Uniden BC250D English Owners Manual - Page 41

Starting Chain Search, Search Hold Feature, Data Skip

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Caution: After you have entered the search range while still in the Menu mode, you can set your alpha tag (see page 28), change the step size of the search, change the mode or change the trunk set. Once the lower and upper parameters of your search are edited, the Menu screen backs up one level to allow you to modify the step size, receive mode, and alpha tag. Select 2:STEPS for your step size choices and then press E. Select 3:MODE for the receiver mode choices and then press E. Select 4:ALPHA TAG to enter an alpha tag using the VFO and then pressing E. Select 5:TRUNK to switch ON or OFF for trunk search. Starting Chain Search 1. After setting the search ranges, select 2:SERVICE OPTION / :CHAIN SEARCH / 1:CHAIN SEARCH by rotating the VFO and pressing E. 2. Select 1:ON by rotating the VFO and pressing E. 3. Press SEARCH to search up to 10 ranges continuously. Note: • If CHAIN SEARCH is OFF, only 1 range can be searched. • When searching stops, press RSM to resume searching. • When you rotate the VFO while searching, you can change the search direction to up or down. • When searching in WFM, it will stop before reaching the desired frequency if the step is other than 50 kHz or 100 kHz. Search Hold Feature 1. Press HOLD/MAN at anytime to stop the search. 2. Press RSM or SEARCH to resume searching. SRCH 12.5k 1240.0000 NFM Range 1 25cm Amateur Grp Data Skip A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives. This means the BC250D will occasionally stop on data signals and unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically skip many of these types of transmissions during search. To activate the Data Skip feature, enter into the Menu mode. 37

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Caution:
After you have entered the search range while still
in the Menu mode, you can set your alpha tag (see
page 28), change the step size of the search,
change the mode or change the trunk set.
Once the lower and upper parameters of your
search are edited, the Menu screen backs up one
level to allow you to modify the step size, receive
mode, and alpha tag. Select
2:STEPS
for your
step size choices and then press
E
.
Select
3:MODE
for the receiver mode choices and
then press
E
. Select
4:ALPHA TAG
to enter an
alpha tag using the
VFO
and then pressing
E
.
Select
5:TRUNK
to switch ON or OFF for trunk
search.
Starting Chain Search
1.
After setting the search ranges, select
2:SERVICE
OPTION
/
:CHAIN SEARCH
/
1:CHAIN SEARCH
by rotating the
VFO
and pressing
E
.
2.
Select
1:ON
by rotating the
VFO
and pressing
E
.
3.
Press
SEARCH
to search up to 10 ranges continuously.
Note
:
•
If
CHAIN SEARCH
is
OFF
, only 1 range can be
searched.
•
When searching stops, press
RSM
to resume
searching.
•
When you rotate the
VFO
while searching, you can
change the search direction to up or down.
•
When searching in WFM, it will stop before reaching
the desired frequency if the step is other than 50 kHz
or 100 kHz.
Search Hold Feature
1.
Press
HOLD/MAN
at anytime to stop
the search.
2.
Press
RSM
or
SEARCH
to resume
searching.
Data Skip
A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives.
This means the BC250D will occasionally stop on data signals
and unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically skip
many of these types of transmissions during search. To
activate the Data Skip feature, enter into the Menu mode.
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SRCH
12.5k
1240.0000 NFM
Range 1
25cm Amateur Grp