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Pro 2052 Scanner Manual
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Contents
Introduction Scanning Conventional Channels
Main Features   Priority Scanning
Understanding Trunking Scanning and Trunking Banks
Understanding IDs   Trunk Scanning IDs
Understanding Banks   Locking Out Talk Group IDs
Understanding FIP Codes   Trunking Delay
Terms Used in this Document   Monitoring a Single Talk Group ID
Keypad and Knob Controls   Monitoring All Talk Group IDs
Setting the Squelch   Priority Trunkscanning
A Look at the Display   Selecting EDACS Talk Group ID Format
Searching for Frequencies   EDACS Talk Group ID Range Search
  Service Band Search   Setting the Status Bit Ignore Function
  Limit Search   Motorola Type II Special Size Bits
  Search Skip Memory   Setting the Motorola Disconnect Tone Detect
  Changing Search Speeds   Matching IDs with Trunked Frequencies
Programming Conventional Frequencies Special Features
  Deleting Frequencies   Scan/Search Delay
Programming a Motorola Type II System   Locking Out Channels
Programming a Motorola Type IIi or Type I System   Turning the Keytone Off and On
  Preset Fleet Maps   Skipping Data Signals
Programming Offset and Base Frequency   Receiving SAME Weather Alerts
Programming an EDACS System   Programming FIP Codes
  Determining LCN Order   Turning the Remote Function On or Off
Programming Talk Group IDs   Scanner Reset
  Deleting IDs from the Scan Lists Related Links/Info

Introduction Contents
This is an adequate (IMHO) radio that has many fine features for scanning and trunking. However, anyone who has tried to read the manual that comes with the radio knows it can be a little hard to find, read, and figure out some of the steps, especially in the trunking section. The manual for the newer Pro 2052 (which trunks and scans simultaneously) is the worst of all RS manuals I have encountered completely leaving out many of the same features the older Pro 2052 has (and in the older manual).
 
Even as a veteran user I can’t remember everything and find myself referring back to the manual for explanations of procedures and find it frustrating trying to figure out the wording every time. I decided to write and print this for myself to make it easier to use the radio and am happy to share it with you. This should also make it easier for most people to use some of the more advanced features of the radio (and get their money’s worth if you paid full-price for the radio new) as I will try to explain procedures a little more clearly and in a more logical order. Granted, these radios aren't simple so you will have to spend some time on them but this manual will at least make it easier. If you follow the red highlighted text in the programming sections, you should find what you need to know. If you want to find out what's really going on with the radio, read everything else.
 
This radio is a lot like the Pro-94/94A handheld models with the added features of Military air and the ability to scan all 20 banks at once. Apparently, there is a newer model (still a Pro-2052, not a Pro-2052A) that appeared around April of 2003 that will trunk and scan simultaneously (like the Pro-94A) though I had not heard anything about it and didn't realize it until I bought (the newer) one. The older models scan the trunking systems for 5 seconds each while the newer models scan the trunking systems for 1 second each. Also, there is software available to program and control the scanner with alpha tags and tone codes (visible in the software program only).
 
For those of you with the newer model that scans and trunks simultaneously, I have found that it is easier to read the display if you either scan or trunktrack with this radio. Unless you are an expert user, it's hard to do the simplest things because the display is so busy if you do both. There are different key combinations for scanning and different key combinations for trunking and you have less than one second (before the scanner moves to the next bank) to figure out which is which and press the correct buttons. It also makes it hard to see what the radio is actually doing. If all you want to do is program it and listen, then program both trunking freqs and conventional freqs in the same bank.

For instance, if you want to pause on a transmission you have to hit hold for an ID or manual for a conventional frequency. Or, if you are scanning and trunkscanning the ID lists, it's hard to tell the scanning banks from the ID scanlists in the display. Not to mention the fact that the radio doesn't show the frequencies while scanning (but shows the channel numbers only for conventional freqs??) or the bank number while receiving an ID (but does when receiving a conventional frequency??). If you have the space, I would advise putting conventional frequencies in the lower banks and trunking systems in the upper banks or something along that line to keep them separated.

