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Precautions Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following. IMPORTANT! This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will not tune to the radio frequencies assigned by the FCC for cellular telephone usage. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, makes it a federal crime to intentionally intercept cellular or cordless telephone transmissions or to market this radio when altered to receive them. The installation, possession, or use of this scan
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BCT15 Quick Start Guide To help you enjoy the features and performance of your BCT15 as fast as possible, follow the steps below. See the content of the manual if you need additional information. 1. Mount the scanner and connect power. 2. Attach the antenna. 3. Rotate the [VOL] control clockwise past the click to a midpoint. 4. Rotate [SQ/STATE] to its minimum position. 5. Press the [SQ/STATE] knob. 6. Rotate the Scroll Control knob until your state is highlighted. 7. Press the Scroll Control
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Table of Contents Precautions........................................................................................................................................... 2 BCT15 Quick Start Guide .....................................................................................................................3 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................4 The FCC Wants You to Know ...........
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Removing the Scanner from the DIN-E Sleeve ............................................................................... 37 Mounting Using ISO Technique ...................................................................................................... 38 Removing the Display Sticker ......................................................................................................... 39 Connecting an Optional Antenna ......................................................................
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Programming General Settings ........................................................................................................64 Setting and Using the Display Backlight ............................................................................................64 Setting the Dimmer .........................................................................................................................64 Adjusting the Key Beep ...............................................................
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Setting I-Call Operation ................................................................................................................ 82 Setting the Emergency Alert Option .............................................................................................83 Assigning a Conventional System to a State .................................................................................. 83 Conventional Systems ..............................................................................
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Searching and Storing .....................................................................................................................101 Service Search ................................................................................................................................101 Quick Search ...................................................................................................................................102 Custom Search ................................................
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Using the BCT15 with a GPS ........................................................................................................... 126 Device Compatibility ........................................................................................................................ 126 Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device .................................................................................... 126 Initial Scanner/GPS Operation ........................................................
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The FCC Wants You to Know This scanner has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This scanner generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee that in
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up these transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Modifying or tampering with your scanner’s internal components or using it in a way other than as described in this manual could invalidate your warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it. In some areas, mobile and/or portable use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit. Check the laws in your area. It is also illega
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Introduction Your BCT15 scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner radio with Trunk Tracker™ III and automatic scanning capabilities. You can store in the dynamic memory conventional frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other communications. You can store and scan services that use Trunked Radio Systems and so much more. You can use the scanner’s Scroll Control to quickly select channels and frequencies, and you can automatically program channels in a system usi
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Frequency Frequency (MHz) (MHz) Modulation Step (kHz) Comments Lower Edge Upper Edge 400.0000 405.9875 NFM 12.5 Miscellaneous 406.0000 419.9875 NFM 12.5 Federal Government Land Mobile 420.0000 449.9875 NFM 12.5 70 cm Amateur Band 450.0000 469.9875 NFM 12.5 UHF Standard Band 470.0000 512.0000 NFM 12.5 UHF TV 764.0000 775.9875 NFM 12.5 Public Service Band 794.0000 805.9875 NFM 12.5 Public Service Band 806.0000 823.9875 NFM 12.5 Public Service Band 849.0125 868.9875 NFM 12.5 Public Service Band 89
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State-by-State Preprogrammed Channels — let you easily keep up with activity on local police, Department of Transportation, and Highway Patrol frequencies when you travel, without having to program any channels. Close Call™ RF Capture Technology — instantly detects and tunes to nearby transmissions with no additional programming. Close Call Do Not Disturb — checks for Close Call activity in between channel reception so active channels are not interrupted Close Call Temporary Store — temporar
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Tone Volume Adjust — lets you select and set various tones for different purposes. You can adjust the level of the following tones: Key Beep, BearTracker Alert, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, Close Call Alert, Tone-Out Detection Alert, and Location Alert. PC Control — lets you can connect the scanner to the serial port of your PC and control the scanner with special software. Wired Clone — makes it easy to transfer data from one scanner to the other such as memory information and menu sett
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Name Editing — you can edit or change names, using up to 16 characters, for the following attributes: System, Site, Group, Channel, TGID, GPS Location, Custom Search Range, SAME Group (weather), and Tone-Out. Trunking Activity Indicators — show you trunking activity when you hold on a control channel. Searches and Scanning Attenuator — lets you reduce by 20 dB the strength of a strong signal to help eliminate weak reception or interfering transmission. Alert Mute — you can disable alerts b
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Search With Scan — lets you monitor a service search and a custom search scan sequentially. Service Search — lets you select from a list of the most popular services (Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, Citizens Band Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special,) and set up your search within that range. Scan Speed — you can scan at a maximum speed of 100 channels per second in Scan Mode. Turbo Search — in regular Search Mode the scanner
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Memory Storage Limits Channel Groups Channels — Systems Sites Sites in A System in a System All Systems 500 1000 256 20 2500 Channels in a Conventional Channels in a Trunked Trunked Frequencies System System Per Site* 1000 250 750-1000 * depending on the number of TGID in the system. Search Lockout Limits Temporary L/O Permanent L/O Frequencies Skipped Review Frequencies Frequencies 500 250 250 Search Mode Menu Mode Close Call Mode About This Manual The screen displays used in this manual are
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type (Program System) when you press [MENU]. It also instructs you to turn the Scroll Control (shown as ) to view a series of choices then press or tap the Scroll Control (the action shown as F to enter a choice (Edit Name). [MENU] Program System F Select the system F Edit Name F Then, edit the system name. Introduction 19
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A Short User’s Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast Welcome to the family of Uniden scanner users. You have just unpacked your Uniden BCT15 scanner. You are anxious to scan and hear something so you rotate the [VOL/POWER] control and wait a moment as the opening Message and Copyright screens confirm the model information. Then, if you live in a residential area, you probably hear nothing or very little. Why? The reason is simple. The programmable BCT15 does not instinctively k
