Uniden BC780XLT manual 6STEPS

6:STEPS

Your BC780XLT is programmed with default step sizes for each frequency range (see inside front cover). Steps are important if you are interested in using the VFO to tune off-frequency from a frequency programmed into memory or if you wish to program a frequency that the default step size will not accept. For example, in VHF Hi-band mode, the default step size between 148 and 162 MHz is 5 KHz. However, the FCC has recently instituted 7.5 KHz channel intervals. If you wish to enter 155.4075 into the scanner without changing the default step, the scanner will change the programmed frequency to 155.4100. Use the menu to change the default step size to 7.5 KHz and then you will be able to enter 155.4075.

7:MODE

Default receive modes are also programmed into memory. AM for the aircraft and CB bands, for example. All frequencies (other than TV broadcast audio) above 400 MHz are received in NFM mode which helps prevent adjacent channel interference. You can change the default settings on a per-channel basis with this Menu item.

8:RECORD

You can flag any channel for recording using this menu function. The LINE icon will become active for any such flagged channel. Use your own recording device plugged into the jack on the back of the scanner.

3:TRUNK DATA

Choose the Trunk bank. The following options are available for the selected trunk bank only. Repeat using a different trunk bank, if necessary.

1:TRUNK TYPE

You will need to assign the correct trunking type for the bank you are about to program. If you want to listen to a Motorola Type 1 system, you will need to use this menu option to assign the same. If you do not know the type of trunking system you are about to monitor, refer to the guide included with the radio or check out www.trunktracker.com.

Note: Some trunking systems require that you know the channel order. In these cases you will also need to start programming the trunked system at the start of the bank. The scanner defaults to the most common type of trunking system, Motorola Type II.

2:DELAY

You can set delay for a trunk system on a bank by bank basis. If you’ve set delay for 1 second, then there will be a one second delay in Trunk Search for that bank and a one second delay for all the talkgroups you have programmed into Scan List memory. You cannot set delay individually by talkgroup. The default delay is

two seconds.

3:RECORD

This Record option applies to Trunk Search. If you have set Record on, the LINE icon will be lit. All talkgroups received during Trunk Search will be recordable through the TAPE OUT jack on the back of the scanner. To record individual talkgroups during Scan, see Item 5 on the next page. The default is off.

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