Uniden Receiver BC245XLT Operating Instructions

Each frequency you program in a trunking bank
corresponds to an activity indicator at the top of your
scanner’s display. The way in which the Activity Indicators
display provide you with information about the system
you’re tracking.
nThe indicator which
remains on, even if
when there is no
traffic, represents the
frequency being used
as the data channel.
nIf an indicator turns on
and you don’t hear a
conversation, then the
channel is probably
being used for a
telephone
interconnect call or a
private...

Scan Lists
Each bank of yourBC 245XLTcan be a trunk tracking
bank or it can be a conventional scanning bank. When you
designate a bank as a trunking bank, your scanner sets up
10 Scan Lists, which are simply lists used to store your
favorite IDs. Each list can contain up to 10 IDs, so you can
store a total of 100 IDs for each trunk tracking bank. (1000
if you use all banks as trunking banks!)
Scan Lists help you organize the trunking system users
into categories. For example, you might use List 1 for...

4. Enter the Type II ID
you want to store, and
press .
—OR—
To enter a Type I ID:
a. Enter the fleet
number.
b. Press .
c.Enter the subfleet
number, and
press.
—OR—
To enter an
EDACS
®ID:
a. Enter ID you
want to
store. Use the
for
the “dash”.
b. Press .
If you wish to store
Decimal style ID,
press and hold
until you hear 2
short beeps before
step a.
Note:To clear a mistake while entering an ID,
press twice, and start over.
5. Press or to
select the next Scan
List location.
49
12345678 910TRUNK...

An icon will show an “E” in the display when you have
programmed an EDACS®system.
Note: TheBC 245XLTdefaults to “AFS” talk group
displays for EDACS
®only. AFS describes most
systems in the following manner:
Using the sample talk group 01-011:
01 is the Agency Level (such as police)
01-01 describes the Agency and fleet level (such
as police patrol)
01-011 describes the Agency, fleet and subfleet
level (such as police patrol east side) of a
particular talk group
EDACS systems are organized in a logical way...

You can also enter or display EDACS talk groups in
decimal format (0-2047). Just press and hold to switch
the scanner between AFS and decimal mode. But you
cannot use XPAND when in decimal mode.
You can program a specific talk group such as 01-011 into
Scan List memory, or, with AFS mode, you can program
the talk groups for an entire agency (there may be
hundreds) by pressing, for example:
01, , (all 01 groups will be scanned)
Or you can program all the talk groups within one fleet of
an Agency by...

ID Scan Mode
1. Press to begin
scanning the lists you
have programmed.
If you haven’t
programmed any IDs,
SCANdisplays but
your scanner cannot
stop on an active
conversation.
2. To remove a Scan
List from active
scanning, press the
number of the Scan
List on your keypad.
The Scan List
indicator turns off, and
the IDs in that list are
not scanned.
Note:One Scan List must always be active. If you
try and deactivate all the Scan Lists, Scan List 1
will automatically be active.
3. To restore a Scan List
to...

Note:Once you press or in one bank, all
trunking banks will change to that mode.
Setting Priority in Trunking Mode
You can set priority in your trunking banks, just as you do
in your conventional ones. After you’ve set up your Scan
List, press to activate it. The radio will default to
setting the first “channel” in each of your Scan List as a
priority. Since each trunking bank holds 10 Scan Lists of 10
memory channels each, channel 1, 11, 21, through 91 are
all default priorities. You can adjust which...

Programming Scan Lists During Search
To select a Scan List location and store an ID during
Search mode, follow these steps:
1. When your scanner
stops on an ID you
want to store, press
.
2. Use or
to select the Scan List
memory location you
want, then press .
3. Press to return to
Trunk Tracking
Search mode.
To let your scanner automatically store an ID in an
available Scan List location, follow these steps:
1. Press when your
scanner stops on an
ID you want to store.
2. Press to return to
Trunk...

Moving between Scan List Memories
There are a number of ways to step and move through
your Scan List memories:
1. Press repeatedly.
2. Or, Press , then press or .
3. Or, Press , Next press 0-9 (scan list number), then
press 0-9 (memory position). For example. To move to
Scan List 4, memory position 10, press:
,4,0,
Multi-Track
TheBC 245XLTallows you to track more than one system
at a time. Here are some highlights of this new feature:
1.You can actually track up to 10 trunking systems at
one time!
2.You...

Fleet Map Programming
If you have programmed a trunk tracking bank and select
, you will see user IDs display on your screen. Since
the
BC 245XLTdefaults to Type II systems, all the IDs will
appear as numbers. However, if you notice a mix of odd
and even user IDs, for example 6477, 2560, 6481, 6144,
1167, etc., then you are probably monitoring either a Type I
or EDACS system.
You may also notice that you’re missing responses when
you hold on an active ID. Unlike Type II and EDACS
systems, Type I/Hybrid...