PRO 197

[Mike709]

I am new to this. My question is. When I program a frequency into my scanner and hit scan it says nothing enabled. What am I doing wrong? I used Arc500 and it won't pick anything up. Please help. I am getting frustrated.

 

[fxdscon]

I am new to this. My question is. When I program a frequency into my scanner and hit scan it says nothing enabled. What am I doing wrong? I used Arc500 and it won't pick anything up. Please help. I am getting frustrated.

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Most likely you didn't assign the frequency to a scan list, or you didn't enable that scan list for scanning. When you see that message, try pressing the "1" key.

Check out the "easier to read" manual here:

Easier to Read Pro-651/652/106/197 - WS1040/1065 - PSR 500/600 Digital Scanner Manual

 

[SA_tx_88116]

I am new to this. My question is. When I program a frequency into my scanner and hit scan it says nothing enabled. What am I doing wrong? I used Arc500 and it won't pick anything up. Please help. I am getting frustrated.

I own the same scanner as you and the videos that helped me learn how to use the scanner is this one

which tells you how to program and use conventional frequencies and this one

which tells you how to program trunked systems and how to overall use other features that the scanner has to offer.

 

[tvengr]

I use ARC500 also. If you attach your gr5 programming file, I will check it for errors. You will need to right click on the file and Send to Compressed (zipped) folder to be able to attach it. Click on Attach files and open the zipped folder. What is your city, county, and state, and which systems and agencies are you trying to monitor? What programming cable are you using? If you go to the Scanner tab in ARC500 and click on Install USB Driver, it will install a generic driver which may work with your cable if you haven't done so already.

 

[Mike709]

I use ARC500 also. If you attach your gr5 programming file, I will check it for errors. You will need to right click on the file and Send to Compressed (zipped) folder to be able to attach it. Click on Attach files and open the zipped folder. What is your city, county, and state, and which systems and agencies are you trying to monitor? What programming cable are you using? If you go to the Scanner tab in ARC500 and click on Install USB Driver, it will install a generic driver which may work with your cable if you haven't done so already.

I am trying to get the police fire and ems and t airport. My city is Middletown Pa 17057 County. I'm not sure what you me by a gr5 programming. Could you give me the steps to do that. Thanks

 

[Mike709]

I am trying to get the police fire and ems and t airport. My city is Middletown Pa 17057 County. I'm not sure what you me by a gr5 programming. Could you give me the steps to do that. Thanks

sorry Dauphin county

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

You'll only be able to monitor mode "D" talkgroups with a Pro-197 but if they decide to go TDMA in the future (mode "T" talkgroups) then your Pro-197 won't do you any good. Also, simulcast distortion will be a likely issue if you listen via any scanner aside from a Uniden SDS100 or SDS200 which are the only models designed to cope with its effects, so anticipate a lot of stuttering and missed transmissions

South Central Interoperability Network Trunking System, Steelton, Pennsylvania

South Central Interoperability Network Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[tvengr]

I'm not sure what you me by a gr5 programming. Could you give me the steps to do that. Thanks

The file that you send to the scanner to program it has an extension of .gr5. The steps for attaching the file are in my previous post #4.

 

[wtp]

and the 'hard to read' manual,

http://www.radiopics.com/1.%20Manuals/Radio%20Shack%20-%20Realistic/PRO-197%20(Owner's%20Manual).pdf

 

[fireelf210]

I am using the win500 software for my Pro197, I imported the frequencies from RadioReference, they area on the list, but only one talk group is shown on the scan list. How do I add the rest?

 

[ka3jjz]

There's lots of help for Win500 at these links. Note that the third one is a PDF on the Whistler website

Getting Started with Win500 - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

WIN500 - UtahRadio

www.utahradio.org

https://tinyurl.com/y8gewe57

Mike