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  • Uniden BC355C | English Owners Manual - Page 1
    OWNER'S MANUAL BC355C SCANNER 
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    IMPORTANT INFORMATION PRECAUTIONS Before you use this scanner, please observe the following: Warning Uniden America Corporation does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shocks, or damage to the unit, do not
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    Uniden. This product contains Uniden proprietary information. Software, control codes, protocols and other such related matter may be the copyrighted work of Uniden America Corporation. Uniden ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation. Bearcat ® is a registered trademark of Uniden
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    FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW 7 Scanning Legally 8 ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355C SCANNER 9 FEATURE SUMMARY 10 INCLUDED IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE 15 Optional Accessories 15 INSTALLING THE BC355C SCANNER 16 FOR HOME USE (DESKTOP INSTALLATION 16 Helpful Hints 17 For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation 17 Temporary
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    Rear Panel 27 USING YOUR BC355C SCANNER 28 set up 28 Adjusting Squelch 28 Operating Modes 29 SCAN 29 SEARCH 30 SPECIAL NOTES FOR SCANNING PD/FD/EMG AND AIR/ MRN BANKS 31 Scanning Service Bank Tips 32 Searching Band Tips 35 Screens 36 SCANNING BANKS 36 SEARCHING BANDS 37 special features
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    C ‐ C.PS Options 48 Close Call Tips 49 PRIVATE BANK 50 Programming Frequencies and Channels 51 Programming a Channel 52 Deleting a Programmed Frequency (programming "000.0000 54 Program Lock Feature 57 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 58 GENERAL PRODUCT CARE 61 Location 61 Cleaning 61 Repairs 62
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    scanner generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna • Increase the separation between the scanner and the
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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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    officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization. ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355C SCANNER The BC355C comes with 6 Service banks for monitoring police, fire/emergency medical services, marine, air, weather, and CB frequencies. In addition, the BC355C has 13 separate band searches. 
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    a newly activated local frequency for any service category, you can add it to the bank for that category. This gives you quick access to the frequencies you want to hear. FEATURE SUMMARY The BC355C is a compact mobile/base scanner and one of the most user-friendly communication products available
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    MRN. Pressing this key will toggle between the banks. Additional information is provided in later sections. » WX: 10 Factory-programmed Weather frequencies covering 7 NOAA Weather Service and 3 Canadian Marine Weather broadcasts. » CB: 40 Factory-programmed frequencies covering CB communications. 11
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    » PRIVATE: 100-channel, fully user-programmable bank. • Search Bands (13) - Press BAND to select a band to search. Band Frequency Coverage Mode Steps Service (MHz) (kHz) 25 - 28 25.0000 to 27.9950 AM 28 - 30 28.0000 to 29.7000 FM 30 - 50 30.0000 to 49.9950
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    Band Frequency Coverage Mode Steps Service (MHz) (kHz) 420 - 450 420.0000 to 449.9875 UHF Band 12.5 UHF "T" Band* 12.5 800 Band 12.5 800 Band 12.5 800 Band * This scanner cannot decode digital TV transmissions. Frequency Band 25.000 - 27.995 28.000 - 54.000 137.000 - 174.000 406.000 -
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    .9875 806.000 - 956.000 Sensitivity (Nominal) 12 dB SINAD 0.4 µV 0.4 µV Frequency Band 25.000 - 27.995 28.000 - 54.000 137.000 - 174.000 406 - 956.000 Hum and Noise (Nominal) 48 dB 44 dB 44 dB 42 dB 48 dB 44 dB Frequency Band 25.000 - 54.000 137.000 - 174.000 406.000 - 512.000 108.000 - 136.9875
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    INCLUDED IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE • BC355C Scanner • Telescoping Antenna • Fixable Mobile Antenna • AC Adapter • Vehicle Power Adapter • DC Power Cord for hard-wiring power from your car to your scanner. • Bracket • Screw • This Owner's Manual • Other Printed Materials If any of these items are
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    volume in noisy environments. Contact your local Uniden Dealer or the Uniden Parts Department by calling: (800) 554-3988 during regular business hours Monday through Friday. We can also be reached on the web at www.unidendirect.com. INSTALLING THE BC355C SCANNER FOR HOME USE (DESKTOP INSTALLATION
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    scanner or its antenna away from the source. • If you are operating the scanner in a fringe area or need to improve reception, use an optional antenna may be necessary for the optional antennas. For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation) Temporary Mobile Installation A Vehicle Power Adapter is provided
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    into the ANT connector on the rear panel. For more information on antenna installation, please refer to the instruction guide that came with your mobile antenna. Permanent Mobile Installation Permanently installing the BC355C scanner into a vehicle involves two main steps - physically installing the