A few thing I don't like about the radios are that they will not tune to any of the splinter frequencies in the VHF range (except the 108-137 air band) like 151.0125 (it accepts it as 151.01). No 'Direct Search' like the 94/A/B. The display won't show the bank number while receiving an ID. Does not show the receive mode of conventional frequencies. Pressing the HOLD button to pause in a search changes the search direction to up if you are searching down. No PROGRAM button so you have to start trunking or scanning to program anything and turn all the other banks off to catch the bank you want to program. You can select only 1 priority channel per bank and only in the first 10 banks. 2 steps forward and 6 steps back IMHO.

An overview of the features can also be view at my Trunking Radio Comparison Chart page.
 
I will assume you know how to obtain the basic information from the original manual such as following safety procedures, putting the batteries in, connecting the antenna, finding specs, etc. and concentrate on the main functions of the scanner.
 
I hereby absolve myself from anything that happens to anyone or the scanner as a result of the information you will be reading. You are welcome to copy and/or print these pages and use them in the scanning hobby as long as don't change them or charge anyone money for them.
 
Check back often as this document will be updated and revised from time to time.

Main Features Contents
The older Pro-2052 will scan conventional or trunked transmissions but not trunked and conventional transmissions at the same.
The newer Pro-2052 will scan conventional and trunked transmissions at the same.
 
Triple-Conversion Circuitry - virtually eliminates (depending on your location and antenna used) any interference from IF (intermediate frequency) images, so you hear only the selected frequency.
(20) 50-Channel Storage Banks - you can store up to 50 channels in each of 20 different banks for a total of 1000 channels.
Remote PC Function - lets you control the PRO-2052 from your personal computer as well as transfer data to and from the radio with optional software.
5 Talk Group ID Lists per Bank - you can store up to 50 trunking talk group IDs (10 in each list) for each trunking bank for a total of 1000 IDs).
EDACS Partial (AFS) Talkgroup ID - lets you program a whole agency or a whole fleet as 1 talkgroup ID to better utilize your ID lists.
Duplicate Channel Alert - warns you when the frequency you are storing already exists in memory.
Weather Alert Indicator - lets you listen to coded weather emergency information using Specific Area Message Encoding (NWR-SAME Circuitry) and program codes for your area.
5 Service Banks and 1 Limit Search - frequencies that are pre-programmed in separate public safety, aircraft, ham, marine, and weather banks, to make it easy to locate frequencies in these bands and 1 programmable limit search.
Data Signal Skip - lets you set the scanner to skip non-modulated or data signals (such as fax or modem transmissions) while scanning or searching conventional frequencies. This lets the scanner avoid non-voice signals, making searching or scanning faster.
Scan/Search Delay - delays scanning or searching for about 2 seconds before moving to another channel or frequency, so you can hear more replies that are made on the same channel or frequency.
Trunking Scan Delay - delays trunking for about 5 seconds before searching for another talk group ID, so you can hear more replies that are made on the same talk group ID.
10 Priority Channels - lets you select one (conventional) channel per bank (in the first 10 banks only) and have the scanner check that channel every 2 seconds while it scans the bank, so you don't miss transmissions on those channels.
Priority Talk Group ID Scanning - lets you program 1 talk group ID in each scan list (5 in all) per bank and have the scanner check that ID more frequently. Also lets you scan just the priority IDs in a bank.
Lock-Out Function - lets you set your scanner to skip over specified channels, frequencies, or IDs when scanning, searching, and trunking.
Hypersearch - lets you set the scanner to search at up to 300 steps per second in frequency bands with 5 kHz steps, compared to the normal search speed of 100 steps per second (while doing a Limit Search only).
Motorola Disconnect Tone Detect - the scanner automatically tunes to the trunking data channel when it receives a disconnected transmission. You can turn this off, so you can continuously monitor a channel with a weak transmission where conversations are often disconnected.
Motorola Status Bit Ignore - allows you turn off Status Bit Ignore to receive IDs for special transmissions such as emergency, patches, DES/DVP scrambled transmissions, and multiselects.
Key Confirmation Tones - the scanner sounds a tone when you press a key, perform an operation correctly, and an error tone if you make an error. Can be turned off.
Memory Backup - keeps the frequencies stored in memory for an extended time if the radio loses power.

