Uniden Bc250d Widenband Scanner Owners Manual

Note:•To clear a mistake while entering the frequency,
press  (decimal key) repeatedly until the 
display is cleared.
•If you enter a channel or 
frequency which is out of the
scanner’s range, a beep will
sound and ERRORappears 
on the display.
•For each channel, you can also
change the step size or the
mode. (See page 103.)
Deleting a Stored Frequency
To delete a stored frequency:
a. Select a channel.
b. Press 0.
c. Then press E.
Note: Channels with no frequencies are
automatically locked out.
Editing a...

Transfer Frequencies
You can transfer a frequency that has been stored in a
channel to another channel.
1. Press HOLD/MAN.
2. Press TRANSFR, and the smallest empty channel number
along with the frequency will flash on the display. 
3. Press Eand the frequency can be stored in this channel.
4. If you want to enter it into another channel, select another
channel by rotating the VFOand pressing E.
Note: When the frequency is transferred, channel data along
with the frequency is also transferred. For...

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3. Select the channel number by rotating the VFOand
pressing E. You can also enter the channel number by
using the keypad and then press E.
4. Select 1:FREQUENCYand
ALPHA  TAGby rotating the VFO
and pressing E.
Note:You can only assign a text tag to
the channel where the frequency is stored.
5. The cursor appears on the display. Rotate the VFOto
change letters, and press HOLD/MANor RSMto move
right or left. Both capital and lower case letters are
available, as well as numbers and punctuation marks.
6....

•Group similar services into a bank. For example, program
police frequencies in channels 1 through 10 and
fire/emergency into channels 51 through 60, and so on.
•Put the frequency that you listen to the most or the most
important frequency into a Priority channel.
•To quickly program a series of channels, start with the
lowest number channel.
For example, when you are programming five new
frequencies into channels 4 through 8, start with channel
4. After you finish programming a channel, rotate the VFO...

Scanning
1. After programming frequencies, 
simply press SCANto begin scanning.
During scanning, when you rotate the
VFO, you can select the direction 
(↑or ↓) you want to scan.
2. The bank indicators selected for scanning appear on the
display, and the bank being currently monitored flashes.
You can deselect banks from active scanning by entering
their number on your keypad. The indicator for each
deselected bank disappears, and the bank’s channels are
not scanned.
Note: One bank must always be active....

2. Press TRNSFR, and the smallest
empty channel number flashes on 
the display.
3. Press E.
Note:•If you want to change the
channel, rotate the VFO.
•If the frequency you want to store exists already,
WARNINGappears on the display and you will hear
a beep. (See “Duplicate Frequency Alert” on page
27).
RF Attenuation Feature
The BC250D comes with an RF Attenuation feature. If youre
near an unusually strong signal source, the signal may
overload the scanner. The scanner may stop repeatedly on
that signal...

1:CONVENTIONALby rotating the VFOand pressing
E.
3. Select the channel number of the stored frequency to be
delayed by rotating the VFOand pressing E.
4. Select 2:DELAYand press E.
5. Rotate the VFOto select 1:ONor 2:OFFand press E. 
6. For Search mode, select 1:SERVICE  OPTION/
:CHAIN  SEARCH/3:DELAY by rotating the VFO
and pressing E, then set to 1:ONor 2:OFFthe same
way as the Scan mode setting.
Channel Lockout
You can lockout any channel so it is not checked during
normal scanning. You can restore...

Restoring a Locked-out Channel
1. Press HOLD/MAN.
2. Select a locked out channel.
a. Enter the channel number using
the keypad.
b. Then press HOLD/MANagain.
3. Press L/Oto unlock the channel. 
The L/Oicon disappears.
Restoring All Locked-out Channels
You can restore all locked-out channels in a bank only when a
bank is selected for scan. If you have deselected a bank and
you want to restore all of its locked-out channels using the
steps below, you must press SCANand then enter the
number of the bank on...

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Changing the Priority Channel
You cannot eliminate the Priority Channel, but you can
change it to any one of the 100 available channels in each
bank.
1. Press HOLD/MAN.
2. Select a new Priority Channel:
a. Enter the channel number using
the keypad.
b. Then press HOLD/MANagain.
3. Press and hold PRIfor 2 seconds to
designate this channel as your new
Priority Channel.
Two beeps indicates that the Priority
Channel has been changed. The P
icon appears on the display.
Note:•Priority in Trunking mode works...

Searching
Setting a Search Range
Note: First you must set the search ranges through the Menu
screen prior to any searching.
The BC250D can search up to 10 separate frequency ranges
to help you discover new stations in your area.
To set a Search Range, enter into the Menu mode.
1. Press MENU/BACK.
2. Select 1:SERVICE  OPTION / :CHAIN  SEARCH
/ 2:SEARCH  RANGE- by rotating the VFOand
pressing E.
3. Select a range number by rotating the VFOand pressing
E.
4. Select 1:RANGEby rotating the
VFOand pressing E....