Help with programming Motorola Type II smartzone for RS Pro-96

[GSBGSB]

I am having an issue when I scan and the talk groups come up, they blink quickly like they are being refreshed at a high rate, but nothing can be heard. Now if I go to man mode and catch a particular channel, other then CC I can hear the conversation with out issue - but obviously can't follow. Also, I can isolate the CC and it shows the system info. The information is as follows:

Federal Detention Center Philadelphia System
Motorola Type II Smartzone
Analog and APCO-25 CAI
Sysid 8c3f
Connect Tone: 97.30

Base: 406.0000
Spacing: 12.5
Offset: 380

Freq's: *=Primary Control Channel; note: no secondary CC's, and their have been CC's utilzied by the system which have not be denoted with the "*"

406.6125*
407.0125*
408.3750
411.1250
412.5500

The talk groups on the RR.com list has them all listed with a "D". This means to me the signal is digial, but not encrypted. So, I should be able to scan.

Now, I put the Freq's in as listed. I set the Base, Spacing, and Offset as listed. I made sure the channels were set to Motorola and not EDACS. Note: I am not sure what the Connect Tone of 97.30 means. I thought it was a CTCSS, however, I didn't think that applied for this type of system.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

GSBGSB

 

[ChrisP]

On these VHF or UHF trunked systems, a lot of people forget they have to tell the PRO-96 to use the base, step and offset settings they entered.

After you enter the base, step and offset values by pressing F2, then hit F3 and select "3600 CC Mode" to "Table" and not "Normal". That will enable the values you entered earlier to be used by the radio.

- Chris

 

[GSBGSB]

Dear ChrisP:

Thanks for your help - that did the trick. I should have made the connection by the title of "custom frequency TABLE."

Thanks again.

GSBGSB