Your scanner can receive these bands:

Frequency Step Size   Frequency Step Size  
Range (kHz) Band Range (kHz) Band
29-29.7 5 10-Meter Ham Band 225-400 12.5 Military Air
29.7-50 5 VHF Lo Band 400-420 12.5 Federal Government
50-54 5 6-Meter Ham Band 420-450 12.5 70-cm Ham Band
108-137 12.5 Aircraft Band 450-470 12.5 UHF Standard Band
137-144 5 Military Land Mobile 470-512 12.5 UHF "T" Band
144-148 5 2-Meter Ham Band 806-824 12.5 Public Service "800" Band
148-174 5 VHF Hi Band 851.87-869 12.5 Public Service "800" Band
179.75-215.75 6 MHz VHF TV 896-956 12.5 UHF Hi, 33-cm Ham Band
216-225 5 1.25-Meter Ham Band 1240-1300 12.5 25-cm Ham Band

Understanding Trunking Contents
Trunking systems let a large group of 2-way radio users (or even different groups of 2-way radio users) efficiently use a set of frequencies. Instead of selecting a specific frequency for a transmission, the user’s radio selects a programmed trunking bank in the system when that user presses their PTT (push to talk) button. The trunking system automatically transmits the call on the first available frequency, and also sends (on a different frequency called a Data or Control channel) a code that uniquely identifies that transmission as a talkgroup ID (here after referred to as just ID). So when you are trunking a system, you are listening to active IDs transmitting in the system (each using the first available frequency in the system). Thus, trunking systems in general, allocate a few frequencies among many different users.

This trunking scanner trunks two main types of systems; Motorola and Ericsson EDACS systems. This scanner will not trunktrack the newer digital systems.

When you program a Motorola or EDACS frequencies into the scanner, one frequency is the data channel, and the rest are the frequencies shared by all the users. The data is continually transmitted to the field units and has a sound similar to listening to a boat engine over the phone (in manual mode; you won't hear this when you are trunking the system). This data channel is also a good check to see if you can trunk the system. If you can't hear a data channel when you step through the trunking frequencies (in manual mode), you either don't have all the frequencies or are too far away to receive the system. Motorola systems are limited to a maximum of 28 frequencies per system, Ericsson EDACS systems are limited to 25 frequencies per system.

Since the trunking system might send a call and its response on different frequencies, it is difficult to listen to trunked communications using a regular scanner. This scanner lets you select and monitor the data channel frequency sent with a 2-way radio transmission within the trunking bank, so you can hear calls and responses for users and more easily "follow" conversations than with a conventional scanner.

Trunkscanning is basically scanning IDs that are programmed into ID locations (same concept as frequencies into channels). You can then trunkscan just the programmed IDs. Trunking is searching for all IDs in a system (same concept as searching for frequencies in a band).
 
Radio Reference.com has an excellent page explaining the various types of trunking systems in more detail here.

Understanding IDs Contents
Motorola IDs come in two formats: Type I and Type II. Each format displays and uses talk group IDs in slightly different ways.
 
Type I IDs are in the format FFF-SS where FFF is the fleet and SS is the sub-fleet. Type I systems are usually organized with different IDs assigned to different fleets. For example, a valid fleet/subfleet ID identifying all detectives within a police department might be 000-12, where 000 identifies all police IDs and 12 identifies the Detective division. To properly trunk a Type I system, you have to program the fleet map for the system.
Type II IDs are identified by a 5-digit number.
Type I/II hybrid systems use both Type I and Type II formats for talk group IDs.
 
EDACS IDs come in two formats: AFS (Agency-Fleet-Subfleet) and Decimal.
 
AFS IDs are in the form AA-FFS where AA is the agency, FF is the fleet, and S is the sub-fleet. EDACS systems are organized with different IDs assigned to different fleets and agencies. For example, a valid agency/fleet/subfleet ID identifying all detectives within a police department in an agency might be 06-101, where 06 identifies the agency (Police), 10 identifies the Police division (East side), and 1 identifies the Detective division.
Decimal IDs are shown as a decimal number from 0 to 2047.
You can find a chart showing Decimal and AFS equivalents here: Conversion Chart.

