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Uniden BCD996 Owner's Manual

Uniden BCD996 Owner's Manual (152 pages)

scanner radio with Trunk Tracker IV and automatic scanning capabilities

Brand: Uniden | Category: Scanner | Size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Precautions

2
- Power Related Issues
  3
Table of Contents

4
The FCC Wants You to Know

9
- Scanning Legally
  9
Introduction

11
- Feature Highlights
  12
  - General
    12
  - Gps
    15
  - Weather
    15
  - Search
    15
  - Auto Store
    16
  - Priority
    16
  - PC Control and Cloning
    16
- Memory Storage Limits
  17
- Search Lockout Limits
  17
- About this Manual
  17
A Short User's Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast

19
Understanding Scanning and the BCD996T

21
- Understanding the Scanner's Memory
  21
- Understanding Quick Keys
  21
- What Is Scanning
  22
- What Is Searching
  22
- What Is CTCSS/DCS
  22
- Conventional Scanning
  23
- Simplex Operation
  23
- Repeater Operation
  24
- What Is Trunk Tracking
  24
- Trunked Scanning
  25
- Types of Trunking Systems
  25
  - Motorola Trunking
    25
  - EDACS Trunking
    26
  - LTR Trunking
    27
- Startup Configuration
  28
  - Setup/Operation
    28
- Multi-Site Trunking
  28
- I-Call (Motorola/Edacs)
  29
- Where to Get more Information
  29
  - Information on the Internet
    29
Included with Your Scanner

30
Setting up Your Scanner

31
Controls, Keys, and Functions

39
A Look at the Display

44
Operation

45
- Turning on the Scanner and Setting the Squelch
  45
- Startup Key Operation
  45
  - Conventional
    45
  - Trunked
    45
  - Search Range
    45
- Scanning Systems
  46
- Preprogrammed System Tips
  47
- Selecting Systems to Scan
  47
- Selecting System Channel Groups
  47
- Operation
  47
- Locking/Unlocking Systems
  48
- Locking/Unlocking Channels
  48
- ID Scan/ID Search Mode
  48
- Holding on a System
  49
- Holding on a Channel
  49
- Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search
  49
- Quick-Storing Channels or Talk Group ID's (TGID)
  49
- Trunking Activity Indicators
  50
- Toggling the Display Mode
  51
Optimizing P25 Performance

52
- Conventional System
  52
- Trunked System
  52
Using the Menu

54
Programming General Settings

55
Programming Your Scanner

62
- General Notes
  62
- System Options
  63
- System Settings
  63
- Site Settings
  65
- Channel Settings
  66
- Programming Conventional Systems
  66
- Programming System Settings
  67
  - Editing the System Name
    67
  - Specifying the Correct System Type
    68
  - Programming System Options
    68
    
    Editing the System Quick Key
    68
    
    Setting the Startup Key
    69
    
    Setting the System Lockout
    69
    
    Setting the System Hold Time
    70
    
    Setting ID Scan/ID Search
    70
    
    Setting Channel Delay Time
    70
    
    Setting Location Information
    71
    
    Setting the Fleet Map
    71
    
    Setting the Status Bit
    72
    
    Setting End Code Operation
    72
    
    Setting I-Call Operation
    72
    
    Setting the Emergency Alert Option
    73
    
    Setting the EDACS ID Format
    73
    
    Setting the System Record Option
    74
    
    Reviewing ID Search Lockouts
    74
    
    Clearing All Locked out ID's
    74
- Programming Trunked Radio Systems
  67
- Programming Sites
  76
  - Setting the Site Quick Key
    77
  - Setting Site Frequencies
    78
  - Setting the Site Startup Key
    78
  - Setting Site Attenuation
    79
  - Setting Site Lockout
    79
  - Setting Site Modulation
    79
  - Editing the Band Plan
    80
  - Setting Site Hold Time
    80
  - Adjust P25 Level
    82
  - Setting Site Location Information
    82
- Programming Channel Groups
  83
  - Setting up a Channel Group
    83
  - Editing a Channel Group Name
    83
  - Setting the Group Quick Key
    84
  - Editing Channels
    84
  - Locking out Channel Groups
    84
  - Deleting Channel Groups
    85
- Programming Channels
  85
  - Creating a Channel
    85
  - Editing the Channel Name (Alpha Tag)
    85
  - Editing Frequencies
    86
  - Editing the Talk Group ID
    87
  - Setting the Audio Type
    87
  - Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones
    87
  - Quick CTCSS/DCS Save
    88
  - Setting Channel Modulation Method
    88
  - Setting Channel Attenuation
    89
  - Setting Channel Priority
    89
  - Setting Channel Alert
    90
- Setting Channel Record
  90
  - Copying a Channel
    91
  - Deleting a Channel
    91
  - Setting Lockout
    91
Searching and Storing

93
- Service Search
  93
- Quick Search
  94
- Custom Search
  94
- Editing a Custom Search Range
  95
- Search with Scan
  96
  - Editing a Service Search
    97
  - Method One
    97
  - Method Two
    97
- Set Delay Time
  98
- Set Attenuator
  98
- Set Record
  98
- Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key
  98
- Saving a Found Channel (Quick Save)
  99
- Auto Search and Store
  99
Using the Close Call Feature

101
- Setting Close Call Options
  101
- Close Call Hits
  103
- Close Call Hits with Scan
  103
Search and Close Call Options

105
- Managing Locked-Out Frequencies
  105
- Unlocking All Frequencies
  106
- Reviewing Locked-Out Frequencies
  106
- Searching for Subaudible Tones
  106
- Screening out Broadcast Sources
  106
- Finding Repeater Output Frequencies
  107
- Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value
  108
- Setting the Modulation Type
  108
- Setting Attenuation
  109
- Setting Data Skip
  109
- Setting the Delay Time
  110
- Setting the Search Frequency Step
  110
- Setting Record
  110
- Adjust P25 Level
  111
- Priority Scan
  111
Using Weather Alert (SAME)

112
- Turning Weather Alert On/Off
  113
- Programming a same Group
  113
- Searching for a Weather Broadcast
  113
- Setting WX Alert Priority
  114
Fire Tone-Out

115
- Setting Tone-Out Standby
  115
- Setting up Tone-Out
  115
- Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring
  117
- Set Record
  117
Using the BCD996T with a GPS

118
- Device Compatibility
  118
- Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device
  118
- Initial Scanner/Gps Operation
  118
- Location-Based (GPS) Scanning
  119
- Another Example of Multiple Site Creation
  120
- Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features
  120
- Setting the Options
  122
  - For POI Only
    122
- Deleting a Location
  122
- For Dangerous Xing, and Dangerous Road Only
  123
- GPS Display Mode
  124
- GPS Review Location Mode
  125
Care and Maintenance

127
- General Use
  127
- Location
  127
- Cleaning
  127
- Birdies
  127
Troubleshooting

128
Specifications

131
- Specifications
  133
Reference

134
- Preset Fleet Maps
  134
- User Defined Fleet Maps
  136
  - Type I Programming Information
    136
  - Size Code Restrictions
    137
Preprogrammed Systems and Lockout Options

138
Preprogrammed Systems with Quick Keys

139
- CTCSS Frequencies
  140
- DCS Codes
  140
Index

142
One-Year Limited Warranty

146

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