Uniden BC250D English Owners Manual - Page 3

Contents Introduction 1 Front View 2 Icon Display 3 BC250D SHORTCUTS 4 Important Notice 6 Terminology 7 What is Scanning 7 What is Searching 7 What is Trunk Tracking 7 What is APCO Project 25 Digital Communications 8 Feature Highlights 9 Where to Obtain More Information 11 Information on the Internet 11 Included with Your Scanner Package 12 Setup 13 Installing the Battery Pack 13 Charging the Battery Pack 13 Low Battery Indicator 13 Flexible Antenna 14 Beltclip 14 Listening Safely 14 Connecting the REMOTE Cable 14 Basic Operation 15 Turn the Scanner On 15 Setting the Squelch 15 Understanding the Menu System 16 Menu Description and Numeric Keypad Equivalents 17 Programming 26 Storing Frequencies into Channels in Menu Mode 26 Deleting a Stored Frequency 27 Editing a Stored Frequency 27 Duplicate Frequency Alert 27 Transfer Frequencies 28 Storing Text Tags 28 Beep Alert 29 Programming Tips 29 Scanning 31 Storing Frequencies During Scanning 31 RF Attenuation Feature 32 Setting the Delay Mode for Frequency 32 Channel Lockout 33 Restoring a Locked-out Channel 34 Restoring All Locked-out Channels 34 Priority Scan 34 Changing the Priority Channel 35 Prioroty Channel Plus Scan 35 Searching 36 Setting a Search Range 36 Starting Chain Search 37 Search Hold Feature 37 Data Skip 37 Frequency Skip 38 Storing Search Frequencies 38 Auto Storing 39 Squelch (SQ) Mode 40 Additional Menu Options for Searching 42 Service Search 43