PRO-650 User’s Guide Desktop Radio Scanner Thank you for purchasing your Desktop Radio Scanner from RadioShack.
Contents Contents Package Contents............................................................................................... 4 Features............................................................................................................... 4 Understanding Your Scanner.......................................................................................... 6 Channel Storage Banks.............................................................................................. 6 Service Banks.......
Advanced Operation......................................................................................... 25 Cloning the Programmed Data.................................................................................... 25 Programming with a Personal Computer..................................................................... 26 Initializing the Scanner................................................................................................. 26 Preprogrammed Frequencies...........................
Package Contents • Scanner • Antenna • AC Adapter • User’s Guide Features • Quick Start Guide Features Your new scanner gives you direct access to over 26,000 frequencies, including those used by police and fire departments, FM broadcast, ambulance services, aircraft, and amateur radio services.
Data Cloning – transfer the programmed data to another PRO-650 scanner. Real-time Signal Strength Indicator – shows relative strength of received signals. Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) – easy to view and change programming information. Your PRO-650 scanner can receive these bands: Frequency Range Types of Transmissions 29–54 MHz 10-Meter Ham, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Ham 87.3–107.9 MHz FM Broadcast 108–136.
Understanding Your Scanner Features 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. 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, use the search function or consult an online resource such as www.radioreference.com.
Preprogrammed Service Bank Frequencies Marine Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 01 156.0500 63 156.1750 05 156.2500 64 156.2250 / 160.8250 06 156.3000 65 156.2750 07 156.3500 66 156.3250 08 156.4000 67 156.3750 09 156.4500 68 156.4250 10 156.5000 69 156.4750 11 156.5500 70 156.5250 12 156.6000 71 156.5750 13 156.6500 72 156.6250 14 156.7000 73 156.6750 15 156.7500 74 156.7250 16 156.8000 77 156.8750 17 156.8500 78 156.9250 18 156.
Fire/Police 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 Features Group 2 3 46.080-46.500 20 153.770-154.130 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 - 453.0375-453.9625 12.5 458.0375-458.9625 12.5 460.0125-460.6375 12.5 465.0125-465.6375 12.
Aircraft Group Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 108.000-118.000 8.33 2 118.00833-136.99166 8.33 Group Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 29.000-29.700 5 2 50.000-54.000 5 3 144.000-148.000 5 4 420.000-450.000 12.5 FM Broadcast Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 87.3–107.9 100 Weather Channels Channel Frequency (MHz) 1 162.400 2 162.425 3 162.450 4 162.475 5 162.500 6 162.525 7 162.
Features Understanding the Keypad POWER Turn scanner on and off. MAR (Marine) Search the preprogrammed marine bank. VOLUME Adjust volume. FD/PD (Fire Dept/Police Dept) Search the preprogrammed fire/police bank. SQUELCH - Turn counterclockwise to listen to a weak or distant station. - Turn clockwise to cut out weak transmissions. / (Weather / Skywarn) - Search the seven preprogrammed weather channels. - Press and hold to jump to the Skywarn channel (channel 200).
SCAN / MAN (Manual) - Enter Scan mode to scan programmed channels. - Enter Manual mode to stop scanning, directly enter a channel number, or monitor a single channel. • / DELAY - Input a decimal point when entering frequencies. - Program a two-second delay for the selected channel. ENT (Enter) Complete the entry of frequencies. ed Select the direction for searching and scanning. L/O / L/O RVW - Lock-out selected channels or frequencies. - Review locked-out frequencies.
Understanding the Display Row 1 Row 2 Features Row 3 Row 1 – Skywarn channel active. FD/PD – Searching the fire/police bank. BANK – Appears with numbers (1–10) to indicate the scan bank. The bar under the bank number shows banks that are turned on for scanning. AIR – Searching the aircraft bank. HAM – Searching the amateur radio bank. Row 2 WX – Searching weather channels. FM radio – Searching for FM radio stations. 000 – Channel number the scanner is tuned to.
Additional Display Messages ALL CH L-out – All channels locked out during scan or marine band search. b X Ch-FULL – All displayed bank channels are full. b X StorE – Frequency programmed into displayed bank’s channel. CLOnE – Clone mode. Error – Entry error. FLo ALL- CL – All the locked-out frequencies removed during a FD/PD, AIRCRAFT, or HAM bank search. L-r – Review the locked-out frequencies. L-O Fr-FULL – Maximum of 50 frequencies already locked out. oFF tonE – Key tone deactivated.
