Radio Shack 20-137 Manual - Chain Search

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to these services.

Press SRCH in scan mode or press Func +

SRCH in search mode.

Rotate the knob to select a service bank,

press E

PGM

The selected service begins to be searched.

Note: Because there are many different

frequencies allocated to Ham Band, it can

take several minutes to search all the service

frequencies.

Chain Search

This feature lets you search through preset

frequency ranges. You can also preset a range.

The preset frequency ranges are:

BankNo.

Frequency (MHz)

Step (kHz)

25.0000 – 27.9950

28.0000 – 54.0000

108.0000 – 136.9875

12.5

137.0000 – 174.0000

216.0000 – 224.9950

400.0000 – 449.99375

6.25

450.0000 – 469.99375

6.25

470.0000 – 512.0000

6.25

806.0000 – 956.0000

12.5

1240.0000 – 1300.0000

12.5

To run a Chain Search:

Press SRCH in scan mode or press Func +

SRCH in search mode.

Rotate the knob to select

8: Chain Search.

Press E

PGM

SRCH appears.

Press 0 – 9 to enable or disable the search

bank number being searched.

Note: At least one bank needs to be entered.

If you disable all the banks, the error tone

beeps.

Rotate the knob to search down or up.

When the scanner stops on a transmission,

quickly press SRCH/PSE to stop searching to

listen to the transmission.

*PAUSE* appears.

To release the pause and continue searching,

press SRCH/PSE.

Note: To step through the frequencies while

*PAUSE* appears, rotate the knob.

Search Speeds

The scanner has two search speeds. Normal

Search (90 steps/second ) and hypersearch (270

steps/second). Hypersearch applies only to the 5

kHz step bands (25–54 MHz, 137–174 MHz, and

216–224.9950 MHz).

Storing Found Frequencies

To store frequencies:

Press E

PGM

when you ﬁnd a frequency. The

bank list appears.

Rotate the knob to select the bank number

you want to store the frequency, then press

PGM

. The smallest empty channel number

and

“0.0000” appears.

Rotate the knob to move to the channel

where you wish to store the frequency.

Press E

PGM

to enter the frequency.

If you want to assign a car number and tag, see

step 8 of “Storing Known Frequencies Into

Channels.”

