I promise I'm not an idiot (I hold an Extra class Ham radio license, I've built PCs and gotten Linux to work on them, write simple Python programs)... but this scanner is making me feel like one.
I got it a number of years ago, got my local PD/Fire trunking system programmed into it, and sort of let it be.
I want to get more out of it, but I. Just. Can't. Figure. Out. How. It. Works.
I've got FreeScan. I've paid for ProScan. I paid for a "pro" account at Radio Reference. I've got the factory manual (mostly useless). I've got the "easier to read" manual from Mark's Scanners (much better!).
I've I pull up all the different "Systems" (or "Sites", are those terms interchangeable? Who the hell knows?!).
I import them into the software.
I assign a "number tag" to certain "systems" (sites?), but that number tag doesn't seem to be used for anything.
I assign "quick keys" 0-99 to "sites" - but those don't seem to have any point, because I can't seem to find any way to specifically select those sites when the scanner is running.
I assign "group" quick keys within the talk groups in the "Sites", but in the tree they are not really under the site, so I don't understand the relationship. But again, the group quick keys don't seem to do anything when the scanner is running (I'll press the number button, but nothing seems to change.
I upload maybe 20 different "systems" (or sites?) into the scanner, turn it on - and it just sites there and flashes the ID for the first "system" (or site?), and makes an angry beep when I push the scan button. I can press hold, and then scroll through with the dial, but then when I press scan, it just sits there and doesn't scan any further.
I'm at my wits end. I promise I'm not a complete idiot - I'm sure there is something I'm doing wrong that is probably very basic.
Can someone kindly explain to me how to do the following on this scanner?
1. Have multiple "systems" (or sites) in the radio (say the trunking systems for three local counties, plus Marine VHF channels, FRS/GMRS, Ham radio bands, etc. and have the scanner only scan the particular "system" or site I'm interested in at the moment.
2. Easily switch from, say, monitoring my local PD/Fire trunked system, to doing a quick scan of Marine VHF, to scanning CB channels, to WX frequencies.
3. Have the radio scan larger groupings (say all the Fire/PD trunked systems) in the area WITHOUT scanning absolutely everything.
4. Make use of the "quick keys".
I've been hunting through videos for a few days now and striking out, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
I got it a number of years ago, got my local PD/Fire trunking system programmed into it, and sort of let it be.
I want to get more out of it, but I. Just. Can't. Figure. Out. How. It. Works.
I've got FreeScan. I've paid for ProScan. I paid for a "pro" account at Radio Reference. I've got the factory manual (mostly useless). I've got the "easier to read" manual from Mark's Scanners (much better!).
I've I pull up all the different "Systems" (or "Sites", are those terms interchangeable? Who the hell knows?!).
I import them into the software.
I assign a "number tag" to certain "systems" (sites?), but that number tag doesn't seem to be used for anything.
I assign "quick keys" 0-99 to "sites" - but those don't seem to have any point, because I can't seem to find any way to specifically select those sites when the scanner is running.
I assign "group" quick keys within the talk groups in the "Sites", but in the tree they are not really under the site, so I don't understand the relationship. But again, the group quick keys don't seem to do anything when the scanner is running (I'll press the number button, but nothing seems to change.
I upload maybe 20 different "systems" (or sites?) into the scanner, turn it on - and it just sites there and flashes the ID for the first "system" (or site?), and makes an angry beep when I push the scan button. I can press hold, and then scroll through with the dial, but then when I press scan, it just sits there and doesn't scan any further.
I'm at my wits end. I promise I'm not a complete idiot - I'm sure there is something I'm doing wrong that is probably very basic.
Can someone kindly explain to me how to do the following on this scanner?
1. Have multiple "systems" (or sites) in the radio (say the trunking systems for three local counties, plus Marine VHF channels, FRS/GMRS, Ham radio bands, etc. and have the scanner only scan the particular "system" or site I'm interested in at the moment.
2. Easily switch from, say, monitoring my local PD/Fire trunked system, to doing a quick scan of Marine VHF, to scanning CB channels, to WX frequencies.
3. Have the radio scan larger groupings (say all the Fire/PD trunked systems) in the area WITHOUT scanning absolutely everything.
4. Make use of the "quick keys".
I've been hunting through videos for a few days now and striking out, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
