Uniden BCT8 manual Contents

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Contents
Introduction	.1
Front and Rear Views	.2
Icon Display	.3
Terminology	.4
What are Highway Patrol Alerts?	.4
What is Scanning?	.4
What is Searching?	.4
What is Trunk Tracking?	.4
Feature Highlights	.6
Where to Obtain More Information	.7
Information on the Internet	.7
Included with Your Scanner Package	.8
Optional Accessories	.8
Installing the BCT8	.9
For Home Use (Desktop Installation)	.9
For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation)	.9
Typical Mounting Methods	11
Mounting the Scanner in Your Vehicle	11
Applying Power for Vehicle Installation	12
DC power Installation	12
Applying Power Using Standard AC Powe	13
Connecting an External Speaker	13
Listening Safely	13
Connecting the Clone Cable	13
Scanning Overview	14
Turn the Scanner On	14
How Squelch Works	15
Setting the Squelch	15
Highway Patrol Scanning	16
Selecting the State	16
Scanning Highway Patrol Frequency	16
Highway Patrol Scan Hold	17
Highway Warning Alert	17
Alert Tone Volume	17
Muting the Alert Tone	17
Alert Light Adjustment	18
Storing Highway Patrol Frequencies	18
Skip Frequencies	18
Priority Channels	18
Trunked Highway Frequency	20
Private Bank Scanning	21
Programming Frequencies into Channels	21
Deleting a Stored Frequency	21
Duplicate Frequency Alert	22
Memory Lock	22
Scanning Private Bank	22
Hold/Resume	23
Channel Lockout	23
Restoring a Locked-out Channel in Hold Mode	23
Restoring All Locked-out Channels	24
Priority Scan	24
Changing the Priority Channel	24
Service Scanning	25
Band Search	26
Setting a Search Band	26
Search Hold Feature	27
Data Skip	27
Frequency Skip	27
Storing Search Frequencies	28
Delay	28

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