Uniden America UB367 User Manual

BC355N SCANNER

OWNER’S MANUAL

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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 re, electrical shocks, or damage to the unit, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.

** 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 2009-2019, Uniden America Corporation. All Rights Reserved. © 2019 Uniden. This product contains Uniden proprietary information. Uniden ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

Bearcat ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

Close Call ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW

This scanner has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, 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 o, 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.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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.

FCC PART 15/IC COMPLIANCE

FCC COMPLIANCE

FCC Compliance Statement: 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.

Changes or modications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment.

Avis de conformité à la FCC : Ce dispositif a été testé et s’avère conforme à l’article 15 des règlements de la Commission fédérale des communications (FCC). Ce dispositif est soumis aux conditions suivantes: 1) Ce dispositif ne doit pas causer d’interférences nuisibles et; 2) Il doit pouvoir supporter les parasites qu’il reçoit, incluant les parasites pouvant nuire à son fonctionnement.

Tout changement ou modication non approuvé expressément par la partie responsable pourrait annuler le droit à l’utilisateur de faire fonctionner cet équipement.

IC COMPLIANCE

This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s).Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Changes or modications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment.

Cet appareil est conforme aux normes RSS exemptes de licences d’Industrie Canada. Son fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) cet appareil ne doit pas causer d’interférences nuisibles et (2), il doit pouvoir accepter les interférences, incluant celles pouvant nuire à son fonctionnement normal.

Tout changement ou modication non approuvé expressément par la partie responsable pourrait annuler le droit à l’utilisateur de faire fonctionner cet équipement.

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many dierent groups, including police and re 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 nes 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. 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 modications 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 ocials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION .............................2

PRECAUTIONS ............................................. 2

Warning ......................................................... 2

THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW ............................. 3

FCC PART 15/IC COMPLIANCE ............................... 4

FCC COMPLIANCE ................................................. 4

IC COMPLIANCE ................................................... 5

SCANNING LEGALLY ....................................... 6

ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355N SCANNER ..................11

FEATURE SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

BAND PLANS ............................................. 13

USA Band Plan ...................................................14

Canada Band Plan ...............................................16

INCLUDED IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE ................... 19

Optional Accessories .............................................19

INSTALLING THE BC355N SCANNER ....................20

FOR HOME USE DESKTOP INSTALLATION ................. 20

Helpful Hints ....................................................21

FOR MOBILE USE INCAR INSTALLATION ................. 21

Temporary Mobile Installation ....................................21

Permanent Mobile Installation ....................................22

Permanently Mounting the BC355N Unit ........................22

Permanently Connecting the Mobile Power Supply ..............23

SCANNER OPERATION OVERVIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

BC355N FRONT PANEL ....................................24

BC355N REAR PANEL ......................................31

USING YOUR BC355N SCANNER ........................32

SET UP .................................................... 32

Adjusting Squelch ...............................................32

OPERATING MODES ....................................... 32

SCAN ...........................................................33

SEARCH .........................................................33

SPECIAL NOTES FOR SCANNING PD/FD/EMG AND

AIR/MRN BANKS .............................................34

Scanning Service Bank Tips ....................................... 36

Searching Band Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

SCREENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

SCANNING BANKS ........................................40

SEARCHING BANDS ....................................... 41

SPECIAL FEATURES ....................................41

LOCK OUT CHANNELS / FREQUENCIES ......................42

Types of Lock Out ................................................ 42

Temporary Lock Out ........................................... 42

Permanent Lock Out ...........................................43

Lock Out Limits ..................................................43

Lock Out Tips ....................................................44

CLOSE CALL ®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Close Call Priority ................................................ 49

Close Call Do Not Disturb .........................................49

Close Call Only ...................................................49

Setting Up Close Call Modes ......................................49

Setting C - C.bAnd Options ....................................50

Setting C - C.ALEt Options .................................... 51

Setting C - C.PS Options ....................................... 51

Close Call Tips .................................................52

PRIVATE BANK ............................................ 54

Programming Frequencies and Channels ..........................54

Programming a Channel ....................................... 55

Deleting a Programmed Frequency

(programming “000.0000”) ..................................57

PROGRAM LOCK FEATURE ................................ 60

CLEAR ALL MEMORY ...................................... 60

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ...........................61

GENERAL PRODUCT CARE .............................64

LOCATION ................................................ 64

CLEANING ................................................ 64

REPAIRS .................................................. 65

BIRDIES .................................................. 65

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..........................65

WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355N SCANNER

The BC355N comes with 6 Service banks for monitoring police, re/emergency medical services, marine, air, weather, and CB frequencies. In addition, the BC355N has 13 separate band searches.

