Uniden EZI33XLT User manual

EZI33XLT
Scanner
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PRECAUTIONS
Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the
following:
EARPHONE WARNING!
Use only a genuine Uniden earphone. An incorrect earphone
may be hazardous to your hearing. Turn down volume before
connecting the earphone and then adjust volume to suit.
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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
PRECAUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ABOUT YOUR EZI33XLT SCANNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
TO CHANGE THE BAND PLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
WHAT IS SCANNING? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CONVENTIONAL SCANNING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
WHERE TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
UNDERSTANDING SCANNING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
INCLUDED WITH YOUR SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
INSTALLING AND REPLACING BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
USING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
CONNECTING THE ANTENNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
CONNECTING AN OPTIONAL ANTENNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
CONNECTING THE EARPHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
ATTACHING THE BELT CLIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
EZI33XLT CONTROLS AND DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
TO TURN POWER ON OR OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
TO ADJUST THE SQUELCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
TO ADJUST THE VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
OPERATING MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
INSTANT CHANNELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
SERVICE SCAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
FAVOURITES SCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
SCANNING SERVICE & FAVOURITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
SELECT STEP FREQUENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
LOCKOUT PREPROGRAM FREQUENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
LOCKOUT FAVOURITE CHANNEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
STORING FREQUENCIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
EDITING FREQUENCIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
USING KEYLOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
RESETTING THE SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
CARE AND MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
GENERAL USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
BIRDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
CONTENTS
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Thank you for purchasing a Uniden EZI33XLT Handheld
Scanner. The scanner is versatile, compact, and easy to use.
The EZI33XLT comes pre-programmed with frequencies -
organised into 9 Service banks for monitoring emergency,
freenet, PMR, marine, VHF-Low band, FM radio band, Air band,
VHF-High band and UHF band frequencies.
Each Service bank has a Favourites bank for storing your
favourite frequencies. Up to 180 frequencies can be stored
in Favourites banks. Frequencies in Favourites can be copied
from the Service bank. Manually store your favourite sports
or events frequencies found through the internet and other
sources.
Additionally you have 3 Instant channels which are one-touch
keys to store your 3 favourite frequencies.
TO CHANGE THE BAND PLAN
You can change the band coverage by band plan.
To switch the band plan between 1 and 2.
1. Make sure the power is turned o.
2. While holding down (1) or (2) key, turn on the scanner.
Band Plan 1…(1) key
Band Plan 2…(2) key
Notice: Any Band Plan change will modify the factory preset
channel steps settings of all bands and the memory contents
of the Emergency bank.
ABOUT YOUR EZI33XLT SCANNER
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Band Plan 1
Range (MHz) Step (kHz) Mode
78.0000 - 79.9950 5 FM
80.0000 - 82.9950 5 FM
83.0000 - 84.0100 5 FM
84.0150 - 87.2950 5 FM
87.3000 - 107.9500 50 FMB
108.0000 - 136.99166 8.33 AM
137.0000 - 137.99375 6.25 FM
138.0000 - 143.99375 6.25 FM
144.0000 - 145.99375 6.25 FM
146.0000 - 155.99375 6.25 FM
156.0000 - 157.43125 6.25 FM
157.4375 – 157.99375 6.25 FM
158.0000 - 160.59375 6.25 FM
160.6000 - 162.0250 6.25 FM
162.03125 - 162.59375 6.25 FM
162.6000 - 174.0000 6.25 FM
406.0000 - 439.99375 6.25 FM
440.0000 - 449.99375 6.25 FM
450.0000 - 465.99375 6.25 FM
466.0000 - 469.99375 6.25 FM
470.0000 - 512.0000 6.25 FM
Band Plan 2
Range (MHz) Step (kHz) Mode
78.0000 - 79.9950 5 FM
80.0000 - 82.9950 5 FM
83.0000 - 84.0100 5 FM
84.0150 - 87.2950 20 with 15 Oset FM
87.3000 - 107.9500 50 FMB
108.0000 - 136.99166 8.33 AM
137.0000 - 137.9950 5 FM
138.0000 - 143.9950 5 FM
144.0000 - 145.9875 12.5 FM
FEATURES
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146.0000 - 155.9900 10 FM
156.0000 - 157.4250 12.5 FM
157.4375 – 157.9875 12.5 FM
158.0000 - 160.5875 12.5 FM
160.6000 - 162.0250 12.5 FM
162.0300 - 162.5900 10 FM
162.6000 - 174.0000 10 FM
406.0000 - 439.99375 6.25 FM
440.0000 - 449.99375 6.25 FM
450.0000 - 465.9900 10 FM
466.0000 - 469.9900 10 FM
470.0000 - 512.0000 6.25 FM
“FMB” means FM Broadcast demodulation [WFM (Broadcast)].
