Uniden Bct 7 Radio Scanner Owners Manual

Highway Communications
System & Preprogrammed
Warning Scanner
UBUD01250ZZ
OPERATING GUIDE 

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
fire, electrical shock, or damage to the unit, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.IMPORTANT!The installation,  possession, or use of this scanning radio in a motor vehicle may be prohibited,
regulated, or require a permit in certain states, cities, and/or local jurisdiction.  Your local law
enforcement officials should be...

BCT7 Controls
MUTE
FIRE/NEWS
STATE HIGHWAY HOLD/RESUME
POL/DOT
SEARCH
BAND
PROG
PUSH
ALERT PUSH
FLASHSQ
VO L
WX/PVTLOCKOUT
WARNING
BCT7
1
23
45
6
8
91011
1213
14 157
1.Alert Light
2.Mute LED
3.Mute Key
4.Fire/News Frequency Key
5.Lockout Key
6.Weather/Private Frequencies Key
7.Squelch Control/Flash Brightness
Selector
8.Hold/Scan Resume Key
9.State Selector Key
10.Highway Frequencies Key
11.Police/D.O.T. Frequencies Key
12.Search Direction Keys
13.Search Band Selector Key
14.Program Frequency Key...

BCT7 Liquid Crystal Display
1
23
45
68
9
1011
1213
1415
16 7
HIGHWAY POLICE DOT WX PRIVATE FIRE NEWS AIRHOLD SRCH LOCKOUT
st
DATA
FLASH
1.Highway Patrol Frequencies
2.Police Frequencies
3.Department of Transportation
Frequencies
4.NOAA Weather Frequencies
5.Private Frequencies
6.Fire Frequencies
7.News Frequencies
8.Aircraft Frequencies
9.State/Active Frequency
Bank/Channel Indicator
10.Scan Hold Indicator
11.Search Up Indicator
12.Search Down Indicator
13.Frequency Lockout Indicator
14.Data Skip ON...

One Year Limited Warranty
Important:
Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service.
WARRANTOR:UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION (“Uniden”)
ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY:Uniden warrants, for one year, to the original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and
craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below.
WARRANTY DURATION:This warranty to the original user shall terminate and be of no further effect 12 months after the date of original retail sale....

Table of Contents
Welcome!... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Types of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Included With Your Scanner.. ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
Fast Start... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
Power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How Squelch Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the Squelch...

Welcome!
Congratulations on your purchase of theBCT7Highway
Communications System & Scanning Radio! State-of-the-art
engineering and advanced electronics provide you with a
preprogrammed information radio designed for easy operation and
dependability.
With theBCT7Scanning Radio, you can listen to thousands of
Highway Patrol, police, and DOT frequencies, as well as Fire, News,
Weather, CB and Private frequencies you program.Plus, the new built-in technology sounds an alarm when you are
within an...

What is Scanning?
Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way
communications (listed on the page 5) do not transmit continuously.
TheBCT7scans
programmed
channels at the rate of nearly 100
channels per second until it finds an active frequency.
Scanning stops on an active frequency, and remains on that channel
as long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends,
the scanning cycle resumes until another transmission is received.
While theBCT7scans channels, it is in Scan mode....

Features
Pre-programmed frequencies specific to each state (except Hawaii).Pre-programming by the following categories:
-Highway Patrol/State Police
-Local Police and County Sheriffs
-State Departments of Transportation (DOT)
-Fire and Emergency Medical Services
-News Media
-Weather (continuous NOAA weather and Canadian Coast Guard broadcasts)100 channels of user-programmable frequencies available
-Program frequencies into each of the above banks, or
-Program your own bank of 25 Private...

Types of CommunicationsMonitor communications such as:
Highway Patrol, police and fire department (including paramedics)AircraftNOAA weather broadcastsBusiness/industrial radioMotion picture and press relayUtilityLand transportation frequencies, such as trucking firms, buses, taxis, tow trucks, and
railroadsMarine and amateur (ham radio) bandsAnd many more in the following 12 Bands:
Frequency Range Transmission
29.0-30.0 MHz
10 Meter Amateur Band
30.0-50.0 MHz
VHF Low band
118-137 MHz
AM Aircraft
137-144...