Understanding Banks Contents
Service Banks
The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to the weather, ham, marine, aircraft, and public safety services. This helps you quickly find active or unknown frequencies instead of doing a limit search. Also, they are good for finding frequencies when traveling.
 
Channel Storage Banks
All the channels are divided into 20 banks of 50 channels. Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as those for police, fire, ambulance, aircraft, and/or trunking systems.
 
You can also program your trunking frequencies and conventional frequencies into the same banks as well to utilize channel space better. By simply locking out the trunking frequencies, you can then either trunktrack a bank or scan a bank. The scanner will still trunktrack the locked out frequencies (in the newer model anyway).
 
Tip: Theoretically, you can also program more than one trunking system into a bank as long as you can only monitor one at a time, in different locations, far enough apart, so the system you are monitoring won’t interfere with any other system (the radio will only monitor one control channel [system] per bank). They would also have to be the same system type (Motorola or EDACS) and be in the same valid trunking frequency range (800 MHz band or 900Mhz band etc.) as the radio will only allow you to program one type of system per bank.

Understanding FIP Codes Contents
For the purpose of broadcasting weather information, the NWS has divided the United States into regions by state and county (or parish, where applicable) then assigned a 6-digit FIPS code to identify each county or parish. For example, the code for Tarrant County, Texas, is 048439. The first digit in a FIPS code identifies the county subdivision, the next two digits identify the state, and the last three digits identify the county or parish. Most FIPS codes begin with 0, which means the code represents an entire county. The NWS, however, plans to eventually subdivide some large counties. When that happens, each subdivision will be assigned a digit from 1-9, resulting in codes such as 148439, 248439, and so on.

Your scanner can receive all SAME alert signals broadcast within about a 50-mile radius of where you installed it. To receive SAME alerts and broadcasts about weather occurring only in particular counties within that area, you can program up to fifteen FIPS codes into the scanners memory. This lets you avoid hearing an alert that applies to an area within a 50-mile radius but not necessarily to your county or parish. If you do not program any FIPS location codes into the scanners first memory (F1), the scanner sounds an alert if it receives a weather alert with any (receivable) FIPS code.

To find out the codes for your area see FIP codes for the United States and its Possessions.

Terms Used in This Document Contents
Searching- the process of searching for frequencies in frequency bands.
Scanning- the process of stepping through conventional channels in scan banks.
Trunktracking(or Trunking)- the process of searching for talkgroup IDs in trunked systems, in scan banks.
Trunkscanning- the process of stepping through talkgroup IDs in ID lists, in trunked systems, in scan banks.
  You search for frequencies in frequency bands.
  You scan programmed channels in scan banks.
  You trunktrack for IDs in trunking systems (in scan banks).
  You trunkscan programmed IDs in ID lists (in trunking systems [in scan banks]).
Manual Mode- the mode the radio is in when it’s just on, doing nothing but monitoring a channel or ID.
Trunk Mode- used for trunking and programming trunking frequencies and functions.
Scan Mode- the mode the radio is in when scanning and/or trunking.
Search Mode- the mode the radio is in while performing a limit or service search.
Remote Mode- the mode the radio is in while being controlled by the computer.
Shift Mode- the mode the radio is in to select the upper 10 banks (11-20).

