Uniden BC345CRS English Owner's Manual

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    BC345CRS Owner's Manual © 2013 Uniden America Corporation Fort Worth, Texas Printed in Vietnam U01UB371ZZZ(0)
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    and Bearcat® are registered trademarks of Uniden America Corporation. Other trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their respective holders. Important: If you use the supplied AC adapter to power the scanner but have not installed batteries in the scanner, never turn the scanner
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    22 Using the Scanner Memories 22 Programming Memories 22 Selecting a Channel 23 Scanning Memory Banks 23 Locking/Unlocking CHANNELS 23 Using Priority Scan 24 Setting Channel Delay 24 SEARCHING FOR ACTIVE FREQUENCIES 24 Using Limit Search 24 Programming the Limit Search Range Upper/Lower
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    Listening to Service Channels 26 Using Service Search 26 Selecting a Service to Search 26 LISTENING TO WEATHER CHANNELS 27 Weather Alert Detection 27 CARE AND MAINTENANCE 27 General use 27 Location 27 Cleaning 27 Repairs 28 Birdies 28 Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories 28
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    undesired operation. Scanning Legally Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups, including police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph
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    SNOOZE Alarm Set Clock Set Clock Off Radio Tone SQUELCH Time Alarm VOLUME BC345CRS Scanner Telescoping Antenna Not Shown: AC Adapter • Other Printed Materials • This Owner's Manual AM Loop Antenna If any item is missing or obviously damaged, call the Uniden Parts Dept at (800) 297-1023
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    INTRODUCTION Your BC345CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine, air, HAM, and other radio services into 500 channels distributed over ten banks. The scanner also lets you listen to NOAA (National
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    469.99375 6.25 NFM UHF Standard Band 13 470.00000 - 512.00000 6.25 NFM UHF TV* * This scanner cannot decode the digital TV transmissions in use on most channels. Canada Bands Band No. Range (MHz) 1 0.53000 - 1.70000 2 25.00000 - 27.99500 3 28.00000 - 29.99500 4 30.00000 - 49.99500
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    Band No. Range (MHz) 5 50.00000 - 54.00000 Step (kHz) 5.0 Mode NFM Service 6 Meter Amateur Band 6 88.00000 - 25 NFM UHF TV* * This scanner cannot decode the digital TV transmissions in use on most channels. Features Channel Memory Scanning - Scans frequencies you have stored in any of
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    can be designated as skip frequencies. Service Search - Lets you designate one of the five preprogrammed service channels (Police, Fire/EMS, Air, Ham, Marine) to search. Weather (WX) Scan - Scan the preprogrammed weather channels. Weather Alert Detection - The scanner sounds an alert tone if
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    hissing on all channels stops between transmissions. press to begin scanning the channels or to resume scanning. Set to Off to disable alarm; Set to Radio to enable the radio alarm; Set to Tone to enable the tone alarm 11
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    a decimal point when you enter a frequency. --Press to cancel a numeric key input (0 to 9) --Press to clear an error display. In Scanner mode: Press to start a Limit Search or to resume searching. In AM mode: Press to select the AM memory bank. In Service Select mode: Press to select POLICE service
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    /MEM 16 SVC/DIR 17 Mode Switch What it does In Scanner mode: --Press to lock or unlock a channel memory in SCAN (HOLD) or PROGRAM mode. --Press to set or clear the frequencies in the skip Frequency list in the Limit Search (HOLD) and Service Search (HOLD) modes. In AM/FM mode, press to select
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    What it does Press once to: --Decrease one channel in these modes: xx Scan Hold xx Service Search Hold xx WX Hold xx Program Hold --Decrease one frequency in Limit Search Hold mode and Direct entry in Radio mode. --Decrease time in Time Setting and Sleep mode. Press and hold to: --Rapidly decrease
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    supply and ground. This might damage the scanner. Update firmware through this PC connection. Connect an external antenna using a BNC connector. AM RADIO ANT connector - connect the supplied loop antenna and position it for best AM Broadcast radio reception. 1 2 3 45 6 17 7 8 146 15 14 13
