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BR330T
OWNER’S
MANUAL
OWNER’S MANUAL
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Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe Precautions the 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 radio when altered to receive them. The installation, possession, o
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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 , PL , PRIVACY PLUS , Private Line , ® ® SMARTNET ,and SMARTZONE 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 Inc. ® ® and Bearcat are registered trademarks of Uniden Uniden America Corporation. ™ ™ ™
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Contents The FCC Wants You to Know .....................................................................8 Contents Scanning Legally ........................................................................................ 8 Introduction ............................................................................................... 10 Feature Highlights ..................................................................................... 11 About This Manual .................................
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Other Settings ............................................................................................53 Displaying System Information ................................................................. 53 Viewing Memory Used ............................................................................53 Viewing the Firmware Version ................................................................53 Adjusting the Key Beep .......................................................
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Clearing All Locked-Out IDs .................................................................. 87 Setting the EDACS ID Format (EDACS Systems Only) ........................ 87 Setting System Attenuation (Trunked Systems Only) ............................ 88 Deleting Systems ................................................................................... 88 Copying Systems ...................................................................................
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Care and Maintenance ............................................................................. 123 General Use ............................................................................................ 123 Location .................................................................................................. 123 Cleaning ................................................................................................. 123 Repairs .............................................
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The FCC Wants You to Know This scanner has been tested and found to comply The FCC Wants You to Know with 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 instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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• Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission) • Pager transmissions • Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions 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 h
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Introduction Your Bearcat BR330T scanning receiver is a state-of-the-art Introduction scanner radio with TrunkTracker III™, extended frequency, and racetrack operation. You can store frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other communi- cations into the scanner. You can carry it with you wherever you go. You can use the scanner’s scroll control to quickly select channels and frequencies, and you can automatically program channels in a system using the AutoSto
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Feature Highlights General Feature Highlights 2500 Dynamic Channels - Your scanner stores channels more efficiently than conventional scanners, letting you store and quickly tune greater numbers of interesting frequencies. 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 107 for more information. Dynamically Allocated Channel Memory - Your scanner’s memory is or
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If you lock out a system or group, any channels belonging to that system or group are also locked out. You can lock out up to 200 frequencies and review all locked-out frequencies. The scanner skips locked-out frequencies while using the Close Call feature or while searching. CTCSS and DCS Squelch Modes – prevent interfer- ence from stations not using the mode you select. Fire Tone-Out Standby – Lets you set the scanner to alert you if a two-tone sequential page is transmitted. You can set
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Custom Alerts – For each alert in the scanner (such as channel alert, Close Call alert, emergency alert), you can select from 9 different tone patterns and also set the alert volume level independently from the main volume level. Automatic Channel Step – Accepts frequencies on any valid channel step, even if it does not fall within the band plan’s default step. Frequency Step – Lets you select a frequency step (5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 9, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz) for manual mode and
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The scanner can scan both conventional and trunked systems at the same time. Control Channel Only Scanning – If the scanner is set to scan Motorola trunking frequencies, you can set it so it scans using only control channel data. You do not have to program voice channel frequencies into memory in this mode as long as all possible control channels are programmed. Weather Weather Search – Lets your scanner receive your local NOAA weather transmission. SAME Weather Alert – Lets your scanner
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Talk Group ID AutoStore – Automatically stores all new talk group ID’s into a channel group 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 priority channels Backlight and Power Display and Keypad Backlight – Makes the display and keypad easy to see in dim light. You can adjust the back light so it turns o
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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 IDs for your area and the settings you select, you might notice some differences between what is in this manual and what appears on your scanner. Using the Multifunction Scroll Control The scroll control on top of the BR330T lets you easily control channel selection, volume, and squelch, and how information a
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How the Scanner’s Controls Are Represented in This Manual To help navigate the scanner’s menus, the steps shown in this manual show the displays you see and the keys you press or control you operate to get a desired result. This example shows you how to use the scanner’s menu to edit an existing system name. It shows you Menu the key to press ( ) to select a menu option and the option you see (Program System) when you Menu press . It also instructs you to turn the scroll control (shown
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• The default system names include the following letter in the 16th position to indicate the system type: R = Racing M = Motorola E = EDACS L = LTR C = Conventional • Press twice to delete the current character. • Press three times to clear the entire alpha tag. To get the most from this manual, review the contents to become familiar with the basic functions available. If you are new to scanning or trunk tracking, be sure to read “Understanding Scanning” on Page 19 for a quick backgroun
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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 BR330T. 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 and more efficiently than the bank/channel architecture used by tra
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finds an active frequency, then stops on that frequency and remains on that channel as long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until the scanner receives another transmission. What is Searching? The BR330T can search each of its 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 b
