Uniden UBCT-9, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...UBCT9 Scanner 250 Channels 12 Bands Programmable Trunk Tracker lll with Close Call RF Capture UBCT9 OM 1 12 11 07 3 52 21 PM...

Page 2: ...not expose this unit to rain or moisture IMPORTANT Changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by Uniden or operation of this product in any way other than as detailed by this Oper...

Page 3: ...w Squelch Works 14 Setting the Squelch 14 State Scanning 15 Selecting the State 15 State Scan Hold 16 Storing State Scan Frequency 16 Skip a Frequency 16 Close Call RF Capture 17 Set Close Call Mode 1...

Page 4: ...uency Confirmation 37 Setting Priority in Trunking Mode 37 Moving between Scan List Memories 37 Multi Track 38 EDACS Reception 39 EDACS Tracking 39 Programming EDACS System Frequencies 39 An EDACS Tru...

Page 5: ...Radio Utilities Marine Band Aircraft Band And much more The chart below identifies the scanner band numbers the frequency range the modulation mode and the default step size settings No Range Mhz Mode...

Page 6: ...or Private Scan Key SCAN 10 State Key STATE 11 Numeric Keypad 12 Up Key 13 Down Key 14 Data Key DATA 15 Priority Key PRI 16 Search Key SRCH 17 Trunk Key TRUNK 18 Decimal Remote Key RMT 19 Enter Progra...

Page 7: ...vice scanning mode SERVICE 12 Band searching mode SRCH 13 POLICE Bank included with State scanning POLICE 14 FIRE Bank included with State scanning FIRE 15 AMBULANCE Bank included with State scanning...

Page 8: ...with 12 5 kHz steps and during Turbo SEARCH mode the scanner can achieve up to 300 frequencies per second for bands with 5 kHz steps What is Trunk Tracking Conventional scanning is a simple concept Yo...

Page 9: ...different frequency in the trunked system This type of scanning is difficult and frustrating TrunkTracker Technology changes this Not only does your new UBCT9 scan channels like a conventional scanne...

Page 10: ...s with 50 channels each are useful for storing similar frequencies to maintain faster scanning cycles or for storing all the frequencies of a trunked system 25 MHz 1300 MHz Indicates the range of freq...

Page 11: ...Australian Scanner Frequencies CD Other Printed Materials Mobile Mounting Bracket If any of these items are missing or damaged immediately contact your place of purchase Optional Accessories The foll...

Page 12: ...ntennas For Mobile Use In Car Installation Installation for Temporary Use A Cigarette Lighter Power Cord is provided for easy temporary installation Warning Do not use the cigarette lighter power cord...

Page 13: ...al positive or negative is grounded to the engine block or chassis Most of today s vehicles use a negative ground If your vehicle has a negative ground follow Steps 2 and 3 Otherwise skip to the note...

Page 14: ...rea of 50 8mm high by 176 5mm wide by 153 6mm deep Caution Be sure to avoid obstructions behind the mounting surface Follow these steps to mount the scanner in your vehicle 1 Choose a mounting locatio...

Page 15: ...ner s DC 12V jack The supplied DC power cord meets these specifications Using a power cord that does not meet these specifications could damage the scanner or the adapter Always connect the adapter or...

Page 16: ...to a standard AC outlet Use only the AC adapter supplied with your scanner Connecting an External Speaker In a noisy area an external speaker available at a local electronics store positioned in the r...

Page 17: ...transmission ends The search resumes automatically 2 seconds after the last transmission and looks for more active frequencies 4 Private Scanning If you have programmed frequencies into this bank pres...

Page 18: ...right squelch set properly just the desired signals get through Setting the Squelch 1 To set the squelch press HOLD RESUME to stop scanning 2 Turn SQL fully counterclockwise until hiss heard This low...

Page 19: ...ctory Programmed Ambulance Frequencies AMBULANCE appears in the display When the scanner finds a signal scanning stops the state code and the frequency displays When the transmission ends the two seco...

Page 20: ...ore any frequency you find during scan 1 During scan press HOLD RESUME to store You can press or to move up or down 1 frequency step 2 If you have found the frequency you want to store press E Or When...

Page 21: ...e searching for or it might find a transmission other than the one you are searching for Close Call RF capture cannot detect satellite dishes or any transmitter with a frequency above or below the fre...

