Starting Chain Search; Search Hold Feature; Data Skip - Uniden BC785D Owner's Manual

3:MODE for the receiver mode choices and then press E or VFO.
Select 4:ALPHA TAG to enter an alpha tag using the VFO and then press E.
Select 5:TRUNK to switch ON or OFF for Trunk Search.

Starting Chain Search

1. After setting the search ranges, select 1:SERVICE OPTION / :CHAIN SEARCH
/ 1:CHAIN SEARCH by rotating the VFO and pressing E.
2. Select 1:ON by rotating the VFO and pressing E.
3. Press SRCH to search up to 10 ranges continuously.
Remember! You can also use L or M instead of rotating the VFO.
Also instead of pressing E, you can press the VFO control.
Note: • If CHAIN SEARCH is OFF, only 1 range can be searched.
• When searching stops, press RSM to resume searching.
• When you rotate the VFO while searching, you can change the search direction to
up or down.
• When searching in WFM, it will stop before reaching
the desired frequency if the step is other than 50 kHz
or 100 kHz.

Search Hold Feature

1. Press L/HOLD or LIMIT/M at anytime to stop the search.
2. Press RSM or SRCH to resume searching.

Data Skip

A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives. This means the BC785D will
occasionally stop on data signals and unmodulated
transmissions. You can automatically skip many of these types
of transmissions during search. To activate the Data Skip
feature, enter into the Menu mode.
1. Press MENU.
2. Select 3:SYSTEM OPTION / 7:DATA SKIP by rotating the VFO and pressing E.
3. Select 1:ON by rotating the VFO and pressing E.
Remember! You can also use L or M instead of rotating the VFO.
Also instead of pressing E, you can press the VFO control.
When Data Skip is active, your scanner may pause momentarily on an unwanted signal
but will resume searching in 2 or 3 seconds. The Data Skip feature is active as well as
Scan mode and Service Search mode. Data Skip does not function during AM/WFM
band Scan, Chain Search for AM/WFM band, or WX Search, Priority Scan, and Trunking
mode.
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