User manual UNIDEN BC 60XLT

[. . . ] 36 1 Introduction The BC60XLT-1 Scanner is a sophisticated information radio that allows you to monitor 10 different frequency bands and the NOAA weather information broadcasts. It is a state-of-the-art radio with scanning capabilities, and it can save up to 30 different frequencies in memory. What is Scanning? Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way communications do not transmit continuously. The BC60XLT-1 scans programmed channels until it finds an active frequency. Scanning stops on an active frequency and remains on that channel as long as the transmission continues. [. . . ] You can designate any of the 30 available channels as your Priority Channel. To activate Priority Scan (in either Manual or Scan Mode): 1. Press . Note: If you have locked out the priority channel, this message appears when you select Priority Mode. Press again at anytime to deactivate Priority Scan. 21 Changing the Priority Channel You cannot eliminate the Priority Channel, but you can change it to any other of the 30 available channels. Press . 2. Select a new Priority Channel. Then press again. 3. Press and hold for two seconds to designate this channel as your new Priority Channel. Two beeps indicate that the Priority Channel is changed. 22 Chain Search Use Chain Search to find active frequencies in your area. You can search up to all five personal bands or turn off those bands you don't want to hear. This gives you flexibility of searching for any channel between 29 and 512 MHz, as long as they are within the 10 frequencies bands covered by the BC60XLT-1. See the table on page 3, the Technical Specifications on page 34, or the table on the back of the BC60XLT-1. Setting a Search Range An error message displays when R is pressed and you have not either specified a search range in at least one Chain Search band --OR-- If you attempt to turn off all Personal Chain Search bands. The Error message turns off automatically and Chain 1 is selected when all search locations are empty. Press M to return to normal scan, or press s to select the band you want to program. 23 To program a frequency range into one of the five personal Chain Search bands, follow these steps: 1. Press s until the search location you want appears in the display. 2. Enter lower limit of the search band. Then press E. Note: The display alternates between the upper and lower ranges. 3. Enter upper limit of the search band. Then press E. 24 Note: The display alternates between the upper and lower ranges. If you program the wrong limit, press 0 and E, then press 0 and E again to erase the error and reset the limits to zero. Either press R to begin your search. Note: Your scanner searches each selected Personal Chain Search band. The display flashes the number of the band while it's scanned. Other bands which are programmed and selected are displayed but do not flash. --OR-- Press s to move to the next chain location. Note: You can press the Chain Search band number, followed by s, to access the location directly. 25 5. To turn off a Chain Search band during search scanning, press its location number. For example, (a) if Chain Search locations 1, 2 and 3 are selected, (b) press 3 to turn off band three so that it's not scanned during your search. Search Hold Feature 1. Press U or D at anytime to stop the search. 2. Press U to move to the next higher frequency --OR-- (See Step 3) 3. Press D to move down to the previous frequency. 4. Press R to resume searching. Note: The search continues toward either the upper or lower search limit, depending on which direction key (U or D) was pressed last. 26 Channel Skip If a particular channel continues to interrupt search scanning, it is possible to set your scanner to skip the frequency. [. . . ] Adjust squelch threshold - refer to page 10, Setting the Squelch. Check to see if many of the channels are locked out. If so, the scanner has less chance of finding an active channel. Review each channel's frequency to see if it is still stored in memory and is correct. [. . . ]