Radio Shack PRO-106 User Manual

 

 
RadioShack is pleased to offer this free upgrade to enhance the functionality and 
performance of your PRO-106/PRO-197 (20-106/20-197) Radio Scanner. Please take a 
moment to review these instructions before proceeding with the upgrade.   

IMPORTANT NOTICE: You must upgrade your RadioShack scanner with a firmware 
upgrade obtained from RadioShack. Please note that firmware upgrades for 
RadioShack scanners are not compatible with scanning receivers sold by other 
manufacturers. 

CPU firmware version 1.7 provides the following enhancement to your 20-106/20-197 
Radio Scanner:   

•  Change S-E GLOB "138-174 5kHz:" item to "Bandplan:" with a choice between 

USA and Canada 

•  Change step size to 12.500kHz in 405.987500-512.000000MHz range when the 

“Bandplan: Canada” option is selected in the FUNC-GLOB menu.   

•  Change step size from 12.500kHz to 6.250kHz between 470.000000MHz and 

512.000000MHz to handle the new UHF bandplan 

•  Further qualify EDACS "Individual" call grants to address a problem where the 

radio sometimes tunes to MDT transmissions as radio-to-radio calls. 

•  Fixed EDACS "channel number" in CCDump messages. 

•  New DSP Boot code V1.1 to handle a different Flash IC version. There is no 

user-noticeable performance change. 

You will need the following items to perform the firmware upgrade: 

•  The upgrade package file is available as a self-extracting ZIP file on the Product 

Support Page for the PRO-106 or PRO-197 at www.RadioShack.com. The 
upgrade package contains the executable file: CPU106197BootF12_U17.exe. 

•  A RadioShack USB scanner programming cable, Catalog #20-047