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Summary of 20-137

Page 1
Thank you for purchasing your racing scanner from radioshack. Your handheld scanner is one of a new generation of race scanners. Pro-137 20-137 racing scanner www.Radioshack.Com what’s included scanner antenna: 1 long, 1 short belt clip preprogrammed race frequency list user’s guide quick start guid...
Page 2: Contents
2 contents 3 contents about your scanner .......................................4 connecting the antenna....................................6 attaching the belt clip .......................................6 powering your scanner ......................................6 batteries.........................
Page 3: About Your Scanner
4 5 about your scanner headphones func various functions in combination with other keys. Press and release, then press the next key. Menu enters menu mode. Press to return to the previous menu. Press and hold to exit menu mode. Sel / vol / sql rotate to select next or previous, and to change scan or...
Page 4: Connecting The Antenna
6 7 connecting the antenna attach the supplied antenna to the scanner by screwing it tightly onto the anchor post at the top of the scanner. When using an external antenna, always use 50-ohm, rg-58, or rg-8, coaxial cable to connect to it. If the antenna is over 50 feet from the scanner, use rg-8 lo...
Page 5: Turning On The Scanner
8 9 battery notes • when battery power is low, battery symbol ﬂashes and the scanner beeps every 15 seconds. When battery power is depleted, the scanner turns itself off. • rechargeable batteries last longer and deliver more power if you let them fully discharge once a month. To do this, use the sca...
Page 6: Headphones and Speakers
10 11 headphones and speakers for private listening, you can plug headphones (not included) into the headphone jack on top of your scanner. This automatically disconnects the internal speaker. Note that the sound is not stereo. Listening safely to protect your hearing, follow these earphone or headp...
Page 7: Settings
12 13 (the ﬁrst channel in bank 0), and program the ﬁre department frequencies starting with channel 100 (the ﬁrst channel in bank 1). Transferring data from another scanner or pc you can clone your scanner by transferring the programmed data to and from another pro-137 scanner using a connecting ca...
Page 8: Using The Keylock
14 15 again, select the channel and press func + 2 abc /dly. Dly appears. • to turn on the 2-second delay to search again, press func + 2 abc /dly while the scanner is searching. Dly appears and the scanner automatically adds a 2-second delay to every frequency it stops on in that band. The signal s...
Page 9: Adjusting The Lcd Contrast
16 17 5. Rotate the knob to select 1: on or 2: off, then press e pgm . Press and hold menu to exit the menu mode. Using the battery save function when the scanner is set to receive (monitor) a manually selected channel, and it is not actively scanning, using the battery save feature conserves energy...
Page 10
18 19 loading the preset race frequency list for your convenience, six car race frequencies are preprogrammed. You can use one of these race frequencies by loading it to the channel banks. To load the race frequencies: 1. Press menu. 2. Rotate the knob to select 1: preset race, then press e pgm . 3....
Page 11: Editing A Tag
20 21 3. Rotate the knob to select 2: store race, then press e pgm . 4. Rotate the knob to select one of the races, then press e pgm . Caution: be sure the race you select is the same one that is currently loaded into the scanner’s memory. Otherwise you could overwrite the wrong race. 5. If you sele...
Page 12: Copying A Frequency
22 23 • press func to toggle the input mode between abc, abc, and 123. • press •clr once to erase one character. Press and hold to erase all characters. • press e pgm to save the tag and exit editing tag. For example, to enter the word “scanner” 1. Press 7 pqrs four times to enter “s.” 2. Press func...
Page 13: Chain Search
24 25 to these services. 1. Press srch in scan mode or press func + srch in search mode. 2. Rotate the knob to select a service bank, press e pgm . The selected service begins to be searched. Note: because there are many different frequencies allocated to ham band, it can take several minutes to sea...
Page 14: Programming Search Ranges
26 27 programming search ranges to deﬁne the search range during a chain search in each search bank: 1. Press menu. 2. Rotate the knob to select 3: pgm chain srch. 3. Press e pgm . 4. Rotate the knob to select the bank number you want to change the range. 5. Rotate the knob to select 1: edit limit, ...
Page 15
28 29 3. Rotate the knob to select the option you want, then press e pgm . 4. Rotate the knob to select 1: on or 2: off then press e pgm . 5. Press and hold menu to exit the menu mode. Signal stalker i options 1: only mode set to 1: on to turn on signal stalker i and turn off normal scanning. Set to...
Page 16: Scanning
30 31 using signal stalker i to turn on signal stalker i, press func + 0 / signal stalker on appears. Every two seconds, the scanner searches for frequencies in the range you speciﬁed. When the scanner ﬁnds a frequency, it alerts you according to its settings and found! Press any key appears. Press ...
Page 17: Locking Out Channels
32 33 turning channel storage banks on and off you can turn each channel-storage bank on and off. When you turn off a bank, the scanner does not scan any of the 100 channels in that bank. While scanning, press the number key that corresponds to the bank you want to turn on or off. Numbers appear at ...
Page 18: Weather Scan
34 35 weather scan to scan for weather transmissions: 1. Press func + 3 def /wx. Wx scan appears. You can change the scan direction by rotating the knob. 2. If you want to stop the scan, press srch/pse. *pause* appears. Turning on the weather alert feature your scanner can detect the 1050 hz tone we...
Page 19: Troubleshooting
36 37 troubleshooting problem cause solution scanner is on but will not scan. Squelch is not adjusted correctly. Adjust squelch. Only one channel or no channels are stored. Store frequencies into more than one channel. Scanner does not turn on. Batteries are discharged. Recharge the rechargeable bat...
Page 20: Scanning Legally
38 39 scanning legally your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups including police and ﬁre departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers...
Page 21: Speciﬁcations
40 41 speciﬁcations frequency coverage: 25.0000 – 27.9950 mhz (in 5 khz steps) 28.0000 – 54.0000 mhz (in 5 khz steps) 108.0000 – 136.9875 mhz (in 12.5 khz steps) 137.0000 – 174.0000 mhz (in 5 khz steps) 216.0000 – 224.9950 mhz (in 5 khz steps) 400.0000 – 512.0000 mhz (in 6.25 khz steps) 806.0000–823...
Page 22
42 43 notes notes.
Page 23: Limited One-Year Warranty
©2007. Radioshack corporation. All rights reserved. Radioshack and radioshack.Com are trademarks used by radioshack corporation. 20-137 printed in china ubzz01352za(0) 11a07 limited one-year warranty this product is warranted by radioshack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship un...