Uniden UBC370CLT User manual

UBC370CLT
Owner’s Manual
Printed in Vietnam
U01UB380ZZZ(0)

PRECAUTIONS
Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following.
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 Operating
Guide, could void your authority to operate this product.
EARPHONE WARNING!
You can use an optional 32Ω stereo headset or earphone with this scanner.
Use of an incorrect earphone or stereo 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 speaker volume to a comfortable level before plugging in either a
monaural earphone or a stereo headset of the proper impedance (32Ω).
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 is particularly true for 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 fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to
rain or moisture.
Uniden®and Bearcat®are registered trademarks of Uniden America
Corporation.
Other trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their
respective holders.
Important: If you use the supplied AC adapter to power the scanner but
have not installed batteries in the scanner, never turn the scanner off by
disconnecting the AC adapter or unplugging it from the AC outlet. This might
corrupt the scanner’s memory. Always use POWER to turn the scanner off
before disconnecting AC power.
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CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................ 2
IMPORTANT! ................................................................................ 2
EARPHONE WARNING!.................................................................. 2
WHAT'S IN THE BOX ................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 6
Band Ranges.................................................................................. 6
Features......................................................................................... 6
CONTROLS.................................................................................. 9
Controls ......................................................................................... 9
Display ......................................................................................... 13
SETTING UP THE SCANNER ....................................................... 15
Connecting Power ....................................................................... 15
Connecting an Antenna............................................................... 16
Using the Backlight...................................................................... 16
USING THE CLOCK..................................................................... 17
Setting the Current Time............................................................. 17
Setting the Alarm Time................................................................ 17
Using Snooze ............................................................................... 18
Listening to FM Channels.......................................................... 18
Directly Selecting a Channel........................................................ 18
Using FM Channel Memory......................................................... 18
Setting up Sleep Mode ................................................................ 19
Using the Scanner Memories.................................................... 19
Programming Memories ............................................................. 19
Program Channel Name ............................................................. 20
Setting CTCSS/DCS ...................................................................... 21
Selecting a Channel ..................................................................... 21
Scanning Memory Banks ............................................................. 21
Receiving CTCSS/DCS .................................................................. 21
Locking/Unlocking CHANNELS..................................................... 21
Using Priority Scan....................................................................... 21
Setting Channel Delay ................................................................. 22
SEARCHING FOR ACTIVE FREQUENCIES..................................... 22
Using Limit Search ....................................................................... 22
Programming the Limit Search Range Upper/Lower Limits ....22
Searching the Selected Range ................................................. 22
Holding on a Frequency within the Limit Search Range..........23
Select Frequency Step ............................................................ 23

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Saving a Found Frequency into a Channel .................................. 23
Search Lockouts........................................................................... 23
To unlock all frequencies............................................................. 23
Listening to Service Channels.................................................... 23
Using Service Search ................................................................... 23
Selecting a Service to Search................................................... 23
CARE AND MAINTENANCE........................................................ 24
General use ................................................................................. 24
Location....................................................................................... 24
Cleaning....................................................................................... 24
Repairs......................................................................................... 25
Birdies.......................................................................................... 25
Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories) ........................... 25
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................... 25
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY............................................... 27

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WHAT'S IN THE BOX
Please unpack the box carefully and make sure you have:
UBC370CLT Scanner Telescoping Antenna AC Adapter
Not Shown:
• This Owner's Manual
If any item is missing or obviously damaged, contact your place of purchase or
visit the Avera website at www.avera.eu to remedy the situation.

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INTRODUCTION
Your UBC370CLT scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner.
You can easily enter and store frequencies for Emergency, Free Net, PMR,
Marine, Aircraft, CB, HAM, and other radio services into 500 channels
distributed over ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor:
• Analog public safety channels
• Business/Industrial radio and utilities
• Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands
• Aircraft (commercial and private) band
• Railroad
• FM Broadcast Stations
BAND RANGES
Frequency (MHz)
Mode Step (kHz)
Lower Upper
25.0000 29.9950 FM 5
30.0000 79.9875 FM 12.5
80.0000 82.9900 FM 10
83.0000 87.2875 FM 12.5
87.3000 107.9000 WFM 100
108.0000 136.9916 AM 8.33
137.0000 137.9950 FM 5
138.0000 157.9875 FM 12.5
158.0000 160.5900 FM 10
160.6000 162.5875 FM 12.5
162.6000 173.9900 FM 10
406.0000 439.9937 FM 6.25
440.0000 465.9950 FM 5
466.0000 469.9900 FM 10
470.0000 512.0000 FM 6.25
806.0000 960.0000 FM 12.5
Features
Channel Memory Scanning — Scans frequencies you have stored in any of
the channels or banks at a rate of up to 90 channels per second.
Memory Availability — Store and scan any of up to 500 channels distributed
over 10 banks.
Channel Name — You can store a channel name for easier channel
frequency identification.

