Uniden America UB376 User Manual

DEPARTMENT OPTIONS

Edit Name Set Location Information Delete Department

Set Department Quick Key Set Avoid New Department

Edit Channel

Edit Name

See Data Naming.

Set Department Quick Key

This assigns a quick key to the Department and the scanner will scan the Department when the key is enabled. The default setting is . (no quick key). If you don’t assign a Quick Key to a departmtnt, it will always be scanned unless you Avoid it.

0-99 or . (for no quick key)

Note: Pressing the rst number of a 2-digit quick key will get you closer. For example, press 1 for 10, 2 for 20, etc., then scroll to the second digit.

Edit Channel

See Channel Options.

Set Location Information – This allows you program a location for the Department to use with Location Control enabled or with a GPS. You can program a circle with a radial range or multiple rectangles as a location.

See Set Up GPS rst.

Circle

Set Latitude

Enter the latitude. Press ./no to toggle N or S, and press E/yes.

Set Longitude

Enter the longitude. Press ./no to toggle E or W, and press E/yes.

Set Range See also Understanding Range.

0-6000

Rectangles

New Rectangle

Latitude - Top Left

Enter the latitude. Press ./no to toggle N or S, and press E/yes.

Longitude - Top Left

Enter the longitude. Press ./no to toggle E or W, and press E/yes.

Latitude - Bottom Right

Enter the latitude. Press ./no to toggle N or S, and press E/yes.

Longitude - Bottom Right

Enter the longitude. Press ./no to toggle E or W, and press E/yes.

Stored Rectangle

Edit Rectangle See Rectangles above.

Delete Rectangle

At Confirm Delete? press E/yes or ./no.

Set Avoid – This determines whether a Department will be scanned or not. Temporary Avoids

cancel when you cycle power.

The default setting is Stop Avoiding.

Stop Avoiding, Temporary Avoid, or Permanent Avoid

See also Scan Avoids.

Volume Offset – This sets the Volume Offset for the Channel.

-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, or 3

Note: You can also toggle volume offset for a channel in scan hold mode by pressing Func then 0(LVL).

Delete Channel – Deletes the Channel.

At Confirm Delete? press E/yes or ./no.

New Channel – See New Channel.

SET SCAN SELECTION

Manage Quick Key Status – This is one way to enable or disable your System quick keys and Favorites Lists quick keys. The other way is using the number keys on the keypad. See Selecting Quick Keys.

Favorites Quick Key

Scroll to each Favorites List quick key and press E/yes to enable or disable.

System Quick Key

Scroll to each Favorites List and press E/yes.

Favorites List

Scroll to each System quick key and press E/yes to enable or disable.

Set Nationwide Systems (Database Only) – This setting enables or disables Nationwide

systems in the Database, only when the Database is being scanned.

Scroll to each Nationwide System and press E/yes to enable or disable.

Select Lists to Monitor – This setting enables or disables your Favorites Lists and the database for scanning. You must rst enable each list here, before you can enable the quick key for the list or you will see Nothing to Scan.

Note: You will need to set a location to enable the database.

Scroll to the Full Database, Search with Scan, or each Favorites List, then press E/yes to enable or disable.

For Search with Scan, see also Search with Scan and Edit Custom Search.

Set All Lists Off/On – These settings turn all Favorites Lists on or off.

Select Set All Lists Off/On then press E/yes to toggle each setting.

MANAGING FULL DATABASE

Press Menu then scroll to Manage Full Database and press E/yes.

Scroll to the options below and press E/yes.

Review Avoids – You can review all Systems, Departments, and Channels that are avoided and stop avoiding each one.

Note: The Database must be enabled for scan to review Avoids.

Scroll to each System, Department, or Channel and press E/yes to stop avoiding. Temporary Avoids appear reversed in the display -

Stop All Avoiding – This will stop avoiding all Systems, Departments, and Channels in the Database.

At Confirm Delete?, press E/yes or ./no.

Information – This will show the database version in the scanner.

