Uniden America UB305C Users Manual

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Before the BC780XLT can begin conventional scanning, you must program a frequency into
at least one channel. Repeat this procedure for each channel you want to program.

Storing Frequencies into Channels

1. Select frequencies from your dealer, from
various sources on the internet, or from one of
the guides listed on page 5.
Here is a list of sample frequencies you should try:

156.800 Marine Calling channel

155.340 Ambulance operations

155.280 Ambulance operations

155.160 Ambulance operations

462.950 Ambulance operations

462.5625 Family Radio Services (channel one)

2. Press

MAN

.

3. Select a channel.

a. Enter the channel number.
b. Then press

MAN

.

4. Enter the frequency.

a. Enter the frequency number.
b. Then press

E

.

Note: • To clear a mistake while entering the frequency, press (decimal key) repeatedly

until the display is cleared.

• If you enter a channel or frequency which is out
of the scanner’s range, a distinctive beep will
sound and

ERROR

appears in the display.

• You can use s or t when selecting a channel.
Press and hold s or t for 1 second to move up/down more quickly.

Programming

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Duplicate Frequency Alert

If you enter a frequency which has been stored in
another channel, you will hear a beep and the other
channel displays

WARNING

.

Press to clear and start again.
––– OR –––
Press

E

again to store the frequency in both channels.

Storing Te xt T ags

You can customize your scanner by storing text tags for easy identification of banks, channel
transmissions, trunking talkgroup IDs, etc.The text tags can be set at the menu mode.(Refer
to Understanding Menu System on page 13.)

Assigning a Bank Tag to a Bank

1. Press

MENU

.

2. Press

E

to select SYSTEM DATA.

3. Press s or t to select BANK TAG and then press

E

.

4. Select the bank number to be tagged using s or t
and then press

E

.

5. The cursor appears on the display. Rotate VFO to change
letters, and then press s or t to shift right or left. Both
capital and lower case letters are available, as well as
numbers and punctuation marks.

6. After entering the desired text, press

E

or

SELECT

.

+ Remember! You can also use the

VFO

control for scrolling.To clear a mistake while

entering the frequency, press (decimal key) repeatedly until the display is cleared.

Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel

1. Press

MENU

.

2. Press s or t to select CH DATA and then press

E

.

3. Select the channel number to be tagged using s or t and pressing

E

.You can also

enter the channel number in using the keypad and then press

E.

4. Press s or t to select ALPHA TAG and then pressing E.

Note: • If you have not stored a frequency in the channel,

UNREGISTERED will appear in the display.

5. The cursor appears on the display. Rotate VFO to
change letters, and press s or t to shift right or left.
Both capital and lower case letters are available, as
well as numbers and punctuation marks.

6. After entering the desired text, press

E,SELECT

or VFO.

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Beep Alert

The scanner can alert you with three rapid beeps at the beginning of a transmission on an
assigned frequency.

Assigning the beep alert to a channel

This alert can be set on/off to every channel (or to every ID memory for Trunking mode).

1. Press

MENU

.

2. Press s or t to select CH DATA and then press

E

.

3. Select the channel number to be tagged using s or t and then press

E

. (You can also

enter the channel number in using the keypad or VFO control and then press

E.)

4. Press s or t to select BEEP ALERT and then press E.

5. Press s or t to select ON or OFF and then pressing

E

.

Note: If NOT REGISTER appears, make sure a frequency is stored in the channel.

Programming Tips

• Do not program a weather frequency into one of the channels, since weather channels

transmit continuously. Use the Weather Search feature to select the weather inf ormation band.

• Group similar services into a bank. For example, program police frequencies in channels 1

through 10 and fire/emergency into channels 51 through 60, and so on.

• Put the frequency that you listen to the most or the most important frequency into a

Priority channel.

• To quickly program a series of channels, start with the lowest number channel.
For example, when you are programming five new frequencies into Channels 4 through
8, start with Channel 4. After you finish programming a channel, press

MAN

or

HOLD

/s

to go to the next higher channel.

• Write down your programmed channels and frequencies and put in a convenient place in

case of accidental reprogramming.

• If you want to download frequencies using the SmartScan feature, go to page 59

in this manual.

• Frequencies are rounded off according to the step of each channel.

• When you are overwriting a tagged channel with a new frequency, the previous alpha tag

will be deleted.You must re-enter the alpha tag.

• When programming frequencies, a 2 second delay is set automatically but can be changed

in the Channel Data menu.

Deleting a Stored Frequency

To delete a stored frequency:

a. Select a channel.
b. Press

0

.

c. Then press

E

.

Note: Channels with no frequencies are automatically locked out.

SERVICE SEARCH
PUBLIC SAFETY

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1. After programming frequencies, simply press

SCAN

to

begin scanning.

2. The bank indicators selected for scanning appear in the display, and the bank being
currently monitored flashes.You can deselect banks from active scanning by pressing
their number on your keypad.The indicator for each deselected bank turns off, and the
banks channels are not scanned.

Note: One Bank must always be active.You cannot deactivate all ten banks at the same

time. If you tr y to tur n off all the banks, the first bank is automatically selected.

To restore a bank to active scanning, press the banks number on your keypad.
The banks indicator will display again.

3. During normal scanning the scanner skips
unprogrammed or locked out channels.

4. When a transmission is received, the scanner stops
on that channel.When the transmission ends,
scanning resumes automatically.

If you want to stop on a channel during scanning,
press

MAN

.

If you want to resume scanning,
press

SCAN

.

To directly access a specific channel:

There are several ways to access a specific channel quickly.

1. Press

MAN

.

2. Using the keypad, enter the channel number.

3. Press

MAN

again.

Another method is as follows:

1. Press the VFO control until

CHAN

is displayed.

2. Rotate the VFO control until the desired channel is
displayed.The scanner will automatically go to
manual mode.

Note: You can accidentally change the frequency if you don’t

verify that

CHAN

is displayed.If

FREQ

is displayed, you

will be changing the frequency when you rotate the

VFO control. Just don’t press

E

or it will be changed!

Scanning

1345

9 10

26

7 8

CHANNELS

Frequency
not entered

Frequency

Locked Out

(L/O)

SCAN

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