Uniden Bc250d Widenband Scanner Owners Manual

•ID Search mode/ID Search Hold mode
Menu Description and Numeric Keypad
Equivalents
Below are the Menu screens and a brief description or
purpose of the feature.
1:SERVICE  OPTION
Service Search menus are preprogrammed services
used around the U.S.
1:WEATHER
1:MONITOR
When you select this mode, the
preprogrammed NOAA weather channel
begins to activate.
2:ALERT
You can set NWR-SAME weather alert to
1:ONor 2:OFF. With ALERT ON you can
enter the mode to program your FIPS code.
2:PUBLIC  SAFETY
3:NEWS
4:TV...

You can program up to 10 search ranges. The first
time you program a range you will need to do so
through the Menu. After the first time you can
program a range as you do on most any other
scanner, using the numeric keypad or VFOcontrol.
Use this Menu item to select the search range that
you want to program. You can program range 1
through 10, one at a time. For each of the ranges, 
the following options can be modified.
1:CHAIN  SEARCH
You must turn Chain Search feature ON, in
order to use the Chain...

5:TONE  DATA
The default mode is 2:OFF. This means that
you will receive all transmissions on any
frequencies that are active within your search
range(s). By selecting CTCSS or DCS you
can set the radio to receive only a particular
subaudible tone to be received during your
search. You can also lockout a particular
CTCSS or DCS tone. You may wish to do this
if you want to search a range but not hear
transmissions on any frequency that has a
particular subaudible tone.
Note: Through the System Menu you...

To do so you must have the SQ Mode in the
System Menu set to Tone SQ. You can also
program a subaudible tone easily by pressing
the Ekey in Scan Hold mode after
programming a frequency. This will bring up
the Tone Data menu without having to
navigate the Menu. By doing this you will
receive all transmissions on the frequency,
regardless of the subaudible tone, except the
one which you have locked. Any transmissions
with that tone will not be received.
4:BEEP  ALERT
You can set a Beep Alert on a...

7:MODE
Default Auto receive modes are also
programmed into memory. AM for aircraft and
CB bands, for example. All frequencies (other
than audio TV broadcast) above 400 MHz are
received in NFM mode which helps prevent
adjacent channel interference. You can
change the default settings on a per-channel
basis with this Menu item.
2:TRUNK
Choose the Trunk bank. The following options are
available for the selected trunk bank only. Repeat
using a different trunk bank, if necessary.
1:TRUNK  TYPE
You will need...

can then do the following:
1. Program ID number
2. Set an alpha tag
3. Assign a Beep Alert to the ID. Whenever
that ID is active, you will hear three beeps
at the start of the transmission.
4:DELAY
You can set a delay for a trunk system on a
bank by bank basis. The delay time is 2
seconds, and this setting can not be changed.
5:ID  LIST  TAG
Assign an alphanumeric tag to any or all of
the 10 Scan Lists for the system. During ID
Scan Mode, you will see the ID List Tag (on
the bottom text line) along with...

ON. In Search mode, with I-CALL ON, you
will hear both talkgroup calls and I-CALLs.
You can also set I-CALLs to I-CALL ONLY
during which you will monitor only I-CALLs in
Search mode. You can also program I-CALL
IDs into Scan List memory.
OR
8:ID  SCAN  LIST (LTR)
When scanning an LTR system you can only
turn Scan Lists OFF and ON when an LTR
talk group that you have entered into memory
is active. To provide you with another method
to turn Scan Lists ON and OFF, you can use
this Menu item which only...

tone. Only in rare instances will you need to
adjust the default settings. The condition to
return to control channels depends on
whether a signal is present or not.
:CNTRL  CH  ONLY 
(TYPE 1/TYPE 2 800, 900)
With this mode you will be able to track
Motorola Type I and II 800 and 900 MHz
trunked systems by simply entering the
control channel which manages the trunked
system. You will not have to program the
voice channels. There are 4 channel plans
which you can select from.
3:SYSTEM  OPTION
1:DIMMER...

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7:DATA  SKIP
A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it
receives. This means the BC250D will occasionally
stop on data signals and unmodulated transmissions.
You can automatically skip many of these types of
transmissions with data skip turned ON.
8:SQ  MODE
The SQ Mode allows you to set at your option,
whether the scanner will stop on all active
transmissions on a particular frequency or it will only
respond to transmissions with a pre-set subaudible
tone. This applies to both Conventional...

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Programming
Before the BC250D 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 in Menu
Mode
1. Select frequencies you received
from your dealer, from various
sources on the internet, or from
one of the guides listed on 
page 11.
Here is a list of sample 
frequencies you should try:
156.800 Marine Calling channel 
155.340 Ambulance operations
155.280 Ambulance...