frequencies allocated to HAM, marine, aircraft, or police (fire/emergency) transmissions. To use service bank search, complete the following steps: 1. Press SVC.
Beyond the Basics When the scanner receives a SAME-coded signal, ALERT flashes one of the following codes to indicate the alert level: L1... ................................................................................................. Warning L2.. ...................................................................................................... Watch L3... ................................................................................................ Advisory WXA ...................................
Beyond the Basics Skywarn Skywarn jumps directly to the last channel in memory from any mode. The scanner pauses any active scans and starts receiving transmissions in the last channel. If no frequency is programmed in the last channel, No Prog appears and the scanner sounds an error tone.
Beyond the Basics Signal Stalker I Signal Stalker I searches for frequencies in a specified range. This works well for locating strong local transmissions, such as mobile and handheld two way radios in areas with no other strong transmission sources; however, if you are in an area with many transmission sources (such as pager radio transmitters, multiuse radio towers, traffic control devices, etc.), Signal Stalker I may not correctly display.
Beyond the Basics S-S.ALt ................................................................................... Alert settings S-S.Lit ............................................................................. Back light settings S-S.PS ....................................................................... Pager screen settings S-S.OnlY ...............................................................................Mode settings To turn off normal scanning, when Signal Stalker I is running, turn S-S.
Beyond the Basics 5. Press MENU to exit the menu mode. keytones The keytones feature beeps when you press a button on the scanner. To modify keytone settings, complete the following steps: 1. Press MENU. 2. Press or to until bEEP appears in the display, then press 3. Press or to select OFF or ON, then press E/PGM. E/PGM. 4. Press MENU to exit the menu mode.
Trunking Operations trunking operations The scanner can track transmissions for up to 10 Motorola Type I, Type II, hybrid, EDACS or LTR analog trunking systems. When the scanner finishes checking activity in the trunked system, it scans other conventional frequencies in the bank. For trunked reception, set the squelch at the center position. If set too high, it could prevent your scanner from locking on the control channel reliably. If it is set too low, it can delay finding the control channel.
Trunking Operations • NOTES • For EDACS and LTR systems, you must enter the frequencies in logical channel number (LCN) order. If you try to enter a duplicate frequency in a bank, the scanner beeps and the channel which was previously stored appears. 6. Press or to select the next channel in the bank and repeat Step 4 to enter frequencies in that bank. 7. Press SRCH to begin searching for the trunk’s data channel and scan conventional frequencies at the same time.
Trunking Operations 5. Enter the talk group IDs for each trunk system. LTR talk groups are identified as six-digit numbers in the form AHHUUU: A ................................................................................Area code (0 to 1) H .......................................................... Home repeater (01 through 20) U ...................................................................User ID (000 through 254) 6. Press E/PGM.
Trunking Operations 2. When the selected trunked system is displayed, press E/PGM. 3. Use or to choose Id Lout, and press E/PGM. 4. Press L/O, the ID is unlocked and the next locked ID displays. 5. If you unlocked all locked IDs, the scanner displays Non. To unlock all talk group IDs, hold L/O untill you hear two beeps. priority talk group ID scanning Your scanner checks priority IDs more frequently than the other IDs.
Trunking Operations AFS Format Your scanner can translate decimal talk group lists to the much more powerful AFS format. Become familiar with AFS partial entry, and your scanning will become more flexible and efficient. The AFS format allows you to enter full or partial EDACS IDs for powerful flexibility in all modes. 1. Select the trunking programming mode and a bank. 2. Press or to select EDACS, then press E/PGM. 3. Press or to select AFS, then press E/PGM. 4.
Trunking Operations You can enter partial group numbers for EDACS talk groups. By entering only the desired portion of a group, you can select either 128, 8, or 1 talk group. For example, you might program every talk group in a police department by pressing just four keys. NOTE You cannot use partial talk groups in decimal mode. To enter a partial EDACS ID: 1. Enter the agency number. 2. (Optional) To program all the talk group numbers for one fleet of an agency, enter the fleet number. 3. Press E/PGM.
