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Frequency Scanners

Scanners can monitor a variety of things: police, fire, EMS, and even air traffic. Although they can't transmit, they are still very useful.

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What is the purpose for a photo scanner?

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The purpose of a photo scanner is to scan photos. If you do not know how to download your pictures onto the computer or your picture is not on your camera so you cannot download it, you are able to scan your picture into the computer. On the computer, you can photoshop your picture or post it on a website. So, in order to get your picture onto the computer, you may need to use a photo scanner.

How do you program a radio shack pro 197 scanner?

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See the related link below for an easier to read manuel for Radio Shack PRO scanners.

How do you manualy program pro-197 scanner?

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Programming a PRO-70 radio scanner

  1. Press the PGM button
  2. Enter the channel number desired to store the frequency
  3. Press the PGM
  4. Enter the frequency you wish to program into the scanner
  5. Press the E/L-OUT button to program the frequency into the scanner

After the last step the The channel number stops flashing, indicating that the

selected channel is stored.

To program another channel repeat steps 2 through 4.

For an expanded description as well as the complete owner's manual in PDF format visit the link provided below in the Related Links section.

Where can you buy a police scanner?

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Specialty hobby and electronics stores such as Radio Shack carry police scanners. Additionally one can buy police scanners online from ScannerMaster and Walmart. There are a number of apps for smartphones that also act as police scanners and many local jurisdictions are now broadcasting their emergency channels over the internet as well.

How do you program a Uniden Bearcat bc860xlt?

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BC 560XLT 16-Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner

PROGRAMMING CHANNELS

1. Turn on your scanner by turning the volume clockwise.

2. The scanner might strart scanning. If so, press MANUAL to stop the
scanning.

3. Enter the channel number that you want to program and press MANUAL.

4. Enter a frequency including the decimal point. The decimal point shows
up on the display as a -- (dash).

5. Press Enter to store the frequency.

6. To confirm the proper entry, press REVIEW. The programmed frequency
appears on the display one digit at a time.

7. To program more channels repeat steps 3-4.

What is the perpose of a scanner?

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because jessica is very very pretty and you are very ugly hate on me trick JEP JESSE Before digital cameras a scanner was a very easy way to get pictures you've taken on to your computer.

What are disadvantages of sheet fed scanner?

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There are actually quite a few disadvantages of a scanner. Scanners put personal business on radio for everyone to hear.

How do you program trunked radio scanners?

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Programming sequences vary from scanner model to scanner model but the following instructions encompass a basic outline of programming trunking systems into a scanner:

Determine if you have the proper type of scanner to follow the type of trunking system you are looking to monitor. Some scanners will track only analog systems. While other types of scanners will track analog and digital. So make sure you know the difference and that your scanner is capable of trunk tracking. Most trunking systems today are migrating to a protocol called APCO 25 (P25), which is a digital trunking system.

Enter the program mode by selecting the programming key

Press the TRUNK key and this most likely will bring you to a section where you will select the system type, Motorola EDACS, LTR, Motorola 800 TYPE II, APCO 25 (P25) etc.

Once you have selected the type of system to program, then programming should progress to the next point where you will key in the systems frequencies. Most trunk systems frequencies can be located via several online data bases. One popular data base is RadioReference.Com. Depending on the type of system you are programming you will key in the frequencies sometimes in sequence and other times the sequencing will not matter. The important thing is to identify the type of trunking system and do further research on that specific system if need be.

Alas, the system type has been selected, the frequencies have been entered, and now you're ready to start trunk tracking. Press scan and begin listening.

How do you program a BC370CRS scanner?

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http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC92XLTom.pdf

The manual knows all.

Straight From the Manuel:

Storing Known Frequencies

Into Channels

1. Press Hold. Then enter the channel number where you want to store a frequency, then press Func and Pgm. The channel number appears.

2. Use the number keys and to enter the frequency (including the decimal point) you want to store.

3. Press E to store the frequency into the channel. Notes:

• If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 2, Error appears and the scanner beeps three times. Enter a valid frequency.

• The scanner automatically rounds the entered number to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter 151.473 (MHz), your scanner accepts it as 151.475.

• When you enter a frequency into a channel, the scanner automatically turns on the delay function and DLY appears. When delay is turned on, the scanner automatically pauses scanning

2 seconds after the end of a transmission before scanning proceeds to the next channel. To turn the function off or on, press Func + Dly.

• If you enter a frequency that has already been entered elsewhere, the scanner sounds an error tone and displays the channel that was duplicated. If you entered the frequency by mis- take, press then enter the correct frequency. To enter the frequency anyway, press E to accept.

4. To program the next channel in sequence, press E then repeat Steps 2 and 3.

What is police scanner to digital?

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Digital police scanners have been in existence for a while now as the units began to be ready for purchase around late 2002. These scanners are now sold by a number of manufacturers as a number of companies and agencies have or have plans to utilize digital communications.

Orange County in California now uses digital encrypted communications for many of its emergency response agencies such as fire and police.

How do you program radio shack pro 89 police scanner?

