Uniden BC 245XLT User Manual
Uniden Scanners
CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Important Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What is Scanning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What is Searching? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What is Trunk Tracking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to Obtain More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Information on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Included with Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Charging the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Low Battery Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adapter Safety Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Flexible Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turn the Scanner On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting the Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Keylock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LCD Back Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Auto Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Duplicate Frequency Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Programming Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Deleting a Stored Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RF Attenuation Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting the Delay Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Channel Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Lockout Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Restore a Locked Out Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Restore All Locked-Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Priority Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the Priority Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting a Search Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Turbo Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Search Hold Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Data Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Frequency Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Storing Search Frequencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SVC Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SVC Scan Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Programming with SVC Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Document Outline
- CONTENTS
- Introduction 3
- Important Notice 4
- Terminology 5
- Feature Highlights 7
- Where to Obtain More Information 9
- Included with Your Scanner 10
- Setup 11
- Basic Operation 14
- Programming 16
- Scanning 20
- Searching 28
- SVC Scanning 32
- Trunk Tracking 36
- Types of Trunking Systems 36
- EDACS® Tracking 38
- Setting the Squelch 39
- Programming Trunking Frequencies 39
- Searching a Trunked Bank 42
- Frequency Find Mode 43
- Direct Entry ID Hold Mode 43
- ID Lockout 44
- Restore a Single ID 44
- Restore all IDs 45
- Searching Tips 45
- Channel Activity Indicators 46
- Scan Lists 48
- Programming ID Scan Lists Manually 48
- ID Scan Mode 52
- Setting Priority in Trunking Mode 53
- Programming Scan Lists During Search 54
- Deleting a Stored ID 54
- Moving between Scan List Memories 55
- Multi-Track 55
- Fleet Map Programming 56
- Remote Interface 62
- Care and Maintenance 74
- Troubleshooting 76
- Specification 78
- Appendix 79
- One Year Limited Warranty inside back cover