AMWUB315Trunk Tracking Digital Capable

Contents Introduction ...........................................................................................1 Front View ............................................................................................2 Top View and Icon Display...................................................................3 BC250D SHORTCUTS .....................................................................4 Important Notice ...................................................................................6 Terminology ..........................................................................................7 What is Scanning?............................................................................7 What is Searching?...........................................................................7 What is Trunk Tracking?...................................................................7 What is APCO Project 25 Digital Communications ? .......................8 Feature Highlights ................................................................................9 Where to Obtain More Information .....................................................11 Information on the Internet .............................................................11 Included with Your Scanner Package ................................................12 Setup ..................................................................................................13 Installing the Battery Pack ..............................................................13 Charging the Battery Pack..............................................................13 Low Battery Indicator ......................................................................13 Flexible Antenna .............................................................................14 Beltclip ............................................................................................14 Listening Safely ..............................................................................14 Connecting the Clone Cable...........................................................14 Basic Operation ..................................................................................15 Turn the Scanner On ......................................................................15 Setting the Squelch ........................................................................15 Understanding the Menu System ...................................................16 Menu Description and Numeric Keypad Equivalents .....................17 Programming ......................................................................................26 Storing Frequencies into Channels in Menu Mode ........................26 Editing a Stored Frequency ............................................................27 Duplicate Frequency Alert ..............................................................27 Transfer Frequencies......................................................................27 Storing Text Tags ...........................................................................28 Beep Alert .......................................................................................29 Programming Tips ..........................................................................29 Deleting a Stored Frequency ..........................................................30 Scanning.............................................................................................31 Scan Hold Feature..........................................................................31 Storing Frequency ..........................................................................32 RF Attenuation Feature ..................................................................32 Setting the Delay Mode for Frequency ...........................................33 Channel Lockout.............................................................................33 Restoring a Locked-out Channel ....................................................34 Restoring All Locked-out Channels ................................................34 Priority Scan ...................................................................................35 Changing the Priority Channel........................................................35 Prioroty Channel Plus Scan............................................................36 Searching............................................................................................37 Setting Chain Search......................................................................37 Search Hold Feature.......................................................................38 Data Skip ........................................................................................38 Frequency Skip ...............................................................................39 Storing Search Frequencies ...........................................................39 Auto Storing ....................................................................................40 Squelch (SQ) Mode ........................................................................41 Additional Menu Options for Searching .........................................43 Service Search ...................................................................................44 Service Search Skip .......................................................................45 BC250D 9/20/2 2:51 PM Page iii NWR-SAME Alert ...........................................................................45 Testing the Alert Siren ....................................................................46 Programming FIPS Code................................................................46 Digital and Trunked Systems .............................................................48 Programming and Receiving Digital and Trunked Systems...............50 Selecting or Changing Trunking System Type ...............................50 Programming Trunk…

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