Uniden Bc780xlt Trunk Tracker Scanner Owners Manual

23 1. After programming frequencies, simply press 
SCANto
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 try to turn off all the banks, the first bank...

24 Still another method of direct access to a specific channel:
1 Press 
MAN.
2 Press s or tto select the channel. (or press and hold sor tto scroll more quickly.)
Lastly to step up through the channels one at a time, repeatedly press 
MAN.
RF Attenuation Feature
The BC 780XLT comes with an RF Attenuation feature. If youre near an unusually strong
signal source, the signal may overload the scanner. The scanner may stop repeatedly on
that signal and miss other transmissions.
The RF Attenuation feature...

25 5. Press sor tto select one of the delay periods
provided and then press 
E.DLYappears on the
display unless no delay has been set.
6. For Search mode, select SEARCH EVENT - DELAY, then set the delay period.
Note: The delay periods are as follows:
• None: Delay feature off
• 1 sec.: Delays for 1 sec. before re-scanning
• 2 sec.: Delays for 2 sec. before re-scanning
• 4 sec.: Delays for 4 sec. before re-scanning
• Infinite: Stays on until SCAN is pressed
• -2 sec.: Stays for 2 sec. only before...

26 3 . The scanner immediately resumes scanning because the
locked out channel is no longer in the scanning sequence.
Lockout Tips • Write down your locked-out channels and put in a convenient place in 
case you need to restore them.
Restoring a Locked-out Channel
1. Press MAN.
2. Select a locked out channel.
a. Enter the channel number.
b. Then press 
MANagain.
3. Press 
L/Oto unlock the channel. The L/Oicon goes out.
Restoring All Locked-out Channels
You can restore all locked-out channels in a bank...

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Changing the Priority Channel
You cannot eliminate the Priority Channel, but you can change it to any one of the 50
available channels in each bank.
1. Press 
MAN.
2. To select a new Priority Channel:
a. Enter the channel number.
b. Then press 
MANagain.
3. Press and hold 
PRIfor two seconds to designate this
channel as your new Priority Channel.
Two beeps indicate that the Priority 
channel has been changed. The 
Picon appears in
the display.
Note: • Priority in Trunking mode works just the same,...

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Setting a Search Range
Note:First you must set the search ranges through the menu screen prior to any searching.
The BC780XLT can search up to 10 separate frequency ranges to help you discover new
stations in your area.
To set a search range, enter into the menu mode.
1. Press 
MENU.
2. Press s or tto select SEARCH EVENTand then press 
E.
3. Press s or tto select SEARCH BANKand then press 
E.
4. Press s or tto select the desired bank number and then press 
E.
5. Press s or tto select EDIT RANGEand...

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Search Hold Feature
1. Press HOLD/sat anytime to stop the search.
2. Press 
HOLD/sto move to the next higher frequency.
––– OR –––
Press 
LIMIT/tto move down to the previous frequency.
3. Press 
SRCHto resume searching.
Data Skip
A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives. This means the BC780XLT will
occasionally stop on data signals and unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically
skip many of these types of transmissions during search. To activate the data skip feature,
enter...

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Storing Search Frequencies
You can quickly store any frequency you find during Search.
Caution: You must select the channel in which you will store the frequency before entering
the search mode. Otherwise, you may erase a stored frequency that you want 
to keep.
1. During search, press 
HOLD/swhen the scanner
stops at the frequency you want to store.
2. Press 
Eto store the frequency in the channel you selected.
Note: • If the frequency you want to store exists already, 
WARNINGappears on the display...

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Squelch (SQ) Mode
The scanner can be set to the following SQ modes.
• Carrier SQ mode (default setting)
The scanner will stop on any transmission or squelch opening, regardless of whether any
sub-audible tone has been programmed for the channel or search range.
• Tone SQ mode
The scanner will stop on any active frequency for which either no sub-audible tone has
been programmed or for which the user-programmed sub-audible tone is also active.
• Tone Search mode
During any transmission, the scanner will...

32 Note: • CTCSS: Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System.
• DCS: Digital Coded Squelch.
• For example, the scanner shows the following displays.
• If the delay feature (-2 sec/-5 sec/-10 sec) has been set while in Tone search mode,
it resumes scanning according to the delay setting.
Additional Menu Options for Searching
Each of these additional menu options apply to all banks with search ranges entered. If there
is a bank that you do not want an option to apply, then simply press the bank number on the...