Uniden SC180 manual About Your New SportCat, What is Scanning?, What is Searching?

About Your New SportCat

The SportCat™ is a brand new state-of-the-art information radio with automatic scanning capabilities. It can store frequencies such as sporting events, police, fire/emergency, and other communications into 10 banks of 10 channels each. And you can scan all 100 channels at super fast Turbo Scan speed.

With the SportCat, you can do a fast search for active frequencies on all 12 preprogrammed bands. In the VHF bands (29-54MHz and 137-174MHz) you can also use super fast Turbo Search.

What is Scanning?

Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way communications (listed below) do not transmit continuously. The SportCat scans programmed channels at the rate of nearly 100 channels per second until it finds an active frequency.

Scanning stops on an active frequency, and remains on that channel as long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until another transmission is received. Or, you can select an optional Delay so the scanner stays on the channel for 2 more seconds after the transmission stops, waiting for another transmission, before resuming scanning.

While the SportCat is scanning channels it is in “SCAN

Mode”. When you stop the scanning with , it is in “MANUAL Mode”.

What is Searching?

The SportCat can search each of 12 preprogrammed bands to find active frequencies. This is different from scanning, because you can search for frequencies that have not been programmed into your SportCat. You can also search within the range of frequencies you have programmed before. You can set the direction of searching as well as the speed. The Turbo Search feature, new for Uniden scanners, can search VHF bands at up to 3 times the normal speed.

When the SportCat is searching for active frequencies, it is in “SEARCH Mode” or “TURBO SEARCH Mode”. When

you stop the search with , it is in “SEARCH HOLD Mode”. With both Turbo Scan and Turbo Search, your SportCat is truly a Twin Turbo Scanner.

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