Easier to Read BCD396T/UBCD396T Digital Scanner Manual
Set Delay Time
This setting determines how long the scanner waits after a transmission ends before resuming
Quick
Search and Close Call
Search
operations.
The default setting is 2 seconds.
Scroll to '
Set Delay Time
' and press
E/yes
.
Scroll to
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
, (seconds) or
Off
then press
E/yes
to save and exit.
Set Modulation
This setting controls the modulation type used for
Quick
Search and Close Call
Search
operations.
Scroll to '
Set Modulation
' and press
E/yes
.
Scroll to
Auto
,
AM
,
FM
,
NFM
,
or
WFM
to choose the modulation then press
E/yes
to save and exit.
Set Attenuator
This setting controls the attenuator for
Quick
Search and Close Call
Search
operations. Turn on this setting if you are near other strong signal
sources to attenuate about 18dB. Attenuation sometimes helps to reduce interference and desensitization that strong signals create. The default setting is
Off
.
Scroll to '
Set Attenuator
' and press
E/yes
.
Scroll to
On
or
Off
then press
E/yes
to save and exit.
Set Data Skip
This setting controls how the scanner behaves when it detects a data transmission during
Quick
Search and Close Call
Search
operations. The
default setting is
Off
.
Scroll to '
Set Data Skip
' and press
E/yes
.
Scroll to
On
or
Off
then press
E/yes
to save and exit.
Note
: If you are trying to test the Close Call feature with a nearby transmitter and you do not talk into the transmitter, the scanner will detect this as data
and will skip the frequency when Data Skip is on.
Set Step
This setting selects the frequency step used for
Quick
Search
. The default setting is
Auto
. See also
Scroll to '
Set Step
' and press
E/yes
.
Scroll to
Auto
,
5
,
6.25
,
7.5
,
8.33
,
10
,
12.5
,
15
,
20
,
25
,
50
, or
100
to set the step then press
E/yes
to save and exit.
Search For... Menu
Important!
There are many options and setting in
that affect and compliment the settings for searching. Please review those first.
Note:
The items below (
in Blue
) do not follow the radio's menu order because (IMHO) they should be in the following order to properly setup and use the Search
features.
Reviewing Locked out Frequencies
Quick Search
lets you search from the currently-tuned frequency if you are scanning, or enter a frequency to start searching from.
Quick Search will search all the way up to 1300 MHz or all the way down to 25 MHz then start over.
To start searching at the
current
ly
displayed
frequency in scan mode
quickly
press
Hold
to hold on the frequency.
Press and hold
Func
then press
Scan/Srch
.
At '
Quick Search?
' press
E/yes
to start searching. Then see
.
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