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UBC340CRS
Owner’s Manual
UBC40CRS OM.indd 7/5/08 4:8:00 PM
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Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following. EARPHONE WARNING! Use only a genuine Uniden earphone. An incorrect earphone may be hazardous to your hearing. Turn down volume before connecting the earphone and then adjust volume to suit. Precautions UBC40CRS OM.indd 7/5/08 4:8:0 PM
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WARNING! Uniden does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their respective holders. Important: If you use the supplied AC adapter to power the scanner but have not installed batteries in the scanner, never turn the scanner off by disconnecting the AC adapter or unplugging it from the AC outlet. This might corrupt the scanner’s memory.
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Contents Unpacking Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Setting Up The Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Birdies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories) . . . . . .
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Unpacking Your Scanner Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have: Telescopic Antenna UBC340CRS Scanner UBC340CRS Owner’s Manual Band Lower Limit Upper Limit Step Other Printed Material This Owner’s Manual Modulation Service No. (MHz) (MHz) (kHz) 0.5000 .70000 AM 0 AM Broadcast 5.00000 7.99500 AM 5 AM Band 0-6 Meter Amateur 8.00000 50.74500 FM 5 Band 5.75000 TV Broadcast Ch. 0 - 4 6.75000 WFM 7000 (AUS Mode) Australia Scanner 69.75000 Frequencies CD 5 7
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Introduction Your UBC40CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 00 channels distributed over ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor: • Police • Marine band • AM CB • UHF CB • Railroad • Air band • AM/FM Broadcast Stations • TV Channels (Australia 0-, 6-0 and NZ -9) Your scanner can monitor the following bands. Band Lower Limit Upper Limit Step Modulation Serv
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Features Channel Memory Scanning - Scans frequencies you have stored in any of the channels or banks at a rate of up to 60 channels per second. Memory Availability - Store and then scan any of up to 00 channels distributed over 0 banks. Direct Channel Access - Press 0 - 9 and HOLD to directly access any stored frequency. Channel Lockout/Frequency Lockout - Skip over stored frequencies (channels) using the Lockout feature to enable faster scanning. Lets you designate up to 50 frequencies t
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Clock Display - the scanner, in standby mode, displays the time. The clock also features an alarm that can sound up to 0 minutes or be shut off manually. A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an extra 5-minutes. Delay - you can enable or disable the -second delay to resume scanning when a transmission ends. Enabling this feature helps prevent missing a response from one of the parties in the transmission. LCD Backlight - you can enable or disable the LCD back lighted
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Controls Scanner 20 21 16 15 14 UBC340CRS 13 17 12 Air 18 19 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Introduction 9 UBC40CRS OM.indd 9 7/5/08 4:8:08 PM
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1 VOLUME Control - lets you raise or lower the level of the sound. 2 SqUELCH Control - lets you set the signal level required to receive a transmission. If you open the squelch all the way, you will hear hissing between transmissions. This lets you hear weak signals, but prevents scanning. As you close squelch, a stronger signal is required to stop scanning and open audio. You normally set the control to a point just where hissing on all channels stops between transmissions. 3 SCAN - press
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12 SEARCH/AM - In Scanner mode press to start a Limit Search or to resume searching. In AM/FM mode, press to select the AM memory bank. In Service mode, press to select the POLICE service. 13 L/O FM1 - In Scanner mode, press to lock or unlock a channel memory in SCAN (HOLD) or PROGRAM mode. In Search mode, press to set or clear a selected frequency previously locked out in the LIMIT SEARCH or SERVICE SEARCH (Hold) mode. In AM/FM mode, press to select the FM memory bank. In Service mode,
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1 2 3 4 5 6 LCD 7 9 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 1 to 10 - Scan mode: indicates Channel memory Bank AM/FM mode: indicates a radio station 2 L/O - Indicates a Locked Out channel or to skip a frequency while searching 3 SRCH - Indicates Limit Search mode, Service Search mode, and Direct Entry mode 4 DELAY - Indicates a second set delay for a channel before scanning resumes 5 PGM - Indicates Program mode 6 Battery - Flashes when the battery power is low. Non-flashing: no battery install
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Setting Up The Scanner These guidelines will help you install and use your new scanner: • If your scanner receives interference or electrical noise, move the scanner or its antenna away from the source. You might also try changing the height or angle of the antennas. • Use an optional mono earphone or mono headset with proper impedance for private listening. • Do not use the scanner in high-moisture environments such as in the kitchen or bathroom. • Avoid placing the scanner in direct sunlig
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Note that the batteries are intended to provide backup power for the clock and for scanning for a short time. When the backup batteries becomes too low, appears. Promptly replace the batteries. When you either install batteries or connect the AC Adapter to a standard Australia/New Zealand wall outlet, the scanner powers on and goes to STANDBY mode. The display shows the initial clock time of :00 AM. The scanner remains in STANDBY mode. Connecting an Antenna The scanner uses an external
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CAUTION: Be sure to follow all safety warnings provided with the antenna. Failure to do so could expose you to risk of injury or death and could severely damage the scanner. Using the Backlight To turn on the backlight for 5 seconds, tap SNOOzE/Backlight. To turn on the backlight permanently, press and hold SNOOzE/Backlight for over seconds. To turn off the backlight, press and hold SNOOzE/Backlight again. Country Mode (Australia/New zealand) The UBC40CRS is set to the Australian mode
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Using the Alarm Clock Your scanner’s Clock displays whenever you turn off the radio functions. CAUTION: Be sure to follow all safety warnings provided with the It can also be used as a standard alarm clock. antenna. Failure to do so could expose you to risk of injury or death and could severely damage the scanner. Setting the Current Time Using the Backlight Follow the steps to set the current time: To turn on the backlight for 5 seconds, tap SNOOzE/Backlight. To turn . Move the slide switc
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To have the UBC40CRS alert you at the selected time, slide Off/Radio/Tone to either Radio or Tone. If you set the selector to Radio, the alarm will sound with the selected audio source (AM/FM, Scanner, or AIR). If you set the selector to Tone, the scanner will sound a tone at the set time. To silence the alarm, slide Off/Radio/Tone to Off. If you do not turn off the alarm, it will sound for 0 minutes, then reset to alert you again the following day. Using Snooze When the alarm sounds
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Listening to AM/FM/TV Channels To listen to AM/FM/TV channels, slide the mode selector to AM/FM. Then, press the button at the top of the scanner to select the desired source (AM for AM Broadcast, FM or FM for FM or TV Broadcast). Directly Selecting a Channel Press SVC/DIR to select the direct entry mode. Use the s/t buttons to step through the selected band. The scanner stops on active channels. TV channels are scanned after FM channels in FM mode. You can also enter the channel freq
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Using AM/FM/TV Channel Memory Your scanner has 0 AM/FM memories for quick channel recall (0 for AM, 0 for FM/TV). To store a channel into memory, first select the band (AM, FM or FM). Then, directly select the channel you want to store (see above). While listening to the channel, press and hold the number button that corresponds to the memory you want to save the channel into for seconds. The scanner switches to the Memory mode for the current band. To quickly recall a channel, s
