User manual UNIDEN SC200 BEARCAT SCANNER

[. . . ] SC200 200-Channel Programmable Twin Turbo Hand-Held Sports Scanner OPERATING GUIDE Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following: n WARNING!Uniden DOES NOT represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, DO NOT expose this unit to rain or moisture. Be sure to use only the supplied earphone, or a stereo headset of the proper impedance (32W ). [. . . ] Go directly to that channel using any of the methods described above. 2. Press and hold for at least 2 seconds. You will hear "two beeps, " and P will appear on the display to the left of the new channel number. That channel will now be the Priority Channel for that Bank. (The P will no longer appear for the previous Priority Channel. ) To activate Priority Scan, press . The PRIORITY indicator will appear at the bottom of the display. To deactivate Priority Scan, press again. The PRIORITY indicator will disappear from the bottom of the display. Delay Normally the scanner will resume scanning when a transmission stops. If you want to remain on a channel until a responding transmission is received, activate the DELAY feature. This feature can be active in SCAN, MANUAL, SEARCH, and WEATHER Modes. 1. The DELAY indicator appears on the display. The scanner will now pause 2 seconds after transmission stops before resuming scanning. The DELAY indicator disappears from the display. 2. Press 24 Locking Out Channels You may have programmed certain channels that you do not want to hear every time you scan. These might be channels that are busy a major portion of the time, causing the scanner to stop at the channel(s) often enough to interrupt the scan cycle. You can Lock Out those channels so they are not scanned. 1. Go directly to the channel using any of the methods described above. 2. L/O appears on the display. That channel is now "Locked Out" of the scanning cycle. To include the channel back in the scanning cycle: 1. The L/O indicator now disappears from the display, and the channel is no longer "Locked Out". You can lock out any or all of the Priority Channels in the same way as other channels. If you lock out all Priority Channels you will see this message in Priority Mode: You can also remove L/O from all "Locked Out" channels in the selected Scan Banks (those appearing on the display. ) Press and hold for at least 2 seconds. You will hear 2 beeps and all channels except empty channels (000. 0000MHz) are returned to the scanning cycle in the selected Scan Banks. Looking for "Locked Out" Channels During scanning, you will not see "Locked Out" channels. [. . . ] Adjust squelch threshold-refer to page17 setting the squelch. Check to see if may 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. [. . . ]