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Allow the scanner to monitor channel activity for several minutes. The error rate should drop for each transmission and the threshold
levels should automatically adjust to a more optimal setting. Then, once the threshold level settles to a stable setting, write down
these values. This is the system's optimum decode threshold.
Rotate the Scroll Control
optimum decode threshold. Now, when the scanner stops on a system, it will use this threshold as the starting point for automatic
optimization.
To exit when the settings are complete, press
Using the Menu
The BCD996T incorporates an effective menu system that lets you make all the necessary setting options required to program the
scanner and effectively use the many features. To use the menu, press [MENU].
You immediately see the screen display the menu title at the top and three of ten menu options beneath. Using the Multifunction
Scroll Control, you can rotate the control left or right to quickly review all ten listings.
The depth of each menu selection is extensive. For the purpose of this manual, the following chart indicates the primary menu
selection, the purpose of that selection, and a reference to the page or pages that provide the details associated with the option.
Menu Item
Program System
Program Location
Srch/CloCall Opt
Search for...
Close Call
Set Priority
WX Operation
Tone-Out for...
Wired Clone
Settings
Operation
Programming General Settings
This section covers your scanners general settings.
Setting and Using the Backlight
The LCD has a backlight that can be set to green or red with three levels of intensity for each color plus OFF.
To make your selection, press [VOL]. Each time you press the control, the backlight cycles in the following order.
OFF - Low Intensity Green - Medium Intensity Green - High Intensity Green - Low Intensity Red -
Medium Intensity Red - High Intensity Red
to set the AUTO decode threshold start level to a setting that most closely matches the system's
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then press [VOL].
Select options related to setting up a new
system or editing one already
programmed.
Choose GPS related locations for data to
alert, confirm location, and provide you
with an audible warning if desired.
Lets you adjust settings that affect the
scanner during search and Close Call
operation
Choose and search programmed ranges
of desired services
Setup the radio to receive, and let you
hear, nearby strong stations.
Lets you scan a conventional system and
check for designated priority channels.
Set choices for weather scanning.
Select up to 10 Tone-Out settings or
Standby
Copy data directly from one BCD996T to
another BCD996T.
Choose settings for miscellaneous but
convenient options.
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For Detail, See...
"Scanner Programming" reprint; Pages
XX and XX
See Using the Position Locations
Search and Close Call options on Page
XX.
See Searching and Storing on Page XX
See Using the Feature on Page XX
See Priority Scan on Page XX
See Using Weather Alert
on Page XX
See Using Tone-Out on Page XX
See Using the Cloning Options on Page
XX.
See the respective pages for each option:
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