Uniden BC350C User Manual

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Uniden BC350C User Manual

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Precautions

Before you use this scanner, please observe the following:

WARNING!

Uniden America Corporation does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or damage to the unit, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.

IMPORTANT!

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 jurisdiction. 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 Owner’s Manual, could void your authority to operate this product.

May be covered under one or more of the following U.S. patent:

4,627,100

4,841,302

4,888,815

4,932,074

4,947,456

5,014,348

5,199,109

5,408,692

5,428,826

5,438,688

5,448,256

5,465,402

5,471,660

5,483,684

5,530,296

5,548,832

5,551,071

5,574,995

5,577,076

5,598,430

5,600,223

5,642,424

5,710,992

5,896,422

5,991,346

5,991,603

6,012,158

6,025,758

6,034,573

6,064,270

6,266,521

 

 

 

 

**U.S. Patent Number 4,841,302 is licensed from Gray Electronics, Inc.

**These products contain Uniden proprietary information. Software, control codes, protocols and other such related matter may be the copyrighted work of Uniden America Corporation.

© Copyright 2002-2003, Uniden America Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

© 2003 Uniden. This product contains Uniden proprietary information. Software, control codes, protocols and other such related matter may be the copyrighted work of Uniden America Corporation.

Uniden ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation. Bearcat ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

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Table of Contents

About Your New BC350C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 What is Scanning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Types of Communication

..................................................2

What is Searching? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 What is Trunk Tracking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Where to Obtain More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Information on the Internet ................................................

5

Included with Your Scanner Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

Optional Accessories ........................................................

6

Summary of Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Installing the BC350C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

For Home Use (Desktop Installation) ................................

8

For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation) ..................................

8

Controls and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Screens

..........................................................................15

Scanning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Getting Started ................................................................

17

Adjusting the Squelch ....................................................

18

Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Weather Channel Scan ..................................................

19

Channel Lock Out ..........................................................

20

Band Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Displaying the Band Range ............................................

22

Frequency Lockout..........................................................

22

Programming Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24

Programming from SCAN Mode ....................................

25

Programming from SEARCH Mode ................................

26

Deleting a Programmed Frequency

 

(programming "000.0000")..........................................

27

Program Lock Feature ....................................................

28

Helpful Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

One Year Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

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About Your New BC350C

The BC350C is not just a scanner. It is a brand new information radio with automatic scanning capabilities. The built-in Service Scan system brings you instantly into the exciting world of scanning action. Best of all, you don’t even have to program the scanner to begin using it!

The BC350C comes with 6 Service banks for monitoring police, fire/emergency medical services, marine, air, weather, and CB frequencies. Not only that, there’s even a fully programmable bank for storing your own private collection of favorite frequencies.

With the BC350C, you can scan over 3,600 channels. In addition, the BC350C has 13 separate band search capabilities for even greater scanning action.

2 Service Scan banks, Police and Fire/EMS also have programmable channels to store additional police and Fire/EMS frequencies. So whenever you encounter a newly activated local frequency for either service category, you can add it to the bank for that category. This gives you quick access to the frequencies you want to hear.

So enjoy your BC350C!

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What is Scanning?

Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way communications (listed below) do not transmit continuously. The BC350C scans programmed channels at the rate of up to 100 channels per second until it locates an active frequency. When scanning stops on an active frequency, it remains on that channel as long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends, the scanner stays on the channel for 2 more seconds, waiting for another transmission. If no response is detected, the scanning cycle resumes until anoth-er transmission is received.

Types of Communication

You will be able to monitor communication such as:

Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)

NOAA weather broadcasts (10 pre-programmed channels, 2 are Canadian Marine Weather Channels)

Citizens Band (CB)

Business/industrial radio

Motion picture and press relay

Utility

Land transportation frequencies, such as trucking firms, buses, taxis, tow trucks, and railroads

Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands

Air band

And many more in the 25-54 MHz, 108-174 MHz, 406-512, and 806-956 MHz ranges

Excluding Cellular Telephone Band

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What is Searching?

The BC350C can search each of its 13 bands to find active frequencies. This is different from scanning because you are searching for frequencies that have not been programmed into your scanner’s channels. The scanner automatically chooses between two speeds (Search and Turbo Search) while searching. During Search Mode the scanner will search 100 frequencies per second, while in Turbo Search Mode the scanner can achieve up to 300 frequencies per second in the 5 kHz step band.

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What is Trunk Tracking?

Conventional scanning is a simple concept. You enter a radio frequency in your scanner’s memory which is used by someone you want to monitor. For example, the police in your area may transmit on 460.500 MHz, the fire department on 154.445 MHz, the highway department on 37.900 MHz, etc. So when your scanner stops on a frequency, you usually know who it is, and more importantly, you can stop on a channel and listen to an entire conversation. This type of scanning is easy and fun.

As the demand for public communications has increased, many public radio users don't have enough frequencies to meet their needs, and this has created a serious problem.

Trunking radio systems have been implemented to solve this problem.

In a trunked radio system the frequencies are shared among the police and fire departments and a computer systematically assigns available frequencies when they are needed for communications.

Sharing of the available public service frequencies, or trunking, allows cities, counties, or other agencies to accommodate hundreds of users with relatively few frequencies. Following a conversation on a trunked system using a convertional scanner is difficult, if not impossible. Because when there's a short break during the conversation you're monitoring, a completely different frequency will be assigned within the trunked system when the conversation resumes.

If your local police, fire, and EMS agencies use a trunked system and you want to be able to follow their communications, you will want to purchase one of Uniden’s Trunk Tracking Scanners.

