20 Most Recent Radio Shack Pro-82 Scanner Questions & Answers

Check to see if the keypad is 'lockedout'. If there is a 'key' icon in the display, then the keypad is locked and you will have to hold down the 'lock' key until you hear a beep and the 'key' goes away. Then you should be able to operate all the pushbuttons again. Okay?

Here are the instructions to reset the Pro-82 scanner:

http://support.radioshack.com/support_tutorials/communications/200-0315/pro82_tut_e.htm

That indicates either there is no signal or it is not programmed correctly. Most signals are intermittent at best, it is not a continus brodcast.

Buy a scanner book.

press scan press 0 2 3 to active banks

go to cityfreq.com and see if the frequencies in your area have changed. you might even need a new anteanna radio shack should have a really good one for 20 buck. a little longer than the original but good

Just take apart the scanner with a small phillips precision screwdriver and clean the pcb board of all corrosion with a dry toothbrush. And it should work like new. Shotgun 420

Ok I have had the same problem with the Pro 82 and the biggest problems I've found for it not to scan is Corrosion of the terminals not only outside but inside. Even on the keypad and pcb board. SOLUTION: Just take it all apart with a small philips pecision screwdriver and with a dry toothbrush scrape all the corrosion off the board. This always solves my problem and it should yours. Even if theres no corrosion visible on the terminals be assured there is still some inside keping this from functioning correctly. Shotgun420

Check your antenna connections, if the connections are good then try a different antenna. Most likely that is the problem if it's the scanner. If your trying to scan Public Safety Frequencies you may be running into a situation where they have gone Digital and your scanner is Analog or they may have encrypted their frequency or control channels so the scanners won't work.

Most likely have locked it. Press and hold the lock key lower left button. it will beep several time when unlocked the lock symbol if in the upper left side of the LCD screen next to BANK