PRO 2053 scanning but not picking anything up

[busdriverstew]

Hey guys,

I have a 2053 that just came to me a few days ago. I'm having trouble picking up my 800mhz channels. If I scan manually through them they will broadcast, but if I select "scan" it scans through the banks but won't pick anything up.

These 800mhz channels are on a Motorolla type I system, and I have selected them on the "MOT" setting. If I set them to "FM" they will pick up when I "scan" the banks. Doing this creates a mess of not knowing who I am picking up though.

The first day I had the scanner It seemed to be working okay, and I had changed a few of the Motorolla IDs to common users here (EMS, Couriers, and Garbage collectors), but it seemed that once I named the ID's to custom tags the system stopped working right.

For example one of the id's was "31666" and i changed it to display "EMS"

I'm new to the trunking system and this manual for the scanner seems rather confusing! Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

 

[KC5EIB]

Make sure you do not have the control channels locked out and the bank and channels are set to MOT. These are the frequencies with the loud buzzing sound

 

[puzzleriddle]

and if the site your listening to has re banded ya could run into trouble

 

[busdriverstew]

Thanks guys, I'll try your tips.

 

[busdriverstew]

Now just one more question...

Hey guys,

It turned out that I didn't have the control channel programmed, so that's why it wasn't picking up the channels.

My next question is about selecting certain ID's to listen to. There are several channels that I listen to that are shared by other "un-interesting" channels that I don't want to listen to. I've tried to put these ID's in a separate bank, closing the bank, and locking out the ID, but they still come through when I scan.

This manual I have is very complicated.