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PRO-2066 150-Channel Mobile Trunking Scanner

(200-0195) Operation Faxback Doc. # 49850 TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH Note: Make sure the scanner's antenna is connected before you turn it on. 1. Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwise. 2. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise until it clicks and you hear a hissing

sound. 3. Press MANUAL to stop the scanner from scanning, turn SQUELCH

clockwise, then leave it set to a point just after the hissing sound

stops. STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS Good references for active frequencies are RadioShack's "Beyond Police

Call," "Aeronautical Frequency Directory," and "Maritime 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 MANUAL, enter the channel number where you want to store a

frequency, then press PROGRAM. The channel number appears. 2. Use the number keys and (.) to enter the frequency (including the

decimal point) you want to store. 3. Press E to store the frequency into the channel. Notes: If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 2, Error appears and

the scanner beeps three times. Simply enter the frequency again. Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the

nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a frequency of

151.473, your scanner accepts it as 151.475. Press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds after a

transmission ends before it proceeds to the next channel (see

"Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 49851). The scanner also stores this

setting in the channel. 4. If you want to program the next channel in sequence, press PROGRAM and

repeat Steps 2 and 3. SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your area, use a limit,

direct or service search to find a transmission. Also see "Guide to the

Action Bands" in Faxback Doc. # 17653. Notes: While doing a limit, direct, or service bank search, you can

press: DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds after a

transmission ends before it proceeds to the next frequency (see

"Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 49851). DATA if you want the scanner to skip data signals (such as fax

or modem signals) and search only for audio (voice) signals (see

"Skipping Data Signals" in Faxback Doc. # 49851). Limit Search A limit search lets you search within a specific range of frequencies.

-L- appears during a limit search. 1. Press PROGRAM, then LIMIT. Lo and 26.965 MHz appear. 2. Enter the frequency that is the lower limit of the range you want to

search (including the decimal point), then press E. 3. Press LIMIT. Hi and 956.000 MHz appear. 4. Enter the frequency that is the upper limit of the range you want to

search (including the decimal point), then press E again. 5. Press \/ to search from the upper to the lower limit, or /\ to search

from the lower to the upper limit. 6. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press either: HOLD to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission. HOLD

appears. MON to store the displayed frequency into the current monitor memory. To release hold and continue searching, press HOLD or hold down \/ or

/\ for at least 1 second. Or, if you did not press HOLD, simply press

\/ or /\ to continue searching. Note: To step through the frequencies while HOLD is displayed, press

\/ or /\. Direct Search Direct search lets you search up or down from the currently displayed

frequency. 1. Press MANUAL. 2. Use the number keys to enter the frequency you want to start the

search from. Press (.) to enter a decimal point. Notes: If you want to start the search from a frequency already

stored in one of your scanner's channels, press MANUAL or

PROGRAM, use the number keys to enter the channel number,

then press MANUAL or PROGRAM again. If you enter an invalid frequency the scanner displays Error.

Simply repeat this step. 3. Press \/ to search downward or /\ to search upward from the selected

frequency. -d-, SEARCH, and \/ or /\ appear. 4. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press either: HOLD to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission. HOLD

appears. MON to store the displayed frequency into the current monitor

memory. To release hold and continue searching, press HOLD or hold down \/ or

/\ for at least 1 second. Or, if you did not press HOLD, simply press

\/ or /\ to continue searching. Note: To step through the frequencies while HOLD is displayed, press

\/ or /\. Service Bank Search You can search for weather, CB, highway, public, ham, marine, aircraft,

police (fire/emergency), or Department of Transportation transmissions

even if you do not know the specific frequencies being used in your area.

The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to these

services. To use this feature, press SVC. All the service indicators

flash on the display. To select a service bank, press the desired service

bank key (WX, CB, HW, PS, HAM, MRN, AIR, POL, or DOT). The corresponding

service band indicator and frequency appears, and the scanner starts

searching the band. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press either: HOLD to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission. HOLD

appears. MON to store the displayed frequency into the current monitor memory. To release hold and continue searching, press HOLD or hold down \/ or /\

for at least 1 second. Or, if you did not press HOLD, simply press \/ or

/\ to continue searching. Note: Because there are many different frequencies allocated to fire and

police departments, it takes several minutes to search all these

frequencies. Search Skip Memory You can skip up to 20 specified frequencies during a service bank search.

This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or ones you have already stored

in a channel. To skip a frequency press S/S when the scanner stops on the frequency

during a limit, direct, or service search. The scanner stores the

frequency in memory and automatically resumes the search. To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner once again

stops on it during a limit, direct, or service bank search: 1. Press HOLD to hold the search. 2. Press \/ or /\ to select the frequency. L/O appears. 3. Press S/S. L/O disappears. To clear all the skip frequencies at once while searching, press HOLD,

then hold down S/S until the scanner beeps twice (about 3 seconds) Notes: If you marked all frequencies to be skipped within the search

range, the scanner beeps 3 times and does not search. If you program more than 20 frequencies to skip, each new

frequency replaces one you already stored, starting from the first

frequency you stored. Press \/ or /\ to select a skipped frequency while HOLD appears.

