Uniden UBC180XLT Operating Manual
UBC180XLT
100-Channel
Programmable
Twin Turbo
Hand-Held
Sports
Scanner
OPERATING GUIDE
Precautions
Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following:
WARNING!
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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.
IMPORTANT!
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Be sure to use only the supplied earphone, or a stereo
headset of the proper impedance (32W). Use of an
incorrect earphone or other impedance may be
potentially hazardous to your hearing.
WARNING:
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Set the Volume to a comfortable audio level coming
from the speaker before plugging in the supplied
earphone or a stereo headset of the proper impedance
(32W). 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 may be
particularly true of the type of earphone that is placed in
the ear canal.
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NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARNING
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This equipment contains a Nickel-Cadmium Battery.
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Cadmium is a chemical known to cause cancer.
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The Nickel-Cadmium Battery contained in this
equipment may explode if disposed of in a fire.
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Do not short circuit the battery.
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Do not charge the Nickel-Cadmium Battery used in
this equipment with any other AC Adapter/Charger
other than the one designed to charge this battery
(UAD-2500U). Using another charger may damage
the battery, or cause the battery to explode.
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NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY DISPOSAL
Nickel-Cadmium Batteries Must Be Disposed Of
Properly.
Uniden® and Bearcat® are registered trademarks of
Uniden Corporation.
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Contents
About Your New UBC180XLT
What is Scanning?
What is Searching?
Types of Communication
Unpacking
Feature Highlights
Controls and Indicators
Top View
Front View
Setup
Operation Overview
Programming Channels ........................14
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Charging the Battery Pack
Mounting the Flexible Antenna
Installing the Belt Clip
Using the Earphone
Programming By Manual Entry ..................14
Deleting a Stored Frequency....................15
Programming SEARCH .......................15
Programming Channels with Alpha Characters......16
Alert Beep Setting ............................17
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Scanning ....................................18
Bank Scanning ..............................18
Priority Scan ................................19
Delay ......................................19
Locking Out Channels .........................20
Looking for “Locked Out” Channels
Searching
Band Search
Limit Search
Search Skip Frequency
Care and Maintenance
Replacing the Battery Pack
Location
Cleaning
Birdies
Proper Care of Your Scanner
Optional Accessories and Replacement Parts
Troubleshooting
Technical Specifications
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Declaration of Confomity
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About Your New UBC180XLT
The UBC180XLT is a brand new state-of-the-art information
radio with automatic scanning capabilities. It can store
frequencies such as sporting events, police, fire/emergency,
and other communications into 10 banks of 10 channels each.
Please be aware that restrictions apply on monitoring of nonpublic services. Respect national laws protecting privacy!
With the UBC180XLT, you can do a fast search for active
frequencies on all 14 preprogrammed bands. In the VHF
bands with 5 kHz spacing and on all 100 stored channels
you can also use the super fast Turbo Search Mode!
What is Scanning?
Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way
communications do not transmit continuously. The
UBC180XLT scans programmed
nearly 100 channels per second until it finds an active
frequency.
channels at the rate of
Scanning stops on an active frequency, and remains on
that channel as long as the transmission continues. When
the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until
another transmission is received. Or, you can select an
optional Delay so the scanner stays on the channel for 2
more seconds after the transmission stops, waiting for
another transmission, before resuming scanning.
While the UBC180XLT is scanning channels it is in “SCAN
Mode”. When you stop the scanning with , it is in
“MANUAL Mode”.
What is Searching?
The UBC180XLT can search each of 14 preprogrammed
bands to find active frequencies. This is different from
scanning, because you can search for frequencies that
have not been programmed into your UBC180XLT. You
can also search within the range of frequencies you have
programmed before. You can set the direction of searching
as well as the speed. The Turbo Search feature, new for
Uniden scanners, can search VHF bands at up to 3 times
the normal speed.
When the UBC180XLT is searching for active frequencies,
it is in “SEARCH Mode” or “TURBO SEARCH Mode”.
When you stop the search with , it is in “SEARCH
HOLD Mode”. With both Turbo Scan and Turbo Search,
your UBC180XLT is truly a Twin Turbo Scanner.
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Types of Communication
You will be able to monitor communication such as:
Automobile, boat, and marathon races
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Golf tournaments
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Traffic information
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Police and fire department (including rescue
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and paramedics)
Land transportation, such as trucking firms, buses,
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taxis, tow trucks, and railroads
Marine and amateur radio.
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Aircraft
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Analogue cordless phones (in most countries listening
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not allowed)
And many more in the following 14 Bands:
RANGE
(MHz)
25.0000-29.9950 5
30.0000-79.9875 12.5
80.0000-82.9900 10
83.0000-87.2625 12.5
108.0000-136.9875 12.5/8.33
138.0000-157.9875 12.5
158.0000-160.5900 10
160.6000-162.5875 12.5
162.6000-173.9900 10
406.0000-439.9875 12.5
440.0000-465.9900 10
466.0000-469.9900 10
470.0000-512.0000 12.5
806.0000-960.0000 12.5
STEP
(kHz)
selectable
BAND SUBJECT
FM VHF Low Band
FM VHF Low Police Band
FM VHF Low Band
FM VHF Low Band
AM Aircraft
FM 2 Meter Amateur Band
FM VHF High Band
FM VHF High Band
FM VHF High Police Band
FM Federal Gov. Land Mobile
FM 70 cm Amateur Band
FM UHF Standard Band
FM UHF “T” Band
(non-Europe)
FM SRD and Cordless
Phone Band
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Unpacking
Carefully check the contents against this list:
UBC180XLT Twin Turbo Sports Scanner
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Rubber Antenna
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AC Adapter/Charger (UAD-2500U)
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Earphone
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Belt Clip with 2 Screws
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Battery (BP-180)
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This Operating Guide
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Nickel-Cadmium Battery Disposal Notice
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Please read this Operating Guide thoroughly before
operating the scanner.
