Note that I do not live in the area and am working off the information found in the database.
Program a system with only the Columbus City (1-010) site. Program talkgroup 57272 under that system. I would probably not program other sites as Columbus Police is not guaranteed to be heard on them. If they are coming in garbled, then you might want to take a look at the wiki article on
simulcast distortion.
I assume that you don't have software, so the below instructions are step-by-step guide on programming by hand. You might want to take a look at the
Easier to Read Manual to truly understand the scanner.
Here is a step-by-step guide to program your scanner by hand.
- PGM > F2 (NEW) > F1 (TGRP)
- Scan Lists: > Assign the TGRP to any scan list
- SEL/ENT to toggle whether it is assigned or not.
- Left/Right arrow to change Scan Lists
- * (asterisk) indicates that it is assigned to the list.
- TSYS: NEW > SEL/ENT
- Type: P25 AUTO using the Left/Right arrows
- Tag: > SEL/ENT to edit
- This is the tag that you will see for your Trunked System.
- See ETRM: Text Tagging and Qtext
- FUNC > CL to clear
- Some examples: To get to the letter 'C', press 2 (ABC), and then press 3 (C is the 3rd letter). To get 'Z', press 9 (WXYZ), and then press 4 (Z is the 4th letter).
- Numbers can be accessed by pressing 1 and then the corresponding number.
- Symbols can be accessed by pressing 0 and then the corresponding position.
- FUNC can be used to change between lower and upper case or between the different symbols.
- F1 (Done)/SEL/ENT to save the tag
- Frequencies: > SEL/ENT
- Enter your primary (red, c) and alternate (blue, a) control channels for site you want to program, in this case Columbus City (1-010).
- 859.2125 is the primary control channel. 851.4125, 851.6625, and 853.0375 are the alternate control channels.
- F1 (Save) the frequencies
- F1 (Save) the TSYS
- ID: > Use the keypad to enter a DEC ID for a talkgroup
- 57272: Columbus Police Zone 4 (Northwest) Dispatch
- F1 (Save) the ID
- Tag: > SEL/ENT to edit
- This is the tag that you will see for your Talkgroup.
- F1 (Done)/SEL/ENT to save the tag
- F1 (Save) to save the TGRP
Now the hardest part is over, adding additional talkgroups only requires the following:
- PGM > F2 (NEW) > F1 (TGRP)
- Scan Lists: > Assign the TGRP to any scan list
- TSYS: > Use the Left/Right arrows to select your existing TSYS you just programmed
- ID: > Use the keypad to enter a DEC ID for another talkgroup
- F1 (Save) the ID
- Tag: > SEL/ENT to edit
- F1 (Done)/SEL/ENT to save the tag
- F1 (Save) to save the TGRP
Now to scan:
- SCAN
- Use numbers on keypad to toggle scan lists 1-10 on and off
- FUNC and numbers on keypad to toggle scan lists 11-20 on and off