Holding on a Single Talkgroup
To hold on an active talkgroup when scanning or searching, press HOLD/MAN. The BC296D stops scanning and holds on the current trunking system. It only receives transmissions on the talkgroup that was active when you pressed HOLD/MAN.
To select a talkgroup to hold on when that talkgroup is not active, you must first program that talkgroup into an ID list. Then, while scanning that system, use the scroll bar to select the talkgroup ID to hold on.
To select a talkgroup to hold on when that group is not active, while ID scanning or ID searching the system, press HOLD/MAN. Then, either enter the ID or (if you have stored the ID) scroll to the ID you want to hold on.
Locking Out Talkgroups
Like conventional scanning, you can lockout unwanted talkgroup traffic on trunking systems. This is particularly important if you are ID Searching a trunking system, as many systems share both voice traffic (that you usually want to hear) with some data traffic from water meter systems, door alarms, traffic signals and other data sources that you don’t want to hear.
To lockout a talkgroup, press L/O when the scanner stops on that group. Or, if you have stored the talkgroup in an ID list, select that ID and press L/O.
To unlock a talkgroup stored in a scan list, use the scroll bar to manually select that ID, then press L/O to unlock it.
To unlock an ID you locked out during ID search or ID scan:
2:SCAN OPTION → 2:TRUNK → Select the Bank
→6:L/O ID REVIEW
Then, use the scroll bar to select the ID you want to unlock and press L/O.
Or, press HOLD/MAN then press L/O for 2 seconds to clear all the lockouts from the system.
EDACS Blockout
This is a powerful form of lockout that is only available for EDACS systems. EDACS Blockout lets you lockout entire Agencies or Fleets, not just individual talkgroups. To use blockout, while scanning an EDACS system, press HOLD/MAN then press L/O for 2 seconds to clear all the lockouts from the system. Then enter the agency or the
agency and fleet and press | . | then L/O. For example, to |
lockout agency 4, press 04 | . | L/O. |
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