You can also save up to 300 frequencies that are scanned along with the preset frequencies. So whenever you encounter a newly activated local frequency for any service category, you can add it to the bank for that category. This gives you quick access to the frequencies you want to hear.

FEATURE SUMMARY

The BC355N is a compact mobile/base scanner and one of the most user-friendly communication products available today. The BC355N features include:

• Turbo search – Allows your BC355N to search 180 steps per second. (5 kHz step band only)

• Seven Banks – 6 preprogrammed Service banks and one standard, programmable Private bank. These banks include:

» POLICE: 1,769 Factory-programmed Police

frequencies with 100 open channels (shared with FIRE/EMG), allowing you to program additional police frequencies into this bank.

» FIRE/EMG: 280 Factory-programmed Fire/EMG

frequencies plus an additional 100 (shared with POLICE) open channels for you to program local re/ EMG frequencies into this bank.

Note: The Police and Fire/EMG banks share a single key – PD/FD/EMG. Pressing this key will toggle between the banks. Additional information is provided in later sections.

» AIR: 2,280 Factory-programmed frequencies

which covers the complete AIR band, 118.000 to

136.9916 MHz. 100 open channels (shared with MRN) for user frequencies are also included.

» MRN: 90 Factory-programmed frequencies which

cover the complete Marine band. 100 open channels (shared with AIR) for user frequencies are also included.

Note: The Air and MRN banks share a single key – AIR/ MRN. Pressing this key will toggle between the banks. Additional information is provided in later sections.

» WX: 7 Factory-programmed Weather frequencies

covering NOAA Weather Service.

» CB: 40 Factory-programmed frequencies

covering CB communications.

» PRIVATE: 100-channel, fully user-programmable

bank.

• Search Bands (13) – Press BAND to select a band to search.

BAND PLANS

Your BC355N can operate using either the common band steps used in the USA or Canada. To select a band plan:

USA: Press UP while powering on the scanner.

Canada: Press DOWN while powering on the scanner.

The scanner remembers your setting if you power o. However, if you clear memory by turning on the scanner and pressing and holding PROG and L/O, the scanner is set to the USA band plan.

USA Band Plan

FREQUENCY (MHz)

LOWER UPPER

25.0000 27.9950 5.0 AM

28.0000 54.0000 5.0 NFM

108.0000 136.9916 8.33 AM

STEP (kHz)

MODE SERVICE

Petroleum Products & Broadcast Pickup

CB Class D Channel

Business & Forest Products 10 Meter Amateur Band

VHF Low Band

6 Meter Amateur Band Aircraft Band

FREQUENCY (MHz)

LOWER UPPER

137.0000 150.7700 5.0

150.7750 150.8125 7.5

150.8150 154.4525 7.5

154.4562 154.4787 7.5

154.4825 154.5125 7.5

154.5150 154.5250 5.0

154.5275 154.5350 7.5

154.5400 154.6075 7.5

154.6100 154.6475 7.5

154.6500 157.4475 7.5

157.4500 157.4650 5.0

157.4700 163.2450 7.5

163.2500 173.2000 12.5

173.2037 173.2100 6.25

173.2150 173.2200 5.0

173.2250 173.3875 12.5

173.3900 173.3962 6.25

173.4000 174.0000 5.0

STEP (kHz)

MODE SERVICE

Military Land Mobile

2 Meter Amateur Band

NFM

Military Land Mobile

VHF High Band

Federal Government

FREQUENCY (MHz)

LOWER UPPER

406.0000 419.9875 12.5 NFM

420.0000 449.9875 12.5 NFM

450.0000 469.9875 12.5 NFM

470.0000 512.0000 12.5 NFM

806.0000 823.9875 12.5 NFM

849.0125 868.9875 12.5 NFM

894.0125 956.0000 12.5 NFM

* This scanner cannot decode digital TV transmissions.