Connecting the Antenna To attach the supplied telescopic antenna: 1. Insert the antenna in the hole on the top of the scanner. 2. Turn the antenna clockwise to tighten. Connecting an Outdoor Antenna Connecting Headphones For private listening, you can plug Çinch (3.5 mm) mini-plug earphones or headphones (not supplied), into the HEADPHONE jack on the back of the scanner. This automatically disconnects the internal speaker.
Basic Operation Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch 1. Turn SQUELCH counterclockwise until the indicator points to MIN before you turn on the scanner. 2. Slide POWER to ON. A welcome message appears. After about 3 seconds, you might hear a hissing sound. Adjust VOLUME to a comfortable listening level. 3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing sound stops. To perform a quick check of scanner operation, press . If you are near a NOAA weather station, you should hear weather information.
If you do not have a list of frequencies in your area, use a Tune search or a Service Bank search to find transmissions. Or refer to an online resource such as www.radioreference.com. Searching for Active Frequencies Tune Search During a tune search, the scanner tunes up or down starting from a frequency you specify. 1. Press TUNE. The display alternates between PSE and –t–. 2. If you want to change the starting frequency, enter a new frequency and press ENT. 3. Press PSE to start tune search.
Storing Found Frequencies into Channels Once you find interesting frequencies during a Tune or Service Bank search, you can store them in the scanner’s channel-storage banks. 1. Press ENT when you find a frequency. The bank number and StorE appear. 2. If you want to change banks, enter the new bank number. 3. Press ENT to store the frequency. The channel and frequency flash twice. To cancel the operation, press TUNE/CLEAR.
Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off To turn a channel-storage bank on or off, press the bank’s number key (1–0, using 0 for bank 10) during scanning. The channel-storage banks are on when they have a bar underneath them and off when no bar appears underneath them. n Notes: • The scanner does not scan any of the channels within the banks you have turned off. • You cannot turn off all banks; there must be at least one active bank.
Listening to the Marine Bank 1. Press to search the marine bank. MAr appears for about two seconds, then the scanner starts searching from marine channel 16. To change the search direction, press e or d. 2. Press PSE to stop searching. SRCH disappears and MAN appears. • To change the channel manually, press e or d. • To select a channel directly, enter the two-digit channel number. See “Marine Service Bank” on page 7 for a list of channels. • To lock-out a frequency, press L/O. 3.
Weather Alerts Receiving All Weather Alerts To program the scanner to search for weather alerts every two seconds, set a weather channel as the priority channel. 1. Press . 2. Select the weather channel you want to set as the priority channel. 3. Press and hold ENT then PRI/ALERT. P ChAnnEL displays momentarily. Then P CH flashes and 000.000 0 (or the previously-stored frequency) appears. 4. Press ENT to store the priority channel. The display flashes twice. Press TUNE/CLEAR to cancel. 5.
3. Use e or d to select the desired FIPS code storage location. 4. Use the number keys to enter the FIPS code, then press ENT to store the code. 5. Repeat steps 3-4 for all the FIPS codes that you wish to store. 6. Press to exit FIPS code entry mode. The scanner displays F showing that FIPS codes are enabled. 7. Press PRI/ALERT to initiate SAME Standby mode. The scanner displays F [1-7] CH StAndby. The scanner will monitor weather channels for alerts with matching FIPS codes.
2. To activate Skywarn, press and hold / for about two seconds. 3. The scanner jumps to channel 200 and displays . n Note: • If no frequency is programmed in the Skywarn channel, No ProG appears. • Refer to www.radioreference.com to find Skywarn frequencies in your area. Setting Delay To avoid missing a reply in conversations, a two-second delay is automatically set for each channel. The scanner stops for two seconds after a transmission ends before it resumes scanning or searching.
Reviewing and Removing Lock-outs Stored Channels 1. Hold down L/O/L/O RV W for about two seconds while in manual operation. The scanner pulls up a list of locked out channels. 2. Repeatedly press and hold L/O/L/O RV W to show the next locked out channel. If an error beep sounds, there are no locked out channels. 3. To remove the lock-out, press L/O/L/O RV W until L/0 disappears. Marine Service Bank 1. Press PSE during the Marine Service Bank search. 2. Hold down L/O/L/O RV W for about two seconds.
