See Quick Start
Earphone Warning
Precautions
Quick Start
BCT15 Quick Start Guide
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Programming General Settings
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Scanning Legally
FCC Wants You to Know
FCC Wants You to Know
Modulation Step kHz Comments
Introduction
Feature Highlights
General
Introduction
Page
Trunk Tracking
Searches and Scanning
Weather
GPS
Search Lockout Limits
Memory Storage Limits
About This Manual
How the Scanner’s Controls Are Represented in This Manual
Menu Program System F
Menu WX Operation F
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Understanding Scanning and the BCT15
Understanding the Scanner’s Memory
Understanding Quick Keys
What is Searching?
What is Scanning?
What is CTCSS/DCS?
Understanding Scanning and the BCT15
Simplex Operation
Conventional Scanning
Repeater Operation
What is Trunk Tracking?
Trunked Scanning
Startup Configuration
Multi-Site Trunking
Types of Trunking Systems
Motorola Trunking
Edacs Trunking
LTR Trunking
Information On The Internet
Where To Get More Information
Included With Your Scanner
Included With Your Scanner
Power Related Issues
Setting Up Your Scanner
Base Station
Setting Up Your Scanner
Setting Up an Audio Recording Device or Computer Recording
Mounting Using the Bracket
Vehicle Installation
Mounting Using the Optional DIN-E Sleeve
Removing the Scanner from the DIN-E Sleeve
Mounting Using ISO Technique
Connecting an Optional Antenna
Connecting an Earphone/Headphone
Removing the Display Sticker
Connecting an Extension Speaker
Controls, Keys, and Functions
Controls, Keys, and Functions
Controls, Keys, and Functions
Power VOL, Mute
Function Plus
+ .No Key
GPS Global Positioning Satellite Key
Menu Key
Headphone Jack
GRP
Look at The LCD Display
Look at The LCD Display
PRI
Tones
Menu Mode Tones
General Tones
Weather Alert Tones
Setting the Display Backlight
Turning On the Scanner and Setting the Squelch
Setting Alert Mute
Operation
Entering Text Within a Menu Option
Service Range
Startup Key Operation
Conventional
Scanning Systems
Custom Range
Edit Custom
Selecting Systems to Scan
Selecting System Channel Groups
Locking/Unlocking Systems
ID Scan/ID Search Mode
Locking/Unlocking Channels
Holding On a System
Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search
Holding On a Channel
Quick-Storing Channels or Talk Group ID’s Tgid
Quick Tgid Save?
Toggling the Display Mode
Trunking Activity Indicators
Introduction to BearTracker Operation
Using BearTracker Scanning
Using the BearTracker Warning System
BearTracker Scanning Icons
Introduction to BearTracker Operation
General Operations
Using the Menu
Display Format
Using the Menu
Editing a Name
Edit Name F
First and Second Menu Levels
Editing a Frequency
MOT TYPE1 MOT TYPE2 Edcs WIDE/NARROW Edcs Scat
Setting and Using the Display Backlight
Programming General Settings
Setting the Dimmer
Menu Settings F Set Backlight F Set Dimmer F
Adjusting the Key Beep
Setting the Audio AGC
Setting the Display Orientation
Setting the GPS Format
Adjusting the Display Contrast
Setting the BearTracker Options
Setting the Serial Port Speed
Displaying Scanner Information
Viewing Memory Used
Set Delay Time
Set Attenuator
Set Alert Level
Set Alert Tone
Set Record
Max Priority Scan
Menu Settings F See Scanner Info F Firmware Version F
Connecting Your Scanner to a Personal Computer
Initializing the Scanner’s Memory
Viewing the Firmware Version and Electronic Serial Number
Wired Cloning
Volume/Squelch with PC Control
Menu Wired Clone F
Start of Transfer During Transfer
Programming Your Scanner
System Settings
General Notes
Programming Your Scanner
System Options
Channel Option Settings
Site Option Settings
Programming Conventional Systems
Programming Trunked Radio Systems
Menu Program System F New System F
Editing the System Name
Programming System Settings
Programming System Options
Specifying the Correct System Type
Editing the System Quick Key
Menu Program System
Setting the System Lockout
Setting the Startup Key
Edit Sys Options Set Startup Key
Edit Sys Options F Set Lockout F
Setting ID Scan/ID Search
Setting the System Hold Time
Setting Channel Delay Time
Setting Data Skip
Setting the Fleet Map Type I Only
Setting Location Information
Edit Sys Option Set LocationInfo
Edit Sys Option Edit Fleet Map
Setting the Status Bit
Setting End Code Operation
Setting I-Call Operation
Setting the Emergency Alert Option
Assigning a Conventional System to a State
Conventional Systems
Setting the System Record Option
Setting the Edacs ID Format
Reviewing ID Search Lockouts
Edit Sys Option Edcs ID Format
Editing Sites
Clearing All Locked Out ID’s
Editing Channel Groups
Copying Systems
Programming Sites
Setting the Site Name
Deleting Systems
Copy System New Sys Name?
