Uniden BC250D English Owners Manual - Page 61

selected for a trunked system, press HOLD/MAN, and the radio will seek and acquire the trunked system control channel. ID Search Hold and Direct Entry ID Hold Mode Just like in Conventional Search, Hold lets you pause ID Search on an interesting transmission without storing the talkgroup into memory. If you hear an interesting ID during Search mode, and want to continue listening to it -- • Press HOLD/MAN to stop the search. If you want to listen to a specific ID, while in Hold mode -- • Use the keypad to enter the ID you want and press SCAN, RSM or SEARCH (SEARCH key can not be used for EDACS). If you want to resume searching -- M ID:4128 867.8375 NFM MOT ID:8192 Bank:04 MOT TYP2 • Press RSM to return to Search mode. Note: ID Hold feature is also applied to ID Scan mode. ID Lockout Like conventional scanning, it's possible to lockout unwanted traffic. This is particularly important in trunked systems because in many areas, water meters, door alarms, traffic signals, and other mechanical devices are assigned IDs just like other users. Also some departments scramble or encumber their communications, and you may want to lock out these unintelligible M1-1:4128 broadcasts. 867.8375 NFM MOT ID:8192 To Lockout an ID, press L/O when the LIST Tag ID you want to lockout displays. The ID is locked out. You can Lockout up to 200 IDs. Note: If you Lockout an ID in Search mode, it is also locked out in Scan List mode. Conversely, if you Lockout an ID while in Scan List mode, it is locked out in Search mode. For information about Scan Lists see page 51. EDACS BLOCKOUT is a powerful form of ID LOCKOUT that can be used only with AFS and EDACS systems. This feature lets you lockout entire Agencies or Fleets, not just individual talkgroups. Using ID BLOCKOUT you can, for example, prevent Search from stopping on any of hundreds of 57