Using Priority The priority feature sets the scanner to check one channel every two seconds while scanning. You can program one frequency into the priority channel. 1. Press PGM, then press PRI/ALERT. PCH and 000.000 0 (or the previously stored frequency) appear. 2. Enter the frequency you want stored in the priority channel, then press ENT. 3. To turn on the priority feature, press PRI/ALERT during scanning or searching. PRI appears.
Programming with a Personal Computer You can upload or download programmed data to or from a PC using a USB cable available from your local RadioShack store or www.RadioShack.com. The application software is available online. Use a search engine to find “scanner programming software.” Follow instructions in the software package to upload and download data.
Preprogrammed Frequency Banks Bank 1 BANK 2 Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel 1 40.5000 21 151.6250 2 52.5250 22 151.8200 3 121.5000 23 151.8800 4 122.0000 24 151.9400 5 122.2000 25 151.9550 6 122.7000 26 154.0100 7 122.7500 27 154.0700 8 122.8000 28 154.1300 9 122.9000 29 154.1450 10 122.9500 30 154.1600 11 123.0000 31 154.1750 12 123.1000 32 154.1900 13 123.4500 33 154.2050 14 131.4500 34 154.2200 15 131.6750 35 154.2350 16 146.5200 36 154.
BANK 4 Bank 3 Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 41 154.3250 61 155.3400 42 154.3400 62 155.3550 43 154.3550 63 155.3700 44 154.3700 64 155.3850 45 154.3850 65 155.4000 46 154.4000 66 155.4750 47 154.4150 67 156.4250 48 154.4300 68 156.4500 49 154.4450 69 156.4750 50 154.5700 70 156.5750 51 154.6000 71 156.6250 52 155.1600 72 156.8000 53 155.1750 73 156.9250 54 155.2050 74 157.0500 55 155.2200 75 157.1000 56 155.2350 76 157.
BANK 6 BANK 5 Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 81 415.7000 101 460.4250 82 446.0000 102 460.4500 83 450.8000 103 460.4750 84 454.0000 104 460.5000 85 460.0250 105 460.5250 86 460.0500 106 460.5500 87 460.0750 107 460.5750 88 460.1000 108 460.6000 89 460.1250 109 460.6250 90 460.1500 110 460.6500 91 460.1750 111 460.7000 92 460.2000 112 460.7500 93 460.2250 113 460.8000 94 460.2500 114 460.8500 95 460.2750 115 460.9000 96 460.
Advanced Operation BANK 7 BANK 8 Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 121 462.5750 141 467.5875 122 462.5875 142 467.6125 123 462.6000 143 467.6375 124 462.6125 144 467.6625 125 462.6250 145 467.6875 126 462.6375 146 467.7125 127 462.6500 147 467.7625 128 462.6625 148 467.8125 129 462.6750 149 467.8500 130 462.6875 150 467.8750 131 462.7000 151 467.9000 132 462.7125 152 469.5000 133 462.7250 153 469.5500 134 462.9500 135 462.
Additional Information Troubleshooting The scanner is not working at all. • The AC or DC adapter might not be connected. Be sure the adapter’s barrel plug is fully inserted into the DC 9V jack. The center tip of the adapter’s barrel plug must be set to positive. The scanner does not receive any stations or reception is poor. • An antenna is not connected or is connected incorrectly. Be sure an antenna is properly connected to the scanner. • Reception may be blocked by walls or other obstructions.
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. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to.
148.0125-150.7875 MHz............................................................ (12.5 kHz steps)/FM 150.8-161.995 MHz......................................................................... (5 kHz steps)/FM 162-174 MHz.............................................................................. (12.5 kHz steps)/FM 380-512 MHz.............................................................................. (12.5 kHz steps)/FM Sensitivity (S+N)/N 20 dB 29-54 MHz...............................................
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.
Should a problem occur that is covered by this warranty, take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase date to any RadioShack store in the U.S. RadioShack will, at its option, unless otherwise provided by law: (a) repair the product without charge for parts and labor; (b) replace the product with the same or a comparable product; or (c) refund the purchase price. All replaced parts and products, and products on which a refund is made, become the property of RadioShack.
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