New Pro-2022...??

[fuzzymoto]

Hey all. I just got a Pro-2022. It was a good deal (free) and even though I don't really need one I could not resist. I'll probably set it up as a backup scanner at home but I wanted to ask you guys what exactly do I have. I think it has 200-channel memory but I don't have a book and I only just started looking into it on-line.

So what do I have here in this Pro-2022?

Thanks

 

[rpowley]

Hey all. I just got a Pro-2022. It was a good deal (free) and even though I don't really need one I could not resist. I'll probably set it up as a backup scanner at home but I wanted to ask you guys what exactly do I have. I think it has 200-channel memory but I don't have a book and I only just started looking into it on-line.

So what do I have here in this Pro-2022?

Thanks

check out the below links
Manual and Specs

 

[fuzzymoto]

Thanks Ron....I'll check them out.

Anyone that owns one of these with any insight/advice...

 

[K5MAR]

I've got one, it's a decent, older scanner. There is a mod for some for the 800 MHz band, for what it's worth. Obviously, no trunking. The scan rate is kinda slow, I try to only scan one bank at a time.

Mark S.

 

[fuzzymoto]

Does it have additional features like priority scan?

What do you use yours for?

 

[K5MAR]

Ch. 1 Priority, 2 sec. delay selectable by channel, scan speed button to scan at an even slower speed (???) programable search with 10 channel search memory (but doesn't autostore hits). 9 volt battery for memory backup. Details should be in the manual.

Mark S.

 

[fuzzymoto]

Thanks I'm anxious to check it out and see what I'll use it for.

 

[fuzzymoto]

So the new toy (pRO-2022) arrived. Still testing it so far so it's hard to say. First observations...smell.....I swear I smell an electronics burning smell...anyone els enotice anything like this with an older RS scanner? 2nd observation...the display seems dim. Is this normal or is it time to replace it? Are they hard to replace???

I plugged in the good antenna and it seems to be OK so far...but it seems like a few of the buttons aren't working.....hard to tell so far. I'll know more later as I actually try to read the manuals pages I do have (not the real manual). Any input from other owners would be great.

I press manual then 162.5500 then manual and I get "Error"? Any idea why?

I press Lockout on a channel and nothing happens...any idea why?

 

[K5MAR]

It's a GRE radio, you have to press "Enter" after you punch in the frequency. Bottom righthand button.

Mark S.

 

[fuzzymoto]

OK it's starting to make more sense....

Seems like you can press Program then the frequency then the Enter Key like you said and it goes to that channel. It's still a little confusing between the frequency and the 'channel' in their terminology.

Also looks like the Lock Out only works on freqs saved in yout channels and not just on searches...?

 

[fuzzymoto]

Can anyone help me with LOCK-OUT?

I setup a limited frequency search from 155Mhz to 165Mhz
My weather channel is on 162.5500 and I want to lock it out.
When it stops the search on 162.5500 and I try to press the LOCKOUT button nothing happens.

It seems like I have to press PROGRAM then type in 162.5500 press ENTER press LOCKOUT (LOCKOUT does come up in the display)....then use other keys to return to my limited frequency search.

This does NOT seem to work????

Is this right or is there a better way to do this? The manual only says "Manually select a channel and press LOCKOUT."

 

[K5MAR]

Yeah, sorry, forgot to mention the PGM (program) button. So, to program a channel:

MANUAL
(channel number), MANUAL
PROGRAM
(frequency, using decimal point), ENTER
(At this point, DELAY can be toggled on if you want, or you can do that later.)

Now, at this point, you can hit PROGRAM, and the scanner will step to the next channel (NOT the next vacant channel, the next channel in numerical sequence) and remain in programming mode. You can then program that channel if desired, and contiune programming each channel in order. Or you can hit MANUAL and the scanner will exit programming mode, staying on the just-programmed channel. Or hit SCAN and the scanner will start scanning normally.

I haven't used the search feature on my 2022 in so long, I can't be positive, but I don't believe it has search lockouts. Remember, that's a pretty old scanner, and lacks alot of bells and whistles we now take for granted.

As for the channel, frequency thing, not sure what you are confused about here. This is your basic scanner, 200 channels in 10 banks of 20 channels each. Each channel stores one frequency. It also has a 10 channel Search memory, as I recall.

Edit: Here are a couple of links for you:
Operation
Specifications

Mark S.

 

[fuzzymoto]

Mark:

Thanks I did have the programming part working (I have the manual form the links listed in your reply and above). This seems OK....it's just the LOCKOUT that has me confuused a little. Seems like my procedure put the locked out channels into my manual memory but does NOT lock them out of a search...perhaps this is not a feature of the scanner and the LOCKOUT only works on stored channels??? Is there some difference between the 200 stored channels and what they are calling Monitor Memory?

 

[K5MAR]

Yes, the lockout is for the stored channels only. There is no search lockout. And the Monitor memories are a separate 10 channels to store search results. This was quite a step up for a GRE-made scanner at the time, prior to that, your search memory consisted of a note pad and pen/pencil. The instructions tell how to use this, as well as how to transfer them to the regular scanner memory channels.

I haven't really used my 2022 in a long, l-o-n-g time, I'm having to refresh my memory by running up to the living room and checking the scanner. With my 780 sitting right above my computer in my spare bedroom/library/office, I don't turn the 2022 on much, unless I'm in the kitchen. :lol: But it's still a good workhorse, and handles everything in my area.

Mark S.

 

[fuzzymoto]

Thanks Mark. I guess I'll have to get used to hitting the Up Arrow key a lot or perhaps consider passing it on to another lucky scanner nut.

It is nice so far to have it setup to monitor my local stuff only while my regular workhorse does the rest but I'm not sure it's worth the space it takes up. Guess I'll see. I had a chance to get a Pro-2006 but turned it down thinking the 2022 was newer. Guess I was wrong because I'm pretty sure the 2006 has search lockouts.

 

[fuzzymoto]

Odd that the manual says: "You can make your scanner scan more efficiently by locking out channels THAT YOU HAVE NOT PROGRAMMED."

But

They do go on to say that "you can lock out all but ONE CHANNEL IN EACH BANK"

I guess it can't lockout on search which was what I thought the whole point of lockout was. Doesn't seem to make sense to store a frequency then lock it out....why store it in the 1st place? I know I know...it's an older scanner...

 

[K5MAR]

Odd that the manual says: "You can make your scanner scan more efficiently by locking out channels THAT YOU HAVE NOT PROGRAMMED."

But

They do go on to say that "you can lock out all but ONE CHANNEL IN EACH BANK"

I guess it can't lockout on search which was what I thought the whole point of lockout was. Doesn't seem to make sense to store a frequency then lock it out....why store it in the 1st place? I know I know...it's an older scanner...

Yeah, the 2006 is about the same vintage, but has more bells & whistles. What's on the links is NOT the manual, it's somebody's transcription of the manual. Thus, it's possible that errors have crept in.

As for locking out programmed channels, when you are scanning multiple agencies, it's entirely possible that one agency may be engaged in ordinary activities, while others might be involved in a car chase. So you'd want to lock out the routine traffic.

Mark S.