Keypad and Knob Controls Contents
Your scanner's keys might seem confusing at first, but this information should help you understand each key's function.
Key Function(s)
(REMOTE)
HOLD		 Holds the frequency in search mode (and changes the search direction to up if searching down); continues searching up; holds the current talk group ID while trunking; continues trunking or trunkscanning in trunk mode; puts the scanner in remote mode for computer control.
(PRIORITY)
SPEED		 Turns priority on and off while scanning or trunkscanning; stores priority channel in scan mode; stores the priority ID while trunkscanning; turns Hypersearch on and off during a limit search.
SEARCH Continues searching through a limit or service search; continues trunking in trunk mode; returns to trunking when trunkscanning the ID lists; starts searching a programmed EDACS talk group ID range; monitors active IDs in a bank.
SVC Starts a service bank search and selects the next service bank; toggles between ID formats while scanning EDACS systems; turns the Motorola disconnect tone detect function on or off in trunk mode.
MANUAL Stops scanning and scan mode; lets you directly enter a channel number in manual mode or frequencies for a limit search in search mode; steps to next channel in manual mode; brings up the talk group ID lists and steps through talk group IDs in trunk mode.
TRUNK Puts scanner in and takes scanner out of trunk mode.
LIMIT Enters the lower and upper limits of limit search in manual mode; holds the frequency in search mode (and changes the search direction to down if searching up).
(ALERT)
DATA 		Turns the data signal skip feature on or off in while scanning or searching; turns the NWR-SAME weather alert on or off, clears SAME alerts, tests alert tones, enters/exits test mode; allows you to turn on/off trunking banks during trunking; moves through menu settings in trunk mode.
(L/O)
SKIP		 Locks/unlocks displayed channels while scanning; locks/unlocks displayed frequencies during a limit or service search; locks out a displayed talk group IDs while trunking.
DELAY Sets/unsets a 2-second delay for any selected channel in manual or scan mode; sets/unsets a 2-second delay for a limit or service search in search mode; sets/unsets a 5-second ID delay while trunking.
SHIFT Allows you to select the upper 10 banks (banks 11-20).
SCAN Continues scanning in scan mode; starts scanning the stored channels in scan mode (up only); puts the scanner in trunkscanning mode while trunking to scan talk group ID lists; turns the status bit ignore feature on or off in trunk mode.
Number Keys Enter a channel or a frequency; select which banks to scan in scanning mode; select which banks to program or trunk in trunk mode.
(Clear) . Enters a decimal point; clears the ERROR message and display.
E Stores frequencies into channels in manual mode; stores IDs into scan lists in trunk mode; enters S-bit status (on or off); unlocks all talk group IDs in trunk mode; stores programming functions in trunk mode.

Turning On The Scanner And Setting the Squelch Contents
1. Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwise.
2. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise until it clicks and you hear a hissing sound.
3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing stops.
If you are using the scanner for the first time, straight out of the box (or if you have just reset it), you should see all zeros in the frequency display. All of the banks are turned on and the scanner is in scan mode (??) although the scanner will not scan or trunktrack until you program frequencies into the banks. However, you can do a service or limit search.
To avoid confusion, turn off all the banks except bank 1 (the bank you will probably program first) by pressing the corresponding numbers on the keypad. Press 2 thru 9 to turn off banks 2-9, 0 to turn off bank 10; press SHIFT (once) then 1 thru 0 to turn off banks 11-20. Remember to press SHIFT again so you will be able to select any of the first 10 banks (the banks you will probably be working with first). Press MANUAL to take the scanner out of scan mode.
If you are turning the radio on after you have programmed frequencies into it, the scanner will start scanning the last select banks if you turned the radio off in scanning mode or, start trunking the last selected banks if you turned the radio off in trunking mode.

