Uniden UBC125XLT User manual

UBC125XLT
Scanner
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PRECAUTIONS
Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the
following.
EARPHONE WARNING!
Be sure to use only a monaural earphone with this scanner. You
can also use an optional stereo headset. Use of an incorrect
earphone or mono headset might be potentially hazardous to
your hearing. The output of the phone jack is monaural, but you
will hear it in both headphones of a stereo headset.
Set the volume to a comfortable audio level coming from the
speaker before plugging in the monaural earphone or headset.
Otherwise, you might experience some discomfort or possible
hearing damage if the volume suddenly becomes too loud
because of the volume control or squelch control setting. This
might be particularly true of the type of earphone that is placed
in the ear canal.
WARNING!
Uniden does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce
the risk of re or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain
or moisture.
Changes or modications to this product not expressly approved
by Uniden, or operation of this product in any way other than as
detailed by this Operating Guide, could void your authority to
operate this product.
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CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FREQUENCY RANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BAND PLAN 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BAND PLAN 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
INCLUDED WITH YOUR SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SCANNING BASICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
WHAT IS SCANNING?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
WHAT IS SEARCHING?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
UNDERSTANDING SCANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What is CTCSS/DCS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Conventional Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Simplex Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Repeater Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
UNDERSTANDING BANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Channel Storage Banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service Search Banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Custom Search Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CONNECTING THE ANTENNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an Optional Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CONNECTING AN EARPHONE/HEADPHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ADJUSTING THE BELT CLIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
POWERING THE SCANNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing Non-Rechargeable Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing Rechargeable Ni-MH Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Charging the Ni-MH Batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ABOUT YOUR SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
GETTING TO KNOW THE SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TURNING ON THE SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the SCROLL CONTROL Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adjusting the Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting the Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adjusting the Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting the Charging Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Keypad Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the Beep Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Resetting the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PC Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
PROGRAMMING CHANNELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
PROGRAMMING CHANNEL TEXT TAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SETTING CTCSS/DCS FOR A CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SETTING CHANNEL MODULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SETTING THE PRIORITY CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SETTING CHANNEL DELAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
DELETING CHANNELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Clearing a Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SCANNING STORED CHANNELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Priority Scan Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Unlocking Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Unlock all Channels in Banks Currently Enabled for Scan . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SERVICE SEARCH MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Service Search Receive/Hold Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Custom Search Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Custom Search Receive/Hold Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Quick Search Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Quick Search Receive/Hold Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Search Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Programming Custom Search Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Storing Found Search Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Locking Out Search Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Unlocking Search Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Unlocking all Search Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting Step Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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CLOSE CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the Close Call Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting Close Call Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Close Call Only Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Set Close Call Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Close Call Alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Close Call Hits Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Close Call Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Close Call CTCSS/DCS Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CTCSS FREQUENCIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
DCS CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
BIRDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing a Uniden UBC125XLT Handheld
Scanner. The scanner is versatile, compact, and easy to use. In
addition to its standard scanning features, your scanner also
includes Close Call™ RF capture technology designed to help
you detect and identify strong local radio signals in your area.
You can program up to 500 frequencies into the scanner's
memory either manually or using optional computer software.
The scanner lets you scan transmissions and is preprogrammed
with service banks for your convenience. You can quickly search
those frequencies most commonly used by police and other
agencies, without tedious and complicated programming. Use
your scanner to monitor:
• Emergency
• Freenet
• PMR
• Marine
• Aircraft
• CB radio
• HAM radio
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
10 Channel Storage Banks - You can store up to 50 frequencies
into each bank for a total of 500 frequencies so you can more
easily identify calls.
Close Call™ RF Capture Technology - you can set the scanner
so it detects and provides information about nearby radio
transmissions
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Close Call Do-Not-Disturb - checks for Close Call activity
in between channel reception so active channels are not
interrupted.
Close Call Temporary Store - temporarily stores and scans the
last 10 Close Call hits in the Close Call Hits bank.
PC Programming - you can download information into the
scanner and upload to the scanner via your personal computer.
CTCSS and DCS Squelch Modes - rapid search for CTCSS/DCS
tones/codes used during a transmission. You can identify up to
50 CTCSS tones and 104 DCS codes.
Direct Access - lets you directly access any channel.
