Uniden Mastering the Scanner: Essential Techniques for Your BC246T

You can also lock out an active channel by pressing L/O while the scanner is stopped on the channel.

ID Scan/ID Search Mode

While you are scanning a trunked system, the scanner can be in either ID Scan or ID Search mode:

•ID Scan – the scanner only stops on talk group ID’s that you have programmed into the system

•ID Search – the scanner stops on any unlocked talk group that becomes active.

To toggle between ID Scan and ID Search, press Scan while the scanner is scanning the system.

Temporarily Holding On a System

To temporarily hold on a system, press and hold Func . To hold on a different system, continue to hold Func and rotate the scroll control to select the system. Normal scanning resumes 2 seconds after you release Func .

Holding On a Channel

To hold on a channel, press Hold while the channel is active. To select a different channel, rotate the scroll control. If you scroll past the beginning or end of the current system, the scanner selects channels in the previous or next system. To resume scanning, press Scan.

Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search

To quickly store an active talk group ID during ID search, press E. You see:

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To save the ID into a channel, press E. Otherwise, press No. If you press E, the scanner stores the ID into a channel group called Qck Save Grp in the current system.

Quick-Storing Channels or

Talk Group ID’s

1.Hold on an existing channel in any system.

2.Enter the frequency or talk group ID you want to store (press twice to enter hyphens in talk group ID’s).

Basic Operation

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