Page 2 - Precautions; Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following:; NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARNING; This equipment contains a Nickel-Cadmium Battery.; Do not short circuit the battery.; Nickel-Cadmium Battery Disposal; ii
Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following: n WARNING! Uniden DOES NOT represent this unit to be waterproof.To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, DO NOTexpose this unit to rain or moisture. n IMPORTANT! Be sure to use only the supplied earphone, or a ste...
Page 3 - Contents
Contents About Your New SportCat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What is Scanning?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3What is Searching? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3What is CTCSS and CDCSS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4I...
Page 5 - About Your New SportCat
About Your New SportCat The SportCat™ is a state-of-the-art information radio withautomatic scanning capabilities. It can store frequenciessuch as sporting events, police, fire/emergency, and othercommunications into 10 banks of 20 channels each. Andyou can scan all 200 channels at super fast Turbo ...
Page 6 - What is CTCSS and CDCSS?
What is CTCSS and CDCSS? The term “Continuous-Tone-Controlled-Squelch-System”(herein referred to as CTCSS) and “Continuous Digital-Controlled-Squelch-System” (herein referred to as CDCSS)shall define a system where the radio receiver (s) areequipped with tone or data responsive devices which allowau...
Page 7 - Types of Communication; RANGE
Important Notice n This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it willnot tune to the radio frequencies assigned by the FCCfor cellular telephone usage. The ElectronicCommunications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended,makes it a federal crime to intentionally intercept cellularor cordless telephon...
Page 8 - SUBJECT; SportCat; Where to Obtain More Information; SportCat Twin Turbo Sports Scanner
RANGE (MHz) 470.0000-512.0000 STEP (kHz) 12.5 BAND NFM SUBJECT UHF “T” Band 806.0000-823.9875 849.0125-868.9875 894.0125-956.0000 12.5 12.5 12.5 NFMNFMNFM Public Service “800"Band Important! The SportCat will not tune within the Cellular Telephone Band. Where to Obtain More Information The Bearc...
Page 9 - Feature Highlights; Note: The frequency coverage is not totally; 0 Priority Channels You can assign; Priority
Feature Highlights ◆ Twin Turbo Scan & Search —This lightning-fasttechnology enables the SportCat to scan nearly 100channels per second. Search speed is selectablebetween 100 and 300 steps per second. (300 stepsper second only in bands with 5 kHz steps.) Becausethe frequency coverage is so large...
Page 11 - Controls and Indicators; Top View; VFO Control Use this control to select channels in
Controls and Indicators Top View AntennaConnector Connect the rubber antenna to the BNCconnector and turn clockwise until it locks. EarphoneJack Plug the supplied earphone into this jack forprivate listening. When the earphone isconnected, the internal speaker isdisconnected.Note the warning on page...
Page 12 - Front View
Page 14 - ATT; Indicates the keypad is locked.; CTCSS; to start scanning all programmed; NUMERIC KEYPAD — Use these keys to program a; Bank Channel
ATT Appears when the Attenuatorfunction is set. Indicates the keypad is locked. Appears when the display mode isAlpha Name mode. CTCSS Appears when the Subaudible Tonefunction is turned on and a CTCSStone is associated on the displaychannel. CDCSS Appears when the Subaudible Tonefunction is turned o...
Page 16 - appears; TURBO
13. Press / KEYLOCK to turn ON or OFF the automatic 2-second delay during scanning or searchingfor active frequencies. (When delay is activated, DELAYappears on the display.) In this mode, when thescanner monitors an active frequency, searching orscanning will not resume until transmission stops for...
Page 17 - Setup; When the Battery Pack is low, the Low Battery; Installing the Battery Pack; Insert the battery pack.
Setup The SportCat comes with a rechargeable Nickel-CadmiumBattery Pack. When fully charged, this Battery Pack willsupply up to 12 hours of dependable use. (With theSquelch control in “closed” position.) Before using the SportCat for the first time, or wheneverthe LOW BATTERY Indicator appears on th...
Page 18 - Place the Belt Clip on; Using the Earphone; will hear it in both headphones of a stereo headset.
Mounting the Flexible Antenna Place the end of the antenna onto the BNC connector ontop of the scanner and turn clockwise until tight. Installing the Belt Clip 1. Place the Belt Clip on the mounting area onthe back of thescanner, making surethe holes in the clip lineup with the threads inthe back of...
Page 19 - Operation Overview; Note: Before operating the; Readjust the volume to a comfortable listening level.; just; until the
Operation Overview Note: Before operating the SportCat for the first time, make sure you have fully charged the BatteryPack. 1. Before turning on the scanner, rotate the SquelchControl fully clockwise. 2. Turn the scanner on by rotating the On-Off/VolumeControl clockwise until you hear a click. Turn...
