Uniden BC250D English Owners Manual - Page 48

Service Search Skip, NWR-SAME Alert

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commonly used at special events and other locations and may or may not be licensed. • When you rotate the VFO while the Service Search is active, you can change the search direction to up or down. During the search of one of the preprogrammed services, the lowest display line will indicate the service that you are searching. To stop the search, press HOLD/MAN. Rotate the VFO to move up or down one programmed frequency or press RSM to resume searching. Service Search Skip You can set the scanner to skip the unwanted frequencies during Service Search. 100 skipped frequencies are programmable. 1. To skip over a frequency, press L/O when stopping at the frequency you want to skip. 2. To cancel a skip during search, press HOLD/MAN, select the desired frequency by rotating the VFO, then press L/O. To restore all skipped frequencies, press and hold L/O for 2 seconds. Note: • You can not skip a set frequency in WEATHER service mode. SRVC --CH 453.6000 NFM SERVICE SEARCH PUBLIC SAFETY • If you start the service seaching while all frequencies in service search menu are set to skipped the frequencies, you hear a beep and the scanner moves to the Hold mode. NWR-SAME Alert In addition to the conventional weather broadcasts, your BC250D is compatible with NWR-SAME weather alert. When the scanner receives NOAA's Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) coded weather emergency signal, it sounds the alert siren with a specified message. You must program your FIPS code to identify the specific area where you are located. 1. Press MENU/BACK. 2. Select 1:SERVICE OPTION / 1:WEATHER / 2:ALERT by rotating the VFO and pressing E. SRVC 2CH 162.6000 FM 3. Select 1:ON pressing E. by rotating the VFO and SERVICE SEARCH WX ALERT ON 44

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commonly used at special events and other locations
and may or may not be licensed.
When you rotate the
VFO
while the Service Search
is active, you can change the search direction to up
or down.
During the search of one of the preprogrammed services, the
lowest display line will indicate the service that you are
searching. To stop the search, press
HOLD/MAN
. Rotate the
VFO
to move up or down one programmed frequency or
press
RSM
to resume searching.
Service Search Skip
You can set the scanner to skip the unwanted frequencies
during Service Search. 100 skipped frequencies are
programmable.
1.
To skip over a frequency, press
L/O
when stopping at the
frequency you want to skip.
2.
To cancel a skip during search, press
HOLD/MAN
, select
the desired frequency by rotating the
VFO
, then press
L/O
.
To restore all skipped frequencies,
press and hold
L/O
for 2 seconds.
Note
:
You can not skip a set frequency
in
WEATHER
service mode.
If you start the service seaching while all frequencies
in service search menu are set to skipped the
frequencies, you hear a beep and the scanner
moves to the Hold mode.
NWR-SAME Alert
In addition to the conventional weather broadcasts, your
BC250D is compatible with NWR-SAME weather alert.
When the scanner receives NOAA
s Specific Area Message
Encoding (SAME) coded weather emergency signal, it sounds
the alert siren with a specified message. You must program
your FIPS code to identify the specific area where you are
located.
1.
Press
MENU/BACK
.
2.
Select
1:SERVICE OPTION
/
1:WEATHER
/
2:ALERT
by rotating the
VFO
and
pressing
E
.
3. Select
1:ON
by rotating the
VFO
and
pressing
E
.
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SRVC
--CH
453.6000 NFM
SERVICE SEARCH
PUBLIC SAFETY
SRVC
2CH
162.6000
FM
SERVICE SEARCH
WX ALERT ON