- RadioShack Scanner User Manual

Beyond the Basics

advanced scanner features

In this section of the user’s guide, you will discover the

wide variety of features that make your scanner ﬂ exible and

powerful. As you master these features, you will enhance the

value and enjoyment of owning your scanner.

channel storage banks

To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want

to listen to, you can assign channels to up to 10 channel-

storage banks. Each bank has 100 channels. Use each

channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as those for

the police department, ﬁ re department, ambulance services,

or aircraft. For example, the police department might use

four frequencies in your town while the ﬁ re department

uses an additional four. You could program the four police

frequencies starting with Channel 1 (the ﬁ rst channel in bank

1), and program the ﬁ re department frequencies starting with

Channel 101 (the ﬁ rst channel in bank 2).

storing known frequencies into channels

You can locate and store speciﬁ c frequencies into channels

for later use. Frequencies are widely available on the

Internet and from the FCC. To assist you in locating a desired

frequency from the scanner’s wide range, consider using a

frequency guide. Excellent references for active frequencies

are the RadioShack Police Call Guide, including Fire and

Emergency Services, and the Ofﬁ cial Aeronautical Frequency

Directory. We update these directories every year, so be sure

to get a current copy.

Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.

1. Press FUNC + PGM. PRIVATE and PGM appear.