Uniden BCT8 manual Highway Patrol Scanning, Selecting the State, Scanning Highway Patrol Frequency

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Highway Patrol Scanning

Highway Patrol frequencies are pre-programmed on a U.S. state-by-state. While Highway Patrol scanning, Highway Warning Alert will be activated.

Selecting the State

1.Press STATE to select the state you are operating in. Press and hold STATE to scroll rapidly.

Hint: For the State Cord Order, please see page 56.

2. To step forward through the states (A - W), press STATE and, within three seconds, press the ▲ key repeatedly. To step backward through the states (W - A), press STATE and, within three seconds, press the ▼ key repeatedly.

3. To scroll rapidly, press and hold the ▲ or ▼ key.

Scanning Highway Patrol Frequency

You can scan Highway Patrol frequencies and/or User-programmed Channels by pressing PVT/HWY.

1. Press PVT/HWY repeatedly until “HWY” appears on the display to scan through pre-programmed Highway Patrol frequencies.

2. Press PVT/HWY repeatedly until “PVT” appears on the display to scan through User-programmed channels. The bank indicators selected flash on the display as User Programmed channels are scanned (Refer to “Private Bank Scanning” on page 21).

Note: You must program a frequency into at least one channel before the Private bank scanning.

3. Press PVT/HWY repeatedly until “HWY” and “PVT” appears on the display to scan through Highway Patrol frequencies and User Programmed channels continuously.

Note: Priority Scanning is disabled. When both “HWY” and “PVT” are in operation. “PRI” will remain on the display.

4. When the scanner receives communications, scanning stops, the state code and the frequency displays.

When the transmission ends, the scanner holds for two seconds on that frequency for a response. For more information on Delay feature, please see page 28.

If there is no response, scanning resumes.

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