Uniden UBCT8 - Manual

E 1. Squelch Control / Flash Brightness Selector 2. Alerting Light 3. Volume Control / Alert Tone Selector 4. Close Call RF Capture 5. Display 6. Lockout Key7. Delay Key8. Service Key 9. State Scan or Private Scan Key 10. State Key 11. Numeric Keypad 12. Up Key13. Down Key14. Data Key15. Priority Ke...

1. Trunk Tracking Mode 2. Motorola trunking channel 3. EDACS trunking channel 4. LTR trunking channel 5. Scan list 6. Scan bank 7. Bank's number and ID's list number 8. Remote control mode 9. Programming is locked 10. State scanning and Private scanning mode 11. Service scanning mode 12. Band search...

Terminology What is Scanning? What is Searching? What is Trunk Tracking? Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way communications do not transmit continuously. The UBCT8 scans the Frequencies you have programmed into the Scanner’s channels until it finds an active frequency. Scanning sto...

Feature Highlights ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Pre-programmed frequencies specific to eachPre-programmed Trunked frequencies – Follow VHF High Band UHF 800MHz trunked public safety and public service systems just as if conventional two-way communications were used. – Track more than one trunking s...

Included with Your Scanner Package ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! UBCT8 Scanner AC Adapter DC Power Cord Cigarette Lighter Adapter Plug Telescopic Antenna Window Mount Antenna Operating Guide Other Printed Materials Mobile Mounting Bracket If any of these items are missing or damaged, immediately contact your pl...

Installing the UBCT8 For Home Use (Desktop Installation) For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation) 1. Insert the DC plug end of the AC Adapter into the DC 12V jack on the rear panel. 2. Plug the AC Adapter into a standard 240V AC wall outlet. 3. Plug the Telescoping Antenna into the ANT connector. Extend...

Applying Power for Vehicle Installation You can power your scanner using the supplied DC cigarette lighter power cord or an DC power cord. To power the scanner from a vehicle’s 12V power source (such as a cigarette-lighter socket), you need a cigarette-lighter adapter. To connect an DC cigarette-lig...

CC Scanning Overview You can scan in one of five ways: 3. HOLD/RESUME HOLD/RESUME Note: VOL Note: 1. Close Call RF Capture 2. Service Scanning Private Scanning State Scanning When you activate Close Call your scanner will detect nearby strong radio frequencies. You may run Close Call in the backgrou...

State Scanning Press or and the scanner scans through police, fire or Ambulance Frequencies and "SCAN" scrolls from right to left in the display. When in the State Scan mode, press and the menu of states will appear. Press The scanner will scan through Factory Programmed Police Frequencies a...

5. To scroll repeatedly, press and hold or and . After 3 seconds, the scanner will begin to scan through the Police frequencies (Police only). 6. If you want to start scanning immediately, press . 1. When scanning stops on a desired frequency, press to hold at that frequency as long as you like. Whi...

Your scanner's Close Call feature lets you set the scanner so it detects then displays the frequency of a nearby strong radio transmission. Close Call RF capture works great for finding frequencies at venues such as malls and sporting events. You can set the scanner so Close Call detection works “in...

When the scanner is staying on a frequency, “- - - - - -“ will be displayed during “C-C” term instead of the frequency. 1. When a signal is detected, the scanner alerts (depending on the Set Close Call Alert setting, page 20) and immediately jumps to the Close Call frequency. But, the frequency is n...

5. If you press , you can set DELAY function. 'DLY' appears on the screen. 6. If you press you can set DATA Skip function. appears on the screen. or The scanner flashes the “On or OFF “options. 2. Press or , to select the option, and then press DELAY DATA, 'DATA' E. Set Close Call Option Select Clos...

SCAN SCAN SCAN Private Bank Scanning Programming Frequencies into Channels Deleting a Stored Frequency Before the scanner begins Private Bank scanning, you must program a frequency into at least one channel. You will need to program each frequency into the scanner’s channels in order to hear these f...

SCAN SCAN Duplicate Frequency Alert Memory Lock Scanning Private Bank If you enter a frequency which has been stored in another channel, you will hear an error tone and the other channel displays. Press (decimal key) to clear and start again. ––– OR ––– Press again to store the frequency in both cha...

SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN Restoring All Locked-out Channels Priority Scan Changing the Priority Channel You can restore all locked-out channels in a bank only when a bank is selected for scan. If you have deselected a bank and you want to restore all of its locked-out channels using the steps below, you m...