Trunking Operations trunk search and scan You can trunk scan and scan conventional frequencies at the same time. You can program conventional frequencies in the same bank as trunking systems, but not while in trunk mode. To scan both trunking and conventional banks, turn off trunking, select the banks to scan, then turn on trunking again. To switch to trunk modes while scanning conventional frequencies, complete the following steps: 1. Press TRUNK.
Trunking Operations Subfleet information is included with the frequency list for a Type I system. There are 16 preset fleet maps to choose from, and it is best to start with these when setting up a Type I or hybrid trunk scanning bank. preset fleet maps 1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning and press E/PGM, then press TRUNK to select the trunking programming mode and the bank you want to change. 2. Repeatedly press or to select TYPE 1 SYSTEM (E1), then 3.
Trunking Operations E1P10 Block Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Size S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S4 S4 E1P11 Block Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Size S4 S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 E1P12 Block Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Size S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S0 S4 Block Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Size S3 S3 S11 S4 S4 S0 S0 S0 E1P14 Block Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Size S4 S3 S10 S4 S4 S4 S12 (S12) E1P15 Block Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Size S4 S4 S4 S11 S11 S0 S12 (S12) B
Trunking Operations codes S-12, S-13, or S-14, these restrictions apply: • • • NOTE S-12 can only be assigned to Blocks 0, 2, 4, or 6 S-13 can only be assigned to Blocks 0 and 4 S-14 can only be assigned to Block 0 Because these size codes require multiple blocks, the scanner prompts you for the next available block when you program a fleet map. For example, if you set Block 0 as S-12, b2 is the next block instead of b1.
Trunking Operations 8. Enter the frequency using the number keys according to the following guide, then press E/PGM. • • For Motorola Type II VHF (E2-VHF Hi band) use 5kHz steps between 5 kHz – 100 kHz. For Motorola Type II UHF (E2-UHF band) use 12.5kHz steps between 12.5 kHz – 100 kHz. 9. Press . The display changes to the offset channel entering mode. 10. Enter an offset channel using the number keys, then press E/PGM. You can only input the frequency between 380 – 759. 11. Press . /CLR /DELAY.
Special Features special features PC programming You can transfer programming data to your scanner using your PC and an optional interface cable and software (available at your local RadioShack or www.radioshack.com). 1. Turn off your scanner. 2. Connect the interface cable to your computer and then connect the other end of the cable to the scanner’s PC/IF port. 3. Install the software to your computer and run the program. 4.
Special Features 2. Connect the interface cable into each scanner’s PC/IF port. 3. While you press and hold E/PGM on both scanners, turn on both scanners. 4. Determine the scanner which has the frequency data that you want to transfer. This one must be set up as the First Unit, and the other must be set as the Clone Unit 5. Press E/PGM on the First Unit and then the Clone unit. The First Unit checks whether the Clone unit is connected correctly.
Care care You can extend the life of your scanner by following these basic care guidelines: • • • • Keep the scanner dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Use and store the scanner only in normal temperature environments. Handle the scanner carefully; do not drop it. Keep the scanner away from dust and dirt, and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new. troubleshooting If your scanner is not working as it should, these suggestions might help you eliminate the problem.
Care Why am I missing replies to conversations? Why isn’t my scanner scanning trunked frequencies? You may have selected an incorrect fleet map. Try another fleet map or program your own. You may be monitoring a Type I system, but your scanner is set to scan Type II systems. Set you scanner to Type 1 trunked frequencies. resetting the scanner Caution: This procedure clears all the information you have stored in the scanner.
Specifications specifications Frequency Coverage: ...................................... 29–54 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) .................................................. 108–136.9875 MHz (in 12.5 kHz steps) ................................................................ 137–174 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) ............................................. 179.7500-215.7500 MHz (in 6 MHz steps) ......................................................... 216–224.995 MHz (in 5 kHz steps) .....................................
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
