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USC 2500XL T
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Hand-Held Auto Scanner
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---.-. 1 - .---..- PRECAUTIONS Beforeyou readanythingelse, pleaseobservethe following: WARNING! Uniden DOES NOT represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, DO NOT expose this unit to rain or moisture. NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARNING . This equipment contains a Nickel-Cadmium Battery . . The Nickel-Cadmium Battery contained in this equipment may explode if disposed of in a fire. . Do not short circuit the battery. . . Do not charge the Nickel-Cadmium Batte
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-- I t-. r Table of Contents AboutYourNewUBC2500XLT... 2 WhatisScanning? 2 Types of Communication 2 Where to Obtain More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Unpacking 3 Optional Accessories 3 FeatureHighllghts 4 Controls and Indicators 5 TopView 5 FrontView 6 LCDDisplay 12 Setup 13 Installing the Battery Pack 13 ChargingtheBatteryPack 13 Mounting the FlexibleAntenna .14 InstallingtheBeltClip 14 ScanningOverview 15 ProgrammingChannels 16 A. Programming By Manual Entry. . . . . .
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--------.------.----.----.. c About Your New UBC 2500XLT The UBC 2500XLT is a brand new state-of-the-art information radio with automatic scanning capabilities. Itcan store frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, weather frequencies, and other broadcasts into 20 banks of 20 channels each. The new Rotary Tuner feature enables rapid I and easy selection of channels and frequencies. And with ! AUTO STORE, you can automatically program any channel. I With the UBC 2500XL T, you can s
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Unpacking Carefully check the contents against this list: . UBC2500XL T Auto Scanner I . RubberAntenna . AC Adaptor/Charger (AAD-2500U) . Earphone . Leather-like Carrying Case . Belt Clip . ThisOperatingGuide If any items are missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase immediately. Please read this Operating Guide thoroughly before operating the scanner. Optional Accessories The followingoptional accessories for your UBC 2500XL Tare available from your local Uniden Dealer or through the U
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-.., Feature Highlights . Turbo Scan This lightning-fast technology enables the UBC 2500XL T to scan and search nearly 100 channels or steps per second. Because the frequency coverage is so large (see "Technical Specifications" section for band listing), a very fast scanning system is essential. That is why we combined our latest technology - Turbo Scan - into the UBC 2500XL T. . VFO Control (Variable Frequency Oscillator) Turn the Rotary Tuner to select the desired frequency or channel. . 400 C
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--"---'-- Controls and Indicators TopView Emmal Channel! Speaker Frequencyl I Lock Earphone OriOlf Rotary Volume Tuner Antenna Connec1Dr Squelch EXTERNAL When using an optional External Speaker SPEAKER JACK system, connect the External Speaker plug here. EARPHONE Plug the earphone into this jack for private JACK listening. When the earphone is connected, the internal speaker is disconnected. ANTENNA Connect the rubber antenna to this BNC CONNECTOR connector and turn clockwise until it locks. ON-
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------ LCD DISPLAY The liquid crystal display (LCD) shows the current channel and frequency. It also displays the mode, status, and bank indicators. SCAN KEY Press [SCAN] to start scanning all programmed channels that are not locked out. ("SCAN" appears on the display during scanning.) MANUAL KEY I In Scan or Search Mode, press [MANUAL] to stop scanning or searching, and to select a channel. After you stop the scanner, press MANUAL] again to STEP UP a channel or f requency. Press and holdto rapi
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.---- I SPEED KEY Press rSPD] to select the scanning speed, ! normar or Turbo Scan. (In Turbo Scan ! Mode, "TURBO" appears next to "SCAN" on i the display.) At normal speed, the scanner I i scans 16 to 20 channels per second. In I Turbo speed, the scanner scans nearly 100 ! channels per second. I I COUNT KEY Use [CNT] to indicate the number of times I the scanner stopped on a channel during its I last scan. First press [MANUAL] to stop scanning. Then press [CNT]. (In Count I ! Mode, "COUNT" appe
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LIMIT KEY This key has two functions in Search Mode: (a) to step down a frequency; and (b) to set the search band limits. To manually step down, press and hold [LMT]. Press and hold for more than one second to rapidly move down the frequencies. To set the lower and upper limits of the search band, first enter the number for the lower limit and press [LMT]. Then enter the number for the upper limit and press [LMT]. STEP KEY Use [STP] to change the step increment when accessing frequencies. Press
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~ ----..----------- when Auto Store is activated.) To stop Auto Store, press [HLD], [MANUAL], or [AUTO]. SEND KEY Press [SND] to transfer a displayed frequency to any open (empty) bank channel. When the bank Indicators start flashing, press the numeric keys for the selected bank. Then press [E) to complete the transfer. LCD Display BANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TURBO SCAN PRI DLY AUTO SRCH COUNTqBAITA , I P 8 8 8 18 8 8. 8 8 8 8 MHz \ I i HOLD UO WX 1 2 . 50KHz AM NFM W
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'- Setup The UBC 2500XL T comes with a rechargeable Nickel-Cadmium Battery Pack. When fully charged, this Battery Pack will supply up to 5 hours of dependable use. Before using the UBC 2500XL T for the first time, or whenever the LOW BATTERYIndicator appears on the LCD display, you should fully charge the Battery Pack. Note: When the Battery Pack is Iow, the Low Battery Indicator will start to blink. After about 10 minutes, the scanner will shut itself off to prevent the battery from becoming co
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To fully charge the battery, leave the Adaptor/Charger connected for 14 to 16 hours. Note: You can operate the unit while the battery is charging. 3. When charging is complete, disconnect the Adaptor/ Charger from the AC outlet and from the Battery Pack. Note: Disconnect the AC Adaptor/Charger from the unit during a power failure. Mounting the Flexible Antenna Place the end of the antenna onto the BNC connector on top of the scanner and turn clockwise until tight. Installing the Belt Clip Place
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..-----..---- Scanning Overview Note: Before operating the uac 2500XLT for the first time, make sure you have fully charged the Battery Pack. 1. Beforeturning on the scanner, rotate the Squelch Controlfully clockwise. 2. Turn the scanner on by rotating the On-OttNolume Controlclockwise until you hear a click. 3. Adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level. 4. Turn the Squelch Control counterclockwise just until the "rushing" noise disappears. At the squelch threshold, any incoming signal
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Programming Channels Before you can scan, you must program the channels within a bank. You can store one frequency per channel, up to 400 channels. Each time you store a frequency, the list of scanning frequencies in the bank is automatically sorted by frequency number. This unique Auto Sort feature enables faster scanning. When you manually step through a bank, however, frequencies are sorted according to channel number. With the UBC 2500XL T, there are a number of ways to program a channel: .
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'. -- -..-.---- 6. Press [E] to store the entry. . If the frequency is already stored in another channel, the other channel will appear on the display. To resolve the conflict, just enter another frequency for the cu"ently selected channel. (Later, we'll discuss how to delete a stored frequency.) . Any frequency already stored in a channel will automatically be replaced by the new one. . "Error" appears on the display if an e"or is made during programming, or if the frequency is out of range. To
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------- 6. Press [E]. The frequency is now programmed into the current channel. You are finished, and may now skip to the next section. 7. Press [SND] twice. When the channel number blinks, enter the new channel number using the numeric keys. 8. Press [HLD] to see if the selected channel is already programmed. If the selected channel already has a stored frequency: The display alternates between the current channeV frequency and the selected channel! frequency. If you wish to keep the selected c