USING STARTUP KEYS

TO USE A STARTUP KEY:

1. Turn the scanner off.

2. Press and hold the number key that corresponds to the startup key when you turn the scanner on.

3. Continue holding the number key until the scanner display shows the number of the startup key conguration

When you use Startup Conguration, the scanner checks all Favorites Lists and:

1. Favorites whose Startup Key matches the one the user pressed are changed to Monitor Status ON.

2. Favorites whose Startup Key DOES NOT match the one the user pressed are changed to Monitor Status OFF.

Caution: If you press the wrong key when you press the power key to set your startup

conguration, and that wrong key doesn’t have any Favorites Lists assigned to that key, you will start up your scanner with all systems Avoided-Nothing to Scan.

PRIORITY SCANNING

Priority Scan – When the scanner is scanning a Conventional System, it interrupts scanning, based on the Priority Interval and Max Channels settings, to check priority channels for activity. The more channels you have set to priority, the longer the interruption will be. The Favorites List(s) and System(s) containing the priority channel(s) have to be enabled (and not Avoided) or the scanner will display Priority Scan No Channel.

Priority ID Scan – This function is similar to conventional priority although there is no interruption during the transmission. Priority is checked in between transmissions, when the scanner is receiving the control channel, and during the channel delay period. The scanner can only look for priority IDs in the trunked system it is currently scanning.

Priority DND – The scanner checks priority channels, based on the Priority Interval and Max Channels settings, only when not receiving other conventional channels so there is no interruption in scanning with conventional systems.

The highest priority is for channels in System and Department Quick Key 0. The lowest priority is for channels in System and Department Quick Key 99. Priority for priority channels in the same channel Department follows the order in which the channels were created.

To use Priority Scan, you must rst set your Priority Channels.

To use Priority ID Scan, you must also enable Priority ID Scan for each system.

To Toggle Priority Modes, press Func then ./no(Pri).

PRIORITY SCAN OPTIONS

Press Menu then scroll to Priority Scan and press E/yes.

Set Priority Set Interval MaxChannels/Pri-Scan

Set Priority – Sets the Priority mode. You can also toggle these modes by holding on any channel in scan mode and pressing Func then ./no(Pri).

Off - The Priority feature is off.

Priority DND - The scanner checks Priority channels only when not receiving other

conventional channels.

PRI appears in the display reversed -

Priority Scan - The scanner checks conventional priority channels.

PRI appears in the display -

Set Interval – This sets (in seconds) how often the scanner will check the priority channels.

1-10 sec.

MaxChannels/Pri-Scan – This sets the maximum number of priority channels that are scanned

during one priority scan interrupt. If there are more priority channels than the value you select, the channels are divided into more than one group and the scanner scans each group in turn. Example: If you set the maximum channels to 20 and there are 100 priority channels, the scanner checks those 100 channels in groups of 20 and takes a total of 5 intervals to complete the priority scan.

1-100

SCANNING BY ASSIGNING QUICK KEYS

With previous scanners, you selected banks to scan. With this scanner, you select Favorites List, and Systems, and Departments to scan by assigning Quick Keys to them.

See also Understanding Quick Keys.

Scanning is performed with a mixture of FLQK, SQK, and DQK order. The scanner will not scan all Systems in one Favorites List and then move to the next List.

For each Favorites List, starting with 0, the scanner will scan each 0 SQK in FLQK order and then move to the next set of SQKs for each list.

Example:

FLQK 0, SQK 0; FLQK 1, SQK 0…. FLQK 98, SQK 99; FLQK 99, SQK, 99.

Systems with the same quick key are scanned in order of creation.

The Database is scanned next, in order of creation. Then, Systems with no quick key (including created Quick Save Systems) are scanned and in order of creation.

Departments within Systems are also scanned the same as Systems.

Conventional Channels within Systems are also scanned in order of creation.

IDs are not really scanned. The scanner checks for any activity in the trunking system and:

• Will display all IDs when ID Search mode is set to On.

• Will display only programmed IDs when ID Search mode is set to Off.

Next, any Custom Searches (enabled for Search with Scan) are scanned in order.

Then, the scanner scans the Close Call ‘Hits with Scan’ system (if Unavoided). This is a system that automatically stores the frequencies found by Close Call. If the ‘Hits with Scan’ system has no frequencies, the scanner will not scan the system.

The scanner scans a system for the duration you set using the System Hold Time option. For trunked systems, the scanner moves to the next system after the hold time expires, the current transmission ends, and the channel delay expires. Conventional systems operate similarly, but all (Unavoided) channels are scanned at least one time regardless of the hold time setting.

