User manual UNIDEN BC898T

[. . . ] Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following. IMPORTANT! This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will not tune to the radio frequencies assigned by the FCC for cellular telephone usage. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, makes it a federal crime to intentionally intercept cellular or cordless telephone transmissions or to market this radio when altered to receive them. The installation, possession, or use of this scanning radio in a motor vehicle may be prohibited, regulated, or require a permit in certain states, cities, and/or local jurisdictions. Your local law enforcement officials should be able to provide you with information regarding the laws in your community. [. . . ] The ID is locked out, and the next active ID appears. Note: If you lock out an ID in search mode, it is also locked out in scan list mode. Conversely, if you lock out an ID while in scan list mode, it is locked out in search mode. Restoring a Single ID Follow these steps to unlock a single ID. Hold down L/O until you hear two short beeps. Use either the rotary tuner or HOLD or LIMIT to select the ID you want to unlock. The ID is unlocked and the next locked ID appears. Press SRC to return to the search mode. Restoring All ID's Follow these steps to unlock all locked out ID's at once: 1. Hold down L/O until you hear two short beeps. Hold down L/O for about 2 seconds to unlock all the ID's at once. Note: If you unlock all the ID's, Non appears. Press SCAN to scan the ID's stored in your scan lists or press SRC to return to the search mode. Press SRC to return to the search mode. Searching Tips ID Delay Mode Use the DELAY key to select the delay mode if it's not active. This mode holds an ID for 2 seconds while you wait for a reply. In a trunked system, you can set a delay for each bank. Other groups might use the system, but your scanner will only look for the ID in the display. Note: If you consistently miss responses while in ID delay mode, you might need to change the default system type or change the fleet map you are using. ID Hold Mode Press HOLD to hold on a particular ID in the display. This is where the trunk tracking effect is really noticeable. You can hold a specific talk group, such as fire department onscene operations, no matter which frequency the group uses. 25 ID Monitor Mode To enter manual mode for a conventional system in a bank selected for a trunked system, press MANUAL. All active talk group ID's appear in succession. Note: Locked out ID's appear during ID monitor mode. Scan Lists You can program conventional or trunking frequencies into any of your scanner's banks When you designate a bank as a trunk tracking bank, your scanner sets up 10 scan lists (A ­J), which are simply lists used to store your favorite ID's. Each list can contain up to 10 ID's, so you can store a total of 100 ID's for each trunk tracking bank (1000 if you use all banks as trunking banks!). Scan lists help you organize the trunking system users into categories. [. . . ] If you don't already know the size codes used, you'll have to guess at them. But since you don't have to figure out all the blocks at once, this isn't as hard as it seems. Select a size code for a block, and then press SCAN. If you decide you are receiving most of the replies to the conversations with ID's assigned to the block you just programmed, then you've probably selected the right size code and can work on the next block of the map. [. . . ]