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    the dashboard is unknown. . Mount the scanner to the bracket only after the wiring has been connected to the rear panel. Permanently Connecting the Mobile Power Supply CAUTION: If you are not experienced in connecting accessories to the vehicle fuse box, please see your automotive dealer for advice
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    the vehicle (usually the chassis). Caution: In vehicles with a positive ground, the RED wire connects to the chassis and the BLACK wire connects to the accessory contact in the fuse box. . Insert the DC plug into the DC 13.8V jack on the back panel. SCANNER OPERATION OVERVIEW BC355C Front Panel 20
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    keys to: • Manually search up or down for frequencies while in Hold mode. • Change direction of a search during Search mode. • Quickly search up or down for frequencies (hold UP or DOWN keys for longer than 1 second) while in Hold mode. Scans user-programmed channels programmed into the PRIVATE
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    this key to scan the Police, Fire, and Emergency Services bands. Pressing this key cycles through the frequencies in the following order: • Police/Fire/Emergency Services - all activated • Police department only (turn off Fire/ EMG bank) • Fire/EMG only (turn off Police bank) • None active (turn off
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    MRN PURPOSE Press this key to scan the Air and Marine bands. Pressing this key cycles through the frequencies in the following order: • Air/MRN - both activated • Air only (turn off Marine bank) userprogrammed channels are scanned after the preprogrammed channels if either service is selected. 23
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    CC checks for Close Call hits every 2 seconds while monitoring other frequencies. You will hear a slight break in reception while Close Call Not Disturb - Checks for Close Call hits every 2 seconds unless the scanner is already receiving a transmission. This prevents the breaks in audio, but
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    the WX bank is activated. Press this key to monitor 40 programmed CB channels. Press the SEARCH key to search for active frequencies within a selected band range. Press this key to temporarily or permanently lock out frequencies or channels from being searched or scanned. (L/O is explained in more
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    KEY PROG PURPOSE Press this key to initiate and complete programming a channel or frequency (further detail is provided in a later section). Note: If you press a nonprogrammable bank key (WX, or CB),"Error" will be displayed; press a programmable bank key. ITEM VOLUME Control/Power Switch SQ (
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    LCD) shows the current channel or its frequency. It also displays mode, status, and bank indicators. It utilizes a 7-segment LCD pattern for character display. (Go to "Screens" on page 36 for more details.) BC355C Rear Panel ITEM ANT PURPOSE BNC Antenna Connector. Insert the antenna plug here. 27
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    PURPOSE External Speakers. Insert optional external speaker plug here. Power Connection. Connect the specified AC Adapter or DC power cord here. USING YOUR BC355C SCANNER set up Adjusting Squelch To Adjust Squelch - . Turn SQ completely counterclockwise. You should hear open squelch noise. 28
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    in two modes - Scan and Search: SCAN Scanning allows you to scan through channels in various service banks. Press a service bank key (PD/FD/EMG, AIR/MRN, WX, CB, or PRIVATE) to find an active frequency within that bank. All activated banks plus their "private" channels are scanned. Press other bank
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    . When an active frequency is found, the scanner stops on that frequency and the Bank label/icon remains steady. When transmission ends, the scanner pauses 2 seconds for a new transmission. If no new transmission is found, scanning resumes. Press UP to manually continue scanning. Multiple active
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    /Emergency Services banks and the AIR/MRN key manages the Air and Marine banks. Pressing PD/FD/EMG more than once will cycle through the banks in this order: . Police/Fire/EMG . Police . Fire/EMG . None NOTE: The PD and FIRE/EMG banks share 100 PRIVATE channels. These user-programmed channels
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    NOTE: The AIR and MRN banks share 100 PRIVATE channels. These user-programmed channels are scanned after preprogrammed channels. Scanning Service Bank Tips If You Want to do This - Here's How - Begin scanning Press any service bank key; the bank label flashes and the "SCAN" message moves across
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    to do This Stop scanning Resume scanning Here's How - Press HOLD. The scanner stays on the displayed channel until scanning is resumed. The bank's screen label • UP or DOWN - Press these keys to step to the next/previous frequency. Scan Hold remains active but single channels can be monitored. 33
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    stopped on an active channel Select a different bank to scan • L/O key - Press this key to lock out this frequency and step to the next frequency If the BC355C stops on an active channel that you do not want to monitor but you do not want to lock out, press the bank key or