Scanning Checklist:

1. You must enable at least one Favorites List or the Full Database in Select Lists to Monitor.

2. Favorites Lists, or

Systems, or Departments with Quick Keys assigned to them, must be

enabled with quick keys or through Manage Quick Key Status for Favorite Lists or Systems.

3. Service Types required for channels must be set to On.

Any Favorites List not assigned to a quick key, not Avoided, and set to On in Select – to Monitor will be scanned.

Any Departments not assigned to a quick key and not Avoided will be scanned.

Any System not assigned to a quick key and not Avoided, will be scanned.

Time

Quick Key for

System

Name

Quick Key for Favorites List

and

Date

Scanning Direction

Department Name

Scan Mode

Channel

Name

Function Tag Frequency CTCSS/DCS/NAC

Scan Receive

Favorites List Name

Signal Strength

System Hold Site Hold

Unit ID Display - Channel Hold Search with Scan - Frequency Hold

Change Direction or Resume Scan Turn the Scroll Control.

SELECTING QUICK KEYS

Select a Favorites List Quick Key – Press the number key(s) assigned to the Favorites List then press E/yes. Example: 00, E/yes to enable or disable List 0.

Select a System Quick Key in the Current List – Press ./no, then the number key (2 digits) assigned to the System.

Example: ./no, 03, E/yes to enable or disable System 3.

Select a Department Quick Key in the current List – Press ./no twice, then the number key (2 digits) assigned to the Department.

Example: ./no twice, 07, E/yes to enable or disable Department 7.

Select a System Quick Key in a Different List – Press the number key(s) assigned to the

3-Line Display O

Favorites List then ./no, then the number key (2 digits) assigned to the System then E/yes.

Example: 00, ./no, 04, E/yes to enable or disable List 0, System 4.

TOGGLE DISPLAY MODES

Hold on any channel and press Func then 9(DISP). Press Channel to resume.

In BCD536HP, you can turn 3-Line Display on and off.

In BCD436HP, you can turn on Disp. Unit ID on and off.

3-Line Display On

TOGGLE ID SCAN OR ID SEARCH

While scanning each Trunked System, press Func then E/yes.

SELECT SERVICE TYPES

(BCD536HP) Press Serv.

(BCD436HP) Press Func then Zip/Services.

Scroll to each Service Type and press E/yes to enable or disable.

HOLDING

Channel Hold

Press Channel to hold on a Channel. Scroll to channels.

Press Channel to release Hold mode.

Department Hold

Press Dept to pause then hold on any Department.

Double press Dept to hold without a pause.

Press Dept then quickly scroll to the Department in pause mode.

Double press Dept to release Department hold.

Site Hold

Press Func then Dept to hold on any Site.

Press Func then Dept to release Site hold.

Press Dept then rotate the scroll control to select a Site.

System Hold

Press System to pause then hold on any System.

Double press System to hold without a pause.

Press System then quickly scroll to the System in pause mode.

Double press System to release System hold.

REPLAY THE LAST TRANSMISSIONS

While scanning, press Replay.

Press Channel to pause/resume replay.

Turn the Scroll Control to select recordings.

START/STOP RECORDING

While scanning, press Func then Replay.

Note: Resets to Off when you turn off the scanner.

ADVANCED CHANNEL MENU

While the channel is in the display, press E/yes.

Edit Current Channel - See Channel Options.

Add to Favorites List - Press E/yes or ./no.

At Select Favorites List, scroll to the Favorites List and press E/yes.

Save Sub Audio/P25 NAC - CTCSS Tone or DCS/NAC Code (blinking)

At Are you sure?, press E/yes.

Save Talk Group ID - Unknown Talk Group ID with ID Search

At Are you sure?, press E/yes or .No.

At Select Department, scroll to the Department and press E/yes.

Save Unit ID - Unknown Unit ID

At Are you sure?, press E/yes or .No.

STORE A SEARCH FREQUENCY SEARCH WITH SCAN

Press E/yes.

Then see Storing Frequencies.

Adding Systems From the Database

Press E/yes to store a frequency.

ATTENUATION

Channel Attenuation - Press Channel to hold on the channel and press Func then 4(ATT) to toggle attenuation.

