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Uniden UBC330CRS Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 UBC330CRS...
  • Page 2 Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following. EARPHONE WARNING! Use only a genuine Uniden earphone. An incorrect earphone may be hazardous to your hearing. Turn down volume before connecting the earphone and then adjust volume to suit.
  • Page 3 WARNING! Uniden does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their respective holders.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Unpacking Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction .
  • Page 5 Location............26 Cleaning.

  • Page 6: Unpacking Your Scanner

    Unpacking Your Scanner Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have: Telescopic Antenna UBC330CRS Scanner UBC330CRS Owner’s Manual Other Printed Material This Owner’s Manual AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter Note: If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Your UBC330CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 100 channels distributed over ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor: • Police •...

  • Page 8: Features

    Features Channel Memory Scanning - Scans frequencies you have stored in any of the channels or banks at a rate of up to 60 channels per second. Memory Availability - Store and then scan any of up to 100 channels distributed over 10 banks.
  • Page 9 Clock Display - the scanner, in standby mode, displays the time. The clock also features an alarm that can sound up to 20 minutes or be shut off manually. A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an extra 5-minutes.

  • Page 10: Controls

    Controls Scanner U B C 3 3 0 C R S Introduction...
  • Page 11 1 VOLUME Control - lets you raise or lower the level of the sound. 2 SqUELCH Control - lets you set the signal level required to receive a transmission. If you open the squelch all the way, you will hear hissing between transmissions.
  • Page 12 12 SEARCH/AM - In Scanner mode press to start a Limit Search or to resume searching. In AM/FM mode, press to select the AM memory bank. In Service mode, press to select the POLICE service. 13 L/O FM1 - In Scanner mode, press to lock or unlock a channel memory in SCAN (HOLD) or PROGRAM mode.
  • Page 13 11 12 13 1 1 to 10 - Scan mode: indicates Channel memory Bank AM/FM mode: indicates a radio station 2 L/O - Indicates a Locked Out channel or to skip a frequency while searching 3 SRCH - Indicates Limit Search mode, Service Search mode, and Direct Entry mode 4 DELAY - Indicates a 2 second set delay for a channel before scanning resumes...

  • Page 14: Setting Up The Scanner

    Setting Up The Scanner These guidelines will help you install and use your new scanner: • If your scanner receives interference or electrical noise, move the scanner or its antenna away from the source. You might also try changing the height or angle of the antennas.

  • Page 15: Connecting An Antenna

    Note that the batteries are intended to provide backup power for the clock and for scanning for a short time. When the backup batteries becomes too low, appears. Promptly replace the batteries. When you either install batteries or connect the AC Adapter to a standard Australia/New Zealand wall outlet, the scanner powers on and goes to STANDBY mode.

  • Page 16: Using The Backlight

    To turn off the backlight, press and hold again. Country Mode (Australia/New zealand) The UBC330CRS is set to the Australian mode by default. Australian mode: Australian service search frequencies and TV channel frequencies. New Zealand mode: New Zealand service search frequencies and TV channel frequencies.

  • Page 17: Using The Alarm Clock

    Using the Alarm Clock Your scanner’s Clock displays whenever you turn off the radio functions. It can also be used as a standard alarm clock. Setting the Current Time Follow the steps to set the current time: Clock Set 1. Move the slide switch to The hour digits flash.

  • Page 18: Using Snooze

    To have the UBC330CRS alert you at the selected Off/Radio/Tone Radio time, slide to either Tone Radio . If you set the selector to , the alarm will sound with the selected audio source (AM/FM, Tone Scanner, or AIR). If you set the selector to the scanner will sound a tone at the set time.

  • Page 19: Listening To Am/Fm/Tv Channels

    Listening to AM/FM/TV Channels To listen to AM/FM/TV channels, slide the AM/FM mode selector to . Then, press the button at the top of the scanner to select the desired source (AM for AM Broadcast, FM1 or FM2 for FM or TV Broadcast). Directly Selecting a Channel SVC/DIR Press...