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    an active frequency in that band. Continue after the BC355C has stopped on an active channel If the BC355C stops on an active channel that you do not want to monitor but you do not want to lock out, press the SEARCH key or the UP/DOWN keys. Stop searching Press HOLD. The scanner
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    scan sc scan police hold scan 45.0600 This screen shows BC355C is actively scanning a displayed bank. "SCAN"scrolls from right to left across the screen, and the scanned bank will flash. This screen shows that the scanner has been put on HOLD to monitor frequency 45.0600 on the Police bank. 36
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    within 3 seconds) to see other band ranges. This SEARCH screen shows that frequency 409.9875 has been found through an upward search. Pointers (  or ) indicate the direction of the search - up or down. special features The BC355C scanner boasts of several special features: • Lock Out Channels
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    • Private Bank • Program Frequencies into Programmable Banks. • Program Lock Lock Out Channels / Frequencies Sometimes the scanner may stop on a particular channel or frequency because of noise or other unwanted transmissions. This feature lets you lock out channels and frequencies you don't want to
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    locks out the current frequency or channel. The scanner displays "L/O" for that frequency or channel and continues scanning. "L/O" frequencies/channels can be manually restored; the procedure is provides in this section. Lock Out Limits Any of the 300 user-programmed channels can be locked
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    Do This - Here's How - Temporary Lock Out While on a channel or frequency, press L/O once. The scanner beeps and temporarily locks out that channel and displays "T LO." If the scanner was not in Hold mode, it then resumes scanning. If the scanner was in Hold mode, it does not resume scanning until
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    Search for Permanently Locked-Out Channels or Frequencies The scanner does not stop on locked out channels or frequencies while scanning; to search for and display locked out channels or frequencies, press HOLD, then use UP or DOWN to search manually through the bank. "L/ O" appears on the screen
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    12 of the Private bank is that has the channel or frequency you want to unlock. locked out.) . Press HOLD to stop scanning. ("HOLD" and " SCAN" must appear on the screen.) . Use UP or DOWN keys to find the specific locked out channel or frequency (in this example, Channel 12, which displays
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    Restoring a Single Locked-Out Channel (Cont.) Restoring All Permanently Locked Out Channels/ Frequencies . "L/O" disappears to indicate that Channel 12 is now unlocked and restored for scanning. Note: For the factory preprogrammed channels, the earliest channel will be unlocked when you lock out
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    seconds until you hear two beeps. . All locked out channels/ frequencies in that bank are now unlocked and restored for scanning. Note: to your location. These signals could be from a nearby police car or fire engine or other radio source. Pressing the key activates the Close Call functions in the
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    Off Pressing and holding the mode. key acativates Close Call Only Close Call Priority Repeatedly press until the Close Call Priority icon displays. The scanner checks every 2 second for a nearby transmission. You may hear a slight break in audio during this time. If you want to monitor only Close
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    Setting Up Close Call Modes . Press and hold to enter the Close Call Only mode. The screen displays a line of dashes. . Press again to display the Close Call menu selections: • C - C.bAnd - Select which bands Close Call will check. • C - C.ALEt - Select alerts on/off. • C - C.PS - Set Pager screen
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    Band b1 Lo b2 Air b3 Hi b4 UHF b5 800 Name VHF Low Band AIR Low Band VHF High Band UHF Band 800MHz Band Frequency (MHz) 25.0000 - 54.0000 108.0000 - 136.9875 137.0000 - 174.0000 406.0000 - 512.0000 806.0000 - 823.9857 849.0125 - 868.9875
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    . • ALt.OFF - Scanner does not been when a CC signal is found Setting C ‐ C.PS Options This menu controls whether the scanner will screen common pager frequencies. The options are: • PS .On - Scanner screens out pager frequencies (filter on). • PS.OFF - Scanner allows pager frequencies (filter off
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    there will be Scanning other a break in the scanner audio as it searches Banks/Bands for a nearby transmission. Save a Frequency Found Through Close Call . the scanner finds a nearby signal through Close Call, it jumps to that frequency but does not display it. It does, however display
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    continues until the signal stops. PRIVATE BANK The BC355C also provides 3 separate banks to hold favorite frequencies. When you find a frequency that you would like to listen to again, you can program it into either the PD/FD/EMG or AIR/MRN service bank or into the Private bank. The advantage
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    of the following banks (300 frequencies combined): • Police/Fire/EMG • Air/Marine • Private Any displayed frequency for these banks can be programmed into the scanner, and frequencies not currently displayed can be located through the Search mode and through manually scanning the preprogrammed banks