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    mode One of these numbers displays to indicate the frequency step. For example, "25" indicates 0.25kHz. Indicates searching commercial and private watercraft communications Indicates searching amateur radio services Indicates searching commercial and private Air communications Indicates searching
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    These guidelines will help you install and use your new scanner: • If your scanner receives interference or electrical noise, move the scanner or its antenna away from the source. You might also try changing the height or angle of the antennas. • Use an optional mono earphone or mono headset with
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    the AM RADIO ANT terminals on the back of the scanner. You can also use an external antenna (not supplied) to help to bring in weaker signals. Use RG58, 50-Ohm lead with a BNC connector to connect the antenna to the scanner. Connect and mount the antenna according to the instructions provided with
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    time, move the slide switch to Clock. L To have the BC345CRS alert you at the preset time, slide Off/Radio/Tone to either Radio or Tone. If you set the selector to Radio, the alarm will sound with the selected audio source (AM/FM, Scanner, or Weather). If you set the selector to Tone, the
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    scanner to select the desired source (AM for AM Broadcast, FM1 or FM2 for FM). Radio stations are programmed scanner stops on active channels. You can also enter the channel frequency using the keypad, enter the channel frequency (for FM or AM) and press E. Using AM/FM Channel Memory Your scanner
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    the previous display. Using the Scanner Memories Your scanner has 500 channels that you can save frequencies into for scanning. The channels are To select the scanner mode, slide the mode switch to Scanner. Programming Memories You will first need to determine the frequencies you want to save
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    Press E/PGM to enter the Program mode (the scanner turns on the PGM icon). 2. If the current channel is not the one you want to program, enter the channel number then press HOLD. 3. Enter the frequency, including the decimal point, and then press E/PGM. 4. To program the next channel, press ▲ or
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    L/O when the scanner stops on a transmission on the frequency or manually select the channel programmed with Delay. SEARCHING FOR ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Many people enjoy searching for the unknown frequencies that are in use in their area but are not posted to any site or in any publication. The BC345CRS
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    you have found transmission. Press HOLD/Sleep or SEARCH/AM to resume searching. Programming the Limit Search Range Upper/Lower Limits 1. Press SEARCH then HOLD. The scanner holds on the current search frequency. 2. Enter one of the range limits, then press E/PGM. 3. Press ▲ or ▼ then enter the other
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    can force it to resume searching by pressing ▲ or ▼. The BC345CRS searches five preset service frequencies: • Police • Fire/EMS • AIR • HAM • Marine To access these service frequencies: 1. Move the Mode slide switch to Scanner. The five Service modes display on the LCD above the buttons that control
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    www. noaa.nws.gov. Select one of these frequencies if they are in use in your area. Weather Alert Detection The scanner sounds a weather alert tone if it detects an elements or vents. • If the scanner receives strong interference or electrical noise, move it or its antenna away from the source of the
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    scanner contains no user serviceable parts. Contact Uniden Customer Care or take it to a qualified repair technician. Birdies All radios can receive "birdies" (undesired signals). If your scanner scanner. All scanner memory contents are erased and the band plan resets MHz Channels : 500 (50 channels
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    Antenna : Telescoping (included), AM Radio Loop Antenna (included) External Jacks : Antenna jack : AM Loop Antenna Jack : Headphone Jack : DC 12V Power Jack : PC I/F (Only used for firmware updates) Accessories : AC Adapter (AD-1008) : AM Loop Antenna : Telescopic Antenna : Owner's Manual
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    than an authorized Uniden service center for a defect or malfunction covered by this warranty, (E) used in any conjunction with equipment or parts or as part of any system not manufactured by Uniden, or (F) installed or programmed by anyone other than as detailed by the Operating Guide for this
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BC345CRS
Owner’s Manual
© 2013 Uniden America Corporation
Printed in Vietnam
Fort Worth, Texas
U01UB371ZZZ(0)