STEP (kHz)

MODE SERVICE

Canada Band Plan

Federal Government

70 cm Amateur Band

UHF Band

UHF “T” Band*

800 Band

FREQUENCY (MHz)

LOWER UPPER

25.0000 27.9950 5.0 AM

28.0000 54.0000 5.0 NFM

STEP (kHz)

MODE SERVICE

Petroleum Products & Broadcast Pickup

CB Class D Channel

Business & Forest Products

10 Meter Amateur Band

VHF Low Band

6 Meter Amateur Band

FREQUENCY (MHz)

LOWER UPPER

108.0000 136.9916 8.33 AM Aircraft Band

137.0000 174.0000 5.0 NFM

406.0000 419.9875 12.5 NFM Federal Government

420.0000 449.9875 12.5 NFM 70 cm Amateur Band

450.0000 469.9875 12.5 NFM UHF Band

470.0000 512.0000 12.5 NFM UHF “ T” Band*

806.0000 823.9875 12.5 NFM

849.0125 868.9875 12.5 NFM

894.0125 956.0000 12.5 NFM

* This scanner cannot decode digital TV transmissions.

STEP (kHz)

MODE SERVICE

Military Land Mobile

2 Meter Amateur Band

Military Land Mobile

VHF High Band

Federal Government

800 Band

Frequency Band Sensitivity (Nominal) 12 dB SINAD

25.000 - 27.995 0.4 µV

28.000 - 54.000 0.3 µV

Frequency Band Sensitivity (Nominal) 12 dB SINAD

137.000 - 174.000 0.2 µV

406.000 - 512.000 0.3 µV

108.000 - 136.9916 0.4 µV

806.000 - 956.000 0.4 µV

Frequency Band Hum and Noise (Nominal)

25.000 - 27.995 48 dB

28.000 - 54.000 36 dB

137.000 - 174.000 36 dB

406.000 - 512.000 35 dB

108.000 - 136.9916 48 dB

806.000 - 956.000 35 dB

Frequency Band Close Call Sensitivity (Nominal)

25.000 - 54.000 450 µV

137.000 - 174.000 150 µV

406.000 - 512.000 130 µV

Frequency Band Close Call Sensitivity (Nominal)

108.000 - 136.9916 200 µV

806.000 - 956.000 450 µV

INCLUDED IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE

• BC355N Scanner

• Telescoping Antenna

• Flexible Window-Mount Mobile Antenna

• AC Adapter

• Vehicle Power Adapter

• DC Power Cord for hard-wiring power from your car to your scanner.

• Bracket

• Screw

• This Owner’s Manual

• Other Printed Materials

If any of these items are missing or damaged, immediately contact your place of purchase or Uniden Customer Hotline at: 1-800-2971023 during regular business hours Monday through Friday.

Optional Accessories

The following optional accessories for your BC355N are available:

Mobile Mounting Bracket (Model MB-007) – For mobile use (Incar Installation); use it to install the BC355N in your car.

External Speaker (ESP20, ESP12, or ESP5) – To increase speaker volume in noisy environments.

Contact your local Uniden Dealer or the Uniden Parts Department by calling: (800) 554-3988 during regular business hours Monday through Friday. We can also be reached on the web at www. unidendirect.com.

INSTALLING THE BC355N SCANNER

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.

Use the desktop stand (fold out from bottom of unit) 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

Temporary Mobile Installation

A Vehicle Power Adapter is provided for an easy, temporary power supply.

Warning: Do not use the Vehicle Power Adapter in a positive ground vehicle.

1. Plug one end of the Vehicle Power Adapter into the vehicle’s accessory power jack and the other end into the DC 13.8V jack on the back of the scanner.

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