20-444 User’s Guide Draft RadioShack 20-444/PRO-444 User’s Guide RACING SCANNER Thank you for purchasing your Racing Scanner from RadioShack. Please read this user’s guide before installing setting up, and using your new scanner. What’s Included Scanner Belt Clip Earpad User’s Guide Quick Start Guide CONTENTS will add THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
0-444 User’s Guide Draft equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • 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.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft This scanner has been designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions. This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so as to not be easily modifiable to pick up those transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Doing so could subject you to legal penalties. We encourage responsible, legal scanner use.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft Full Dot Alphanumeric Display – shows you detailed operating information clearly. Intercom – you can use intercom system using optional headset. MRN (Motor Racing Network) key – easy one push accesses to MRN radio. Understanding Keys and Features (Top view photo) Rotary selector • Select race category • Select car number, favorite number, and MRN number • Increase/decrease the volume control (with FUNC) Car Number Display Shows the received car number.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft • Press and hold for one second to scan the favorite bank FUNC Lets you use various functions by pressing this key in combination with other keys/rotary selector. EDIT/KEYLOCK • Lets you edit the car channel data, or set the backlight setting, power save setting, etc. • Locks/unlocks the keypad to prevent accidental entries. POWER/LIGHT • Press and hold for about one second to turn the scanner on and off. • Press briefly to turn on the backlight about 5 seconds.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft PWR (Power) Jack Understanding the Display (Add Attached Display illustration) Setup Powering Scanner Installing Batteries 1. Power off the scanner. 2. Remove the battery compartment cover. 3. Set the Battery Type Selector switch to ALK for non-rechargeable alkaline batteries or Ni-MH for rechargeable Ni-MH batteries. 4. Insert three AA batteries, matching the polarity symbols (+ and -) marked inside. 5. Replace the battery compartment cover.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft depleted. • Dispose of batteries promptly and properly. Do not burn or bury them. • Use only fresh batteries of the required size and type. • Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of batteries (standard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or rechargeable batteries of different capacities. • Discontinue use of any battery that exhibits leakage, swelling, or abnormal generation of heat. • If you do not plan to use the scanner for a month or longer, remove the batteries.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft charged. 6. Disconnect the scanner from the power source. Notes: • You can use scanner while charging batteries, but it is not recommended. The charging current decreases and charging time becomes long. • Do not over-charge rechargeable batteries. Overcharging shortens battery life. Connecting Earpad/Earphone Plug the supplies earpad to PHONE/PC/IF jack. You can use supplied earpad or optional earphone that has 1/8 inch (3.5mm) mini-plug.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft race series (6-series) with rotary selector. After selection, press ENT to call your selected race series data. Volume Setting 1. Press FUNC. FUNC appears on the top left corner. 2. Rotate rotary selector to clockwise to increase; counterclockwise to decrease while FUNC appears. Volume level displays top right corner. Car Number Operation If you press CAR, the scanner enters car number operation mode. In this mode, you can access directly entering car number.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft 2. Press number key (1 to 0). Your favorite driver (or channel) enters favorite number. If you press 1-digit number key, your scanner watches your desired favorite channel. Press and hold FAV about 1 second to scan the favorite channel memory. If the scanner find transmission, scan stops and monitor the favorite transmission. If the transmission ends, the scanner continues the scan.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft proceed to step 4. 3. Press 1 to edit the frequency, or 2 to cancel the frequency edit. 4. Enter car (or MRN channel) number, then press ENT. If the displayed number is correct, press ENT. 5. Enter new frequency. (Decimal point automatically add to the frequency.) Then press ENT. Note: If you have mistake the frequency entry, ERROR INVALID INPUT appears. Press CLR, then retry the frequency entering. 6. Enter new TAG.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft Back light (Backlight on or off) SQ You can change the squelch level. To change the squelch level, rotate the rotary selector to clockwise to increase the squelch level (Max 16) or to counterclockwise to decrease the squelch level (Min 01). Press ENT to store the setting and backward to Setting menu. Default setting of squelch is 01. Key Tone You can turn the key tone on or off. Select Key Tone ON or Key Tone OFF using rotary selector, the press ENT.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft PC/IF You can download the data from your PC. (The optional application software is necessary.) CLONE You can transfer the car number data to and from another PSR-444 scanner using an optional connecting cable. See “Cloning the Data”. DELAY Many car radio 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.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft To remove the lock out, manually select the car number/channel and press FUNC then L/O so Lo disappears. Text Input Method Notes: • To access the numbers, press 1. Then press the desired number you want to enter. • To enter lowercase character or a character from the second set for the key 0, press FUNC after pressing the first numeral key.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft Cellular Phone Operation You can catch and talk your phone with optional headset. To use this feature, you may connect headset and your cellular phone to your scanner. (To connect your cellular phone, use optional Phone-Scanner connection cable.) Your phone rings the call bell, catch the call with phone’s CALL button. Then press MON/PHONE key to connect the cellular phone and your headset so transmission disconnect to your headset. Note: This feature functions only A side jack.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft the error, press CLR or EDIT. Then the target scanner initializes the data. Retry the cloning the data. Using Keylock Once you use the scanner, you can protect it from accidental function changes by turning on the keylock feature. When the keypad is locked, this only control that operate are FUNC and EDIT/KEYLOCK. To turn on/off the keylock, press FUNC then press EDIT/KEYLOCK. CARE Keep the scanner dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft Service and Repair If your scanner is not performing as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance. To locate your nearest RadioShack, use the store locator feature on RadioShack’s website (www.radioshack.com), or call 1-800-THE-SHACK (800-843-7422) and follow the menu options. Modifying or tampering with the scanner’s internal components can cause a malfunction and might invalidate its warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it.
20-444 User’s Guide Draft Dimensions (HWD) 5 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 1 7/16 inches (150 x 69 x 36 mm) Weight 5.3 oz. (150 g) Limited Warranty Recycling notice © 2010. RadioShack Corporation. All rights reserved. RadioShack and RadioShack.com are trademarks used by RadioShack Corporation.