Lock-Out Function - lets you set your scanner to skip over
specied channels or frequencies when scanning or searching.
Temporary Lockout - makes it easy to temporarily lock out
any channel or frequency. The lockout is cleared when you
turn power o, then back on so you don’t have to remember to
unlock the channels or frequencies later.
Triple-Conversion Circuitry - virtually eliminates any
interference from IF (intermediate frequency) images, so you
hear only the selected frequency.
Text Tagging - you can name each channel, using up to 16
characters per name.
Service Banks - frequencies are preset in 7 separate Emergency,
Freenet, PMR, Marine, Aircraft, CB radio and HAM radio banks to
make it easy to locate specic types of calls and search any or all
of these banks.
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Priority Scan with Do Not Disturb - lets you program one
channel in each bank (10 in all) and then have the scanner check
each channel every 2 seconds while it scans the banks so you
don’t miss transmissions on those channels. Do-Not Disturb
keeps the scanner from interrupting transmissions during
receiving.
Priority Plus Scan - you can set the scanner so it scans only the
priority channels.
Scan/Search Delay/Resume - controls whether the scanner
pauses at the end of the transmission to wait for a reply. You can
set the Delay time for each Channel, Close Call Search, Custom
Search, and Service search. You can also set a negative delay
where the scanner stops on transmissions for a set time then
automatically resumes.
Custom Search - lets you program up to 10 Custom Search
Ranges and search any or all of these ranges.
Quick Search - allows you to enter a frequency and start
searching up or down from that frequency.
Turbo Search - increases the search speed from 100 to 300 steps
per second automatically for bands with 5 kHz steps.
Search Lockouts - you can lock up to 200 search frequencies:
100 temporary frequencies and 100 permanent frequencies
in Custom Search, Service Search, Close Call Search, or Quick
Search Modes.
Frequency Step - Lets you select a frequency step (5, 6.25, 8.33,
10, 12.5 or 20 kHz) each band coverage band.
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Modulation - Lets you select a modulation (AM or FM) each
band coverage band.
Display Backlight - You can turn on/o the LCD backlight, set it
operate on squelch only, keypress only, or both.
Signal Strength Meter - shows the signal strength for more
powerful transmissions.
Flexible Antenna with BNC Connector - provides adequate
reception in strong signal areas and is designed to help prevent
antenna breakage. You can also connect an external antenna for
better reception.
Memory Backup - keeps the frequencies stored in memory for
an extended time if the scanner loses power.
Three Power Options - let you power the scanner using the
included two AA rechargeable or alkaline batteries or the
supplied USB cable.
Built-In Charger - allows you to charge Ni-MH batteries in the
scanner using a USB port on any computer and the supplied USB
cable.
Key Conrmation Tones - You can turn on/o a tone that
sounds when you perform an operation correctly or if you make
an error.
Key Lock - lets you lock the scanner's keys to help prevent
accidental changes to the scanner's programming.
Battery Save - works when there is no transmission for 1 minute
in Scan Hold mode and any Search Hold mode (without
Priority Scan and Close Call). This feature turns o RF power for 1
second and turns on it for 300ms to extend the battery life.
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Battery Low Alert - the icon will blink in the display and a
tone warns you every 15 seconds when the battery power gets
low.
FREQUENCY RANGE
This table lists the frequency ranges, default step frequency,
default modulation, and type of transmissions you can hear for
each range.
BAND PLAN 1
FREQUENCY (MHz) STEP (kHz) MODE
LOWER UPPER
25.0000 27.9950 5.0 FM
28.0000 30.1950 5.0 FM
30.2000 49.9950 5.0 FM
50.0000 79.9950 5.0 FM
80.0000 82.9950 5.0 FM
83.0000 83.9950 5.0 FM
84.0000 88.0000 5.0 FM
108.0000 136.9916 8.33 AM
137.0000 137.9937 6.25 FM
138.0000 143.9937 6.25 FM
144.0000 145.9937 6.25 FM
146.0000 155.9937 6.25 FM
156.0000 157.4312 6.25 FM
157.4375 157.9937 6.25 FM
158.0000 160.5937 6.25 FM
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