The Fcc Wants You To Know; Scanning Legally - Uniden BC365CRS Owner's Manual

THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW

This scanner has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in
a residential installation. This scanner generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this scanner does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the scanner on and
off, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the scanner and the receiver

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups, including
police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies,
private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager
services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal
to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However,
there are some transmissions that you should never intentionally listen to.
These include:
• Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of
telephone signal transmission)
• Pager transmissions
• Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are
subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using,
or divulging the contents of such a conversation unless you have the consent
of a party to the conversation (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). This
scanner has been designed to prevent the reception of cellular telephone
transmissions and the decoding of scrambled transmissions.
This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be
manufactured so they are not easy to modify to pick up these transmissions.
Do not open your scanner's case to make any modifications that could allow
it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Modifying or tampering
with your scanner's internal components or using it in a way other than as
described in this manual could invalidate your warranty and void your FCC
authorization to operate it. In some areas, mobile and/or portable use of this
scanner is unlawful or requires a permit. Check the laws in your area. It is
also illegal in many areas (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with the
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