A Look at the Display Contents
The display has indicators that show the scanner's current operating status. The display information helps you understand how your scanner operates.
LIST appears when trunkscanning or programming talk group IDs.
BANK indicates the bank(s) being used.
1-20 Small numbers at the top of the display.
  Manual Mode: shows which bank the displayed channel is in.
  Scanning Mode: show which channel-storage banks are being scanned. The bank number that is currently being scanned will blink.
  Search Mode: shows the bank of the current channel memory ready to be programmed.
  While trunkscanning: shows which talk group ID lists (1-5) are being scanned in the current trunking bank; shows the list number containing the displayed ID and will blink.
M or E indicates either a Motorola (M) trunking system or EDACS (E) system in trunk mode.
TRUNK appears while you are trunking or trunkscanning; while you are monitoring talk group IDs; while programming a trunking system, talk group ID list, or fleet map.
Channel activity bars (20 total).
  Trunk mode: Each frequency you store in a trunking bank has a corresponding activity bar. However, there are only 20 bars for a possible maximum of 50 frequencies. If the trunk system contains more than 20 frequencies, some bars will represent more than one frequency.
  One will stay on indicating the data channel frequency. Others will appear and disappear as active
  frequencies come (appear) and go (disappear). The one that blinks is the frequency being heard.
  If bars appear while trunking without any talk group IDs locked out and no audio is heard, then they are probably
  telephone interconnect or private calls which the scanner does not receive.
  If the scanner is holding on an ID which is not receiving, the other activity bars turn on and off as
  other frequencies use the system.
  In the Service Band search: will appear above the service band being searched.
PUB POLICE FIRE/EMG AIR WX appears during a service bank search with an activity bar above the current service bank being searched.
ALERT appears when the SAME weather alert is turned on, or flashes when the scanner detects an alert coded signal.
SFT appears when the scanner is in shift mode and blinks when the scanner is in remote mode.
8888 displays the channel numbers in manual and scan modes;
  displays alert levels when SAME alert is received;
  shows the talk group ID location in the talk group ID list while receiving when trunking scanning.
appears next to the channel or ID when the priority channel or priority talk group ID is displayed.
CH appears with a number to its left to indicate to which channel the scanner is tuned to.
1888.888 5 MHz shows frequencies in scanning and manual modes; shows ERROR and other text messages; shows monitored talk group IDs while trunking; shows -- --- when trunking.
SCAN appears when you scan channels in scan mode and when trunkscanning talk group IDs.
MANUAL appears in manual mode; in trunkscanning mode while a talk group ID is being held with hold button; while programming IDs.
PRI appears when the priority feature is turned on.
HOLD appears during limit and service searches after hold button has been pressed; when a talk group ID is held in trunk mode.
DELAY appears when you turn the delay on for a channel, search band, or trunking bank.
DATA appears when the data skip function is active in scan mode; appears when the Motorola disconnect Tone Detect function is off in the trunk mode.
L/O appears when a locked out channel, ID, or frequency is displayed.
or appear during a limit or service search, indicating the search direction.
SEARCH appears during limit and service searches and while trunking; when hypersearch is active; when you monitor all IDs.

Searching for Frequencies  

Service Band Search Contents
With a service band search, You can search for public service, police, fire/emergency, aircraft, and weather transmissions without knowing the specific frequencies used in your area. The scanner is preprogrammed with all (most) of the frequencies allocated to these services.
  Note: If you are going to be storing selected frequencies that you will be searching, in manual mode enter the channel number where you want to start storing the frequencies then press MANUAL to advance to the channel before you start searching.
In manual mode press SVC. After a 2 second delay, the scanner automatically starts searching the last selected search band. PUB POLICE FIRE/EMG AIR WX appear in the display with a blinking bar above the selected service band. SEARCH and or will appear to show the search direction. The selected channel storage bank will appear in the top of the display and the selected channel storage number will blink (if you want to save any frequencies).
  To select a different service band, press SVC to move to the next service band. A bar will appear above the band and will blink when searching begins.
  To turn on the delay for the band, press DELAY to set the scanner to pause 2 seconds before searching resumes after the transmission ends. DELAY will appear in the display. See Scan/Search Delay.
  To skip data signals, press DATA to skip pagers, modems, MDTs, etc. so they won’t be monitored. DATA will appear in the display. See Skipping Data Signals.
  To continue searching press SEARCH to resume searching.
  To skip (lockout) a frequency press SKIP(L/O) to lock out a frequency if it is a noisy or unwanted frequency. The scanner stores the frequency in skip memory and automatically resumes the search.
  To change search directions, press the or button. This also puts the search on hold(??). Press SEARCH to resume searching.
  To monitor to a frequency, quickly press ( if searching down) to stop searching and listen to the transmission. HOLD appears in the display. To continue searching, press SEARCH.
  To step through the frequencies one at a time, press ( if searching down) to stop searching. Press the or to step through the frequencies. To continue searching, press SEARCH.
  To store a frequency, press E to store it into the selected channel (blinking in the left of the display). The scanner will store the frequency and stay in manual mode. Press MANUAL again to step to the next channel where you want to store the next frequency (or enter the channel number where you want to store the next frequency and press MANUAL to advance to the channel). Press SEARCH to resume searching.
To exit searching, press MANUAL.

