Uniden BCT7 Support Question
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Question posted by rdsargent on March 17th, 2012
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English Owners Manual - Page 1
...Continuous Mute 12 Canceling Mute 12 Warning Light Adjustment 12
Power On Settings 13
Priority Channels 13
Scanning Fire, News, Weather and Private Frequency Banks ... 25 Mobile Installation 25 Connecting the Power 26 Base Installation 27 Tips and Techniques 28 Trunking 29 Scanner Care & Maintenance Tips 30 Troubleshooting 31 Optional Accessories and Replacement Parts . . . . ...
English Owners Manual - Page 2
...designed for your purchase of all, you don't have to any frequencies. Best of the BCT7 Highway Communications System & Scanning Radio!
Using a constant PRIORITY check of a Highway Patrol ...a "mobile extender" or "vehicular repeater." State-of-the-art engineering and advanced electronics provide you can listen to operate the unit. Please read this Operating Guide thoroughly before...
English Owners Manual - Page 3
... do not transmit continuously. The Bearcat Radio Club and other similar hobby clubs have publications, information on that have not been factory pre-programmed, the BCT7 provides this capability. When the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until it is Scanning? When you stop the search with H, it finds an active...
English Owners Manual - Page 4
...
Pre-programmed frequencies specific to each of the above banks, or -Program your BCT7. (Note: the frequency coverage is not totally continuous.) Data Skip - In ...State units CB Search - Memory Backup - Search all 40 CB channels Band Search Search through 12 bands of a power failure, user-programmed frequencies are retained in memory for frequencies. 26 MHz - 956 MHz - Pre-programming by the ...
English Owners Manual - Page 7
...
Note: Fold out the illustration from the front cover to see the controls and LCD display while reading this guide. Turn the volume knob clockwise.
Power ON
1.
English Owners Manual - Page 8
... too high (squelch too high), nothing gets through .
Press H to get through . This raises the "squelch gate," allowing only strong signals to farther, less important sources.
8 This prevents the alert from sounding unnecessarily due to get through.
Á Turn just until you may want to adjust Squelch even further counterclockwise to...
English Owners Manual - Page 10
... H. Highway Patrol PO - Police DT - To scan the other frequency banks, see "Scanning the Fire, News, Weather, and Private Frequency Banks," page 14. When the BCT7 receives communications, scanning stops, the active bank type replaces the state code, and the frequency displays. Active Bank indicators: HP -
English Owners Manual - Page 11
Warning Alert
The BCT7 alerts you when Highway Patrol/State Police units using mobile extenders are received, the
light goes out.
Warning Light Flashes
WARNING HOLD/RESUME
MUTE FIRE/...
English Owners Manual - Page 13
... patrol car radio to the officer's walkie-talkie at low-power whether or not the officer is activity on the frequency.
Mobile extenders re-transmit every radio broadcast received on Hold.
Each state preprogrammed in the BCT7 contains a number of the car.
13 Remember to press the key again to return to these...
English Owners Manual - Page 14
To scan Weather Frequencies, press W. NEWS appears in the display and scanning begins two seconds later. When the BCT7 receives Fire, News, Weather, or Private frequencies, scanning stops and the active frequency is no response, scanning resumes.
14
PRIVATE appears in the display and ...
English Owners Manual - Page 15
...
When the scanner stops on a
Á
frequency you wish. Lock out does not erase the frequency.
frequency as long as you like.
Á If the BCT7 stops on an undesired frequency, press H twice to force the unit to hold on that
To resume scanning, press H. Scan Hold
Note: Warning Alert does...
English Owners Manual - Page 18
...channels 1 through 40, as long as
they are within the 12 Bands covered by the BCT7. Note: AIR appears when searching the Aircraft Band.
18
OR Press B repeatedly to enter Band Search ...Mode.
Á Á 2.
Two seconds later, the BCT7 begins searching that the scanner stops on page 5, or the Specifications at the back of the
frequency search...
English Owners Manual - Page 24
... back-up system that remembers your frequency selections and deletions when you have programmed all the frequencies to your BCT7 after you turn off the unit.
Memory Lock
To avoid accidental programming of your satisfaction, slide the MEMOLOCK ... program, the display will show PRG-LOC. This memory lasts approximately 30 days without any external power to enter frequencies once again.
English Owners Manual - Page 26
... scanning radios. OR -
Uniden recommends using an external antenna designed specifically for information.
1. Plug one end of the cigarette lighter power cord into your vehicle's cigarette lighter.
2. Connecting the Power
The BCT7 is designed to the fuse block or battery of your car.
-
Connect the BCT7 power cord directly to be used in a mobile installation.
26
English Owners Manual - Page 27
... Telescoping Antenna. Operation of the unit.
2. Base Installation
In addition to mobile installation, you can operate the BCT7 as for mobile use.
27 Plug the telescoping antenna into a 120V AC 60 Hz wall outlet. Plug the adapter into the antenna jack on the rear of the scanner is the same as a base unit...
English Owners Manual - Page 29
...wait for multi-band coverage. (You can purchase this type of antenna at a local electronics store.) If the plug at the end of divisions within an agency (police patrol, detectives, radar teams, warrant ...patrol car 30 seconds later on a single radio system without interference from the source. It all happens transparently to follow a conversation. If you may be communicating with a precinct's...
English Owners Manual - Page 30
... old frequency which will now be used for a 12 or 24 hour period. Do not plug the scanner into an outlet controlled by the channel). Avoid placing the unit in high-moisture areas...(so that the scanner doesn't stop each time it scans by a wall switch as prolonged periods without power causes scanner memory loss. You will want to LOCKOUT this new data frequency but you turn the scanner...
English Owners Manual - Page 31
Troubleshooting
If your BCT7 is not giving Warning Alerts. PROBLEM Scanner is not performing properly, try the steps listed below. Scanner is weak or distorted. Scan won 't work. The Squelch threshold may be set too high. Check power cord and in and out. Reposition scanner. Check Squelch adjustment.
Signal is not working properly...
English Owners Manual - Page 37
.../D.O.T. Search Band Selector Key 14. BCT7 Controls
13 5
7
24 6
WARNING HOLD/RESUME
MUTE
FIRE/NEWS
LOCKOUT WX/PVT
STATE
HIGHWAY
POL/DOT
SEARCH
BCT 7 SQ
BAND
PROG
PUSH FLASH
VOL
PUSH ALERT
8
11
13
9 10
12
14 15
1. Alert Light 2. Lockout Key 6. Frequencies Key 12. Search Direction Keys 13. Squelch Control/Flash Brightness
Selector...
English Owners Manual - Page 38
Aircraft Frequencies 9. Search Down Indicator 13. State/Active Frequency
Bank/Channel Indicator 10. News Frequencies 8. Search Up Indicator 12. Data Skip ON Indicator 15....
Frequencies 4. 1
35
7
24
6
8
HIGHWAY POLICE DOT WX PRIVATE FIRE NEWS AIR
HOLD s SRCH t LOCKOUT DATA
FLASH
9
11
13
10
12
14
15 16
BCT7 Liquid Crystal Display
1. Frequency Display
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