Uniden BC355N Support Question
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Question posted by camamu on September 30th, 2014
How To Manually Program Channels Into Uniden Bc355n Scanner
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English Owner's Manual - Page 4
... INFORMATION 2 PRECAUTIONS 2
Warning 2
THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW 3 Scanning Legally 7
ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355N SCANNER 8 FEATURE SUMMARY 9 Band Plans 11
USA Band Plan 11 Canada Band Plan 13 INCLUDED IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE 16 Optional Accessories 16
INSTALLING THE BC355N SCANNER 17 FOR HOME USE (DESKTOP INSTALLATION 17 For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation 18...
English Owner's Manual - Page 5
USING YOUR BC355N SCANNER 29 set up 29
Adjusting Squelch 29 Operating Modes 29
SCAN 30 SEARCH 30
SPECIAL NOTES FOR SCANNING PD/FD/EMG AND AIR/MRN BANKS 31
Scanning Service Bank Tips 33 Searching Band Tips 35
Screens 37 SCANNING BANKS 37 SEARCHING BANDS 38
special features 38 Lock Out Channels / Frequencies...
English Owner's Manual - Page 8
...YOUR NEW BC355N SCANNER
The BC355N comes with your scanner's internal ...components or using it . Modifying or tampering with 6 Service banks for any modifications that are illegal to monitor. It is also illegal in many areas (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of this manual...
English Owner's Manual - Page 9
... hear. These banks include: »» POLICE: 1,769 Factory-programmed Police frequencies with 100 open channels for that category.
FEATURE SUMMARY
The BC355N is a compact mobile/base scanner and one standard, programmable Private bank. Pressing this bank. Allows your BC355N to the bank for you to program additional police frequencies into this key will toggle between...
English Owner's Manual - Page 11
... DOWN while powering on the scanner. The scanner remembers your setting if you clear memory by turning on the scanner and pressing and holding PROG and L/O, the scanner is set to the USA ...Broadcast
Pickup
AM
CB Class D Channel
Business & Forest Products 10 Meter Amateur Band
NFM
VHF Low Band
6 Meter Amateur Band
AM
Aircraft Band
11 BAND PLANS
Your BC355N can operate using either the ...
English Owner's Manual - Page 16
... IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE
• BC355N Scanner • Telescoping Antenna • Flexible Window-Mount Mobile Antenna • AC Adapter • Vehicle Power Adapter • DC Power Cord for your BC355N are missing or damaged, immediately contact your
scanner. • Bracket • Screw • This Owner's Manual • Other Printed Materials
If any of purchase or Uniden Customer...
English Owner's Manual - Page 17
To increase speaker volume in your local Uniden Dealer or the Uniden Parts Department by calling: (800) 554-3988 during regular business ...the Telescoping Antenna into the ANT connector. Extend the antenna to install the BC355N in noisy environments. We can also be reached on the rear panel.
2. INSTALLING THE BC355N SCANNER
FOR HOME USE (DESKTOP INSTALLATION)
1. Use the desktop stand (fold ...
English Owner's Manual - Page 19
.... Note: If there are screws already holding the dashboard, you may be able to use the same screw holes to mount the BC355N unit. 2. Permanent Mobile Installation Permanently installing the BC355N scanner into the ANT connector on the passenger side.
2. It does not matter which is underneath the dashboard on the rear panel...
English Owner's Manual - Page 22
...; Manually search up or down for frequencies while in Hold mode.
• Change direction of a search during Search mode.
• Quickly search up or down for frequencies (hold UP for USA or DOWN for longer than 1 second) while in Hold mode.
• Select USA or Canada band plan. Scans user-programmed channels programmed into...
English Owner's Manual - Page 23
KEY PD/FD/EMG
PURPOSE
Press this key cycles through the frequencies in the following order:
• Police/Fire/Emergency Services - These user-programmed channels are scanned after the preprogrammed channels if either service is selected.
23 all activated
• Police department only (turn off Fire/EMG bank)
• Fire/EMG only (turn off...
English Owner's Manual - Page 24
...then follow the steps starting on page 52 to scan the Air and Marine bands. These user-programmed channels are scanned after the preprogrammed channels if either service is selected. The frequency will save the frequency. KEY AIR/MRN
PURPOSE
Press ...turn off both Air and Marine
banks)
NOTE: The AIR and MRN banks share 100 PRIVATE channels. Pressing this key to save in NFM mode.
24
English Owner's Manual - Page 25
...activate the Weather frequencies (7 NOAA). Press this key to monitor 40 programmed CB channels.
25 Press the Close Call key
for Close Call hits every 2 seconds while monitoring other channels are scanned while the WX bank is activated.
CC checks for longer...Press this key to begin monitoring for Close Call hits every 2 seconds
unless the scanner is already receiving a
transmission.
English Owner's Manual - Page 29
... the sound disappears. Operating Modes
The BC355N operates in two modes - Turn SQ completely counterclockwise.
This is the threshold point at which the incoming signal is just slightly stronger than the noise will open squelch noise.
2. Adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level. USING YOUR BC355N SCANNER
set up
Adjusting Squelch
To Adjust...
English Owner's Manual - Page 31
...SEARCH key to multiple banks. The scanner displays frequencies as it searches and stops on active frequencies until that transmission ends. Police/Fire/EMG 2. None
NOTE: The PD and FIRE/EMG banks share 100 PRIVATE channels.
Pressing PD/FD/EMG more than ...1 of the search or press the BAND key again to change bands. Fire/EMG 4. These user-programmed channels are home to begin searching.
English Owner's Manual - Page 32
Air 3. These user-programmed channels are scanned after preprogrammed channels.
32 Pressing AIR/MRN more than once will cycle through the banks in this order: 1. Marine 4. None
NOTE: The AIR and MRN banks share 100 PRIVATE channels. Air/Marine 2.
English Owner's Manual - Page 33
...). Set up multiple service banks to Do This - Press any service bank key;
Scanning Service Bank Tips
If You Want to scan
Note: You must program channels into the PRIVATE bank before you can scan it displays.
the bank label flashes and the SCAN message moves across the display screen. It will...
English Owner's Manual - Page 38
special features
The BC355N scanner boasts of the search -
This SEARCH screen shows that frequency 409.9875 has been found through an upward search... other band ranges. Pointers ( ▲or ▼) indicate the direction of several special features:
• Lock Out Channels/Frequencies • Close Call
38 up or down. Press BAND again (or UP/DOWN within 3 seconds) to be searched.
English Owner's Manual - Page 40
... or channel. The scanner displays "L/O" for that can only lock out all the channels or frequencies in the Private, CB, and MRN banks. "L/O" frequencies/channels can be manually restored;
You can be locked out; however, there is provides in all the channels or frequencies
40 If you try to the number of the 300 user-programmed channels can...
English Owner's Manual - Page 51
... be programmed into the scanner, and frequencies not currently displayed can be
51
When you find a frequency that you would like to listen to programming frequencies into the Private bank is that you can scan that bank with other frequencies. Programming Frequencies and Channels Up to other service banks turned off.
PRIVATE BANK
The BC355N also...
English Owner's Manual - Page 54
... PROG. Press HOLD to overwrite it with the one you just programmed.
The scanner programs the frequency into the indicated channel and then goes into SCAN HOLD mode. HOLD displays and CH displays and flashes. Deleting a Programmed Frequency (programming "000.0000")
The easiest method of the programmed channels, starting with a null frequency (000.0000). CH
HOLD
40.0600...
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