Limit Search Contents
A limit search lets you search within a specific range of frequencies. (between 150.000 and 160.000 for example). The radio will start at the lower frequency, go up to the upper frequency, and start over again. Or, you can search backwards. The radio will also retain the programmed range until you re-program it.
  Note: If you are going to be storing selected frequencies that you will be searching, in manual mode enter the channel number where you want to start storing the frequencies then press MANUAL to advance to the channel before you start searching.
1. In manual mode, enter the lower search limit then press LIMIT.
2. Enter the upper search limit and press LIMIT then SEARCH.
  To search faster, press SPEED. SEARCH will blink in the display. See Changing Search Speeds.
  Note: You can use HyperSearch only in the 5 kHz step bands (29-54 MHz, 137-174 MHz, and 216-224.995 MHz).
  To turn on the delay for the search, press DELAY to set the scanner to pause 2 seconds before searching resumes after the transmission ends. DELAY will appear in the display. See Scan/Search Delay.
  To skip data signals, press DATA to skip pagers, modems, MDTs, etc. so they won’t be monitored. DATA will appear in the display. See Skipping Data Signals.
  To continue searching press SEARCH to resume searching.
  To skip (lockout) a frequency press SKIP(L/O) to lock out a frequency if it is a noisy or unwanted frequency. The scanner stores the frequency in skip memory and automatically resumes the search.
  Note: If you have selected all frequencies to be skipped within the search range, the scanner beeps 3 times when you try to search.
  To change search directions, press the or button. This also puts the search on hold(??). Press SEARCH to resume searching.
  To monitor to a frequency, quickly press ( if searching down) to stop searching and listen to the transmission. HOLD appears in the display. To continue searching, press SEARCH.
  To step through the frequencies one at a time, press ( if searching down) to stop searching. Press the or to step through the frequencies. To continue searching, press SEARCH.
  To store a frequency, press E to store it into the selected channel (blinking in the left of the display). The scanner will store the frequency and stay in manual mode. Press MANUAL again to step to the next channel where you want to store the next frequency (or enter the channel number where you want to store the next frequency and press MANUAL to advance to the channel). Then press SEARCH to resume searching.
To exit searching, press MANUAL.

Search Skip Memory Contents
You can skip (lock out) up to 50 frequencies during a limit search and 20 frequencies during a service search. This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or those already stored in a channel.
  Note: If you try to lock out more then the maximum frequencies, each new frequency replaces a frequency previously stored, beginning with the first stored frequency.
To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner stops on it again:
  1. While searching, press ( if searching down) near the frequency to stop the search.
  2. Press or to find the frequency you locked out.
  3. Press SKIP(L/O). L/O disappears from the display.
  4. Press SEARCH to continue searching.
To clear all the skip frequencies at once:
  1. While searching, press HOLD (LIMIT if searching down).
  2. Press and hold SKIP(L/O) until the scanner beeps twice.
  3. Press SEARCH to continue searching.

Changing Search Speeds Contents
The scanner has two search speeds when doing a Limit Search. Normal search, 100 steps/second, and Hypersearch, 300 steps/second.
 
To switch between the Normal and Hypersearch speeds, during limit search press SPEED(PRIORITY). SEARCH blinks during Hypersearch.
  Note: Hypersearch applies only to the 5 kHz step bands (29-54 MHz, 137-174 MHz, and 216-224.9950 MHz).

Programming Conventional Frequencies Contents
You can program trunking frequencies and conventional frequencies into the same bank to utilize channel space better if you have a lot of channels and/or trunking systems. That way, you don’t have to waste a whole bank on a trunking system that has only 5 channels. I typically put my trunking frequencies in starting at the beginning of the banks (1,51,101, 151,etc.) because you’ll rarely have more than 25 of those (for each trunking system) and then fill up the banks with conventional frequencies. If you program trunking frequencies into the first channels of the first 10 banks, change the pre-set (default first channel in each bank) priority channel to a conventional or empty channel. Having a trunking frequency as a priority channel is useless because the scanner looks for IDs not frequencies in a trunking system.

