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Congratulations on Your Purchase!
Your UBC396T will operate here in Australia/New Zealand, however please take note of
these important differences.
1. Frequency Bands List (Page 10) and Frequency range specifications
(Page 121-122) for Australia/New Zealand.
FEATURE CHANGES
2. For Australia/New Zealand, there are 9 Service Searches as follows;
The following search bands appear.
• Police
UHF CB Radio
Marine
9 Service Searches - frequencies are preset in separate
Railroad
Police, Marine, Rai
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4. The Fire Tone-Out feature is not used in Australia/New Zealand. Using Tone Out Page 12 Page 113-114 Fire Tone-Out Standby – 5. The Preprogrammed Systems are not applicable for Australia/New Zealand. Preprogrammed Systems Page 11 Page 140-145 Preprogrammed Systems - 6. Please use these sites to find frequencies. Page 29-30 For Australia visit www.uniden.com.au , select any scanner product then click on “Scanner Frequency”. Where To Get More Information Information On The Internet For New Z
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BCD396T 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. ® ® ® ® Astro , DPL , Digital Private Line , 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. ® ® Uniden and Bearcat are registered trade
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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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Channel-Level Settings.............................................................................. 86 Editing the Channel Name...................................................................... 86 Editing Frequencies (Conventional Channels Only) ............................... 87 Setting Channel Priority (Conventional Channels Only)......................... 87 Setting Channel Alert.............................................................................. 88
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Specifications ..........................................................................................125 Optional Accessories .............................................................................. 128 Appendix .................................................................................................. 129 Preset Fleet Maps ................................................................................... 129 User Defined Fleet Maps .......................................
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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 transmis- sion) • 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
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Introduction Your BCD396T scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner Introduction radio with TrunkTracker IV™ and automatic scanning capabilities. 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 wher- ever 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 AutoStore feature. Use your scann
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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 103 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 your scanner and determine how much memory you have used and how muc
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Analog and Digital Audio AGC – Helps automatically balance the volume level between different radio systems. Fire Tone-Out Standby – Lets you set the scanner to alert you if a two-tone sequential page is transmitted. You can set up to 10 settings (transmit frequency, tone frequencies) then select one for standby monitoring. Broadcast Screen – Sets the scanner so it ignores TM Close Call or search hits on known broadcast frequencies including pager frequencies. Custom Screen – Lets you inpu
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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, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz) for manual mode and chain search mode. The scan- ner’s auto step feature lets you set the scanner so it automatically chooses the correct step. Quick Recall – Lets you quickly select a specific channel by choosing the system, group, and channel. Scan/Se
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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. Adaptive Digital Threshold – Automatically sets the digital decode threshold for APCO 25 systems. Weather Weather Search – Lets your scanner receive your local NOAA weather transmission. SAME Weather Alert
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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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On-Air Cloning – You can clone all programmed data over the air from a PC to one or more BCD396T scanners. 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
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To move the cursor to the left, press /4. To move the cursor to the right, press 6/ . To clear a character, press twice. To clear all characters, press three times. To accept an entry, press down on the scroll control or press E. 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
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3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until you have entered the system name. Then press down on the scroll control or press E to accept the setting. Hints: • Each system name can be up to 16 characters. Abbreviate as necessary to fit. • The default system names include the following letter in the 16th position to indicate the system type: 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 fro
