User's Manual
Table Of Contents
20-315 Owner’s Manual
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Scanning is a fun and interesting hobby. You can hear police and fire departments,
ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services,
aircraft, and military operations. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your
scanner can receive. However, there are some electronic and wire communications that
are illegal to intentionally intercept.
These include:
• telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal
transmission)
• pager transmissions
• any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), and amended,
you could be fined and possibly imprisoned for intentionally listening to, using, or disclosing
the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the
communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). These laws change from time to
time and there might be state or local laws that also affect legal scanner usage.
CONTENTS
Preparation ............................................................................ 6
Power Sources..........................................................................6
Using Batteries..........................................................................6
Charging Rechargeable Batteries .................................. 7
Using AC Power ................................................................ 8
Using Vehicle Battery Power ............................................. 9
Connecting an Antenna .................................................. 9
Connecting an Outdoor Antenna ................................ 9
Connecting an Earphone/Headphones .......................... 10
Listening Safely .......................................................... 10
Traffic Safety .............................................................. 10
Connecting an Extension Speaker ................................. 11
Using the Belt Clip........................................................ 11
About Your Scanner ............................................. 11
A Look at the Keypad ..................................................... 11
A Look at the Display ...................................................... 12
Understanding Banks ..................................................... 13