Uniden BC340CRS User Manual

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BC340CRS

OWNER’S

MANUAL

OWNER'S MANUAL

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 scanning radio in a motor vehicle may be prohibited, regulated, or require a permit in certain states, cities, and/or local jurisdictions. Your local law enforcement officials should be able to provide you with information regarding the laws in your community.

Changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by Uniden, or operation of this product in any way other than as detailed by this Operating Guide, could void your authority to operate this product.

EARPHONE WARNING!

You can use an optional 32 Ω stereo headset or earphone with this scanner. Use of an incorrect earphone or stereo headset might be potentially hazardous to your hearing. The output of the phone jack is monaural, but you will hear it in both headphones of a stereo headset.

Set the speaker volume to a comfortable level before plugging in either a monaural earphone or a stereo headset of the proper impedance (32 Ω). Otherwise, you might experience some discomfort or possible hearing damage if the volume suddenly becomes too loud because of the volume control or squelch control setting. This is particularly true for the type of earphone that is placed in the ear canal.

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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.

Uniden® and Bearcat® are registered trademarks of Uniden America Corporation.

Other 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. Always use POWER to turn the scanner off before disconnecting AC power.

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Contents

The FCC Wants You to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Scanning Legally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Unpacking Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Setting Up The Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Connecting an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Using the Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Using the Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Setting the Current Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Setting the Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Using Snooze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Listening to AM/FM/TV Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Directly Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Using AM/FM/TV Channel Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Using the Scanner Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Programming Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Selecting a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Scanning Memory Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Locking/Unlocking Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Using Priority Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Setting Channel Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Searching for Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Using Limit Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Programming an Upper/Lower Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Searching the Selected Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Using Service Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Selecting a Service to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Search Lockouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

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Listening to Weather Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

General Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Birdies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

One-Year Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

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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 interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this scanner does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the scanner on and off, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

Increase the separation between the scanner and the receiver

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Scanning Legally

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups, including police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions that you should never intentionally listen to. These include:

Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission)

Pager transmissions

Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions

According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a conversation unless you have the consent of a party to the conversation (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). This scanner has been designed to prevent the reception of cellular telephone transmissions and the decoding of scrambled transmissions.

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This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so they are not easy to modify to pick 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 illegal in many areas (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization.

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Uniden BC340CRS User Manual

Unpacking Your Scanner

Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have:

Telescopic Antenna

BC340CRS Scanner

This Owner’s Manual

Other Printed Material

AM Loop Antenna

AC Adapter

If any item is missing or obviously damaged, call the Uniden Parts Dept at (800) 297-1023 Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or online at www.uniden.com to remedy the situation.

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Introduction

Your BC340CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 100 channels distributed over ten banks. The scanner also lets you listen to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather broadcasts for valuable information specific to your location. Use your scanner to monitor:

Analog public safety channels

Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)

NOAA weather transmissions (including Canadian Coast Guard channels)

Business/Industrial radio and utilities

Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands

Aircraft (commercial and private) band

Railroad

AM/FM Broadcast Stations

TV Channels 2-13

Your scanner can monitor the following bands.

Band

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

Modulation

Step

Service

No.

(MHz)

(MHz)

 

(kHz)

 

1

0.5300

1.7000

AM

10

AM Broadcast

2

25.0000

27.9950

AM

5

AM Band

3

28.0000

29.9950

FM

5

10 Meter Amateur Band

4

30.0000

49.9950

FM

5

VHF Low Band

5

50.0000

54.0000

FM

5

6 Meter Amateur Band

6

59.7500

 

WFM

6000

TV Broadcast Ch. 2 - 6

 

65.7500

 

 

 

 

 

71.7500

 

 

 

 

 

81.7500

 

 

 

 

 

87.7500

 

 

 

 

7

88.0000

107.9000

WFM

100

FM Broadcast

8

108.0000

136.9875

AM

12.5

Aircraft

9

137.0000

143.9950

FM

5

Military Land Mobile

10

144.0000

147.9950

FM

5

2 Meter Amateur Band

11

148.0000

174.0000

FM

5

VHF High Band

12

179.7500

 

WFM

6000

TV Broadcast

 

185.7500

 

 

 

Ch. 7 - 13

 

191.7500

 

 

 

 

 

197.7500

 

 

 

 

 

203.7500

 

 

 

 

 

209.7500

 

 

 

 

 

215.7500

 

 

 

 

13

406.0000

419.99375

FM

6.25

Fed. Gov. Land Mobile

14

420.0000

449.99375

FM

6.25

70cm Amateur Band

15

450.0000

469.99375

FM

6.25

UHF Standard Band

16

470.0000

512.0000

FM

6.25

UHF Television

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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 100 channels distributed over 10 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 to skip during a search (limit or service) to increase the scanning speed.

Alarm Clock with Snooze — provides standard radio broadcasts that you can set as your alarm sound.

AM/FM and TV 2-13 Broadcast — lets you store up to 30 preset broadcast channels (10 AM and 20 FM/TV) for quick access.

Priority Channel — Designate a specific frequency as a Priority Channel. Then the radio scans and checks that channel every 2 seconds. Select and designate up to 10 frequencies as Priority Channels (one per bank).

Duplicate Channel Alert — Lets you know that a selected frequency has already been programmed into memory if you attempt to store it again.

Limit Frequency Searching — Lets you designate lower and upper frequency range and search within that range for active frequencies. You can then store frequencies in memory as channels for later recall.

Service Search — Lets you designate one of the five preprogrammed service channels (Police, Fire/EMS, Air, Ham, Marine) to search.

Weather (WX) Scan — Scan the preprogrammed weather channels.

Scan and Search Speed

• Scan Speed

60 channels per second maximum in SCAN MODE.

• Search Speed

60 steps per second maximum in SEARCH MODE.

• TURBO MODE

For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in

 

Turbo Mode which is 180 steps per second.

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