PRE-PROGRAMMED SERVICE SCAN
9 banks of pre-programmed frequencies ready for scanning.
FAVOURITE SCAN
Up to 180 user programmable frequencies can be stored and
scanned in Favourites scan mode. Each SERVICE has a FAVOURITES
bank for storing and scanning up to 20 of your favourite frequencies.
INSTANT CHANNEL
3 one-touch keys to store your 3 favourite frequencies.
DROPOUT DELAY
The scanner, during scan, pauses at the end of a transmission to wait
for a reply. Delay time is 2 seconds.
LCD BACKLIGHT
You can turn the orange LCD back light on/o.
KEY LOCK
Lets you lock the scanner’s keys to help prevent accidental changes
to the scanner’s programming.
MEMORY BACK UP
Keeps the frequencies stored in memory for an extended time if the
scanner loses power.
BATTERY LOW ALERT
Warns you when the battery power gets low.
LOCK-OUT
lets you set your scanner to skip over specied channels or
frequencies when scanning.
FEATURES
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This section provides you with background on how scanning
works. You don’t really need to know all of this to use your scanner,
but some background knowledge will help you get the most from
your EZI33XLT.
WHAT IS SCANNING?
Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way
communications do not transmit continuously. Your EZI33XLT
scans programmed channels until it nds an active frequency,
then stops on that frequency and remains on that channel as
long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends,
the scanning cycle resumes until the scanner receives another
transmission.
CONVENTIONAL SCANNING
Conventional scanning is a relatively simple concept. Each
group of users in a conventional system is assigned a single
frequency (for simplex systems) or two frequencies (for repeater
systems). Any time one of them transmits, their transmission
always goes out on the same frequency. Up until the late 1980’s
this was the primary way that radio systems operated.
Even today, there are many 2-way radio users who operate
using a conventional system:
• Emergency Services (Police/Fire/Ambulance)
• Freenet
• PMR
• Marine Radio
• Aircraft
• Many business radio users
When you want to store a conventional system, all you need
to know is the frequencies they operate on. When you are
scanning a conventional system, the scanner stops very
briey on each channel to see if there is activity. If there isn’t,
the scanner quickly moves to the next channel. If there is,
then the scanner pauses on the transmission until it is over.
WHERE TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION
By itself, this manual really only provides part of what you need to
know to have fun scanning – how to program and use the scanner.
UNDERSTANDING SCANNING
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NOTE: If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact
your place of purchase.
INCLUDED WITH YOUR SCANNER
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EZI33XLT Antenna
Earphone 3x AA Alkaline
Batteries
Owner’s ManualBelt Clip
EZI33XLT
Scanner
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These guidelines will help you install and use your new scanner:
• If your scanner receives interference or electrical noise,
move the scanner or its antenna away from the source.
• To improve the scanner’s reception, use an optional
external antenna designed for multiband coverage. (You
can purchase this type of antenna at a local electronics
store). If the optional antenna has no cable, use 50
ohm coaxial cable for lead-in. A mating plug might be
necessary for the optional antennas.
• Do not use the scanner in high-moisture environments
such as the kitchen or bathroom.
• Avoid placing the scanner in direct sunlight or near
heating elements or vents.
INSTALLING AND REPLACING BATTERIES
You can power your scanner using three AA alkaline batteries.
1. Make sure the power is turned o.
2. If the belt clip is attached, remove it (See page 12).
3. Slide the battery compartment cover.
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER
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4. Install three batteries in the compartment as indicated by
the polarity symbols (+ and -) marked inside.
5. Replace the cover.
USING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
You can also use three rechargeable batteries (Ni-MH) to
power your scanner. Before you use rechargeable batteries,
make sure the batteries are fully charged.
CAUTIONS:
• Use only fresh batteries of the required size and
recommended type.
• Always remove old or weak batteries. Batteries can leak
chemicals that destroy electronic circuits.
• Do not mix old and new batteries, dierent types of
batteries (standard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or
rechargeable batteries of dierent capacities.
CONNECTING THE ANTENNA
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER
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