Uniden USC230 owner manual Introduction

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Introduction

Your USC230 scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner radio with automatic scanning capabilities. You can store frequencies such as racing, police, fire/emergency, marine, air, and other communications into the scanner. You can carry it with you wherever you go, use it at home as a base unit, or install it in your vehicle as a mobile unit.

You can use the scanner’s scroll control to quickly select channels and frequencies, and you can automatically program channels in a system using the AutoStore feature.

Use your scanner to monitor:

•Automobile races

•Public safety systems

•Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)

•Business/Industrial radio

•Utilities

•Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands

•Air band

•Railroad

This table lists the frequency ranges, default frequency step and default mode (AM or FM).

To select a band plan from 1, 2 and 3;

1.Make sure the power is turned off.

2.While holding down 1, 2 or 3 (corresponding number of the band plan), turn on the scanner.

Band Plan 1

Frequency Rage (MHz)			Mode	Step (kHz)
25.0000	-	29.9950	FM	5
30.0000	-	79.9875	FM	12.5
80.0000	-	82.9900	FM	10
83.0000	-	87.2875	FM	12.5

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