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Introduction...........................................................................................1
Front View ............................................................................................2
Icon Display..........................................................................................3
BC250D SHORTCUTS.........................................................................4
Important Notice ...................................................................................6
Terminology..........................................................................................7
What is Scanning?............................................................................7
What is Searching?...........................................................................7
What is Trunk Tracking?...................................................................7
What is APCO Project 25 Digital Communications?........................8
Feature Highlights ................................................................................9
Where to Obtain More Information.....................................................11
Information on the Internet .............................................................11
Included with Your Scanner Package ................................................12
Setup ..................................................................................................13
Installing the Battery Pack..............................................................13
Charging the Battery Pack..............................................................13
Low Battery Indicator......................................................................13
Flexible Antenna.............................................................................14
Beltclip ............................................................................................14
Listening Safely ..............................................................................14
Connecting the REMOTE Cable.....................................................14
Basic Operation..................................................................................15
Turn the Scanner On......................................................................15
Setting the Squelch ........................................................................15
Understanding the Menu System...................................................16
Menu Description and Numeric Keypad Equivalents.....................17
Programming......................................................................................26
Storing Frequencies into Channels in Menu Mode ........................26
Deleting a Stored Frequency..........................................................27
Editing a Stored Frequency............................................................27
Duplicate Frequency Alert ..............................................................27
Transfer Frequencies......................................................................28
Storing Text Tags ...........................................................................28
Beep Alert.......................................................................................29
Programming Tips ..........................................................................29
Scanning.............................................................................................31
Storing Frequencies During Scanning............................................31
RF Attenuation Feature ..................................................................32
Setting the Delay Mode for Frequency...........................................32
Channel Lockout.............................................................................33
Restoring a Locked-out Channel....................................................34
Restoring All Locked-out Channels................................................34
Priority Scan ...................................................................................34
Changing the Priority Channel........................................................35
Prioroty Channel Plus Scan............................................................35
Searching............................................................................................36
Setting a Search Range .................................................................36
Starting Chain Search.....................................................................37
Search Hold Feature.......................................................................37
Data Skip........................................................................................37
Frequency Skip...............................................................................38
Storing Search Frequencies...........................................................38
Auto Storing....................................................................................39
Squelch (SQ) Mode........................................................................40
Additional Menu Options for Searching .........................................42
Service Search ...................................................................................43
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