Introduction, Ltr | Uniden BCT8 manual

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Introduction

The BCT8 is a state-of-the-art Trunk Tracking Scanner with BearTracker technology which will alert you when the highway patrol is within approximately a 3 mile radius. It can store 250 frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, railroad, air, amateur, and other communications into 5 banks of 50 channels for a total of 250 channels.

Use your new scanner to monitor:

•Highway Patrol

•Local Police and Country Sheriffs

•Trunking for: Motorola

Type I Type II

Type II: (Hybrid)

EDACS Wide band Scat

LTR

•Business/Industrial Radio

•Utilities

•Marine Band

•Aircraft Band

•And much more...

The chart below identifies the scanner band numbers, the frequency range, the modulation mode and the default step size settings.

	Band	Range		Mode	Step	Transmission
	No.	(MHz)		Mode	Step	Transmission
	No.	(MHz)

	1	25.0000	- 27.9950	AM	5kHz	Citizens Band

	2	28.0000	- 29.9950	FM	5kHz	10 Meter Amateur Band

	3	30.0000	- 49.9950	FM	5kHz	VHF Low Band

	4	50.0000	- 54.0000	FM	5kHz	6 Meter Amateur Band

	5	108.0000	- 136.9875	AM	12.5kHz	AM Aircraft

	6	137.0000	- 143.9950	FM	5kHz	Military Land Mobile

	7	144.0000	- 147.9950	FM	5kHz	2 Meter Amateur Band

	8	148.0000	- 174.0000	FM	5kHz	VHF High Band

	9	400.0000	- 419.9875	FM	12.5kHz	Federal Govt. Land Mobile

	10	420.0000	- 449.9875	FM	12.5kHz	70 cm Amateur Band

	11	450.0000	- 469.9875	FM	12.5kHz	UHF Standard Band

	12	470.0000	- 512.0000	FM	12.5kHz	UHF “T” Band

		806.0000	- 826.9875
	13	849.0125	- 868.9875	FM	12.5kHz	Public Service Band
		894.0125	- 956.0000

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Contents

Page Precautions Contents BCT8 8/13/03 513 PM LTR Introduction 8 9 Front and Rear Views 1718 Icon Display What is Searching? What is Scanning?What is Trunk Tracking? Terminology BCT8 8/13/03 513 PM Feature Highlights Scanner.uniden.com Where to Obtain More InformationInformation on the Internet Included with Your Scanner Package Optional Accessories For Home Use Desktop Installation Installing the BCT8For Mobile Use In-Car Installation Connecting the Antenna Plug Connecting the Power Cord Installation for everyday use Mounting the Scanner in Your Vehicle Typical Mounting Methods DC power Installation Applying Power for Vehicle Installation Connecting an External Speaker Applying Power Using Standard AC PowerConnecting the Clone Cable Listening Safely Turn the Scanner On Scanning Overview How Squelch Works Setting the Squelch Scanning Highway Patrol Frequency Highway Patrol ScanningSelecting the State Highway Patrol Scan Hold Alert Tone VolumeHighway Warning Alert Muting the Alert Tone Storing Highway Patrol Frequencies Alert Light AdjustmentSkip Frequencies Priority Channels Florida Trunked Highway Frequency Deleting a Stored Frequency Private Bank ScanningProgramming Frequencies into Channels Scanning Private Bank Duplicate Frequency AlertMemory Lock Channel Lockout Restoring a Locked-out Channel in Hold ModeHold/Resume Changing the Priority Channel Restoring All Locked-out ChannelsPriority Scan Service Scanning Band Search Setting a Search Band Frequency Skip Search Hold FeatureData Skip Storing Search Frequencies Delay Trunk Tracking Selecting Trunking System Type Programming Trunking Frequencies Programming Talk Group ID/Scan Lists Programming Trunking Frequencies To enter a Type 1 ID To enter a Type 2 Talk Group IDTo enter a Full Edacs ID To enter a Partial Edacs ID Receiving Trunked Systems ID Scan Mode To directly access a specific ID location ID Scan Hold FeatureID Search Mode ID Search Hold and Direct Entry ID in Hold Mode ID Monitor ModeProgramming Scan Lists During Search Deleting a Stored ID To restore all locked out IDs in a bank once To restore a single ID, follow these stepsID Lockout Review ID Lockout Setting Priority in Trunking Mode Setting the Delay Mode for Trunking ModeTrunking Frequency Confirmation Moving between Scan List Memories Multi-Track Operational Details Multi-Track Programming Edacs System Frequencies Edacs ReceptionEdacs Tracking An Edacs Trunked system AFS Partial Entry Feature Special Edacs Features LTR Tracking LTR Reception Motorola Tracking Motorola Reception Programming a User Fleet Map Selecting Preset Fleet MapFleet Map Programming Programming a Hybrid System Toggling the Status Bit Control Channel Only Mode Disconnect Tone Detect Option End Code Remote Interface PC Control ModeTo connect Scanner to PC To program your scanner Scanner.uniden.com PC Control Parameter Clone ModeStart Remote Mode and Change Transfer Speed To connect the Scanner to Scanner Send data Receive data General Use Care and Maintenance Troubleshooting BCT8 8/13/03 514 PM Specifications State Cord Order Appendix Preset Fleet Maps Size Code Type I Programming Information User Defined Fleet Maps Fleet Map Size Codes Uniden America Corporation One Year Limited Warranty