Page 21 - Programming Channels; unlock the keypad by pressing and holding; KEYLOCK until; disappears; A. Programming By Manual Entry
Programming Channels Before you can scan, you must program the channelswithin a bank. You can store one frequency per channel, upto 200 channels. Note: If appears on the display (keypad Locked), unlock the keypad by pressing and holding / KEYLOCK until disappears . There are four ways to program a c...
Page 22 - Deleting a Stored Frequency; Note: That channel will be skipped during scanning.; B. Programming with Search; BAND
6. If that frequency is already stored in another channel,you will hear a “beep”, and the other channel number willappear on the display. If you want to store the frequencyin the selected channel (18) as well, press again. The frequency will blink twice to confirm the programming.Or, you can press a...
Page 23 - Programming Channels with Alpha Characters; ALERT; If the frequency of the channel has not been
2. Use the and keys or VFO control until you see the Band you want. 3. Wait for at least 2 seconds or press / BAND for Search to begin. If you wish to change the searchdirection, press and hold or to search in an up or down direction. 4. When Search stops on a desired frequency, pressor to stay on t...
Page 24 - Alert Beep Setting; to set this
5. Select the character using VFO Control. Turn clockwiseto move 0 - 9, A - z and other characters and stop thecontrol at the letter you wish to store. 6. Repeat the steps 4 and 5 for all the characters you wantto program. 7. When you complete the input, press . The words you have programmed flash t...
Page 25 - Scanning; Bank Scanning; SCAN; moves across the display.; HOLD; hold
Scanning Bank Scanning 1. If SCAN is not indicated on the display, press . The SportCat should begin scanning. The indicators for the selected Banks (1 through 10) appearon the display. The indicator of the Bank currently beingmonitored flashes. While the SportCat is scanning, theword SCAN moves acr...
Page 26 - To access a specific channel:; Priority Scan
To access a specific channel: 1. Press . 2. Enter the channel number using the numeric keys. 3. Press again. Priority Scan The SportCat has 10 Priority Channels, 1 per Bank.Initially these are the first channel in each Bank. (e.g.Channel 1, Channel 21, Channel 41, and so on.) In priorityscan mode, t...
Page 28 - Weather Channel Scanning
Weather Channel Scanning The SportCat is designed to search for your local NOAAand Canada weather channel(s) from 10 preprogrammedNOAA and Canada channels. 1. Press / ATT to begin Weather scan. WX appears at the lower side of the display and the word SCAN movesacross the display. 2. When the Weather...
Page 29 - Searching; Band Search; Limit Search; Setting the Frequencies
Searching Band Search The SportCat has 12 Preprogrammed Search Bands. Youcan search any of these Bands to find desired frequenciesif you do not have a Frequency Directory handy, or if newstations have been added since the Directory waspublished. 1. Press and hold / BAND to enter the Band Search Mode...
Page 30 - VFO Search; . That frequency is now “memorized”
4. Enter the higher limit of your search range. 5. Press . 6. Press / BAND to begin the search between the two limits. Using the Limit Search 1. Press / BAND to enter Limit Search mode. 2. Press or to stop searching. (”HOLD” appears on the display.) VFO Search You can search by using the VFO control...
Page 31 - CTCSS/CDCSS Operation; Programming a CTCSS Tone/CDCSS Tone; Select a channel you want to program.; REM
CTCSS/CDCSS Operation Your scanner is equipped with a Continuous ToneControlled Squelch System (CTCSS) and ContinuousDigital Controlled Squelch System (CDCSS) which allowsquelch to open only when the tone you have programmedwith a specific frequency is received along with atransmission. When using C...
Page 32 - to cancel the CTCSS or CDCSS; If you want to program a no Tone, press; Searching for CTCSS Tones/CDCSS Tones
At first, CTCSS tone is displayed.If you want to change between CTCSS and CDCSS,press . 4. Enter a tone. a. Use VFO, or and to select the tone. b. Then press . Note: Press to cancel the CTCSS or CDCSS Program Mode. The CTCSS or CDCSS indicator and displayedprograms are turned off but not deleted. If...
Page 33 - Using Tone Search
Note: Subaudible tone search mode will be locked out forchannels that have been previously programmed forsubaudible tone. To perform a new subaudible tone search fora previously programmed channel, re-program the frequencyfor the channel first, and then enter subaudible tone searchmode. This is inte...
Page 36 - and DCS begins flashing in display.