CTCSS/DCS - You can search and display any CTCSS or DCS tone.
USB PC Programming - Lets you program your scanner using your PC.
Direct Channel Access — Press 0-9 and HOLD to directly access any stored
frequency.
Channel Lockout— Skip over stored frequencies (channels) using the
Lockout feature to enable faster scanning.
Alarm Clock with Snooze — provides standard radio broadcasts that you
can set as your alarm sound.
FM Broadcast — lets you store and search up to 30 preset FM broadcast
channels for quick access.
Priority Channel — Designate a specific frequency as a Priority Channel.
Then the radio scans and checks that channel every 2 seconds. Select and
designate up to 10 frequencies as Priority Channels (one per bank).
Priority DND — Indicates that no priority checks will be made while receiving
a transmission.
Duplicate Channel Alert — Lets you know that a selected frequency has
already been programmed into memory if you attempt to store it again.
Limit Frequency Searching — Lets you designate lower and upper
frequency range and search within that range for active frequencies.
You can then store frequencies in memory as channels for later recall.
Skip Frequency — Skips non-favorite frequencies during Service Search and
Limit Search. Up to 50 frequencies can be designated as skip frequencies.
Service Search — Lets you designate one of the seven preprogrammed
service channels (Emergency, Free Net, PMR, Marine, Aircraft, CB, HAM) to
search.
Scan and Search Speed
• Scan Speed. 100 channels per second maximum in Scan mode.
• Search Speed. 100 steps per second maximum in Search mode.
• Turbo mode. For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in
Turbo mode which is 300 steps per second.
Clock Display — the scanner, in standby mode, displays the time.
The clock also features an alarm that can sound up to 20 minutes or be shut
off manually. A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an
extra 5-minutes.
Delay — you can enable or disable the 2-second delay to resume scanning
when a transmission ends. Enabling this feature helps prevent missing a
response from one of the parties in the transmission.
LCD Backlight — you can enable or disable the LCD back lighted display.
Key Touch Tone — a tone sounds to confirm you have made a valid key
input while a different tone sounds to alert you to an invalid entry.
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EEPROM Memory Backup — the scanner uses a non-volatile EEPROM for
memory backup.
Battery Alert — A battery icon alerts you to a no battery installed condition,
and a battery low voltage condition. An alert tone sounds when the battery
needs to be replaced. The backup provides backup for the clock when power
is off and will power scanning for a short time.
Auto Power Off — turns the scanner off when the battery power gets
too low.
Sleep Mode - Automatically turns the scanner off after a preset time period.
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CONTROLS
CONTROLS
20 21 22
B C 345 CRS
SQUELCH
1-50 51-100 101-150
MODE
Sleep
POWER
151-200 201-250 251-300
301-350 351-400
451-500
401-450
PGMCLR
4 5 6
7 8 9
. 0 E
1 2 3
FM Weather Scanner
VOLUME
HOLD SCAN
SNOOZE
MEM DIR
SEARCH L/O DELAY PRI SVC
AlarmTime
Radio Tone
Alarm Set Clock Set Clock
Light
FIR
6
FM2 FM3FM1
16
13
14
15
17
18
19
87651
432
10 9
12
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SPEAKER
Number Key/Knob What it does
1VOLUME Increases and decreases volume.
2SQUELCH Lets you set the signal level required to receive a
transmission.
Counter-clockwise = Open. If you open the squelch all the
way, you will hear hissing between transmissions. This lets
you hear weak signals, but prevents scanning.
Clockwise = Close. As you close squelch, a stronger signal
is required to stop scanning and open audio. You normally
set the control to a point just where hissing on all channels
stops between transmissions.
3SCAN Press to begin scanning the channels or to resume
scanning.

Number Key/Knob What it does
4Alarm slide
switch
Set to Off to disable alarm; Set to Radio to enable the
radio alarm; Set to Tone to enable the tone alarm
5SNOOZE/
Light
Snooze: Press while the alarm sounds to silence the alarm
for 5 minutes.
Light: Tap to turn on the backlight for 15 seconds. Press
and hold to turn the LCD backlight on permanently. Press
and hold again to turn off the backlight.
6Time slide
switch
Use to select your desired operation: Alarm Set;
Clock Set; Clock.
7HOLD/Sleep HOLD: press to temporarily stop scanning, limit searching,
or service searching and remain on the channel. The
scanner displays the channel on hold. Press again to
resume searching or scanning.
Sleep: Press and hold to set how long the unit will remain
on before it turns itself off.
8E/PGM Program mode: Press to enter the Program mode. Then:
Enter the desired frequency using the numeric keys.
Press E/PGM to store that frequency into the memory.
In Scan Program mode, Press E/PGM after entering the
name and CTCSS/DCS into channel memory.
In Limit Search mode, Press E/PGM after entering the
frequency to program the upper and lower frequency limits.
90 to 9 -Press a numeric key to enter a frequency.
-Press a numeric key to change a channel (Direct
Channel Access feature)
-Press a numeric key to enable or disable a channel
banks. These channel banks display across the top of
the LCD.
-Press 4 key to move cursor to left in channel name input
mode.
-Press 6 key to move cursor to right in channel name
input mode.
10 Power Press to turn power on and off. The time displays when
power is off (Standby mode).
11 ./Clr -Press to input a decimal point when you enter a
frequency.
-Press to cancel a numeric key input ( 0to 9)
-Press to clear an error display.
-Press to cancel the character code input of the channel
name and CTCSS/DCS by arrow key.
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