Please help I have a pro-97 multi trunking scanner. Why can i only hear the police calls of the town i live in? I used to live in one town and would only hear my local p.d.,since moving about 8 miles away,now i only hear my new town's police/fire calls. I used to have a non-portable desktop scanner which would pick up all the surrounding towns.I always leave my pro-97 on the signal stalker function.Any suggestions?

Most police stations are using the new motorola trunking units, they are on encrypted custom band channels and you will not be able to hear them. All police helicopters are equipped with them. All i can hear where i live is Fire dispatch, I cant even hear the fire fighters responses .

Doesn't Maine have a state law concerning the Civilian monitoring or Police channels? I know they used Trunked Multi channel systems.

The 163 is a trunking scanner, so programming instructions are long and detailed, and they vary for each type of trunking system. Programming instructions are best explained in the factory operating manual. If you don't already have it, you can download/print the manual here:

http://www.scancat.com/OnLineHelp/OEM_Radio_Owners_Manuals/PRO-163-164-OWNERS%20MANUAL_2000164_PM_EN.pdf

You may also want to join a users group for the 163. Check Yahoo or just Google PRO-163.

For a comprehensive database of active frequencies and systems in your area, visit:

www.RadioReference.com

The site also has information that explains the workings of trunking systems, links to users groups, and a lot of other useful scanning information.

Bill B

nothing to it. press program, enter frequency, press enter, press program to repeat next frequency.

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If the scanner is completely locked up, you need to reinitialize it, but be aware that this procedure will erase/delete all information that you've programmed into it. To initialize the scanner:

1. Turn off the scanner, then turn it on again. Multi-system
Trunking Scanner appears.
2. Press 0 while Multi-system Trunking Scanner appears.
3. Press 1.
4. Press ENT. Initializing please stand by. appears for about 5
seconds.
Do not turn off the scanner until the initalization is
complete. When the initialization is complete, M000
appears on the top line of the display. Bank 0 Ch 00
appears on the third line.

Need the complete manual for your scanner? You can download/print it here:

http://scancat.com/OnLineHelp/OEM_Radio_Owners_Manuals/PRO-97_OwnersManual_ome20-527.pdf

For a comprehensive database of active frequencies and systems in your area, along with a lot of useful scanning data, visit:

www.RadioReference.com

Bill B

You need police scanner programming software and a cable before your computer will talk to your scanner.
Do a google or yahoo search for police scanner software. About $25 and a cable from radioshack for about the same. The disk that comes with the cable will only let your computer recognize the cable not program the scanner.
Good luck. Waste of money in my opinion but it may be easier then manual programming the radio.

i have a pro 94 dual trunk scanner,how do you program,and where do you get police frequencys for vancouver,wa

not all scanners will pick up the same, the hand held can't pick up frequency as far as the other one.

I would make sure you have
the new frequency # put in scanner
GOOGLE free new scanner frequency #
put in your town and city.

you can go to scanner master.com and get what frequencys you need. if this don't work let me know i will give you a new site.