Page 22: ...gnal is lost the scanner stops at this frequency for 10 seconds if delay is on After 10 seconds the scanner resumes previous scanning 2 If you press HOLD during the transmission or the delay time the...

Page 23: ...Setting of pager screen 2 Press or to select the menu and then press E Select Close Call Bands This setting controls the band filtering used during Close Call operation Each of the following bands ca...

Page 24: ...r frequencies Pager Screen OFF The scanner does not screen for common pager frequencies Note Pager screen affects the following frequency range 148 0000 149 2500 MHz 2 To return to previous mode press...

Page 25: ...ey 2 Enter the frequency you want to store by using the keypad and decimal key 3 Press E to store the frequency into the channel 4 If you want to program another frequencies into the channel select an...

Page 26: ...the display you can start Private Bank Scanning The scanner scans only upward all the channels 2 The bank indicators selected for scanning appear on the display and the bank being currently monitored...

Page 27: ...LD RESUME OR 1 Press HOLD RESUME and select the channel by using the or key 2 Press L O to lockout the channel L O appears on the display Lockout in Scanning Mode If the scanner keeps stopping on a pa...

Page 28: ...nnel in each bank as a Priority Channel By default the first channel in each bank is the Priority Channel but you can change this To activate Priority Scan in either the Hold or Scan mode 1 Press PRI...

Page 29: ...eg Police POL RailRoad RLR Aircraft AIR Marine MRN UHF CB UCB AM CB ACB 3 After a three second delay scanning begins If you want to start scanning immediately press HOLD RESUME Notes Press HOLD RESUM...

Page 30: ...9500 AM 50kHz 225 400 10 0400 0000 0512 0000 FM 6 25kHz 400 512 11 0806 0000 0956 0000 FM 12 5kHz 806 956 12 1240 0000 1300 0000 FM 12 5kHz 1240 1300 1 Press SRCH The upper and lower limits of the Ba...

Page 31: ...entarily on an unwanted signal but will resume searching in two or three seconds The Data Skip feature is active as well as Scan mode and Service Search mode Data Skip does not function during Service...

Page 32: ...ing the frequency it moves to the Search Hold mode If there is no free channel the frequency you want to store will automatically be stored in the first channel in the selected bank 4 Press to resume...

Page 33: ...and programming for all of these systems see pages 29 47 When tracking these types of systems remember these important points Your scanner defaults to monitor Motorola Type II 800 however you can chan...

Page 34: ...ramming Bank 4 you can only select channels 151 200 with the or key IMPORTANT If you are programming an EDACS or LTR trunked system you must enter the frequencies in a specific order Check the frequen...

Page 35: ...k Refer to Memory Lock on page 22 Hint If you want to return to the previous menu screen press HOLD RESUME in the Trunk Programming mode Programming Talk Group ID Scan Lists Each bank of your UBCT9 ca...

Page 36: ...ypad ID Block number Fleet number decimal key Subfleet number 2 Press E To enter a Full EDACS ID 1 Enter the Agency number 2 Press decimal key for the dash 3 Enter the Fleet number and Subfleet number...

Page 37: ...y specify a talkgroup with DIRECT ENTRY in ID HOLD ID LOCKOUT works with Search and Scan to exclude talkgroups that you don t want to hear ID DELAY works with each talkgroup to be delayed when the com...

Page 38: ...Once you have programmed all the frequencies for a trunked system Search will let you immediately start hearing transmissions When in the Trunking mode press SRCH and the scanner begins to find any a...

Page 39: ...ening to it Press HOLD RESUME to stop the search If you want to listen to a specific ID while in Hold mode Use the keypad to enter the ID you want and press the key If you want to resume searching Pre...

Page 40: ...rch from stopping on any of hundreds of talkgroups in the Utilities agency You can do this with just a few key presses To use this mode just enter the Agency part or the Agency Fleet part of the talkg...

Page 41: ...n ID Scan Hold mode After you ve set up your Scan List press PRI to activate it It s very similar to conventional priority although there is no interrupt during the transmissions Priorities are checke...

Page 42: ...econd If it finds no activity on your programmed talkgroups it moves on to conventional channels in the same bank or to the next active bank If the scanner finds a talkgroup in one of your active Scan...

Page 43: ...ons switch between the thirteen system frequencies Notice how the dotted line shows talkgroup 02 023 moving from channel to channel Your UBCT9 can clearly and automatically follow this talkgroup or an...

