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 call. These
calls are not
monitored by your
scanner.
Note:The Scanner does not show activity bars for
private or phone interconnect calls for
EDACS
®systems.
nThe indicator which
flashes when an ID
displays represents
the frequency being
used by the talk
group.
nIf you’re holding on an
ID which isn’t active,
the activity indicators
will turn on and off as
other groups use the
system.
Note:If more than 20 channels are stored in a bank,
then the indicators represent multiple channels.
For example, if 28 channels are programmed, the
first 8 activity indicators each represent two
channels.
nThe display may change from showing channel
activity indicators to Scan List memory positions.
To restore to the previous setting, press .
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							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
police IDs, List 2 for fire department IDs, List 3 for
emergency medical service IDs, etc. Once IDs are stored
in lists, you can scan them like you scan conventional
frequencies. You can program your scan lists either
manually or during trunking search mode.
Check the web sitewww.trunktracker.comor
www.bearcat1.com/free.htmfor a complete list of talk
groups for your area that you can program into your
Scan Lists.
Programming ID Scan Lists Manually
1. Select the Trunking
bank you want.
2. After tracking is
started, press .
3. Use and
to select the
Scan List location you
want to program. For
example, select the
second memory
location in the first
scan list.
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TRUNK
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							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.
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							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 that keeps
related talk groups together. Your scanner is designed to
use this organization to make your scanning easy. It has
two new features, AFS and XPAND, to let you zero in on
just the part of the system you want to hear, whether it is
an individual channel or an entire department or city.
AFS Display
AFS (Agency-Fleet-Subfleet) is the numbering system
used in the TrunkTracker II to display and enter EDACS
talk groups. Systems differ, but AFS will help you
recognize and program them all. And AFS works together
with XPAND to provide a new kind of scanning flexibility.
XPAND
XPAND lets you expand or narrow searching and scanning
to one of 4 levels. By entering only the desired part of a
talk group, you can select 2048 talk groups, 128 talk
groups, 8 talk groups, or a single talk group. For example,
you might program every talk group in a police department
with just 4 key presses.
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							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 pressing, for example:
01, , 01, (all 01 talk groups within the 01
Agency will be scanned)
You can also “Blockout” a large number of talk
groups by pressing after entering an Agency or
an Agency and Fleet into memory. This is a very
powerful feature!
Note:In AFS mode, Agency numbers range from
00 through 15.
If you prefer to view and program talk groups in “decimal”
mode, press and hold for two seconds while in an
EDACS trunking bank and the display method will change.
It will stay changed until you press and hold again for
two seconds while in EDACS operation. Decimal mode will
not work with partial talk groups entered in AFS mode into
Scan List memory.
For further details and examples, please see the Appendix.
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							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 active scanning,
press its
number again.
4. Press to return to
Trunk Tracking
Search mode.
To alternate your
display between the
trunking repeater
indicators and the
Scan List indicators,
press .
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							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 talk group in
each List is the priority by pressing and holding .
It’s very similar to conventional priority although there is no
“interrupt” during the transmissions. Priorities are checked
in between transmissions.
With Priority on, you can hold on an ID in your Scan List,
such as Scan List 6, memory position 7, and the scanner
will check all the priorities in all the active Scan Lists every
few seconds and in between any transmissions on the ID
on which you’re holding. The lowest numbered priority will
be checked first. For example, the priority channel in List 1
will be checked before the priority in List 2, etc.
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							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 Tracking
Search mode.
Deleting a Stored ID
To delete a stored ID:
a. Press .
b. Then press .
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							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 can trunk scan or search and scan conventional
frequencies at the same time.
3.You can program conventional frequencies in the same
bank as trunking systems. After the radio finishes checking
a trunked system for activity, it will conventionally scan the
other frequencies in the bank (remember, only trunking
frequencies are programmed in TRUNK mode).
To scan a mix of trunking and conventional banks, select
the banks you wish to be active with trunking off, then
press . The radio will instantly begin scanning. If you
have not programmed a trunking bank with talk group ID’s,
you will receive an ERROR message for that bank. You
can switch to SEARCH mode and the scanner will search
for any active ID’s on the system.
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							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 systems require a Fleet Map that
sets specific Fleet-Subfleet parameters. It’s easy to select
a Fleet Map for your scanner; what isn’t always easy is
selecting or programming a map that matches your
particular area.
There are 16 preset Fleet Maps listed in the appendix that
you can choose, and these are usually a good place to
start when setting up a Type I/Hybrid trunk tracking bank. If
you choose a preset map and still have difficulty following
complete conversations, then you’ll have to program your
own Fleet Map.
Selecting Trunking Programming Mode
To change the system type which your scanner monitors,
you must be in the Trunking Programming mode. To select
this mode, follow these steps:
If you are in Conventional Scan mode:
1. Press and hold .
You’ll hear two short
beeps andBANKand
TRUNKwill begin to
flash in the display.
2. Select the trunking
bank you want to
program.
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