  • Page 20: Using Am/Fm/Tv Channel Memory

    Using AM/FM/TV Channel Memory Your scanner has 30 AM/FM memories for quick channel recall (10 for AM, 20 for FM/TV). To store a channel into memory, first select the band (AM, FM1 or FM2). Then, directly select the channel you want to store (see above). While listening to the channel, press and hold the number button that corresponds to the memory you want to save the channel into for 2 seconds.

  • Page 21: Using The Scanner Memories

    Using the Scanner Memories Your scanner has 100 memories you can store frequencies into for scanning. The memories are arranged in 10 banks of 10 memories each. While scanning, you can quickly select which bank to scan by pressing the number button that corresponds to the bank you want to turn on or off for scanning.

  • Page 22: Selecting A Memory

    Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 Bank 10 Once you fill out the above chart, follow these steps to enter or change a frequency in a memory: 1. Press E/PGM to enter the program mode (the scanner turns on the PGM icon).

  • Page 23: Scanning Memory Banks

    HOLD icon. Then, select a memory by pressing to go to the memory or HOLD input the memory number then press Scanning Memory Banks SCAN To scan the memories you have programmed, press . The scanner scans all unlocked programmed memories in enabled memory banks, stopping on a memory when it detects a transmission.

  • Page 24: Setting Channel Delay

    Setting Channel Delay You can set the scanner to pause for 2 seconds at the end of a transmission on a memory. This is useful to help prevent missed replies. Delay is turned on by default when you program a memory. To turn Delay off (or back on), first, select DELAY the channel.

  • Page 25: Searching For Active Frequencies

    Many people enjoy searching for the unknown frequencies that are in use in their area but are not posted to any site or in any publication. The UBC330CRS has two ways to search: Limit searching that searches between two set frequencies and Service Searching that searches for specific types of services.

  • Page 26: Saving A Found Frequency Into A Scan Memory

    Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory HOLD When the scanner stops on the frequency you want to save, press E/PGM hold on that frequency. Then, press . The scanner displays the lowest- numbered empty memory (or the last-scanned memory if all memories are used). E/PGM to select the memory to hold the frequency, then press store the frequency into the memory.

  • Page 27: Care And Maintenance

    Do not use excessive amounts of water. Repairs Do not attempt any repair. The scanner contains no user serviceable parts. Contact the Uniden Customer Service Center or take it to a qualified repair technician. Birdies All radios can receive “birdies” (undesired signals). If your scanner stops during Scan mode and no sound is heard, it might be receiving a birdie.

  • Page 28: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Band Coverage : 11 Bands Frequency Range Range (MHz) Step Mode 0.5310 to 1.7010 9 KHz AM AM Broadcast 25.0000 to 27.9950 5 kHz AM AM Band 28.0000 to 50.7450 5kHz FM 10-6 Meter Amateur Band 50.7500, 51.7500, 60.7500, 7 MHz TV TV Broadcast Pickup 62.7500, 67.7500, 69.7500...
  • Page 29 Sensitivity (nominal) 12dB SINAD : 0.5 V 0.531-1.71 MHz V 25-27.995 MHz V 28-40.84MHz V 51.75-107.9MHz V 108-136.9875 MHz V 137-174 MHz V 179.75-215.75 MHz V 400-512 MHz Channels : 100 (10 channels x 10 Banks) Scan Rate : Up to 60 channels per second Search Rate : Up to 100 steps per second Time Accuracy...

  • Page 30: One-Year Limited Warranty

    ELEMENT OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants to the original retail owner for the duration of this warranty, its UBC330CRS (herein after referred to as the Product), to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below.
  • Page 31 East Tamaki, Manukau 2013 Fx (09) 274 4253 www.uniden.co.nz Customers in other States should ship or deliver the Product freight pre-paid to their nearest Uniden Authorised Repair Centre (Contact Uniden for the nearest Warranty Agent to you) One-Year Limited Warranty...
  • Page 32 © 2009 Uniden Australia Pty Limited/Uniden New Zealand Limited Printed in PRC UBZZ01337BZ(0)

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