Uniden BC350C English Owners Manual - Page 24

UB317Z (BC350C) 0916 9/16/03 12:43 PM Page 20 Notes: • All weather channels transmit continuous broadcasts. Once the Weather scan stops on a transmission, it will remain on that channel. Weather scan will not resume automatically. You must press [WX] again to reactivate scanning. In some parts of the country, you may not be able to monitor weather broadcasts, such as in low-lying areas. Normally a higher location will improve the reception. • It is not recommended to program a weather frequency into any banks. Because weather channels transmit continuously, the scanner will stop on that channel, disrupting the scanning cycle. The Weather Scan feature was provided specifically to avoid this occurrence. Channel Lock Out • If the scanner stops on a particular channel due to noise or frequent un-wanted transmissions, you may want to keep that channel from being scanned. Using the channel Lock out feature will skip this channel during scanning.This does not erase the frequency from the channel. • For programmable channels, you can lock out all the channels in a bank, if desired. However, if you do, pressing that bank key will emit an error tone and the scanner will not scan (for Private bank). • In the Police bank, MRN bank, CB bank, or Fire/EMS bank, you can lock out 30 factory pre-programmed channels (those frequencies that display without channel numbers in Scan Mode). • You cannot lock out any frequency in the WX or AIR banks. • [L/O] is active only when squelch is opened (scan is stopped) or in Hold Mode. Locking Out an Unwanted Channel In Scan Mode, press [L/O] when the scanner stops on a channel you do not want to hear. The scanner locks out that channel and immediately advances to the next channel to resume scanning. In Scan/Hold Mode, press [L/O] to lock out the displayed channel/frequency. In this case pressing [L/O] will not advance to the next channel. "L/O" will appear on the screen to indicate that the displayed channel is locked out. 20