Page 44: ...annels in the same Fleet or Agency You can just as easily exclude entire unwanted Fleets and Agencies When in Search mode with the system frequencies programmed and your scanner locked to the control...

Page 45: ...ature to translate decimal talkgroups lists to the much more powerful AFS format Examples of how you might use AFS are shown above in the description of an EDACS trunked system and elsewhere in this m...

Page 46: ...bers are in the form AHHUUU where A Area code 0 or 1 H Home repeater 01 through 20 U User ID 000 through 254 When the scanner receives a transmission on a channel set to the LTR mode it first decodes...

Page 47: ...of reprogramming individual radios Another difference between the systems is that Type I systems are arranged in a Fleet Subfleet hierarchy For example its possible for a city using a Type I system to...

Page 48: ...wn Fleet Map Selecting Preset Fleet Map 1 Press and hold TRUNK for 1 5 seconds and select the bank you want to change 2 Use the or key to select Type 1 system then press E 3 Use the or key to select t...

Page 49: ...a VHF UHF Trunked Systems To properly track Motorola VHF and UHF trunked systems you must enter what is known as the Base Spacing Frequencies and Offset Channels for each system To find these out chec...

Page 50: ...et Map of a Type I trunking system 1 Press and hold TRUNK for 1 5 seconds and select the bank you want to change 2 Use the or key to select Motorola TYPE2 800MHz Motorola Type2 VHF or Motorola Type2 U...

Page 51: ...iar with may have added new frequencies or you can use it to discover new systems by simply finding active control channels using Search and then programming them for Control Channel operation only Re...

Page 52: ...32C straight cable into the remote port which is on the rear of the scanner Plug the other end of the cable DB 9 serial connector into a personal computer s serial port A few PC s may require an adapt...

Page 53: ...le Start Stop bit 1 bit 1 bit Data Length 8 bit Parity Check None Code ASCII code Flow Control None Return Code Carriage Return only Clone Mode You will need to purchase a RS232C straight cable and a...

Page 54: ...alkgroup IDs delay settings etc After connecting the two scanners turn the radios ON Prepare each scanner for clone mode as follows After connecting the two scanners make sure the scanners are turned...

Page 55: ...mplete displays If the data transfer is not successful the following error message will appear Note To clear press decimal key Once you have completed the cloning of the scanners reset the scanners by...

Page 56: ...a higher elevation may provide better reception Cleaning Disconnect the power to the unit before cleaning Clean the outside of the scanner with a mild detergent To prevent scratches do not use abrasiv...

Page 57: ...ld require an optional multi band antenna Check with your dealer or local electronics store Scan won t stop 1 Adjust squelch threshold refer to page 14 Setting the Squelch 2 Check the antenna connecti...

Page 58: ...own Fleet Map 3 Check to see that all of the system s frequencies have been entered Channel Activity Indicators are flashing but no sound is heard 1 May be a telephone interconnect call which are inte...

Page 59: ...cond conventional mode Search Rate 100 steps per second Normal Search 300 steps per second Turbo Search when searching 5KHz step bands Audio Output Maximum 2 0W 1 6W normal 10 THD Internal Speaker 8 o...

Page 60: ...e State Name 1 ACT Australian Central Territories 2 NSW New South Wales 3 NT Northern Territory 4 NZ New Zealand 5 QLD Queensland 6 SA South Australia 7 TAS Tasmania 8 VIC Victoria 9 WA Western Austra...

Page 61: ...57 Preset Fleet Maps E1P2 UBCT9 OM 57 12 11 07 3 54 06 PM...

Page 62: ...58 UBCT9 OM 58 12 11 07 3 54 07 PM...

Page 63: ...the ID The next two or three digits identify which Fleet is active and the last digit s identifies the Subfleet Your task is to program your fleet map with the same size code assignments as the trunk...

Page 64: ...and 4 SIZE CODE 14 can only be assigned to Block 0 Since these SIZE CODES require multiple blocks you will be prompted for the next available block when programming a Fleet Map For example if you ass...

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Page 68: ...64 THANK YOU FOR BUYING A UNIDEN PRODUCT 2007 Uniden Australia Pty Limited Uniden New Zealand Limited Printed in China UBZZ01332AZ 0 UBCT9 OM 64 12 11 07 3 54 09 PM...