bigpeal
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I want to start out to thank for everyone that will end up taking time to read this and give any kind of helpful input on my question.
I have a family friend that has a Realistic Scanner Pro-53 Patrolmen Scanning Receiver from Radio Shack. The Model # is 20-122
She was at my house the other day and heard my scanner on which will always scan till someone keys up to talk. She asked me if I could take a look at hers (which is above), to see why it will only stick on one number versus always scanning like myne does. So I went and bought a can of CRC QD Electronic Cleaner and took the outer case cover off her scanner which gave me access to the knobs behind the volume, squelch, and the toggle switch which lets me have it on a constant scan,or put the switch in the middle to keep it set to one channel only and it lets me push it down each time to advance the channel to the following one. I sprayed the cleaner all around the contact points and around the area, but with no luck. The problem she has with the scanner is when I turn it on, it wont continually scan when the toggle switch is in the up position, and when I push down the toggle switch to try to advance the channel to the next channel, it will only work when it wants to. It has 8 channels but only has the first 5 crystals in. Also it has a switch plate that has a knob that will either go up, down, or left in the center per channel. On the side of the switch plate it says, "VHF LO on the top, VHF HI in the middle, and UHF for the bottom to adjust each switch to where it needs to be I guess. The first 5 are in the middle setting and the 6th one is in the bottom and the 7th and 8th switch is in the bottom position. Would anyone be able to let me know if there is a way to test anything to see what isn't let the auto scan to continually scan? Its got me puzzled and I already bought it to Radio Shack and they said they don't have parts for this type of scanner or a way to fix it because of how old it is..
Any help would be very helpful. I wont be on till later tonight to check on here cause I have to get to work, so if anyone gives me any input on this I wont beable to see it till after midnight tonight...Thank you...
I have a family friend that has a Realistic Scanner Pro-53 Patrolmen Scanning Receiver from Radio Shack. The Model # is 20-122
She was at my house the other day and heard my scanner on which will always scan till someone keys up to talk. She asked me if I could take a look at hers (which is above), to see why it will only stick on one number versus always scanning like myne does. So I went and bought a can of CRC QD Electronic Cleaner and took the outer case cover off her scanner which gave me access to the knobs behind the volume, squelch, and the toggle switch which lets me have it on a constant scan,or put the switch in the middle to keep it set to one channel only and it lets me push it down each time to advance the channel to the following one. I sprayed the cleaner all around the contact points and around the area, but with no luck. The problem she has with the scanner is when I turn it on, it wont continually scan when the toggle switch is in the up position, and when I push down the toggle switch to try to advance the channel to the next channel, it will only work when it wants to. It has 8 channels but only has the first 5 crystals in. Also it has a switch plate that has a knob that will either go up, down, or left in the center per channel. On the side of the switch plate it says, "VHF LO on the top, VHF HI in the middle, and UHF for the bottom to adjust each switch to where it needs to be I guess. The first 5 are in the middle setting and the 6th one is in the bottom and the 7th and 8th switch is in the bottom position. Would anyone be able to let me know if there is a way to test anything to see what isn't let the auto scan to continually scan? Its got me puzzled and I already bought it to Radio Shack and they said they don't have parts for this type of scanner or a way to fix it because of how old it is..
Any help would be very helpful. I wont be on till later tonight to check on here cause I have to get to work, so if anyone gives me any input on this I wont beable to see it till after midnight tonight...Thank you...