Global Attenuation - Press Channel to hold on any channel then press Func then press and hold 4(ATT) to toggle global attenuation.

MODULATION

Conventional Channel Modulation

Press Channel to hold on the channel.

Press Func then Channel(MOD) to toggle modulation.

Press Channel to release hold mode.

Site Modulation

Press Func then Dept to hold on the Site.

Press Channel to hold on any channel.

Press Func then Channel(MOD) to toggle modulation.

Press Channel to release hold mode.

Press Func then Dept to release Site hold mode.

INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY EXCHANGE

Press Channel to hold on the channel.

Press Func then 7(IFX) to toggle on or off.

REPEATER FREQUENCY CONVENTIONAL CHANNEL

Press Channel to hold on the channel.

Press Func then press and hold 8(REV).

CHANNEL VOLUME OFFSET

Press Channel to hold on the channel.

Press Func then press 0(LVL) to toggle.

AVOIDING CHANNELS, DEPARTMENTS, SITES, AND SYSTEMS

Avoids are common to every System in the Favorites List.

Temporary Avoids cancel when you cycle power. See also Review Avoids.

Channel Avoid When the Channel is in the display or in Channel Hold mode:

To Temporary Avoid, press Avoid once.

To Permanent Avoid, press twice when the channel is in the display or in Channel Hold mode.

Department Avoid

Press Dept then Avoid once to Temporary Avoid.

Press Avoid twice to Permanent Avoid.

Site Avoid When the Site is in the display or in Site Hold mode (Func then Dept):

To Temporary Avoid, press Dept then quickly press Avoid.

To Permanent Avoid, press Dept then quickly press Avoid twice.

To Stop Avoiding, press Dept then Avoid once.

Press Func then Dept to release Site hold.

System Avoid

Press System then Avoid once to Temporary Avoid.

Press Avoid twice to Permanent Avoid.

CHANGE YOUR LOCATION

(BCD536HP) Press the Zip button.

(BCD436HP) Press Zip/Services.

Select your Country, and enter a zip/postal code. See also Set Your Location.

SET THE RANGE

(BCD536HP) Press the Rang button.

Enter new range using the numeric keys and press E/yes to save.

(BCD436HP) See Set Range.

See also Understanding Range and Understanding Location Control.

DIRECT FREQUENCY/TGID ENTRY

Press Channel to hold on any Channel.

Enter the Frequency/TGID and press E/yes. Press Channel to release hold.

USING NUMBER TAGS

If two Favorites Lists have the same number tag, they will be selected in sequence. The rst time you select the number tag, the scanner will go to the rst Favorites List assigned to that number tag; if you select the same number tag again, it will go to the 2nd Favorites List assigned to that number tag, and so on. The same rule applies to System and Channel number tags.

View Number Tags

BCD436HP - Number Tag is always displayed in Scan Hold mode.

BCD536HP - Press Func in Scan Hold mode..

Go To Number Tag

Press Channel to hold on any channel.

Favorite Number

Tag

System Number

Tag

Channel Number

Tag

Enter the Favorites number tag, ./no, then the System number tag, ./no, then the Channel number tag and press Channel.

Examples:

1.01.36 to go to Channel 36 in System 01 in Favorites List 1.

Favorite

Number Tag

System

Number Tag

.01.36 to go to Channel 36 in System 01 in current Favorites List.

..36 to go to Channel 36 in current System.

Channel

Number Tag

CLOSE CALL MODES

To toggle CC Off, CC DND, or CC Pri:

(BCD536HP) Press SQ (

(BCD436HP) Hold on any channel and press Func then Avoid(

Close Call Hit

See Using Close Call.

PRIORITY MODES

Press Func then ./no(PRI) to toggle Priority mode Off, DND, or On.

Weather Alert Priority

Press Channel to hold on any channel.

Press Func then 6(WX) to toggle on or off.

CUSTOM SEARCH BY SEARCH KEY

Press Channel to hold on any channel.

Press Func then 1(SRCH1), 2(SRCH2), or 3(SRCH3), to start a Custom Search assigned to a Search Key.

CLOSE CALL ONLY

(BCD536HP) Press and hold SQ ( ).

(BCD436HP) Press Func then press and hold Avoid (

WEATHER SCAN

Press Channel to hold on any channel.

Press Func then press and hold 6(WX).

