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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
How the Scanner’s Controls Are Represented in This Manual
Memory Storage Limits
Search Lockout Limits
About 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
Understanding Scanning and the BCT15
What is Scanning?
What is Searching?
What is CTCSS/DCS?
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
Weather Alert Tones
Menu Mode Tones
Tones
General Tones
Operation
Turning On the Scanner and Setting the Squelch
Setting the Display Backlight
Setting Alert Mute
Conventional
Service Range
Entering Text Within a Menu Option
Startup Key Operation
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
Quick Tgid Save?
Holding On a Channel
Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search
Quick-Storing Channels or Talk Group ID’s Tgid
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
Edit Name F
Using the Menu
Display Format
Editing a Name
First and Second Menu Levels
Editing a Frequency
MOT TYPE1 MOT TYPE2 Edcs WIDE/NARROW Edcs Scat
Menu Settings F Set Backlight F Set Dimmer F
Programming General Settings
Setting and Using the Display Backlight
Setting the Dimmer
Adjusting the Key Beep
Setting the Audio AGC
Setting the Display Orientation
Setting the GPS Format
Adjusting the Display Contrast
Viewing Memory Used
Setting the Serial Port Speed
Setting the BearTracker Options
Displaying Scanner Information
Set Delay Time
Set Attenuator
Set Alert Level
Set Alert Tone
Set Record
Max Priority Scan
Viewing the Firmware Version and Electronic Serial Number
Connecting Your Scanner to a Personal Computer
Menu Settings F See Scanner Info F Firmware Version F
Initializing the Scanner’s Memory
Wired Cloning
Volume/Squelch with PC Control
Menu Wired Clone F
Start of Transfer During Transfer
Programming Your Scanner
System Settings
Programming Your Scanner
General Notes
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
Menu Program System
Specifying the Correct System Type
Programming System Options
Editing the System Quick Key
Edit Sys Options F Set Lockout F
Setting the Startup Key
Setting the System Lockout
Edit Sys Options Set Startup Key
Setting Data Skip
Setting the System Hold Time
Setting ID Scan/ID Search
Setting Channel Delay Time
Edit Sys Option Edit Fleet Map
Setting Location Information
Setting the Fleet Map Type I Only
Edit Sys Option Set LocationInfo
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
Edit Sys Option Edcs ID Format
Setting the Edacs ID Format
Setting the System Record Option
Reviewing ID Search Lockouts
Copying Systems
Clearing All Locked Out ID’s
Editing Sites
Editing Channel Groups
Copy System New Sys Name?
Setting the Site Name
Programming Sites
Deleting Systems
Edit Name
Setting the Site Quick Key
Setting the Site Startup Key
MU2 Motorola UHF EDW Edacs Wide EDN Edacs Narrow
Edit Site F
Setting Site Frequencies
Setting Site Modulation
Set Frequencies F
Set Lockout
Setting Site Attenuation
Setting Site Lockout
Set Modulation F
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
Trunked Systems Sites
Setting Up a Channel Group
Programming Channel Groups
Editing a Channel Group Name
Edit Group F
Setting the Group Quick Key
Editing Channels
Locking Out Channel Groups
Editing the Channel Name Alpha Tag
Programming Channels
Deleting Channel Groups
Creating a Channel
Editing Frequencies
Editing the Talk Group ID
Edit Frequency
Set CTCSS/DCS
Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones
Quick CTCSS/DCS Save
Edit Tgid
Setting Channel Modulation Method
Setting Channel Attenuation
Set Modulation
Set Alert 1 to
Setting Channel Priority
Setting Channel Alert
Set Priority
Edit Group Select a channel group Edit Channel
Setting Channel RecordMECL
Setting Lockout
Copying a 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
Quick Search? Yes=E / No= Press .No then To Edit Custom
Editing a Custom Search Range
Press .No then To Custom Search F
Search for ... F Edit Custom Custom 1, Custom 2 to Custom
Search With Scan
Method Two
Set Delay Time
Editing a Service Search
Method One
Saving a Found Channel Quick Save
Set Attenuator
Set Record
Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key
Search and Store
Auto Search and Store
Selecting a System
Conventional Search and Store
Trunked Search and Store
Close Call
Using the Close Call Feature
Setting Close Call Options
Using the Close Call Feature
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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
Repeater Find On or Off
Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value
Setting the Modulation Type
Finding Repeater Output Frequencies
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
Fire Tone-Out Introduction
Setting Tone-Out Standby
Setting Up Tone-Out
Menu Tone-Out for... F Tone-Out Setup F
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Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring
Setting Tone-Out Record
Initial Scanner/GPS Operation
Using the BCT15 with a GPS
Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device
Device Compatibility
Location-Based GPS Scanning
Using the BCT15 with a GPS
Another Example of Multiple Site Creation
Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features
Yymmdd hhmmss
Delete Location Confirm Delete? Yes=E / No=
Setting the Options
Deleting a Location
Menu Program Location F
For Dangerous Xing, and Dangerous Road Only
For POI Only
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GPS Display Mode
GPS Review Location Mode
Location
Care and Maintenance
Cleaning
General Use
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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