L/O appears when you select a skipped frequency. LISTENING TO THE MONITOR MEMORIES You can listen to the frequency you stored in any one of the five monitor

memories by pressing MANUAL, MON, then the number (1-5) of the monitor

memory you want to listen to. Note: To listen to the monitor memories, the priority channel feature

must be turned off (see "Priority" in Faxback Doc. # 49851). MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL 1. Press MANUAL. MAN appears. 2. Enter the number of the channel where you want to store the frequency

in a monitor memory, then press PROGRAM. PGM appears. 3. Press MON and enter the number of the monitor memory that contains the

frequency you want to store. 4. Press E. The scanner stores the frequency into the selected channel. SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS To begin scanning channels, press SCAN. The scanner scans through all

non-locked channels in the activated banks. (See "Locking Out Channels"

in Faxback Doc. # 49851 and "Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off" in

Faxback Doc. # 49851.) When the scanner finds a transmission, it stops on

it. When the transmission ends the scanner resumes scanning. Notes: If you have not stored frequencies into any channels, the scanner

does not scan. If the scanner picks up unwanted, partial, or very weak

transmissions, turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease the scanner's

sensitivity to these signals. If you want to listen to a weak or

distant station, turn SQUELCH counterclockwise. If SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a hissing sound, the

scanner does not scan properly. To scan in the trunk tracking mode, see "Scanning a Trunked Bank"

in Faxback Doc. # 49852. MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL You can continuously monitor a single channel without scanning. This is

useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not want to

miss any details - even though there might be periods of silence - or if

you want to monitor a specific channel. Follow these steps to manually select a channel. 1. Press MANUAL. 2. Enter the channel number. 3. Press MANUAL again. Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press

MANUAL one time. (Pressing MANUAL additional times causes your scanner to

step through the channels.) To resume automatic scanning, press SCAN. (BR/eb 9/22/98) Privacy Policy

What does a 1084 code on police scanner mean?

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a code 1084 means 2 things: 10 designates that the unit requesting the dispatch is a police officer, and 84 means all units available nearby (within a set radius) respond to deadly (or will be soon) situation. usually not used unless a suspect is either armed and resisting custody or fleeing the scene and personnel is needed.

If you listen to the scanners sometimes you will also hear the call for 1584 whereas the 15 means EMT instead of the 10 given to police personnel.

I hope this answers your question. ;D

Sincerely EMT - P

Where can you find scanner codes?

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I assume you mean radio scanner frequencies? If so, RadioReference is an excellent resource: http://www.radioreference.com/

If you are talking about error codes from your car, you might have to Google those. I'm not sure if OBDII codes are universal (they very well may be). You could do a search on OBDII codes to see what a specific code you are getting means.

How do you program a uniden bearcat bc 147xlt?

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Turn on unit. (adjust squelch to mute, to silence if you want) Press MANUAL button. Press MANUAL button again to select the channel you want to program. Note the channel in the display. If there is a hyphenated symbol in the upper left corner the channel has been locked out. Press the LOCKOUT button once to remove the symbol or press the LOCKOUT button to lock a channel out. To find out if there is a frequency programed into that channel, press the PREVIEW button. Each digit of the frequency that is stored in memory will be displayed in the LED display. To program a new frequency into that channel, simply press the digits of the frequency you want, including the decimal point. Press the "E" keypad key to enter it into memory. If you get a "E" displayed in the LED display, the frequency was entered wrong, is not a valid frequency or is out of range for the scanner. Last but least, the scanner is not working properly. If the channel is active, (communications going over it) set SQUELCH to higher number, until you hear the communications or just noise. To set the SQUELCH, select a channel that has only noise and turn it down to the point the noise disappears. You make have to readjust it to your liking. Once you have the channels programed you can select the SCAN button to listen to all the channels or select the MANUAL button to listen to just one channel. If there are channels that you don't want to hear during the scan mode, go to MANUAL and select the channel you don't want to hear and press LOCKOUT button. Then press SCAN again it will only scan channels you want to hear.

You will have to get a owners manual to find out what the frequency ranges the scanner is limited to or search for someone that has one. http://www.scannerworld.com/content/product/model/OMBC145XL

Where can one find a Large Format Flatbed Scanner?

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Large format flatbed scanners are scanners that are able to scan large source documents. One can purchase such scanners from some stationery stores such as ColorTrac as well as from online mega-retailers such as Amazon.

Is it ilgle to listen to a police scanner?

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you cant. doing so requires special equipment more advanced than a police scanner. police in some areas use cell phones over their radio for privacy issues. for example if police are busting a party for underage drinking, they use cell phones to communicate so that anyone who has a scanner cant warn everyone to run or not answer the door. police scanners use radio waves, cell phones are on a different frequency. cell phones now also use encryption.

How do you program a bearcat 250 police scanner?

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With radio on, press manual, enter the group you want the new freq to be on. 1-5. enter the channel, enter the freq by pressing the number keys, press enter. The desired freq should remain on that channel until changed. Press manual for the next channel to be progrqmmed.

The 250 is the best scanner I have ever owned.