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A Short User’s Guide to Assist the First-Time
Scanner Enthusiast
Welcome to the family of Uniden scanner users. You have just unpacked your
Uniden BCT15 scanner. You are anxious to scan and hear something so you
rotate the [VOL/POWER] control and wait a moment as the opening Message and
Copyright screens confirm the model information. Then, if you live in a residential
area, you probably hear nothing or very little. Why? The reason is simple. The
programmable BCT15 does not instinctively know where you are and what you
wish to listen to.
Take a few minutes to assist in the ‘educating your scanner’ process so you can
enjoy listening for the first time and feel good about your purchase.
Before proceeding, first set the volume and the squelch levels. Once set correctly,
these settings let you listen at a comfortable level and let the scanner provide a
signal whose strength is sufficient to be heard clearly. Always be sure to connect
the provided antenna or an external (optional) antenna.
There are several options that quickly assure you that your scanner works.
The easiest is to activate the scanner’s Weather System (following) or
BearTracker System on
Page 59. Follow these steps to tune to the nearest NOAA
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) broadcast.
[MENU] WX Operation F
The scanner changes to the local NOAA weather channel for your area. Although
there are ten channels, one will be received best for any given location.
Press [SCAN/SEARCH] to exit WX mode.
Once you establish that the scanner operates using the NOAA information, you
can next begin monitoring one of the services within the BearTracker System.
The Uniden BearTracker System makes it easy for you to start scanning other
services, especially for the traveler. We have preprogrammed the BCT15 with the
system data on a United States state-by-state basis.
Refer to the enclosed reprint of the article from Popular Communications dealing
with scanner programming.
To correctly program the BCT15 scanner begin on Page 73. The two essential
programming steps are