Uniden Bct 8 Radio Scanner Owners Manual

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•While Private Scanning  in the trunking banks, press SRCH, then it will move to ID
Search mode.
Search Hold Feature
1. Press HOLD/RESUMEat anytime to stop the search. To move up or down 1 frequency
step, use the 
or key.
2. Press 
HOLD/RESUME to resume searching.
Data Skip
A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives. This
means the BCT8 will occasionally stop on data signals and
unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically skip many of
these types of transmissions during...

Storing Search Frequencies
You can quickly store any frequency you find during Search.
1. During Search, press 
HOLD/RESUME. If you want to change
the frequency, use the 
or key to move up or down 1
frequency step. Then press 
E. Or when the scanner stops on
the frequency you want to store, press 
E.
2. Select a bank you want to store by using the keypad. The
smallest empty channel number and the frequency alternately
appear on the display. If necessary, you can also change the
channel by using the...

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Trunk Tracking
Your BCT8 is tracks three major types of trunked radio systems. These systems are
described here.
❖MOTOROLA - Including Type I, Type II, Hybrid, SMARTNET, and Privacy Plus.
Motorola systems are widely used by public safety and business users. Most are on
the 800 MHz band, and recent systems are appearing on other bands. (see page 43).
❖EDACS - Including Wideband 9600 baud and SCAT. Wideband systems are mostly on
the 800 MHz band, and are used by public safety, utilities, and business...

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Programming Trunking Frequencies
There are three steps for programming a trunked system:
1. Program the Trunk Type – What type of system will the scanner be tracking, Motorola
Type II, Type I, EDACS, LTR, etc.
2. Program the Trunked Frequencies – Within a trunked system, the frequencies are
shared among all the users, called “Talk Groups”.
3. Program the Talk Groups – Within the trunked system, each agency or department is
assigned a Talk Group ID. This ID must be programmed into the scanner in order...

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*** Requires programming of frequencies in exact order and location.
STEP 2: Programming Trunking Frequencies
1. Select  and press E. Use the keypad and  (decimal key) to enter a frequency
for the trunked system.
For example, enter  .
Note:  To clear a mistake while entering a frequency, press 
(decimal key) twice, and start over.
2. Then press 
E. 
The “
E” (EDACS),  “M” (Motorola) or  “L” (LTR) appears depending on the trunked
system selected.
If the frequency is out of the range of the system...

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In order to program Talk Group ID’s, you must first complete Step1–“Selecting Trunking
System Type”, page 30 and Step 2 – “Programming Trunking Frequencies”, page 31.
1.  After programming a frequency, press 
HOLD/RESUMEto return to the main screen of
system type selected and select  . Then press 
E.
2.  Select the Scan List location by using the 
or key.
3.  Enter the Talk Group IDs for each trunk system as follows.
To enter a Type 2 Talk Group ID:
1. Enter the ID you want to store by using the...

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Please see page 42 for more information.
1. Enter the Area Code.
2. Enter the Home Repeater number.
3. Enter the ID you want to store 
4. Press 
E.
Note: To clear a stored ID while entering an ID, press 0and Esuccessively, and
start over.
Receiving Trunked Systems
When you have properly programmed all the frequencies for a trunked system, you can
monitor the system in several different ways. You will find that Search, Hold, Lockout, Scan
and Delay are all similar to conventional scanning.
❖ID SCAN...

Note: One Scan List must always be active. If you try and deactivate all the Scan Lists,
Scan List 1 will automatically be active.
3. To restore a Scan List to active scanning, press its number again.
Remember! When you press TRUNKin the Trunking mode, you can be out of the
Trunking mode and enter into Private Scan Hold mode.
Note:•appears on the display during Trunk Scan instead of simply  .
ID Scan Hold Feature
If you want to stop on a ID during ID scanning, press
HOLD/RESUME.
To directly access a...

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ID Monitor Mode
By using ID Monitor mode, you can determine which talk groups are the most active without
hearing conversations.
1.  Press and hold 
SRCHfor 2 seconds until you hear two beeps. Then  begins
flashing and all active talk group IDs appear on the display every 0.5 seconds.
2.  To activate ID search mode, press 
SRCH
Note
:  Lockout ID also appears on the display.
ID Search Hold and Direct Entry ID in Hold Mode
Just like in Conventional Search, Hold lets you pause ID Search on an...

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ID Lockout
Like conventional scanning, it’s possible to lockout unwanted traffic. This is particularly
important in trunked systems because in many areas, water meters, door alarms, traffic
signals, and other mechanical devices are assigned IDs just like other users. Also some
departments scramble or encrust their communications, and you may want to lock out these
unintelligible broadcasts.
To Lockout an ID, press 
L/Oon the ID you want to lockout.
The ID is locked out. You can Lockout up to 100 IDs....