Table Of Contents - Uniden BC296D Owner's Manual

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The FCC Wants You To Know ............................................................1

Scanning Legally .................................................................................2

Introduction ..........................................................................................3

Using this Manual ............................................................................5

Understanding Scanning .....................................................................6

Conventional Scanning ....................................................................6

Simplex Operation .......................................................................6

Repeater Operation .....................................................................6

Trunked Scanning ............................................................................7

Motorola Trunking ........................................................................7

EDACS Trunking .........................................................................8

LTR Trunking .............................................................................10

Understanding Banks and Channels .............................................10

Getting More Information ...................................................................11

A Quick Look at Your Scanner ..........................................................12

Buttons and Controls ......................................................................12

Display Icons .................................................................................13

Included With Your Scanner ..............................................................14

Setting Up Your Scanner ...................................................................15

Installing the Battery Pack .............................................................15

Charging the Battery Pack .............................................................15

Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery Disposal ..........................................16

Installing the Antenna ....................................................................16

Installing the Belt Clip ....................................................................16

Using Headphones or an External Speaker ..................................16

Listening Safely .............................................................................17

Basic Operation .................................................................................18

Turning On the Scanner ................................................................18

Setting the Squelch .......................................................................18

Using the Menu .............................................................................19

Manually Selecting a Channel .......................................................19

Scanning Programmed Channels ..................................................20

Locking/Unlocking Banks ...............................................................20

Locking/Unlocking Channels .........................................................20

Restoring All Locked Out Channels ..............................................20

Priority Scanning ............................................................................21

Priority Plus Scanning ...................................................................21

Listening to the Input Channel .......................................................21

Using the Backlight ........................................................................22

Dimmer Light Setting .................................................................22

Dimmer Time Setting .................................................................22

Controlling How Much Information Appears ..................................22

Turning the Key Beep On/Off ........................................................23

Locking the ENTER key ................................................................23

Locking the Keypad .......................................................................23

Disabling the APCO25 Card ..........................................................23

Turning Battery Save On/Off .........................................................24

Muting All Audio .............................................................................24

Setting Squelch Mode ...................................................................24

Trunk Scanning Options ................................................................25

Searching for Active Talkgroups (ID Search) ............................25

Scanning Only Stored Talkgroups (ID Scan) ............................25

Monitoring Talkgroup ID's ..........................................................25

Selecting Talkgroup Lists to Scan .............................................25

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