Uniden Sc200 Vhf Uhf Scanner Owners Manual

Programming Channels
Before you can scan, you must program the channels
within a bank. You can store one frequency per channel, up
to 200 channels.
Note:If appears on the display (keypad Locked),
unlock the keypad by pressing and holding
/KEYLOCKuntil disappears.
There are four ways to program a channel:

Manually select a channel and frequency, using the
numeric keypad. You can determine the frequencies you
want from the Betty Bearcat (or similar) Frequency Book
(optional), or from theSportCatFrequency...

6.If that frequency is already stored in another channel,
you will hear a “beep”, and the other channel number will
appear on the display. If you want to store the frequency
in the selected channel (18) as well, press again.
The frequency will blink twice to confirm the programming.
Or, you can press and enter another frequency for the
currently selected channel.
Note:Any frequency already stored in any channel will
automatically be replaced by the new one.
7.If you try to enter a frequency that is...

2.Use the and keys or VFO control until you
see the Band you want.
3.Wait for at least 2 seconds or press /BANDfor
Search to begin. If you wish to change the search
direction, press and hold or to search in an
up or down direction.
4.When Search stops on a desired frequency, press
or to stay on that frequency.
5.To store the displayed frequency into a channel:
Select the channel number with the numeric keys, and
press . The selected channel will appear on the
display. The frequency currently stored in...

5.Select the character using VFO Control. Turn clockwise
tomove0-9,A-zandother characters and stop the
control at the letter you wish to store.
6.Repeat the steps 4 and 5 for all the characters you want
to program.
7.When you complete the input, press . The words
you have programmed flash twice.
Alert Beep Setting
When a transmission occurs on a channel on which you
have set the Alert Beep function, 2 beeps will let you know
that your “favorite” channel has been received.
You can set this function for...

Scanning
Bank Scanning
1.IfSCANis not indicated on the display, press .
TheSportCatshould begin scanning.
The indicators for the selected Banks (
1through10) appear
on the display. The indicator of the Bank currently being
monitored flashes. While theSportCatis scanning, the
word
SCANmoves across the display.
Scanning stops on any active channel that is not “Locked
Out”, and displays the Channel Number and frequency or
Alpha Name. Scanning resumes automatically after the
transmission stops.
2.You can...

To access a specific channel:
1.Press .
2.Enter the channel number using the numeric keys.
3.Press again.
Priority Scan
TheSportCathas 10 Priority Channels, 1 per Bank.
Initially these are the first channel in each Bank. (e.g.
Channel 1, Channel 21, Channel 41, and so on.) In priority
scan mode, the scanner checks the Priority Channel(s)
every 2 seconds during the Scan cycle. If a transmission is
received, the scanner will stop at that channel. If the
Priority Channel in any Bank is “Locked Out”, it will...

Locking Out Channels
You may have programmed certain channels that you do not
want to hear every time you scan. These might be channels
that are busy a major portion of the time, causing the scanner
to stop at the channel(s) often enough to interrupt the scan
cycle. You can Lock Out those channels so they are not
scanned.
1.Go directly to the channel using any of the methods
described above.
2.Press .L/Oappears on the display.
That channel is now “Locked Out” of the scanning cycle.
To include the channel...

Weather Channel Scanning
TheSportCatis designed to search for your local NOAA
and Canada weather channel(s) from 10 preprogrammed
NOAA and Canada channels.
1.Press /ATTto begin Weather scan.WXappears at
the lower side of the display and the word
SCANmoves
across the display.
2.When the Weather scan finds an active channel in your
area, the scanner stops at that frequency.
3.To stay at that frequency, press or .
To resume Weather scan, press /
ATT.
It is possible for you to hear more than one Weather...

Searching
Band Search
TheSportCathas 12 Preprogrammed Search Bands. You
can search any of these Bands to find desired frequencies
if you do not have a Frequency Directory handy, or if new
stations have been added since the Directory was
published.
1.Press and hold /BANDto enter the Band Search
Mode. Then the upper and lower limits of the band
currently selected are displayed.
2.Use VFO control, or to select the band you
wish to search.
3.Wait for about 2 seconds and theSportCatwill begin
searching that...

4.Enter the higher limit of your search range.
5.Press .
6.Press /BANDto begin the search between the two
limits.
Using the Limit Search
1.
Press /BANDto enter Limit Search mode.
2.Press or to stop searching. (”HOLD”
appears on the display.)
VFO Search
You can search by using the VFO control.
1.In Manual mode, enter the frequency by using the
number keypad and turn VFO control.
-- OR --
In Band Search Hold or Limit Search Hold, enter the
frequency by using the number keypad, and turn the VFO
control.
“V”...