Service Search Skip; Nwr-Same Alert - Uniden BC250D Owner's Manual

commonly used at special events and other locations
and may or may not be licensed.
• When you rotate the VFO while the Service Search
is active, you can change the search direction to up
or down.
During the search of one of the preprogrammed services, the
lowest display line will indicate the service that you are
searching. To stop the search, press HOLD/MAN. Rotate the
VFO to move up or down one programmed frequency or
press RSM to resume searching.

Service Search Skip

You can set the scanner to skip the unwanted frequencies
during Service Search. 100 skipped frequencies are
programmable.
1. To skip over a frequency, press L/O when stopping at the
frequency you want to skip.
2. To cancel a skip during search, press HOLD/MAN, select
the desired frequency by rotating the VFO, then press
L/O.
To restore all skipped frequencies,
press and hold L/O for 2 seconds.
Note: • You can not skip a set frequency
in WEATHER service mode.
• If you start the service seaching while all frequencies
in service search menu are set to skipped the
frequencies, you hear a beep and the scanner
moves to the Hold mode.

NWR-SAME Alert

In addition to the conventional weather broadcasts, your
BC250D is compatible with NWR-SAME weather alert.
When the scanner receives NOAA's Specific Area Message
Encoding (SAME) coded weather emergency signal, it sounds
the alert siren with a specified message. You must program
your FIPS code to identify the specific area where you are
located.
1. Press MENU/BACK.
2. Select 1:SERVICE OPTION / 1:WEATHER /
2:ALERT by rotating the VFO and
pressing E.
3. Select 1:ON by rotating the VFO and
pressing E.
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