However, if you want to have conventional frequencies and trunking frequencies in the same bank, this can be tricky. If all you want to do is program everything in and listen, you'll be ok. Because the scanner can switch from scanning to trunking every second, you will have to be quick when performing the keypad functions.

If you are one of those who likes to pause or hold or turn banks on/off etc. and especially if you are going to be using priority for scanning or trunkscanning, you might be better off, for instance, grouping your conventional frequencies in the lower banks and your trunking systems in the upper banks (you can't set any of the channels in the upper banks, 11-20, as priority channels). Otherwise, if you want to press MANUAL to pause on a conventional channel and you are too late you may bring up the ID list for a trunking bank.

See the individual sections on programming trunked systems to program trunked frequencies.
 
Bank 1 Channels 1-50
Bank 2 Channels 51-100
Bank 3 Channels 101-150
Bank 4 Channels 151-200
Bank 5 Channels 201-250
Bank 6 Channels 251-300
Bank 7 Channels 301-350
Bank 8 Channels 351-400
Bank 9 Channels 401-450
Bank 10 Channels 451-500
Bank 11 Channels 501-550
Bank 12 Channels 551-600
Bank 13 Channels 601-650
Bank 14 Channels 651-700
Bank 15 Channels 701-750
Bank 16 Channels 751-800
Bank 17 Channels 801-850
Bank 18 Channels 851-900
Bank 19 Channels 901-950
Bank 20 Channels 951-1000

1. In manual mode, enter the channel number where you want to program the frequency then press MANUAL to advance to the channel.
2. Use the number keys and decimal point key to enter the frequency you want to store. To clear a channel, enter 0 as the frequency.
3. Press E to store the frequency into the channel.
  Note: If you entered an invalid frequency (not in the receiver's range), Error appears and the scanner beeps three times. You have to press the .(CLEAR) button to clear the error message.
  Note: 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.
  Note: If you enter a duplicate frequency, the scanner will beep twice and show you the channel number of the first frequency. Press .(CLEAR) to clear the display or E again to store it anyway.
  Tip: You may press DELAY if you want to at this time to set the delay for the channel. Each channel can have its own delay setting. See Scan/Search Delay.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press MANUAL, which advances to the next channel. Return to step 2. To program any other channel, return to step 1.
Press MANUAL to exit programming.

Programming a Motorola Type II System Contents
Valid Trunking Frequencies  
Motorola Type II systems:
851.0000-868.9875 MHz (except cellular) 137.0000-174.0000 MHz
935.0125-939.9875 MHz 406.0000-512.0000 MHz
 
The radio also includes a trunking ‘Frequency and Talk Group Guide’ to help you get started programming your scanner. However, some of this information may be outdated or changed by now so you should re-check the information before using it. See Radio Reference.com and look for the 'RR Database' link.
 
You can program trunking frequencies and conventional frequencies into the same bank to utilize channel space better if you have a lot of channels and/or trunking systems. That way, you don’t have to waste a whole bank on a trunking system that has only 5 channels. I typically put my trunking frequencies in starting at the beginning of the banks (1,51,101, 151,etc.) because you’ll rarely have more than 25 of those (for each trunking system) and then fill up the banks with conventional frequencies. If you program trunking frequencies into the first channels of the first 10 banks, change the pre-set (default first channel in each bank) priority channel to a conventional or empty channel. Having a trunking frequency as a priority channel is useless because the scanner looks for IDs not frequencies in a trunking system.

If you have conventional frequencies and trunking frequencies in the same bank, this can be tricky. If all you want to do is program everything and listen, you'll be ok. Because the scanner can switch from scanning to trunking every second, you will have to be quick when performing the keypad functions.

If you are one of those who likes to pause or hold or turn banks on/off etc., you might be better off, for instance, grouping your conventional frequencies in the lower banks (where you can set priority channels) and your trunking systems in the upper banks. Otherwise, if you want to press MANUAL to pause on a conventional channel and you are too late you m