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Feature Highlights
Twin Turbo Scan & Search —This lightning-fast
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technology enables the UBC180XLT to scan nearly
100 channels per second. Search speed is selectable
between 100 and 300 steps per second. (300 steps
per second only in bands with 5 kHz steps.) Because
the frequency coverage is so large (see previous
section for band listing), very fast scanning and
searching are essential. That is why we combined our
latest technology — Twin Turbo — into the
UBC180XLT.
100 Channels You can program each of these
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memory channels to store one frequency.
14 Bands, 10 Banks Includes 14 Bands, with
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Aircraft and 800 MHz. 10 Banks of 10 channels each
are useful for storing similar frequencies in order to
maintain faster scanning cycles.
25 MHz - 960 MHz Indicates the range of
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frequencies that can be searched within the bands of
your scanner.
Note: The frequency coverage is not totally
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continuous from 25.0 MHz to 960 MHz.)
10 Priority Channels You can assign
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Channel in each Bank. Assigning priority channels
allows you to keep track of activity on your most
important channel(s) while monitoring other channels
for transmissions. (Priority Channels are initially set in
the first channel in each Bank.)
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Memory Backup The stored channels are retained
in memory permanently.
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Programmable Alpha Characters You can program
up to 100 channels with alphabetical characters for
easy reference.
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Band Search You can search within the
preprogrammed bands.
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Limit Search You can search within a specific range
of frequencies.
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VFO Search You can search by using the
VFO control.
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Alert Beep If the UBC180XLT finds a transmission
on a channel you have preset, it beeps twice.
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Auto Light The UBC180XLT can turn on its
backlight automatically when it finds a transmission if
this function is activated.
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Priority
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Attenuator You can attenuate the strength of the
strong signal inputted.
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Air Band Step You can select the AIR Band step
from 12.5 kHz to 8.33 kHz.
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Controls and Indicators
Top View
Antenna
Connector
Earphone
Jack
SQUELCH
Control
ON-OFF/
VOLUME
Control
VFO Control Use this control to select channels in
Connect the rubber antenna to the BNC
connector and turn clockwise until it locks.
Plug the supplied
for private listening. When the earphone is
connected, the internal speaker is
disconnected.
Note the warning on the Inside Front Cover
and on page 11.
Adjust this control to set the scan threshold
and to eliminate the background rushing
noise heard in the absence of an incoming
signal. See the Operation Overview
section for adjustment procedures.
Use this control to turn the scanner on or
off, and to adjust the volume.
Manual mode, select the band for Band
Search, and select frequencies in
Band/Limit Search mode. You can also
use this to program Alpha
Name characters.
earphone into this jack
(Refer to the illustration on page iii)
1. LCD DISPLAY — The liquid crystal display (LCD)
shows the current channel and frequency. It also
displays the mode, status, and bank indicators.
A. Priority Channel Indicator —
the scanner stops on a Priority Channel.
Front View
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P
appears when
B. Channel Number — Indicates the current
channel that the scanner is on.
C. Memory Bank Numbers — Each Memory Bank
consists of 10 channels that you can select or
deselect during scanning operation, using the
numeric keypad. When you select a Bank, its
number appears on the display. When you
deselect a Bank, its number disappears from the
display. When you press to stop
scanning, only the Bank of the current
channel appears.
D. Bank Indicator — Appears with the Bank
Numbers (1~10).
E. Frequency Indicator — Indicates the frequency
being received by the scanner, or Alpha
Name, etc.
F. Low Battery Indicator — Appears on the
display when the Battery Pack is low and needs
recharging.
G. Mode/Function Indicators —
mode(s)/function(s) are displayed during
operation.)
SCAN Indicates SCAN Mode.
SEARCH Indicates SEARCH Mode. Flashes
when in TURBO SEARCH Mode.
PRIORITY Indicates PRIORITY SCAN
is activated.
HOLD Indicates SCAN HOLD or SEARCH
HOLD Mode.
DELAY Indicates DELAY is activated.
L/O In SCAN Mode, indicates the
channel shown is “Locked Out”.
In SEARCH Mode, indicates the
frequency shown is “Locked Out”.
ATT Appears when the Attenuator
function is set.
(Only the active
2. Press to start scanning all programmed
channels that are not locked out. (
across the display during scanning.)
Indicates the keypad is locked.
Appears when the display mode is
Alpha Name mode.
SCAN
moves
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In SCAN or SEARCH Mode, press to stop
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scanning. (
HOLD
appears on the display.)
In Manual mode, press to step up
the channel.
4. NUMERIC KEYPAD — Use these keys to program a
channel for scanning. Also use to access a channel
directly with . During SCAN Mode, use these
keys to select or deselect any of the 10 memory
banks. (Only the selected bank indicator(s) appear
on the display.)
Note:
You cannot deactivate all 10 banks at the
same time.
Key Bank Channel
1 1-10
2 11-20
3 21-30
4 31-40
5 41-50
6 51-60
7 61-70
8 71-80
9 81-90
10 91 - 100
5. Press /
Press and hold /
band search. Then press /
BAND
to start Limit search.
BAND
to select the band for
BAND
again to start
band search.
6. Press to stop Band serch and Limit search.
Also, press it to move to next higher channel or
frequency. Press and hold to change the
search direction to upper side.
7. In Limit search, input the frequency and press
to program the lower/higher frequency. Press
to stop Band search and Limit search. Also, press it
to move to next lower channel or frequency. Press
and hold to change the search direction to
lower side.
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