TONEOUT STANDBY/SEARCH

(BCD536HP Only)

Press Func then SQ. (Push F+FTO)

(BCD436HP) Assign Tone-Out Standby/Search to a Search Key.

REVIEW AVOIDS

Database Avoids. Press Menu and scroll to Manage Full Database.

Scroll to the following:

Review Avoids - Scroll to each channel, department, site, or system and press E/yes to Stop Avoiding. Temporary Avoids appear reversed in the display -

Stop All Avoiding - At Confirm?, press E/yes or ./no.

Favorites List Avoids. Press Menu and scroll to Manage Favorites.

Scroll to the Favorites List and press E/yes.

Scroll to the following:

Review Avoids - Scroll to each channel, department, site, or system and press E/yes to Stop Avoiding. Temporary Avoids appear reversed in the display -

Stop All Avoiding - At Confirm? press E/yes or ./no.

ID Avoids. Press Menu and scroll to Manage Favorites.

Scroll to the Favorites List and press E/yes.

Scroll to Review/Edit System and press E/yes.

Scroll to the System and press E/yes.

Scroll to Edit Sys Options and press E/yes.

Scroll to the following:

Review ID Avoids - Scroll to each ID and press E/yes to Stop Avoiding.

Clear All ID Avoids - At Conrm? press E/yes or ./no.

Clear All Avoids for Site or Department – Press Channel to hold on any System.

Press and hold Avoid.

QUICK SEARCH

Press Func then E/yes to start Quick Search at the current frequency.

P25 ADJUSTMENT MODE

(BCD536HP) Press Func then Scroll Control knob. Press Func then Scroll Control knob to exit.

(BCD436HP) Press Scroll Control knob then Func then Scroll Control knob. Press Scroll Control knob to exit.

APCO Decode

Error Rate

Threshold

Voltage

Threshold

Level

P25 Condition

Mode

Set the P25 Threshold mode to Manual in Site Options or System Options for a Conventional channel.

Press Func then Dept to hold on a Site or Channel to hold on a digital Channel.

The rst line on the display now shows the digital error rate and the decode threshold setting (0-20). The second line on the display shows the decode threshold levels for the site.

Allow the scanner to monitor the site or channel for several minutes. The error rate should drop for each transmission and the threshold levels should automatically adjust to a more optimal setting. Then, once the threshold level settles to a stable setting, make a note of the value. This is the site’s or channel’s optimum decode threshold.

Press Func and rotate the Scroll Control to set the MAN decode threshold start level to a setting that most closely matches the system’s optimum decode threshold. Whatever you set at this point will be remembered for this site as the starting point for the auto-tuning function for subsequent transmission on site. See also P25 Threshold Level.

USING A GPS

LOCATIONBASED SCANNING

You can connect the scanner to a compatible GPS device and set the scanner to automatically Avoid and Unavoid Departments and Sites based on your current location. This frees you from having to manually enable and disable Departments and Sites as you change locations.

For the BCD436HP, use the 4-pin mini plug to connect to the scanner using a NMEA compatible GPS device. The BCD536HP has a 9-pin RS232 male serial connector and you should select a baud rate of (4800 bps) for the serial port.

A good application of this feature would be to set the longitude and latitude for each multi-site system transmitter as usually you can receive at least a handful in any given location. Set the range to around 30 miles and the scanner will automatically Avoid or Unavoid Sites when in and out of range. It may also be relevant to set different locations/ranges for the Departments within the site.

You can nd the physical location of antennas using the databases available at Radio Reference or the FCCs Antenna Structure Registration site.

Both sites list the latitude, longitude, and height of the antenna and both sites can map the exact location for you.

Once the scanner completes the initial GPS review, if you move into or out of an area covered by a Site/Department, the scanner will Avoid and Unavoid Sites and Departments according to Range settings for the scanner and Sites/Departments.

If you cycle power, all Sites/Departments are Unavoided until the scanner reacquires the GPS signal and completes the initial GPS review.

Note: If you unplug your GPS device or it loses reception to satellites, the scanner will use the last known location as the current location.

See also Set Location to set your Location, Range, and relevant GPS options.

See also Understanding Location Control and Understanding Range.

All Sites/Departments with locations set and not within range of your current location will be temporarily Avoided.

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