Uniden UBC360CLT User manual

UBC360CLT
OWNER’S
MANUAL
OWNER'S MANUAL
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Precautions
Precautions
Before you read anything else, please observe the following:
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 Reference Guide, could void your authority to operate this product.
The installation, possession, or use of this scanning radio in a motor
vehicle may be prohibited, regulated, or require a permit in certain country,
cities, and/or local jurisdiction. Your local law enforcement officials should
be able to provide this information regarding the laws in your community.
EARPHONE WARNING!
You can use an optional 32 Ωstereo 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 (32
Ω). 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.
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Precautions
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.
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
Contents
UnpackingYourScanner....................................6
Introduction...............................................7
Features .................................................8
Controls.................................................10
SettingUpTheScanner....................................14
ConnectingPower.........................................14
ConnectinganAntenna.....................................15
UsingtheBacklight........................................15
UsingtheAlarmClock.....................................16
SettingtheCurrentTime....................................16
SettingtheAlarmClock.....................................16
UsingSnooze ............................................17
Listening to AM/FM Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Directly Selecting a Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
UsingAM/FMMemory .....................................18
UsingtheScannerMemories................................19
ProgrammingMemories ....................................19
SelectingaMemory .......................................21
ScanningMemoryBanks ...................................21
Locking/Unlocking Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
UsingPriorityScan........................................22
SettingChannelDelay .....................................22
Searching for Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
UsingLimitSearch ........................................23
UsingAircraftBandSearch..................................23
Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SearchLockouts..........................................24
SelectStepOperation......................................25
CareandMaintenance .....................................27
GeneralUse .............................................27
Location.................................................27
Cleaning ................................................27
Birdies..................................................27
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Contents
TechnicalSpecifications....................................28
DeclarationofConformity ..................................30
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Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have:
Unpacking Your Scanner
Unpacking Your Scanner
Scanner Radio
This Owner’s Manual Other Printed Material
AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter
Telescopic Antenna
3 AA Alkaline Batteries
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Your scanner radio is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner.
You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency,
marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 300 channels distributed
over ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor:
• Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)
• Business/industrial radio
• Motion picture and press relay
• Aircraft
• Auto racing frequencies
• Utilities
• Land transportation frequencies such as trucking firms, buses, taxis,
tow trucks, and railroads
• Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands
• Many more in the 25-88MHz, 108-137MHz, 137-174MHz, 406-512
and 806-960MHz ranges
• AM/FM radio
Your scanner can monitor the following bands.
Introduction
Introduction
No. Range (MHz) Mode Default step (kHz)
1 0.5200 - 1.7200 AM (RADIO) 10
2 25.0000 - 29.9950 FM 5
3 30.0000 - 79.9875 FM 12.5
4 80.0000 - 82.9900 FM 10
5 83.0000 - 87.2875 FM 12.5
6 87.3000 - 107.9000 WFM (RADIO) 100
7 108.0000 - 136.9875 AM 12.5
8 137.0000 - 137.9950 FM 5
9 138.0000 - 157.9875 FM 12.5
10 158.0000 - 160.5900 FM 10
11 160.6000 - 162.5875 FM 12.5
12 162.6000 - 173.9900 FM 10
13 406.0000 - 439.9937 FM 6.25
14 440.0000 - 465.9950 FM 5
15 466.0000 - 469.9900 FM 10
16 470.0000 - 512.0000 FM 6.25
17 806.0000 - 960.0000 FM 12.5
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Features
Channel Memory Scanning — Scans frequencies you have stored in any
of the channels or banks at a rate of 50 channels per second.
Memory Availability — Store and then scan any of up to 300 channels
distributed over 10 banks.
Direct Channel Access — Press 0−9and HOLD to directly access any
stored frequency.
Channel Lockout/Frequency Lockout — Skip over stored frequencies
(channels) using the Lockout feature to enable faster scanning. Lets you
designate up to 50 frequencies each to skip during a search (limit or
Aircraft) to increase the scanning speed.
Alarm Clock with Snooze — provides standard radio broadcasts that you
can set as your alarm sound.
AM/FM — lets you store up to 30 preset broadcast channels (10 AM and
20 FM) 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).
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.
Aircraft Band Search — Lets you designate the preprogrammed Aircraft
Band channels to search.
Scan and Search Speed
• Scan Speed 50 channels per second maximum in SCAN MODE.
• Search Speed 50 steps per second maximum in SEARCH MODE.
• TURBO MODE For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in
Turbo Mode which is 150 steps per second.
Introduction
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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.
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. In the operating condition
with battery power only (without AC power), 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.
Introduction
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