Uniden BCD996T Programming General Settings, Setting and Using the Backlight, Setting the Dimmer

Programming General Settings

This section covers your scanners general settings.

Setting and Using the Backlight

The LCD has a backlight that can be set to green or red with three levels of intensity for each color plus OFF.

To make your selection, press [VOL]. Each time you press the control, the backlight cycles in the following order.

OFF — Low Intensity Green — Medium Intensity Green — High Intensity Green — Low Intensity Red — Medium Intensity Red — High Intensity Red

When you stop at the desired level, the scanner remembers your setting the next time you turn on the scanner.

You can also set the backlight using the menu.

Setting the Dimmer

If you connect the orange wire to a wire in your car that changes state when you turn on the headlights, the scanner can automatically dim the display when you turn on the headlights.

Tapping [VOL] overrides the menu setting and cycles through all backlight settings.

[MENU] Settings F

Set Backlight F

Set Dimmer F

Auto — Use this setting if you have connected the scanner to your vehicle’s headlights using the orange wire. If you have connected the wire, the scanner automatically dims the backlight when you turn on the headlights. After selecting this option, select either:

+Polarity — If the headlight wire is connected to +12V when the headlights are on.

-Polarity — If the headlight wire is connected to vehicle ground when the headlights are on.

Programming General Settings

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