Uniden BCD160DN English Owners Manual - Page 44

Set Delay Time, Set Attenuator, Wx Alert Alt Priority

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9. Press MENU to save and exit. SET DELAY TIME Sets the number of seconds the scanner should wait after a transmission stops before moving on to the next channel during weather scan. A negative delay will force a resume after that number of seconds. The default setting is 2 seconds. 1. Scroll to MENU/WX Operation/Set Delay Time and press Yes/E. 2. Scroll to the desired delay time (-10, -5, -2, 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, or 30 secs.) and press Yes/E to save and exit. SET ATTENUATOR Sets the attenuator (20 dB) for weather operation. The default setting is Off. 1. Scroll to MENU/WX Operation/Set Attenuator and press Yes/E. 2. Select On or Off and press Yes/E to save and exit. NOTE: You can also toggle attenuation for weather scan by pressing FUNC then att/7. 3. Press MENU to return to the previous menu. WX ALERT (ALT) PRIORITY Turning on weather alert priority allows the scanner to check weather channels every 5 seconds for a 1050 Hz weather alert signal and still scan or search. If you receive an alert, you will hear a loud warbling sound and then the weather channel audio. WX displays when Weather Alert Priority is on. WARNING! Alert notifications are broadcast at full volume. 1. Scroll to WX Alt Priority and press Yes/E. On and Off display. 2. Select On or Off and press Yes/E to save and exit to the WX Operation screen. NOTE: Press FUNC + wx/0 to toggle WX Alert Priority in Scan and Search modes. TONE-OUT FOR... This feature allows the scanner to monitor up to 10 different channels for paging tones: • Two-tone sequential • Single tone • Group tone NOTE: Use Tone-Out Standby mode if you know and use programmed tones. Use Tone-Out Search Mode if you do not know and use programmed tones. 44

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9.
Press
MENU
to save and exit.
SET DELAY TIME
Sets the number of seconds the scanner should wait after a transmission stops
before moving on to the next channel during weather scan. A negative delay will
force a resume after that number of seconds.
The default setting is 2 seconds.
1.
Scroll to
MENU
/
WX Operation
/
Set Delay Time
and press
Yes/E
.
2.
Scroll to the desired delay time (-10, -5, -2, 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, or 30 secs.)
and
press
Yes/E
to save and exit.
SET ATTENUATOR
Sets the attenuator (20 dB) for weather operation. The default setting is Off.
1.
Scroll to
MENU
/
WX Operation
/
Set Attenuator
and press
Yes/E
.
2.
Select
On
or
Off
and press
Yes/E
to save and exit.
NOTE: You can also toggle attenuation for weather scan by pressing
FUNC
then
att/7
.
3.
Press
MENU
to return to the previous menu.
WX ALERT (ALT) PRIORITY
Turning on weather alert priority allows the scanner to check weather channels every
5 seconds for a 1050 Hz weather alert signal and still scan or search. If you receive
an alert, you will hear a loud warbling sound and then the weather channel audio.
WX
displays when Weather Alert Priority is on.
WARNING! Alert noti
cations are broadcast at full volume.
1.
Scroll to
WX Alt Priority
and press
Yes/E
.
On
and
Off
display.
2.
Select
On
or
Off
and press
Yes/E
to save and exit to the
WX Operation
screen.
NOTE: Press
FUNC
+
wx/0
to toggle WX Alert Priority in Scan and Search modes.
TONE-OUT FOR...
This feature allows the scanner to monitor up to 10 different channels for paging
tones:
Two-tone sequential
Single tone
Group tone
NOTE: Use Tone-Out Standby mode if you know and use programmed tones. Use
Tone-Out Search Mode if you do not know and use programmed tones.