Uniden Bc785d Trunk Tracker Scanner Owners Manual

Note:•You can also or when selecting a channel. Press and hold or for
1second to move up/down more quickly.
•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 ERROR
appears on the display.
•For each channel, you can also change the step size or
the mode. (See page 93).
Remember! You can also use or instead of rotating the
VFO.
Also instead of...

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Transfer Frequencies
You can transfer a frequency that has been stored in a channel to another channel.
1. Press /HOLD.
2. Press TRNFR, 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 VFO
or using or and pressing E.
Note: When the frequency is transferred, channel data along with the frequency is also...

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numbers and punctuation marks.
6. After entering the desired text, press E.
Remember! To clear a mistake while entering the letters, press  (decimal key)
repeatedly until the display is cleared.
Beep Alert
The scanner can alert you with three beeps at the beginning of a transmission on an
assigned frequency.
Assigning the Beep Alert to a Channel
This alert can be set ON/OFF for every channel in Conventional mode.
In conventional mode -
1. Press MENU.
2. Select 2:SCAN  OPTION/ 1:CONVENTIONALby...

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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....

31 Note: When in Hold mode, you can use the VFOto step up or down through the channels.
You can also switch from stepping up/down through channels to stepping up/down
through frequencies by pressing the VFO.
Storing Frequencies During Scanning
During Scanning
1. Press /HOLD.
2. Press TRNFR, and the empty channel number appears 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, and WARNINGappears on the
display and you...

32 1. Press MENU.
2. For Scan mode, select 2:SCAN  OPTION/ 1:CONVENTIONALby rotating the
VFOand pressing E.
3. Select the channel number of the stored frequency to be delayed by rotating the VFO
and pressing E.
4. Select 2:DELAYand press E.
5. Rotate the VFOto select one of the delay periods and press E. 
6. For Search mode, select 1:SERVICE  OPTION/ :CHAIN  SEARCH/ 3:DELAY
by rotating the VFOand pressing E, then set to a delay period the same way as the
Scan mode setting.
Note: The delay periods are as...

33 Lockout in Scanning Mode
If the scanner keeps stopping on a particular channel due to noise or frequent transmissions,
you may want to keep that channel from scanning.
1. Wait until the scanner stops on the channel.
2. Then press L/O.
3. The scanner immediately resumes scanning because the locked out channel is no longer
in the scanning sequence.
Lockout Tips Write down your locked-out channels and put in a convenient place in
case you need to restore them.
Restoring a Locked-out Channel
1. Press...

Priority Scan
When Priority Scan is turned ON, your scanner checks the priority channel in the banks you
selected every 2 seconds for activity. If a signal is present on the priority channel, your
scanner monitors the channel until the transmission ends, then resumes normal scanning.
You can designate one channel in each bank as a Priority Channel. By default, the first
channel in each bank is the Priority Channel, but you can change this.
To activate Priority Scan (in either the Hold or Scan Mode):
1....

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Priority Channel Plus Scan
You can scan only the Priority Channels (except for the locked out channels) in the banks
you selected. To activate Priority Channel Plus 
(Only in Scan mode):
1. Press PRIto select PRIORITY  PLUS.
2. Press PRIto select PRIORITY  ONor PRIORITY  OFFon the display to deactivate
Priority Channel Plus Scan.
Note:Priority or Priority Plus Scan are disabled while Search mode is selected.
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Searching
Setting a Search Range
Note: First you must set the search ranges through the Menu screen prior to any searching.
The BC785D 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.
2. Select 1:SERVICE  OPTION / :CHAIN  SEARCH / 2:SEARCH  RANGE by
rotating the VFOand pressing E.
3. Select a range number by rotating VFOand pressing E.
4. Select 1:RANGEby rotating the VFOand pressing E. 
Enter the...