Uniden Understanding Legal Scanning with the BC796D Scanner

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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 wire line (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 components or using it in a way other than as described in this manual could invalidate your warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it.

In some areas, mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit. Check the laws in your area. It is also illegal in many areas (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization.

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Contents Page Page Contents Programming Trunked Systems General Use Location Cleaning Repairs Birdies Page FCC Wants You To Know Scanning Legally Introduction Page Using this Manual Understanding Scanning Conventional ScanningSimplex Operation Repeater OperationTrunked Scanning Motorola TrunkingEdacs Trunking Understanding Banks and Channels LTR TrunkingGetting More Information Front and Rear View BC796DDisplay Icons Icon DescriptionIncluded With Your Scanner Setting Up Your Scanner Connecting an AntennaMounting an Antenna Optional AntennaTypical Mounting Methods Mounting the Scanner in Your VehicleApplying Power for Vehicle Installation Desktop Installation Applying Power Using Standard AC PowerConnecting an External Speaker Connecting an EarphoneConnecting the Clone Cable Connecting the Tape RecorderListening Safely RememberTurning On the Scanner Setting the SquelchBasic Operation Using the Menu Manually Selecting a ChannelScanning Programmed Channels Locking/Unlocking BanksLocking/Unlocking Channels Restoring All Locked Out ChannelsPriority Scanning Priority Plus ScanningDimmer Light Setting Controlling How Much Information AppearsTurning the Key Beep On/Off Locking the Enter keySetting Squelch Mode Disabling the APCO25 CardMuting All Audio Trunk Scanning OptionsScanning Only Stored Talkgroups ID Scan Monitoring Talkgroup ID’sSelecting Talkgroup Lists to Scan Holding on a Single TalkgroupEdacs Patch Tracking Edacs BlockoutUnlocking All Talkgroups Setting Chain Search Setting Data SkipSearching Holding on an Active FrequencyStoring Found Frequencies Automatically Storing FrequenciesSetting Subaudible Tones for Searching Setting Delay for All Search RangesSearching for Subaudible Tones Attenuating All Search RangesSetting a Search Range Searching for Trunk SystemsPage Service Search Service Search SkipSearching for a Weather Broadcast Using Weather Search and Weather Alert SameUsing Weather Alert Same Testing the Weather Alert Assigning Bank Names Bank ConfigurationProgramming Bank Information General Programming Deleting Frequencies from ChannelsTransferring Channel Information Entering Alpha InformationPage Programming Conventional Channels Select a Channel to ProgramEnter the Frequency Assigning a Text TagSetting the Delay Setting the Subaudible Tone OptionChanging the Frequency Step Setting Beep AlertSetting the Attenuator Setting the Modulation Mode Setting Priority ChannelsProgramming Trunked Systems Turning I-Call On and Off for ID Search Setting Trunking DelayUsing I-Call Motorola and Edacs only Setting Priority Talkgroups Motorola and Edacs only Multi-TrackTurning I-Call On for ID Scan Multi-Track Operational DetailsPage Programming Type 2/Digital 800 and 900 MHz Systems Using Control Channel ProgrammingProgramming Motorola Systems Programming Type2/Digital VHF and UHF Systems Programming Type I and IIi Hybrid Systems Toggling the Status Bit Toggling End Code DetectProgramming Edacs Channels Setting Edacs Emergency AlertProgramming Edacs Systems Setting Edacs Decimal Mode Setting Apco 25 Sound Quality Programming Apco 25 SystemsProgramming LTR Systems Storing Found Talkgroups Programming TalkgroupsStoring Known Talkgroups Seeing Talkgroup Activity Deleting Stored Talkgroup ID’sAdding a Text Tag to an ID List Cloning Scanner Settings Using the Remote InterfacePC Control Mode Clone Master Unit Slave Unit Care and Maintenance Troubleshooting Problem Suggestion Specifications Glossary of Terms Page Page Preset Fleet Maps AppendixPreset Map Block User Defined Fleet Maps Type I Programming InformationFleet Map Size Codes Size Code RestrictionsNWR-SAME Event Code SVS Severe WX Reverse List BC796D Flow Charts Scan Option Conventional System Option Dimmer One Year Limited Warranty Uniden America CorporationMemo Memo Memo