Uniden Bct10 Highway Warning Radio Scanner Owners Manual

Scanning Highway Patrol Frequencies
1. To scan highway patrol
frequencies exclusively,
press the
Mkey repeatedly
until HP is blinking in the
LED display.
2. The HP LED lights up.
3. While scanning, the BCT-10
displays the state code for
the state you selected. When
the BCT-10 detects an active
frequency, it displays HP in
the LED. and stops for two
seconds before it resumes
scanning.
HOLDL/0STATE MUTEMODE
ALARM
HIGHWAY
SYSTEM
HP
MUTE
HOLD
HP
MUTE
HOLD
HP
TX
MUTE MUTE
HOLD HOLD
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Scanning All Police Frequencies
1. To scan highway patrol and
local police frequencies,
press the
Mkey
repeatedly until LP is
blinking on the LED display.
2. The LP and HP LED’s will
light up.
3. While scanning, the
BCT-10 displays the state
code for the state you
selected. When the BCT-10
detects an active
frequency, it displays LP
when monitoring an active
local police frequency and
HP when monitoring an
active highway patrol
frequency. The BCT-10 will
stop for two seconds, and
then resume scanning...

H ighwa y P a trol Ala rm
In most cases, when you are
within three miles of a
highway patrol unit, and a
mobile extender is in use,
your BCT-10 will set off a
visual and audible alarm. The
signal strength will be
displayed, and the LED will
return to the HP display. The
time the ALARM LED will
stay on depends on the
signal strength.
Setting the Highway Patrol Alarm Range
A range setting is always active for the highway patrol alert. You
can set the range for either standard or long range. Signal...

2. The LR and SR LED’s
toggle and you hear two
short beeps once either
standard or long range
mode is selected.
Setting the Highway Patrol Alarm Volume
You can set the Alert Tone volume to either Low, Medium, or High.
To change the Alert Tone volume:
1.
Press the
AKey.
2. You hear a beep and the
LED will display L (low), M
(medium), or H (high).
HP
MUTE
HOLD
HOLDL/0STATE
MUTEMODE ALARM
HIGHWAY
SYSTEM
MUTE
HOLD
L
MUTE
HOLD
M
MUTE
HHOLD
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Muting the Highway Patrol Alarm
While in the highway patrol mode you can turn off the alarm tone
during the time you are listening to a frequency or disable the
alarm tone permanently. To disable the alarm tone while listening
to a frequency:
1. While in the highway patrol
mode and after you receive
an alarm tone, press the
m
key.
2. The MUTE LED flashes.
Note:Only the alarm tone will be disabled. You will still receive
highway patrol alarms but only the ALARM LED will
come on.
3.
To enable the Alert...

To disable the alarm tone permanently:
1.
Press and Hold the
mkey
for two seconds.
2. You hear a two beeps and
the MUTE LED comes on.
Note:When the MUTE LED is on and not flashing, you can
receive highway patrol alarms, but the alarm tone does
not sound.
HOLDL/0STATE MUTEMODE
ALARM
HIGHWAY
SYSTEM
HP
MUTE
HOLD
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Monitoring Weather Frequencies
1. To monitor weather
frequencies, press the
Mkey
repeatedly until WX is
blinking on the LED display.
2. While scanning, the BCT-10
will display WX. When the
BCT-10 detects an active
frequency, it displays the
weather channel in the LED
and stops scanning.
3.
Press the
Lkey to make
the BCT-10 scan for the next
weather frequency.
HOLDL/0STATE MUTEMODE
ALARM
HIGHWAY
SYSTEM
WX
MUTE
HOLD
MUTE
HOLD
WX
MUTE
HOLD
W2
HOLDL/0STATE MUTEMODE
ALARM
SYSTEM
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Deleting Frequencies
Some frequencies that have been preprogrammed into your
BCT-10 may not be of immediate interest to you, or a frequency
may be experiencing interference. You can lock out that frequency
from scanning.
1. When the scanner stops
on the undesired
frequency, press
Lone
time.
2. To lock out additional frequencies, repeat Step 1.
Note:You can delete a maximum of 50 frequencies. Although it
is possible to delete the highway patrol alarm
frequencies, this should never be done unless...

Restoring Deleted Frequencies
Please note that you can only restore all deleted frequencies at the
same time.
To restore the deleted frequencies:
1. Make sure the BCT-10 is not
scanning. To stop the unit
from scanning, turn the
SQUELCH knob toward the
front of the BCT-10.
2.
Press and hold the
Lkey
until you hear two beeps.
3. All deleted frequencies are now restored.
HOLDL/0STATE MUTEMODE
ALARM
SYSTEM
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Using HOLD to Stay on a Selected Frequency
When scanning stops on a desired frequency, you can lock onto
that frequency for as long as you like.
To monitor only one frequency:
1. When the scanner stops
on the desired frequency,
press the
Hkey.
2. The LED display now
indicates the service,
either highway patrol or
local police, you are
monitoring. The scanner
remains on that frequency
until you cancel the Hold
mode by pressing
H
Note:While in the Hold mode, the Alarm feature is inactive!
3. To resume...