Uniden BC 50XL manual

LOCKOUT

There may be times when you wish to skip over a channel that you have pro-

gramed into your Uniden@ Bearcat@50XL. Any number of channels can be "Locked Out" so that the scanner skips over them. To Lock Out a channel,

select the channel number you wish to skip over. Press the I LOCKOUT I key.

The word "LOCK OUT" will appear in the display whenever that channel number appears. To cancel the lock out mode simply press the I LOCKOUT I

key when that channel number appears.

0IMANUAL I

I LOCKOUT I

The display will show:

LOCK

OUT t-

J

SCAN

To scan the channels programed in memory, press the ISCAN Ikey. The chan- nels will automatically scan at the rate of approximately 15 channels per sec- ond. As the unit scans, the channel digits in the display will advance rapidly, indicating the scanning mode. In order to stop the scan mode, a transmission must be present on one of the programed frequencies The squelch control must also be set so that the transmission will "break squelch" and stop the

scan. You can also stop scanning by pressing the I MANUAL Ikey.

SCAN DELAY

The Uniden@ Bearcat@50XL is automatically programed to pause for about 3 seconds after a transmission ends on any channel. This is useful in prevent. ing the continuation of scanning when there is a slight pause in transmission. It is also useful when both sides of a conversation are occurring on the same channel. This automatic delay is built into every channel and cannot be changed.

ERROR MESSAGE

To inform the user anytime an out-of-band frequency is stored in memory, the BC 50XL automatically displays HE" in this event. The condition may arise when the user presses ENTER with an invalid number in the display. The user should simply enter an in-band frequency (see programming section) to clear the ERROR indication.

BATTERY LOW INDICATION

Your scanner has a unique power-saving battery Iow indicator. When a special circuit detects that the batteries are getting Iow, a beep will sound if the unit is on. The beep tone will continue every 15 seconds until the batteries are completely dead. The memory will be maintained until batteries are dead-

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