Uniden Bct12 Highway Warning Scanner Owners Manual

Scanning Local Police Frequencies
This mode scans only the local police and county sheriff
frequencies. Mobile extenders and other enforcement channels of
the Highway Patrol are priority checked for alarm activity.
Note:The priority check can be turned off by pressing and
holding the Alert key for two seconds.
1. To scan local police
frequencies, press the
Mkey repeatedly until LP is
blinking in the LED display.
2. The LP LED will light up.
3. While scanning, the BCT-12
displays the state code for
the...

1. To scan highway patrol and
local police frequencies,
press the
Mkey repeatedly
until HL is blinking on the
LED display.
2. The LP and HP LED’s will
light up.
3. While scanning, the BCT-12
displays the state code for
the state you selected. When
the BCT-12 detects an active
frequency, it displays either
LP for local police or HP for
highway patrol in the LED
display. The BCT-12 will stop
for two seconds, and then
resume scanning with the
state code displayed in the
LED display.
Scanning News Media...

2. When the BCT-12 detects an
active frequency, it displays
NW in the LED display. The
BCT-12 will stop for two
seconds, and then resume
scanning with NW blinking in
the LED display.
Scanning Department of Transportation Frequencies
This mode scans the state road repair, snow clearing, and weigh
station crews of the state’s Department of Transportation as well
as Highway Patrol channels. This mode is outstanding for driving
during hazardous or winter weather. Mobile extender and other
enforcement...

Scanning All Frequencies
Note:The Weather Alert and Priority Alert features are not
active in this mode.
1. To scan all frequencies
(except Weather), press the
Skey repeatedly or press
and hold the
Skey until
“XX” is blinking on the LED
display.
2. All frequencies, except weather channels, are scanned for an
active transmission.
3. When the BCT-12 finds an
active frequency, it activates
a built-in two second delay
before it resumes scanning.
Note:TheMkey does not operate while XX is selected.
Priority...

Turning Priority Alert On/Off
To turn priority alert off while in HP, LP, HL, or DOT Mode:
Press and Hold the
Akey
for 1.5 seconds. A
confirmation beep sounds
and the ALT LED goes off.
To turn priority alert on while in HP, LP, HL, or DOT Mode:
Press and Hold the
Akey
for 1.5 seconds. A
confirmation beep sounds
and the ALT LED goes on.
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:
Press the
AKey. You hear a
beep...

Muting the Priority Alert
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
mkey. The MUTE LED flashes.
Note:Only the alarm tone will be disabled. You will still
receive highway patrol and weather alert alarms, but
only the ALARM LED will come on.
2. To enable the...

2. While scanning, the BCT-12
will display WX in the LED
display. When the BCT-12
detects an active frequency, it
displays the weather channel
in the LED display and stops
scanning.
3. Press the
Lkey to make the BCT-12 scan for the next
weather frequency.
Weather Alert
The Weather Alert feature can be set to operate along with the HP,
HL, LP, or WX modes. An alert tone is sounded when an
emergency weather bulletin is broadcast. In WX mode, there is no
audio until an emergency weather bulletin is...

Deleting Frequencies
Some frequencies that have been pre-programmed into your
BCT-12 may not be of immediate interest to you, may be
experiencing interference, or are being used as data channels.
You can lock out those frequencies from scanning.
When the scanner stops on the undesired frequency, press
L
one time. To lock out additional frequencies, repeat this step.
Note:You can delete a maximum of 50 frequencies. Although
it is possible to delete the highway patrol alarm
frequencies, this should never...

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-12 is not
scanning. To stop the unit
from scanning, turn the
SQUELCH knob toward the
front of the BCT-12.
2. Press and hold the
Lkey until you hear two beeps. All
deleted frequencies are now restored.
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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. The LED
display now indicates the
mode you are monitoring.
The scanner remains on that
frequency until you cancel
the Hold mode by
pressing
H.
2. To resume scanning and reactivate the Alert feature, press the
Hkey.
If the BCT-12 stops on an undesired frequency,...