CTCSS and DCS begins flashing in display. The scanner starts searching for an associated CTCSStone or CDCSS tone when it stops on a transmission. Alltones are checked if the transmission is long enough.However, if you press ,and there is break before a tone is identified, the tone search starts wher...
Page 37 - indicator or; DCS; Changing a CTCSS/CDCSS Tone
If you want to program tones for several frequencies duringyour search, follow these steps: n After you program a frequency and a CTCSStone or CDCSS tone into a channel, the SearchMode is changed to Search Hold Mode. Toactivate the Search Mode press /BAND . n If you decide to cancel the CTCSS Tone S...
Page 38 - Erasing a CTCSS/CDCSS Tone; Press
5. Press to change the CTCSS tone. Erasing a CTCSS/CDCSS Tone 1. Press to activate the CTCSS mode or CDCSS mode. 2. Select the channel with the CTCSS tone or CDCSS toneyou want to erase. 36 Change per 1sec.
Page 40 - Remote Interface; You can communicate and program your; Connecting the Scanner; Scanner to PC
Remote Interface You can communicate and program your SC200 in numerous ways with peripheral devices using the RemoteInterface Cable port. This radio offers the following modes: n SMARTSCAN MODEAutomatically load frequencies, from the UnidenNational Frequency Database server into yourscanner using a...
Page 41 - key and turn the
Scanner to External Modem Plug the scanner end of the supplied remote interface cableinto the remote port on the right side of your scanner. Whenconnecting the cable to your scanner, make sure the labelside of the cable is facing forward. Plug the other end of thecable (DB-9 serial connector) into t...
Page 43 - will be displayed when your downloading is; NOTE: If the scanner does not display; step 7), disconnect the access by pressing
6. If the connection is successful, the scanner startsclearing the memory. And during that period,will appear for 12 seconds. 7. After clearing the memory is over, the scanner startsdownloading the frequency. 8. will be displayed when your downloading is completed. 9. To start the scanner, you must ...
Page 46 - Dial Type; You can choose the Dial Type setting.; SMARTSCANNER TIPS; All licenses within your zip code.
Dial Type You can choose the Dial Type setting. Tone is set as a default.You can change it to PULSE by pressing . SMARTSCANNER TIPS There are literally hundreds of thousands of public safetyradio licenses in the United States. The editors of theUniden National Frequency Database have poured overthes...
Page 47 - Clone Mode
A few notes about the frequency download order: 1. The scanner fills up less than its allotted 200 channels ifthere are not more than 200 of the above types oflicenses in your area. 2. If there are more than 200 of the above listed types oflicenses, or you have locked-out some banks prior to thedown...
Page 49 - Care and Maintenance; Replacing the Battery Pack; Turn the scanner over
Care and Maintenance Replacing the Battery Pack 1. Turn the On-Off/Volume Control OFF. 2. Turn the scanner over so you are looking atthe back. If the beltclip is attached,remove it by taking outthe two screws. 3. Press in on the ribbed area and slide thebattery cover down andoff. 4. Carefully unplug...
Page 50 - Location; Disconnect the power to the unit before cleaning.; Do not use excessive amounts of water.; Repairs
6. Insert the battery pack by placing the bottomin the case first. Makesure it is seated withinthe case beforereplacing the batterycover. 7. Replace the battery cover by putting thetwo tabs in thecorresponding openingand sliding it upwarduntil it locks in place. Location n If strong interference or ...
Page 52 - Technical Specifications; Operating Temperature:
Technical Specifications Receiver Type: Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Channels: 200 Banks: Total 10 Banks20 Channels each WX: 10 Programmed Channels (All NOAAWeather Service and three Canadianwheather service) Search Bands: 12 Preprogrammed Search bands(NFM or AM) No. RANGE (MHz) BAND STEP(kHz) ...
Page 55 - ITEM
Optional Accessories and Replacement Parts The following optional accessories and replacement partsfor your SportCat are available from your local UnidenDealer or through the Uniden Customer Service Center bycalling: 1-800-297-1023, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Central Time,Monday through Friday. ITEM PART NO...
Page 56 - Troubleshooting; PROBLEM; SQUELCH
Troubleshooting If your SC200 is not performing properly, try the followingsteps. PROBLEM SOLUTION Scanner won’t work. 1. Check the connections at both ends of the AC Adapter. 2. Turn on the wall switch of your room. You could be using an outlet controlled by the wall switch. 3. Move the AC Adapter ...
Page 58 - One Year Limited Warranty
One Year Limited Warranty WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION (“Uniden”)ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants, for one year, tothe original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free fromdefects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations orexclusions set out below.WARRANTY DURATION...
