Uniden BCT8 - Manual (Page 20)

Highway Patrol Scanning
Highway Patrol frequencies are pre-programmed on a state-by-state basis. When Highway
Patrol scanning, the Highway Warning Alert is activated.
Selecting the State
1. Press STATE to select the state you are operating in.
Press and hold STATE to scroll rapidly.
Hint: For the State Code Order, please see page 56.
2. To step forward through the states (A - W), press STATE
and, within three seconds, press the
▲ key repeatedly. To
step backward through the states (W - A), press STATE and,
within three seconds, press the
▼ key repeatedly.
3. To scroll rapidly, press and hold the
▲ or ▼ key.
Scanning Highway Patrol Frequency
You can scan Highway Patrol frequencies by pressing PVT or HWY.
1. Press HWY to scan through only pre-programmed Highway
Patrol frequencies.
or
Press PVT repeatedly in Highway scanning mode until “HWY”
appears on the display to scan through pre-programmed
Highway Patrol frequencies.
Hint: If you press PVT repeatedly in Highway scanning mode
until “HWY” and “PVT” appears on the display, you can
mix-scan between Highway Patrol frequencies and User
Programmed channels.
2. When the scanner receives communications, scanning stops,
the state code and the frequency appear.
When the transmission ends, the scanner holds for two
seconds on that frequency for a response. For more
information on the Delay feature, please see page 28.
If there is no response, scanning resumes.
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