I use the scanner to monitor water tower level, so it stays on one
frequency all the time (never use it to scan). When there is a storm, I
unplug it. This time when I plugged it in, it went into scan mode like
usual, but the buttons had no effect: Couldn't stop scan to select a
channel. Often one can reset some units by unplugging for a minute or
so. Even 48 hours. If I turn off the unit, hold PROGRAM and
1,2,4,5,7,or 8, while I turn it on, it beeps and does not scan. Still,
no entries can be made from the pad. It is stuck until I turn off/on,
when it goes back to scanning. I can do the off/on trick while holding
LOCKOUT, where it locks out the lowest channel, but can't unlock.
Channel 1 and 2 are locked out now. The battery is dead, so I lost all
my memory frequencies (that's OK, I only used one of them). SCAN or
MANUAL buttons are supposed to stop the scan, but they don't. Is this
thing toast?
Comments:
Aug 01, 2009
- Sorry. This is a duplicate post. Please disregard.
Sep 04, 2009
- TOLHamradio
Thanks for the reply. No it is not a Bearcat. It is a Radio Shack Realistic 20 channel UHF?AM?FM Direct Entry Programmable Scanner. It looks like the 2018 except all controls are on the front. I needed a key sequence to reset the processor like the 2018 has, but those indicated for the 2018 don't work. So what I did was hold all the buttons down with my palm and power up. That worked and it's running fine now. I know that's not very orthodox, but whatever works.... I would still like to know the prescribed reset key sequence to write it in the book for future reference. Thanks.
