Uniden BC 50XL Scanner User Manual


 
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LOCKOUT
There maybe times when you wish to skip over a channel that you have pro-
gramed into your Uniden@Bearcat@50XL. Any number of channels can be
"Locked Out" so that the scanner skips over them. To Lock Out a channel,
select the channel number you wish to skip over. Press the ILOCKOUT Ikey.
The word "LOCK OUT" will appear in the display whenever that channel
number appears. To cancel the lockout mode simply press the ILOCKOUT I
key when that channel number appears.
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ILOCKOUT I
The display will show:
LOCK
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SCAN
To scanthe channels programed in memory, pressthe ISCAN Ikey.Thechan-
nels will automatically scan at the rate of approximately 15channels per sec-
ond. As the unit scans, the channel digits in the display will advance rapidly,
indicating the scanning mode. Inorder to stop the scan mode, atransmission
must be present on one of the programed frequencies The squelch control
must also be set so that the transmission will "break squelch" and stop the
scan. You can also stop scanning by pressing the IMANUAL Ikey.
SCAN DELAY
The Uniden@Bearcat@50XL is automatically programed to pause for about
3 seconds after a transmission endson any channel. This is useful in prevent.
ing the continuation of scanning when there isa slight pause in transmission.
It isalso useful when both sides of a conversation are occurring on the same
channel.This automaticdelay isbuilt intoeverychannel andcannotbechanged.
ERRORMESSAGE
To inform the user anytime an out-of-band frequency is stored in memory,
the BC 50XL automatically displays HE"in this event. The condition may
arise when the user presses ENTER with an invalid number in the display.
The user should simply enter an in-band frequency (seeprogramming section)
to clear the ERROR indication.
BATTERY LOW INDICATION
Your scanner has a unique power-saving battery Iow indicator. When
a special circuit detects that the batteries are getting Iow, a beep
will sound if the unit is on. The beep tone will continue every 15
seconds until the batteries are completely dead. The memory will be
maintained until batteries are dead-
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