Setting the Site Startup Key
Setting the Site Quick Key
MU2 Motorola UHF EDW Edacs Wide EDN Edacs Narrow
Edit Name
Setting Site Modulation
Setting Site Frequencies
Set Frequencies F
Edit Site F
Setting Site Lockout
Setting Site Attenuation
Set Modulation F
Set Lockout
Setting Site Hold Time
Editing the Band Plan VHF and UHF only
Edit Band Plan
Setting Control-Channel Only Mode
Setting Site Location Information
Assigning a Trunked System to a State
Programming Channel Groups
Setting Up a Channel Group
Editing a Channel Group Name
Trunked Systems Sites
Editing Channels
Setting the Group Quick Key
Locking Out Channel Groups
Edit Group F
Deleting Channel Groups
Programming Channels
Creating a Channel
Editing the Channel Name Alpha Tag
Editing Frequencies
Editing the Talk Group ID
Edit Frequency
Quick CTCSS/DCS Save
Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones
Edit Tgid
Set CTCSS/DCS
Setting Channel Modulation Method
Setting Channel Attenuation
Set Modulation
Setting Channel Alert
Setting Channel Priority
Set Priority
Set Alert 1 to
Setting Lockout
Setting Channel RecordMECL
Copying a Channel
Edit Group Select a channel group Edit Channel
Deleting a Channel
Edit Group F Select a channel group Edit Channel
Delete Channel You see Confirm Delete? Yes=E / No=
Searching and Storing
Service Search
Quick Search
Custom Search
Menu Search for ... F Custom Search ... F
Press .No then To Custom Search F
Editing a Custom Search Range
Search for ... F Edit Custom Custom 1, Custom 2 to Custom
Quick Search? Yes=E / No= Press .No then To Edit Custom
Search With Scan
Editing a Service Search
Set Delay Time
Method One
Method Two
Set Record
Set Attenuator
Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key
Saving a Found Channel Quick Save
Selecting a System
Auto Search and Store
Conventional Search and Store
Search and Store
Trunked Search and Store
Setting Close Call Options
Using the Close Call Feature
Using the Close Call Feature
Close Call
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Close Call Hits with Scan
Close Call Hits
Close Call F
Search and Close Call Options
Managing Locked-Out Frequencies
Search and Close Call Options
Unlocking All Frequencies
Reviewing Locked Out Frequencies
Searching for Subaudible Tones
Broadcast Screen F
Screening Out Broadcast Sources
Setting the Modulation Type
Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value
Finding Repeater Output Frequencies
Repeater Find On or Off
Setting Attenuation
Setting Data Skip
Set Attenuator F
Setting the Delay Time
Setting the Search Frequency Step
Setting Record
Off , On , or Plus On F
Priority Scan
Using Weather Alert Same
Searching For a Weather Broadcast
Turning Weather Scan Alert On/Off
Programming a Same Group
Using Weather Alert Same
Setting WX Alert Priority
WX Operation Program Same
Menu WX Operation F WX Alt Priority F
Setting Up Tone-Out
Setting Tone-Out Standby
Menu Tone-Out for... F Tone-Out Setup F
Fire Tone-Out Introduction
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Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring
Setting Tone-Out Record
Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device
Using the BCT15 with a GPS
Device Compatibility
Initial Scanner/GPS Operation
Location-Based GPS Scanning
Using the BCT15 with a GPS
Another Example of Multiple Site Creation
Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features
Yymmdd hhmmss
Deleting a Location
Setting the Options
Menu Program Location F
Delete Location Confirm Delete? Yes=E / No=
For Dangerous Xing, and Dangerous Road Only
For POI Only
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GPS Display Mode
GPS Review Location Mode
Cleaning
Care and Maintenance
General Use
Location
Problem Possible Cause Suggestion
Troubleshooting
SCAN/SEARCH to scan
Troubleshooting
Check your frequency list for the data
DCS Codes
Ctcss Frequencies
Range MHz Step kHz Mode
Specifications
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Specifications
3pin Center Orange Wire
Preset Fleet Maps
Reference
Reference
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Type I Programming Information
User Defined Fleet Maps
Size Code Restrictions
Index
Index
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One-Year Limited Warranty
One-Year Limited Warranty
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