Uniden Bc250d Widenband Scanner Owners Manual

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Contents
Introduction ...........................................................................................1
Front View ............................................................................................2
Icon Display ..........................................................................................3
BC250D SHORTCUTS.........................................................................4
Important Notice...

Service Search Skip .......................................................................44
NWR-SAME Alert ...........................................................................44
Testing the Alert Siren ....................................................................45
Programming FIPS Code................................................................45
Digital and Trunked Systems .............................................................47
Programming and Receiving Digital and Trunked...

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Introduction
The BC250D is a state-of-the-art Digital Capable radio with
TrunkTracker III and automatic scanning capabilities. It can
store frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine,
railroad, air, amateur, and other communications into 10
banks of 100 channels for a total of 1000 channels.
With the optional BCi25D, APCO-P25 Digital Card installed
you can monitor Public Safety Organizations who currently
use Conventional, Trunked at 3600 and Mixed Mode APCO
25 systems.
Use your new scanner to...

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Front View
1. Antenna Connector
2. Speaker
3. Display
4. DC Power Jack
5. Hold/Manual/Channel/Frequency Key (HOLD/MAN)
6. Scan Key (SCAN)
7. Menu/Back Key (MENU/BACK)
8. Lockout Key (L/O)
9. Light/Keypad Lock Key (/ )
10. Decimal/Reverse Key ( )
11. Earphone Jack
12. Volume/ON/OFF Control
13. Squelch Control
14. Remote Jack
15. VFO Control
16. Resume Key ( )
17. Service Key (SERVICE)
18. Search Key (SEARCH)
19. Numeric Keypad
20. Trunk Key (TRUNK)
21. Priority Key (PRI)
22. Transfer/Mute Key...

Icon Display
Uniden®
and Bearcat®
are registered trademarks of Uniden
America Corporation.
TrunkTracker is a proprietary trademark of Uniden America
Corporation.
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                          DESCRIPTION
Priority Channel Indicator
Lock Out  Mode Indicator
Scan/Search Direction Indicator
Chain Search Mode Indicator
Service Search Mode Indicator
Scan Mode Indicator
ID Scan Mode Indicator
ID Search Mode Indicator
Channel Type
Conventional Type
Trunk Type
Morola Tracking Type
LTR Tracking Type
EDACS Tracking...

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HOLD/
MANHOLD/
MAN5
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ID MEMORYselect
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MENU/
BACKMENU/
BACK MENU/
BACK MENU/
BACK MENU/
BACK
MENU/
BACK
MENU/
BACK
MENU/
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the neat entry Programming.
To receive an alert for activity on 
specific IDs while trunk tracking, 
turn on the Beep Alert for that 
ID. (for example; replace the frequency 
on channel 5 to 155.000)
To receive an alert for activity on 
a specific channel, turn on the 
Beep Alert for that channel.
Rotate the VFO...

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6SEARCHselect
bank
select
range
select
speed select
range
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MENU/
BACKMENU/
BACK
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BACK MENU/
BACK
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To set up a system for trunk tracking, 
select a bank, then enter the trunk type.
Then enter the trunk type you want to 
track. Press            .
To silence the scanners audio output,
set the scanner to Mute On.
Press and hold            .To program and control your scanner 
remotely from a PC using...

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Important Notice
•This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will
not tune 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...