BC370CRS
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
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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Adjusting the Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Radio Controlled Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Setting the Current Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Setting the Radio Controlled Clock Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Setting Your Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Setting the Daylight Savings Time Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Turning On/Off Radio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Forcing a Reception Attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Setting the Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Using Snooze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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 All-Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Limiting Alerts to Your County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Programming County Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Selecting Areas for Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Receiving Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Using the Scanner Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Programming Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Selecting a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Scanning Memory Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Locking/Unlocking Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Using Priority Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Setting Channel Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
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Searching for Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Using Limit Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Programming an Upper/Lower Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Searching the Selected Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Using Service Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Selecting a Service to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Search Lockouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Listening to Weather Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
General Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Birdies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
One-Year Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
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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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Unpacking Your Scanner
Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have:
Telescopic Antenna
BC370CRS 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 BC370CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner with All Hazards alert. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 300 channels distributed over ten banks.
The scanner also alerts you when NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) or any broadcast station the scanner is tuned to issues an EAS (Emergency Alert System) signal. These alerts are issued for severe weather, homeland security, and law enforcement events (such as Amber alerts).
Your BC370CRS also has a built-in RCC (Radio Controlled Clock) that automatically sets to the precise current time based on the NIST (National Institution of Standards and Time) nationwide broadcast*. For more information about the standard time signal, visit the National Institute of Standards and Time at http://tf.nist.gov.
Use your scanner to monitor:
•Analog public safety channels
•Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)
•NOAA weather transmissions (including 3 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
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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 |
|
59.7500 |
|
|
|
|
|
65.7500 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
71.7500 |
|
WFM |
6000 |
TV Broadcast Ch. 2 - 6 |
|
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 |
|
179.7500 |
|
|
|
|
|
185.7500 |
|
|
|
|
|
191.7500 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
197.7500 |
|
WFM |
6000 |
TV Broadcast Ch. 7 - 13 |
|
203.7500 |
|
|
|
|
|
209.7500 |
|
|
|
|
|
215.7500 |
|
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|
|
13 |
225.0000 |
380.0000 |
AM |
25 |
Military Air |
14 |
406.0000 |
419.99375 |
FM |
6.25 |
Fed. Gov. Land Mobile |
15 |
420.0000 |
449.99375 |
FM |
6.25 |
70cm Amateur Band |
16 |
450.0000 |
469.99375 |
FM |
6.25 |
UHF Standard Band |
17 |
470.0000 |
512.0000 |
FM |
6.25 |
UHF Television |
18 |
806.0000 |
956.0000 |
FM |
12.5 |
Public Safety/Business* |
*Excluding the 824-849 and 869-894 MHz Cellular Telephone ranges.
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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 70 channels per second.
Memory Availability — Store and then scan any of up to 300 channels distributed over 10 banks.
SAME All-Hazards Operation — In standby mode, constantly monitors the last-tuned station and alerts you if it detects an alert transmission for your area (NOAA and broadcast channels only).
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 fifty frequencies to skip during a search (limit or service) to increase the scanning speed.
Radio Controlled Clock — Automatically sets to the precise time using NIST broadcasts.
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. 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.
Scan and Search Speed
• Scan Speed |
70 channels per second maximum in SCAN MODE |
• Search Speed |
75 steps per second maximum in SEARCH MODE |
• TURBO MODE |
For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in |
|
Turbo Mode which is 225 steps per second. |
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Clock Display — The scanner always displays the current time.
The clock also features an alarm that lets you wake to the selected radio source or an alert tone up to 20 minutes or be shut off manually.
A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an extra 5-minutes.
Delay — You can enable or disable the 2-second delay to resume scanning when a transmission ends. Enabling this feature helps prevent missing a response from one of the parties in the transmission.
LCD Backlight — You can enable or disable the LCD back lighted display.
Contrast Adjust — Lets you adjust the LCD contrast for best viewing.
Key Touch Tone — A tone sounds to confirm you have made a valid key input while a different tone sounds to alert you to an invalid entry.
EEPROM Memory Backup — The scanner uses a non-volatile EEPROM for memory backup.
Battery Alert — A battery icon ( 
) alerts you if no battery is installed or the battery power is low. An alert tone sounds when the battery needs to be replaced. The backup provides backup for the clock when external power is off or not connected and will power scanning for a short time.
Auto Power Off — Turns the scanner off when the battery power gets too low.
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