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    a Channel The following steps detail how to program a frequency into a channel for a specific bank when the frequency was found while scanning or searching. In this example, the frequency was found while scanning the Police bank. Police fire/emg air mrN 40.0600 scan This SCAN screen
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    example, PD/FD/EMG was pressed. The screen cycles between two displays. The first screen shows that channel 6 is the lowest available channel on the POLICE bank (press UP or DOWN to select a different channel) and the second screen shows that frequency 40.0600 is available to be programmed. 53
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    police FIRE/EMG 6 40.0600 hold sCAN Press PROG. The scanner programs the frequency into the indicated channel and then goes into SCAN HOLD mode. Press HOLD to release the Hold and continue scanning the rest of the programmed channels, starting with the channel you just programmed. Deleting a
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    000.0000 and CH continues flashing. police fire/emg 3 40.0600 HOLD Press the bank containing the channel you wish to clear. The screen displays the first programmable channel for that bank. If that channel displays 000.0000, press UP or DOWN until the channel/frequency you wish to clear displays
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    hold The screen cycles between two displays. The first screen shows that channel 3 on the POLICE bank (40.0600) is selected and the second screen shows that the null frequency (000.0000) is ready to be programmed. police fire/emg 3 000.0000 HOLD scan L/O Press PROG.The screen displays a null
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    BC355C has a Program Lock feature to prevent accidentally programming entries or unauthorized programming. Press and hold the PROG key for longer than 2.5 seconds to toggle Program Lock on and off. Program Search Hold • Programming • Close Call When Program Lock is turned on, the scanner displays "on
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    TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE PROBLEM Scanner won't work Scanner won't work (Cont.) SOLUTION Try one of these options: • Check the connections at both ends of the if the fuse is blown. Make sure the ignition key in your vehicle is in the Accessory position. • Make sure the power switch is turned on. 58
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    connection. • Move the scanner. • You may be in a fringe area. This may require an optional multi-band antenna. Check with your dealer or local electronics store. Try one of these options: • Adjust the Squelch control. • Check the antenna connection. • Review each channel's frequency to see if it
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    won't start Search won't start PROGRAM key won't work You still have a problem SOLUTION Try one of these options: • Check and adjust Squelch • Check the antenna connection. • Check to see if all channels are locked out. It is possible that none of the programmed frequencies are active at the time
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    firmly until you hear the entry tone for that key entry. Location If strong interference or electrical noise is received, relocate the scanner or its antenna away from the source of the noise. A higher elevation, if possible, may provide better reception. You might also try changing the height
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    scanner contains no serviceable parts. Contact the Uniden Customer Hotline at 1-800-297-1023 or take it to a qualified repair technician. Birdies All radios may receive undesired signals or birdies. If your scanner . TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Size: 5-3/16"(W) x 5-3/4"(D) x 1-5/8"(H) Weight: 1 lb 6.5 oz.
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    total (6 Service banks / 1 Private bank) • Police (PD): 1,769 Preprogrammed plus 100 programmable channels shared with Fire/Emergency Services • Preprogrammed (7 for NOAA weather service and 3 for Canada Marine). • CB: 40 programmed. • PRIVATE: 100 channels fully user-programmable. Search Band: 13
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    Antenna: 50 ohms (Impedance) Features, specifications, and availability of optional accessories are all subject to change without notice. WARRANTY One Year Limited Warranty Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION ("Uniden
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    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 owner's manual for this product
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    gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. This warranty is void outside the United States of America and Canada. PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING PERFORMANCE OF WARRANTY: If, after following the instructions in the owner's manual you are certain
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    defect that has caused you to return it. The Product should be shipped freight prepaid, by traceable means, to warrantor at: Uniden America Corporation Parts and Service Division 4700 Amon Carter Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76155 (800) 297-1023, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday 67
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    www.uniden.com THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING A UNIDEN PRODUCT! A World Without Wires UBZZ01362ZZ(0) Printed in China  2009 Uniden America Corporation. Ft. Worth, TX All rights reserved.
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