Alert Light Adjustment; Skip Frequencies; Priority Channels - Uniden BCT8 User Manual

• Press MUTE to cancel One Moment Mute.
• Press and hold MUTE for two seconds to cancel Continuous Mute. You hear two beeps
and the MUTE LED goes out.
• Change states. The MUTE LED goes out after scanning starts.
• Turn the scanner off and on.
Note: If MUTE is pressed for less than 2 seconds during the Continuous Mute mode,
nothing will be changed.

Alert Light Adjustment

The ALERT Light has three settings: Bright, Dim, and Off.
Push FLASH to select Bright, Dim or Off. The ALERT Light
flashes and the Alert Tone beeps.
If you select Off, "
Light is off.
WARNING: You can turn off the ALERT Light and completely
mute the Alert Tone at the same time.
This deactivates the Highway Warning Alert.

Skip Frequencies

To skip a frequency, press L/O.
You can program up to 50 skip frequencies for priority channels. And also you can program
up to 100 skip frequencies for other frequencies (See page 27). If you skip a
preprogrammed frequency in one state and that frequency is programmed into another state,
the frequency is skipped of both states. If you change the state code, skipped frequencies
are cancelled as soon as scanning starts.

Priority Channels

Each state preprogrammed in the scanner contains a number of Priority channels. The
scanner automatically checks a state's Priority channels every two seconds for activity. If
there is activity on one of the Priority channels, the ALERT Light will flash and the alarm
tone will beep (see "Highway Warning Alert," page 17).
" on the display reminds you the ALERT
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