Service Scanning The service scan feature allows you to rotate through the following six service banks. 1. Press to select a Service. ' 2. Continue pressing until your desired Service is displayed. 3. After a three second delay scanning begins. If you want to start scanning immediately, press Press ...

Band Search Setting a Search Band The UBCT8 can search up to 12 separate frequency ranges to help you discover new stations in your area. To set a Search Bands, enter into the Band Search mode. 1. Press . The upper and lower limits of the Bands currently selected are on the display. 2. Use the or ke...

SCAN While Trunking is operating in scan mode, press and it will move to ID Search mode and ID Scan mode. SRCH • AM or Wide FM Transmission Search Hold Feature Data Skip Frequency Skip 1. Press at anytime to stop the search. To move up or down 1 frequency step, use the or key. 2. Press to resume sea...

Trunk Tracking ! ! ! ! ! Your UBCT8 is tracks three major types of trunked radio systems. These systems are described here. - Including Type I, Type II, Hybrid, SMARTNET, and Privacy Plus. Motorola systems are widely used by public safety and business users. Most are on the 800 MHz band, and recent ...

Programming Trunking Frequencies There are three steps for programming a trunked system:1. Program the Trunk Type – What type of system will the scanner be tracking, Motorola Type II, Type I, EDACS, LTR, etc. 2. Program the Trunked Frequencies – Within a trunked system, the frequencies are shared am...

Please see page 42 for more information.1. Enter the Area Code.2. Enter the Home Repeater number.3. Enter the ID you want to store4. Press . When you have properly programmed all the frequencies for a trunked system, you can monitor the system in several different ways. You will find that Search, Ho...

Note: Note: HOLD/RESUME. To directly access a specific ID location: HOLD/RESUME HOLD/RESUME. HOLD/RESUME. SRCH One Scan List must always be active. If you try and deactivate all the Scan Lists, Scan List 1 will automatically be active. 3. To restore a Scan List to active scanning, press its number a...

EDACS Reception ® EDACS Tracking Programming EDACS System Frequencies ® TrunkTracker III now allows tracking of EDACS® trunked systems. Until now these widely used systems have been almost impossible to monitor with a conventional scanner. With your TrunkTracker III listening to EDACS(s) is remarkab...

An EDACS® Trunked system This chart shows how talkgroups are organized within an EDACS system at the Agency level. The individual talkgroups cannot be shown at this scale because there are over 2000. However the chart can show the 16 Agencies in this example. The system is logical and easy to unders...

LTR ® Reception LTR ® Tracking LTR ® (Logic Trunked Radio) systems are trunking systems used primarily by business or private communications service providers, such as taxicabs, delivery trucks, and repair services. These systems encode all trunking information as digital subaudible data that accomp...

Motorola Reception Motorola Tracking There are really two types of Motorola trunking systems. These are usually referred to as Type I and Type II systems. Type I only occurs on some 800 MHz systems. All VHF and UHF trunking systems use Type II. One important distinction between these two systems is ...

9. Use the keypad to enter a new Offset Channel, then press E. •You can only input within a range of 380-759.• If the system is not tracking properly, you may need to try a new Base Frequency or Offset Channel, or you may be missing frequencies from the system.• You can set up to three Base, Spacing...

Remote Interface You can communicate and program your UBCT8 in numerous ways with peripheral devices using a Remote Interface Cable port. This radio offers the following modes: Program and control your scanner from a PC using Uniden’s UBCT8 Scanner Software. Clone all the frequencies, trunking talkg...

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Care and Maintenance General Use Location Cleaning Repairs Birdies • Turn the scanner before disconnecting the power. • Always write down the programmed frequencies in the event of memory loss. • If memory is lost, simply reprogram each channel. The display shows 000.0000 in all channels when there ...

Troubleshooting If your UBCT8 is not performing properly, try the following steps. Problem Suggestion 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 to another wall o...

Specifications Certified in accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15, Subpart C, as of date of manufacture. Channel: 250 Banks: 5 (50 channels each) Service Bands: 6 preprogrammed search bands Frequency Range: Operating Temperature: –20 °C to +60 °C (-4 °F to +140 °F) Scan Rate: 100 channel...

No. Code State Name 1. ACT Australian Central Territories 2. NSW New South Wales 3. NT Northern Territory 4. NZ New Zealand 5. QLD Queensland 6. SA South Australia 7. TAS Tasmania 8. VIC Victoria 9. WA Western Australia State Code Order Appendix

User Defined Fleet Maps Type I Programming Information When a Type I system is designed, the address information for all the IDs are divided into 8 equal sized blocks. When you program your scanner to track a Type I system, you must select a size code for each of these blocks. When you have assigned...

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