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