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Where to Obtain More Information

Before you can scan the Private bank, you must program the police, fire, EMS, or other interesting frequencies into the Scanners Channels.

The Frequency Guide lists typical frequencies used around the U.S.A. and Canada that you may program into your new scanner. However, this is not a complete list of frequencies for your area.

To obtain frequency information for your area, contact one of the following:

Scanner Master

1 (800) Scanner (722-6634) (Hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Time Monday through Friday.) frequencies@scannermaster.com

To obtain another copy of the frequency guide, contact one of the following:

Uniden Parts Department

(800) 554-3988 (Hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CST, Monday through Friday)

Local Dealer

Information on the Internet

If you have access to the internet, you may want to visit one of the following websites for additional information:

scanner.uniden.com

www.scannermaster.com

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Included with Your Scanner Package

BC350C Auto Scanner

Telescoping Antenna (Model AT-124)

Fixable Mobile Antenna (AT002)

AC Adapter (Model AD-140U)

Cigarette Lighter Adapter Plug (CD007 (PS001))

DC Power Cord (WZ647)

for hard wiring power from your car to your scanner.

This Operating Guide

Registration Form

Frequency Guide

Other Printed Materials

If any of these items are missing or damaged, immediately contact your place of purchase or Uniden Customer Hotline at: 1-800-297-1023, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CST, Monday through Friday.

Optional Accessories

The following optional accessories for your BC350C are available from your local Uniden Dealer or through the Uniden Parts Department by calling: (800) 554-3988, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CST, Monday through Friday. We can also be reached on the web at www.uniden.com.

Mobile Mounting Bracket (Model MB-007) – For mobile use (In-car Installation), use it to install the BC350C in your car.

Motorola Antenna Adapter (Model PLG-134) – Use only if your antenna has a Motorola type plug.

External Speaker (DSP20 or ESP5) – To increase speaker volume in noisy environments.

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Summary of Features

The BC350C is a compact mobile/base scanner, and one of the most user friendly communication products available today.

The BC350C features:

Turbo search – Allows your BC350C to search 300 steps per second. (5 kHz step band only)

Seven Banks – 6 pre-programmed Service banks and one standard, programmable Private bank. These banks include:

POLICE: 1,769 Factory programmed Police frequencies with 30 open channels allowing you to program additional police frequency into this bank.

FIRE/EMS: 280 Factory Programmed fire/EMS frequencies plus an additional 20 open channels for you to program local fire/EMS frequencies into this bank.

AIR: 1,519 Factory programmed frequencies which covers the complete AIR band, 118.000 to 136.975 MHz.

MRN: 51 factory programmed frequencies which cover the complete Marine band.

WX: 10 Factory programmed frequencies covering 8 NOAA Weather Service Broadcasts and 2 Canadian Marine Weather Broadcasts.

CB: 40 factory programmed frequencies covering CB communications.

PRIVATE: 50-channel, fully user-programmable bank.

13 Search Bands – Use [BAND] to select a band to search.

Band

Frequency Coverage

Steps

Service

25 – 28

25.0000 to 27.9950 MHz

5 kHz

Citizens Band

28 – 30

28.0000 to 29.7000 MHz

5 kHz

10 Meter HAM

30 – 50

30.0000 to 49.9950 MHz

5 kHz

VHF Low Band

50 – 54

50.0000 to 54.0000 MHz

5 kHz

6 Meter HAM

108 – 137 108.0000 to 136.9875 MHz

12.5 kHz

Aircraft Band

137 – 144 137.0000 to 143.9950 MHz

5 kHz

Military

144 – 148 144.0000 to 147.9950 MHz

5 kHz

2 Meter HAM

148 – 174 148.0000 to 174.0000 MHz

5 kHz

VHF High Band

406 – 420 406.0000 to 419.9875 MHz

12.5 kHz

Federal Government

420 – 450 420.0000 to 449.9875 MHz

12.5 kHz

70 cm HAM

450 – 470 450.0000 to 469.9875 MHz

12.5 kHz

UHF Band

470 – 512 470.0000 to 512.0000 MHz

12.5 kHz

UHF "TV" Band

806 – 956 806.0000 to 823.9875 MHz

12.5 kHz

"800" Band

849.0125 to 868.9875 MHz

894.0125 to 956.0000 MHzExcluding cellular telephone band

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Installing the BC350C

For Home Use (Desktop Installation)

1.Insert the DC plug end of the AC Adapter into the DC 13.8V jack on the rear panel.

2.Plug the AC Adapter into a standard 120V AC wall outlet.

3.Plug the Telescoping Antenna into the ANT connector. Extend the antenna to its full height. For frequencies higher than 406 MHz, shortening the antenna may improve the reception.

4.Use the desktop stand for a better viewing and operating angle.

Helpful Hints

If strong interference or electrical noise is received, relocate the scanner or its antenna away from the source.

If you are operating the scanner in a fringe area or need to improve reception, use an optional antenna designed for multi-band coverage. (You can purchase this type of antenna at a local electronics store.)

If the optional antenna has no cable, use 50-70 ohm coaxial cable for lead-in. A mating plug may be necessary for the optional antennas.

For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation)

Installation for Temporary Use:

A Cigarette Lighter Power Cord is provided for easy, temporary installation.

Warning: Do not use the cigarette lighter power cord in a positive ground vehicle.

Plug one end of the Cigarette Lighter Power Cord into the cigarette lighter jack and the other end into the DC 13.8V jack on the back of the scanner.

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