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I am looking for someone in the Sacramento area who could help me learn how to use my brand new scanner. You might have seen my messages on the Radio Shack forum over the last couple of days. My husband and I first tried to follow the manual. We also downloaded the "Easy to Read" manual and we managed to erase the V-Scanner folder (V-6). Then I went back to Radio Shack and bought the USB Scanner/PC Interface Cable and tried to re-load the V folders we erased. We are not even sure that we actually loaded anything because nothing we did in following the directions resulted in the way the manuals said that it should look like.
I have taken the scanner back to three different Radio Shack stores trying to find an employee who knows anything about this particular model of scanner, but each employee I spoke to reported that they could not help me. I took my scanner up to a technician who works for my county's radio/communications department and he had no previous experience with the model, but managed to put in the frequencies I want. Unfortunately, he could not figure out how to put them into separate scan lists.
My main goal in scanning is to listen to the various public safety agencies of southern Placer County, with a primary interest in Roseville PD. I was given the Pro 197 model because it could handle Roseville PD's trunked system - but I cannot make it work!
Is there anyone out there who can help me? I wondered if there is any kind of class or group that meets to discuss scanning - this forum is great, but I have the feeling that I will need more direct help. I certainly don't speak "scanner" and I'm not sure I will ever grasp the complexities of programming. I just want to be able to turn on the scanner and here about what is going on!
I have taken the scanner back to three different Radio Shack stores trying to find an employee who knows anything about this particular model of scanner, but each employee I spoke to reported that they could not help me. I took my scanner up to a technician who works for my county's radio/communications department and he had no previous experience with the model, but managed to put in the frequencies I want. Unfortunately, he could not figure out how to put them into separate scan lists.
My main goal in scanning is to listen to the various public safety agencies of southern Placer County, with a primary interest in Roseville PD. I was given the Pro 197 model because it could handle Roseville PD's trunked system - but I cannot make it work!
Is there anyone out there who can help me? I wondered if there is any kind of class or group that meets to discuss scanning - this forum is great, but I have the feeling that I will need more direct help. I certainly don't speak "scanner" and I'm not sure I will ever grasp the complexities of programming. I just want to be able to turn on the scanner and here about what is going on!
