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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 1 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM
BC246T
OWNER’S
MANUAL
OWNER’S MANUAL
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 2 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the Precautions following. IMPORTANT! This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will not tune to the radio frequencies assigned by the FCC for cellular telephone usage. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, makes it a federal crime to intentionally intercept cellular or cordless telephone transmissions or to market this r
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 3 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM 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. ® ® ® ® ® Motorola , SMARTNET , PL , Private Line , DPL , ® ® Digital Private Line , and PRIVACY PLUS are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ® LTR is a registered trademark of E.F. Johnson Co. ® EDACS is a registered trademark of M/A-COM Private Radio Systems,
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 4 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Contents The FCC Wants You to Know ............................................................ 8 Contents Scanning Legally .............................................................................. 8 Introduction ....................................................................................... 10 Feature Highlights ............................................................................ 12 About This Manual ......
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 5 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Locking/Unlocking Channels .......................................................... 43 ID Scan/ID Search Mode ................................................................ 44 Temporarily Holding On a System.................................................. 44 Holding On a Channel ................................................................... 44 Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search ....................................
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 6 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Editing the Fleet Map (Motorola Systems Only) ........................ 67 Setting the Motorola Status Bit (Motorola Systems Only) ........... 67 Setting the End Code Operation (Motorola Systems Only) ......... 68 Setting I-Call (Motorola and EDACS Systems Only) ................. 68 Setting Emergency Alert (Motorola & EDACS Systems Only) ....69 Setting the EDACS ID Format (EDACS Systems Only) ............. 69 Setting Control-C
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 7 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Setting Data Skip ........................................................................... 92 Setting the Delay Time .................................................................. 92 Setting the Search Frequency Step ............................................... 93 Using Weather Alert (SAME) ........................................................... 94 Searching For a Weather Broadcast .................................
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 8 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM The FCC Wants You to Know This scanner has been tested and found to comply with The FCC Wants You to Know the limits for a scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This scanner generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the inst
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 9 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a conversation unless you have the consent of a party to the conversation (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). This scanner has been designed to prevent the reception of cellular telephone transmissions and the decoding of scrambl
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 10 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Introduction Your BC246T scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner radio Introduction with TrunkTracking™ and automatic scanning capabilities. You can store frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other communications into the scanner. You can carry it with you wherever you go, use it at home as a base unit, or install it in your vehicle as a mobile unit. You can use the scanner’s scroll control
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 11 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM 29.7-49.990 10 NFM VHF Low Band 50.0-54.0 20 NFM 6 Meter Amateur Band 108.0- 25 AM Aircraft Band 136.9750 137.0- 12.5 NFM Military Band 143.9875 144.0- 5NFM 2 Meter 147.995 Amateur Band 148.0- 12.5 NFM Military Land Mobile 150.7875 150.800- 5 NFM VHF High Band 161.995 162.0-174.0 12.5 NFM Federal Government 216.0-224.98 20 NFM 1.25 Meter Amateur Band 400.0- 12.5 NFM Miscellaneous 405.9875 406.0- 12.5 NFM Federal Land Mobile
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 12 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Feature Highlights General Feature Highlights TM Close Call RF Capture Technology - you can set the scanner so it detects and provides information about nearby radio transmissions. See “Using the Close Call Feature” on Page 86 for more information. Dynamically Allocated Channel Memory - your scanner’s memory is organized so that it more closely matches how radio systems actually work, making it easier to program and use y
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 13 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Dropout Delay – You can set whether the scanner pauses at the end of a transmission to wait for a reply. You can set the delay time for each system you scan, and while searching and using the Close Call feature. Attenuator – You can set the scanner’s attenuator to reduce the input strength of strong signals by about 18 dB received by the scanner. Repeater Reverse – You can set the scanner so it switches to the input frequ
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 14 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM 21 Bands – Includes 21 bands, with Aircraft and 800 MHz. Note: The scanner’s frequency coverage is not continuous and does not include the cellular telephone band. Trunk Tracking ™ Trunk Tracker Operation – Follows conversations on analog Motorola, EDACS, EDACS SCAT, and LTR trunked radio systems. The scanner can scan both conventional and trunked systems at the same time. Control Channel Only Scanning – If the scanner is
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 15 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Auto Store Frequency AutoStore – Automatically stores all active frequencies within a system you select. Talk Group ID AutoStore – Automatically stores all new talk group ID’s into a system you select. Priority Priority Scan – Priority channels let you keep track of activity on your most important channel(s) while monitoring other channels for transmissions. Priority Plus – You can set the scanner so it scans only the p
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 16 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Clone Mode – You can clone all programmed data, including the contents of the scanner’s memory, menu settings, and other parameters from one BC246T scanner to another BC246T scanner. About This Manual The screen displays used in this manual are representations of what might appear when you use your scanner. Since what you see depends on the frequencies and user ID’s for your area and the settings you select, you might no
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 17 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Entering Text To enter a letter, turn the scroll control until the character you want appears, To enter a number, press a number key. To enter a decimal point, press . Func To move the cursor to the left, hold then press /4 or rotate the scroll control to the left. To move the cursor to the right, hold Func then press 6/ or rotate the scroll control to the right. To clear a character, press No twice. To clear all charac
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 18 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM Understanding Scanning This section provides you with background on how Understanding Scanning scanning works. You don’t really need to know all of this to use your scanner, but some background knowledge will help you get the most from your BC246T. Understanding the Scanner’s Memory Your scanner’s memory is organized in an architecture called Dynamic Allocated Channel memory. This type of memory is organized differently a
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 19 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM cycle resumes until the scanner receives another transmission. What is Searching? The BC246T can search each of its 21 bands and up to 10 bands together to find active frequencies. This is different from scanning because you are searching for frequencies that have not been programmed into the scanner. When you select frequency bands to search, the scanner searches for any active frequency within the lower and upper limi
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BC246T Paper OM 062405.fm Page 20 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:12 AM frequency. The stations might even interfere with each other to the point where it is impossible to clearly receive any of the stations. A scanner equipped with CTCSS and DCS (like your scanner) can code each received frequency with a specific CTCSS or DCS frequency. Then, when you receive multiple signals, you only hear the transmission with the CTCSS or DCS tone you programmed. If you do not receive the correct tone wi
