Uniden BC370CRS - Manual

Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have: 8 Unpacking Your Scanner Unpacking Your Scanner BC370CRS Scanner This Owner’s Manual Other Printed Material AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter Telescopic Antenna If any item is missing or obviously damaged, call the Uniden Parts Deptat (800) 297-1023 ...

Your BC370CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channelscanner with All Hazards alert. You can easily enter and store frequenciesfor police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other radio servicesinto 300 channels distributed over ten banks. The scanner also alerts you when NOAA (Natio...

Features Channel Memory Scanning — Scans frequencies you have stored in any of the channels or banks at a rate of up to 70 channels per second. Memory Availability — Store and then scan any of up to 300 channels distributed over 10 banks. SAME All-Hazards Operation — In standby mode, constantly moni...

Controls 13 Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1415 17 16 18 19 Scanner UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 13

1 Dish Icon — Indicates the reception status of the NIST Time signal. More bars indicate a better signal. The icon flasheswhen the radio is attempting reception. 2 Signal Indicator — Appears during time signal reception to indicate signal strength. More bars indicate a better signal. 3 ALARM — Indic...

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 trychanging the height or angle of the antennas. • Use an optional mono earphone or mono headset with pro...

Note that the batteries are intended to provide backup power for the clockand for scanning for a short time. When the backup batteries becomestoo low, appears and flashes. Promptly replace the batteries. When you either install batteries or connect the AC Adapter to a standardUS wall outlet, the sca...

Using the Backlight To turn on the backlight for 15 seconds, tap SNOOZE/Backlight . To turn on the backlight permanently, press and hold SNOOZE/Backlight for over 2 seconds. To turn off the backlight, press and hold SNOOZE/Backlight again. Adjusting the Contrast To change the contrast to provide the...

21 Using the Radio Controlled Clock Your scanner’s Clock displays all the time. When you turn off the radiofunctions, it also displays the current seconds and date. It can also beused as a standard alarm clock. Even though your scanner can set itstime automatically from the nationwide NIST broadcast...

22 Using the Radio Controlled Clock The NIST signal is very weak, so might not from all parts of your house orat all times of day. Typically, reception is best at night and near a window.The time reception antenna is integrated into your scanner, and is notpart of the AM or scanner antenna. Notes: •...

23 Using the Radio Controlled Clock 3. Use ▲ or ▼ , or press the ON or OFF soft key to select the correct option. 4. Once you have selected the correct setting, press E , then slide the TIME switch back to Clock . Note that turning on this setting tells the receiver to set the DSTaccording to the re...

24 Using the Radio Controlled Clock Setting the Alarm Clock Follow these steps to set the alarm time: 1. Slide the TIME switch to Alarm Set . The hours digits flash. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ to change the hour by one hour or press the number keys to select the present hour. Then press E/PGM . The minutes dig...

To listen to AM/FM/TV channels, slide themode selector to AM/FM . Then, press the soft button at the top of the scanner to selectthe desired source ( AM for AM Broadcast, FM1 or FM2 for FM or TV Broadcast). Directly Selecting a Channel Press the DIR soft key to select the direct entry mode. Use ▲ or...

Your BC370CRS’s All-Hazards function makes it one of the most powerfulweather radio receivers built. It will activate on local broadcast of thestandard EAS signal on NOAA (weather) channels, AM, FM, or TVBroadcast channels. Your scanner automatically monitors for an EASalert on the last-tuned channe...

Selecting Areas for Alerts To limit alerts to specific areas, in weather mode press the soft key for thearea you want to turn on or off. Activated areas are reverse-printed in thedisplay. Or, to receive alerts for all areas, press the ALL soft key to reverse-highlight that option. Note: If you don’t...

Your scanner has 300 memories you canstore frequencies into for scanning.The memories are arranged in 10 banks of30 memories each. While scanning, you canquickly select which bank to scan bypressing the number button that correspondsto the bank you want to turn on or off forscanning. To select the s...

30 Using the Scanner Memories Once you fill out the above chart, follow these steps to enter or change afrequency in a memory: 1. Press E/PGM to enter the program mode (the scanner turns on the PGM icon). 2. If the current channel is not the one you want to program, enter the memory number then pres...

Scanning Memory Banks To scan the memories you have programmed, press SCAN . The scanner scans all unlocked programmed memories in enabled memory banks,stopping on a memory when it detects a transmission. To turn on/offmemory banks, while scanning press the number button that correspondsto the memor...

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

Many people enjoy searching for the unknown...frequencies that are inuse in their area but are not posted to any site or in any publication.The BC370CRS has two ways to search: Limit searching that searchesbetween two set frequencies and Service Searching that searches forspecific types of agencies ...

Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory When the scanner stops on the frequency you want to save, press HOLD to hold on that frequency. Then, press E/PGM . The scanner displays the lowest-numbered empty memory in the current bank (or the last-scannedmemory if all memories are used). Use ▲ or ▼ t...

The scanner lets you easily listen to NOAA weather channels in use inyour area. Simply slide the audio source selector to Weather . The scanner scans the preset weather frequencies and stops if it detectsa transmission. If you want to check for another frequency in use in yourarea, press SCAN or pre...

General Use • Turn the scanner off before disconnecting the power.• If memory is lost, simply reprogram each channel.• Always press each button firmly until you hear the entry tone for that key entry. Location • Do not use the scanner in high-moisture environments such as the kitchen or bathroom. • ...

Certificated accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15 Sub-part C as of date of manufacture. Band Coverage : 18 Bands Frequency Range : Range (MHz) Step Mode 0.5300 to 1.7000 10 MHz AM AM Broadcast 25.0000 to 27.9950 5 kHz AM AM Band 28.0000 to 29.9950 5 kHz FM 10 Meter Amateur Band 30.0000 ...

39 One-Year Limited Warranty Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION (“Uniden”) ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants, for one year, to the original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and cra...

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