Uniden BcT7 - Manual

Uniden BcT7

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – What are Highway Patrol Warning Alerts?; every
  • Page 3 – programmed; BCT; Where to Get More Information; BCT
  • Page 4 – Features
  • Page 5 – Types of Communications; Monitor communications such as:; Frequency Range
  • Page 6 – Included With Your Scanner
  • Page 7 – Fast Start; Power ON; The currently selected state; Turn
  • Page 8 – or; do not
  • Page 10 – Scan Hold; While in the HOLD mode, the alarm circuit is inactive.
  • Page 11 – VOLUME
  • Page 12 – Muting the Alert Tone; One Moment Mute; Warning Light Adjustment; SQUELCH
  • Page 13 – The Warning Alert is inoperative while the scanner is on Hold.
  • Page 15 – Warning Alert does not work in this mode.; Frequency Lock Out; In Scan Mode
  • Page 16 – In Hold Mode; Press; LOCKOUT; appears on the display.; Lockout Tips
  • Page 17 – OR
  • Page 18 – Search; AIR appears when
  • Page 20 – Data Skip; SKIP
  • Page 21 – Programming; Your
  • Page 22 – Programming Frequencies
  • Page 23 – Clearing a User-Programmed Frequency
  • Page 24 – Memory Lock; To avoid accidental programming of your
  • Page 25 – Installation; Mobile Installation; does not; interfere; Knob
  • Page 26 – Connecting the Power; The; The power cord provided with your; Do not use the telescoping antenna in a mobile installation.
  • Page 27 – Base Installation; Use only the AC Adapter supplied with this unit.
  • Page 29 – Trunking; to move off of an uninteresting conversation.
  • Page 30 – Scanner Care & Maintenance Tips; without power causes scanner memory loss.
  • Page 31 – Troubleshooting; If your; PROBLEM; Scanner is not giving Warning Alerts.
  • Page 33 – Optional Accessories and Replacement Parts
  • Page 34 – SPECIFICATIONS
  • Page 36 – Precautions; Before you use this scanner, please observe the following:; Uniden; are registered trad; emarks of Uniden America Corporation.; ©1994 Uniden America Corporation.
  • Page 37 – BCT7 Controls; Selector; State Selector Key; Tone Selector
  • Page 38 – BCT7 Liquid Crystal Display; Highway Patrol Frequencies
  • Page 39 – One Year Limited Warranty
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Table of Contents

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Types of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Included With Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Fast Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

How Squelch Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting the Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Scanning the Alert Monitor Frequency Banks . . . . . . . 9

Selecting the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Selecting a Frequency Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Scan Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Warning Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Alert Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Muting the Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

One Moment Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Continuous Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Canceling Mute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Warning Light Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Power On Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Priority Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scanning Fire, News, Weather and Private
Frequency Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Scan Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Frequency Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Lockout Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Restore a Locked Out Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Restore All Locked-Out Frequencies . . . . . . . . 17

Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

CB Channel Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hold/Resume While Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Data Skip

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Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Programming Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clearing a User-Programmed Frequency . . . . . 23
Memory Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Memory Back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Mobile Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Base Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Tips and Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Scanner Care & Maintenance Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Optional Accessories and Replacement Parts . . . . . 33

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Summary

Page 2 - What are Highway Patrol Warning Alerts?; every

Welcome! Congratulations on your purchase of the BCT7 Highway Communications System & Scanning Radio! State-of-the-artengineering and advanced electronics provide you with apreprogrammed information radio designed for easy operation anddependability.With the BCT7 Scanning Radio, you can listen t...

Page 3 - programmed; BCT; Where to Get More Information; BCT

What is Scanning? Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-waycommunications (listed on the page 5) do not transmit continuously.The BCT 7 scans programmed channels at the rate of nearly 100 channels per second until it finds an active frequency.Scanning stops on an active frequency, and re...

Page 4 - Features

Features Pre-programmed frequencies specific to each state (except Hawaii).Pre-programming by the following categories: -Highway Patrol/State Police -Local Police and County Sheriffs -State Departments of Transportation (DOT) -Fire and Emergency Medical Services -News Media -Weather (continuous NOAA...

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