Uniden BC75XLT owner manual Scanning Legally

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accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Scanning Legally

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups, including police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions that you should never intentionally listen to. These include:

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 has been designed to prevent the reception of cellular telephone transmissions and the decoding of scrambled transmissions. This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so they are not easy to modify to pick up these transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Modifying or tampering with your scanner’s internal

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Contents BC75XLT Owner’s Precautions Page Contents Page Unlock Priority Delay Keylock Backlight PC Programming FCC Wants You to Know Scanning Legally Page BC75XLT Feature Highlights IntroductionPage Page Frequency Range Frequency Range MHz Step Mode kHz Transmission USA Band PlanStep Mode Transmission MHz KHz Canada Band Plan Scanning basics What is Scanning?What is Searching? Conventional Scanning Simplex OperationService Search Bands What Are Banks?Repeater Operation Channel Storage BanksWhere To Learn More Custom Search RangesSetup What’s In The Box?Setting Up the Scanner Connect the AntennaConnect an Optional Earphone/Headphone Connecting an Optional Extension SpeakerAdjusting the Belt Clip Installing Non-Rechargeable Batteries Installing Rechargeable 2300mAh Ni-MH BatteriesCharging the Ni-MH Batteries through USB Connection LCD Message Batt Meaning Scanner Type Cond Low Battery Alert Turn On The ScannerAdjust Squelch Adjusting for InterferenceBC75XLT Controls and Display Hardware DescriptionKeypad Key/Icon Primary Function Key HoldKey/Icon Primary Function Key Scan Srch/SvcPri DlyKey/Icon Primary Function Key PSrc Pgm/EClr FuncLCD Display Line Display DescriptionTo Close Call mode Display DescriptionSearch Hold modes Quick Search OperationSearchING Custom Search Service Search Storing Frequencies Scanning Erasing a Stored FrequencyPress Func + Pgm Enabling/Disabling Channel BanksScan the Stored Channels Manually Select a ChannelPage Close Call Operation Mode Close Call RF CaptureUsing Close Call Mode Band Range MHz To turn a Close Call Low HighLocking Out Channels and Frequencies Unlock Temporary Lock OutPermanent Lock Out You cannot lock out frequencies during WX service search PriorityDelay Mode Delay Specification KeylockBacklight PC ProgrammingTroubleshooting Problem Possible Cause SuggestionProblem Possible Cause Suggestion Problem Possible Cause Suggestion Care and Maintenance Resetting the ScannerGeneral Use LocationBirdies CleaningRepairs Page Specifications Seconds One-Year Limited Warranty Warrantor Uniden America Corporation UnidenProcedure for Obtaining Performance of Warranty