Contents
Introduction
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Front View
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Icon Display
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BC250D SHORTCUTS
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Important Notice
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Terminology
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What is Scanning?
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What is Searching?
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What is Trunk Tracking?
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What is APCO Project 25 Digital Communications?
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Feature Highlights
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Where to Obtain More Information
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Information on the Internet
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Included with Your Scanner Package
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Setup
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Installing the Battery Pack
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Charging the Battery Pack
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Low Battery Indicator
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Flexible Antenna
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Beltclip
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Listening Safely
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Connecting the REMOTE Cable
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Basic Operation
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Turn the Scanner On
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Setting the Squelch
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Understanding the Menu System
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Menu Description and Numeric Keypad Equivalents
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Programming
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Storing Frequencies into Channels in Menu Mode
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Deleting a Stored Frequency
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Editing a Stored Frequency
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Duplicate Frequency Alert
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Transfer Frequencies
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Storing Text Tags
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Beep Alert
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Programming Tips
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Scanning
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Storing Frequencies During Scanning
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RF Attenuation Feature
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Setting the Delay Mode for Frequency
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Channel Lockout
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Restoring a Locked-out Channel
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Restoring All Locked-out Channels
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Priority Scan
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Changing the Priority Channel
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Prioroty Channel Plus Scan
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Searching
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Setting a Search Range
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Starting Chain Search
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Search Hold Feature
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Data Skip
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Frequency Skip
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Storing Search Frequencies
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Auto Storing
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Squelch (SQ) Mode
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Additional Menu Options for Searching
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Service Search
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