Uniden Trunk Tracker IV BCD996T Manuals

Table of Contents

• 2

  The Fcc Wants You to Know
• 2

  Scanning Legally
• 3

  Feature Highlights
• 5

  Auto Store
• 5

  Memory Storage Limits
• 6

  Search Lockout Limits
• 6

  About This Manual
• 7

  Entering Text Within a Menu Option
• 7

  A Short User's Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast and Glossary
• 8

  Understanding Scanning and the BCD996T
• 8

  What Is Scanning
• 9

  What Is CTCSS/DCS
• 9

  Conventional Scanning
• 9

  Simplex Operation
• 9

  Repeater Operation
• 10

  What Is Trunk Tracking
• 10

  Trunked Scanning
• 10

  Types of Trunking Systems
• 11

  EDACS Trunking
• 11

  LTR Trunking
• 12

  Startup Configuration
• 12

  Multi-Site Trunking
• 12

  Where to Get More Information
• 13

  Included with Your Scanner
• 13

  Setting Up Your Scanner
• 13

  Base Station
• 14

  Setting Up an Audio Recording Device or Computer Recording
• 14

  Vehicle Installation
• 15

  Connecting an Optional Antenna
• 15

  Connecting an Earphone/Headphone
• 16

  Connecting an Extension Speaker
• 16

  Controls, Keys, and Functions
• 18

  A Look at the Display
• 18

  Turning On the Scanner and Setting the Squelch
• 18

  Startup Key Operation
• 19

  Search Range
• 19

  Scanning Systems
• 22

  Toggling the Display Mode
• 22

  Optimizing P25 Performance
• 23

  Using the Menu
• 23

  Programming General Settings
• 23

  Setting and Using the Backlight
• 24

  Setting the Dimmer
• 24

  Adjusting the Key Beep
• 24

  Setting the Audio AGC
• 25

  Adjusting the Display Contrast
• 25

  Setting the GPS Format
• 27

  Volume/Squelch with PC Control
• 27

  Wired Cloning
• 27

  Programming Your Scanner
• 28

  System Options
• 28

  System Settings
• 29

  Site Settings
• 29

  Channel Settings
• 30

  Programming Conventional Systems
• 30

  Programming Trunked Radio Systems
• 30

  Programming System Settings
• 32

  Setting the System Hold Time
• 33

  Setting Data Skip
• 33

  Setting Location Information
• 35

  Clearing All Locked Out ID's
• 37

  Programming Sites
• 37

  Setting the Site Name
• 41

  Programming Channel Groups
• 42

  Editing Channels
• 42

  Locking Out Channel Groups
• 42

  Deleting Channel Groups
• 43

  Programming Channels
• 44

  Editing the Talk Group ID
• 44

  Setting the Audio Type
• 44

  Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones
• 46

  Setting Channel Attenuation
• 46

  Setting Channel Priority
• 46

  Setting Channel Alert
• 47

  Searching and Storing
• 47

  Service Search
• 48

  Quick Search
• 48

  Editing a Custom Search Range
• 49

  Search with Scan
• 49

  Editing a Service Search
• 50

  Set Delay Time
• 50

  Set Attenuator
• 50

  Set Record
• 50

  Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key
• 51

  Saving a Found Channel (Quick Save)
• 51

  Auto Search and Store
• 52

  Using the Close Call Feature
• 52

  Setting Close Call Options
• 53

  Close Call Hits with Scan
• 53

  Search and Close Call Options
• 55

  Screening Out Broadcast Sources
• 55

  Finding Repeater Output Frequencies
• 56

  Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value
• 56

  Setting the Modulation Type
• 56

  Setting Attenuation
• 57

  Setting the Delay Time
• 57

  Setting the Search Frequency Step
• 57

  Setting Record
• 58

  Using Weather Alert (SAME)
• 58

  Priority Scan
• 59

  Programming a SAME Group
• 59

  Setting WX Alert Priority
• 60

  Fire Tone-Out Introduction
• 60

  Setting Tone-Out Standby
• 60

  Setting Up Tone-Out
• 61

  Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring
• 61

  Location-Based (GPS) Scanning
• 62

  GPS Compatibility
• 62

  Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device
• 62

  Initial GPS Operation
• 62

  Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features
• 63

  Setting the Options
• 64

  GPS Display Mode
• 64

  GPS Review Location Mode
• 65

  Care and Maintenance
• 65

  Troubleshooting
• 65

  General Use
• 68

  Specifications
• 68

  Preset Fleet Maps
• 70

  User Defined Fleet Maps
• 70

  Type I Programming Information
• 71

  Size Code Restrictions
• 71

  Preprogrammed Systems and Lockout Options
• 72

  Preprogrammed Systems with Quick Keys
• 74

  One-Year Limited Warranty