Uniden BC345CRS User manual
BC345CRS
Owner’s Manual
© 2013 Uniden America Corporation Printed in Vietnam
Fort Worth, Texas U01UB371ZZZ(0)
Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following.
IMPORTANT!
This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will not tune to the radio
frequencies assigned by the FCC for cellular telephone usage. The Electronic
Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, makes it a federal crime to
intentionally intercept cellular or cordless telephone transmissions or to market
this radio when altered to receive them. The installation, possession, or use of
this scanning radio in a motor vehicle may be prohibited, regulated, or require
a permit in certain states, cities, and/or local jurisdictions. Your local law
enforcement officials should be able to provide you with information regarding
the laws in your community.
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 Operating
Guide, could void your authority to operate this product.
EARPHONE WARNING!
You can use an optional 32Ω stereo 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 (32Ω).
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.
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.
Uniden® and Bearcat® are registered trademarks of Uniden America
Corporation.
Other trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their
respective holders.
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 to turn the scanner off
before disconnecting AC power.
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Scanning Legally ............................................................................ 5
Band Ranges .................................................................................. 7
USA Bands ................................................................................. 7
Canada Bands ............................................................................ 8
Controls ....................................................................................... 11
Display ..................................................................................... 16
Connecting Power ....................................................................... 18
Connecting an Antenna ............................................................... 19
Using the Backlight ...................................................................... 19
Setting the Current Time ............................................................. 20
Setting the Alarm Time ................................................................20
Using Snooze ............................................................................... 21
Directly Selecting a Channel ........................................................ 21
Using AM/FM Channel Memory ..................................................21
Setting up Sleep Mode ................................................................ 22
Programming Memories .............................................................22
Selecting a Channel ..................................................................... 23
Scanning Memory Banks ............................................................. 23
Locking/Unlocking CHANNELS .....................................................23
Using Priority Scan....................................................................... 24
Setting Channel Delay ................................................................. 24
Using Limit Search ....................................................................... 24
Programming the Limit Search Range Upper/Lower Limits ....25
Searching the Selected Range .................................................25
Holding on a Frequency within the Limit Search Range ..........25
Search Lockouts ........................................................................... 25
To unlock all frequencies ............................................................. 25
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Using Service Search ................................................................... 26
Selecting a Service to Search ................................................... 26
Weather Alert Detection ............................................................. 27
General use ................................................................................. 27
Location ....................................................................................... 27
Cleaning ....................................................................................... 27
Repairs ......................................................................................... 28
Birdies .......................................................................................... 28
Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories) ...........................28
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This scanner has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in
a residential installation. This scanner generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this scanner does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the scanner on and
off, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the scanner and the receiver
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject
to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups, including
police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies,
private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager
services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal
to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However,
there are some transmissions that you should never intentionally listen to.
These include:
• Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of
telephone signal transmission)
• Pager transmissions
• Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are
subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using,
or divulging the contents of such a conversation unless you have the consent
of a party to the conversation (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). This
scanner has been designed to prevent the reception of cellular telephone
transmissions and the decoding of scrambled transmissions.
This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be
manufactured so they are not easy to modify to pick up these transmissions.
Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modifications that could allow
it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Modifying or tampering
with your scanner’s internal components or using it in a way other than as
described in this manual could invalidate your warranty and void your FCC
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authorization to operate it. In some areas, mobile and/or portable use of this
scanner is unlawful or requires a permit. Check the laws in your area. It is
also illegal in many areas (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with the
duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without
authorization.
Please unpack the box carefully and make sure you have:
B C
345
CRS
SQUELCH
1-50 51-100 101-150
MODE
Sleep
POWER
151-200 201-250 251-300
301-350 351-400
451-500
401-450
PGMCLR
4 5 6
7 8 9
. 0 E
1 2 3
AM/FM Weather Scanner
VOLUME
HOLD SCAN
SNOOZE
FM2 MEM DIRAM
SEARCH
FM1
L/O DELAY PRI SVC
AlarmTime
Off Radio Tone
Alarm Set Clock Set Clock
Light
FIR
BC345CRS Scanner Telescoping Antenna AC Adapter
Not Shown:
• Other Printed Materials
• This Owner's Manual
AM Loop Antenna
If any item is missing or obviously damaged, call the Uniden Parts Dept at
(800) 297-1023 Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or online at
www.uniden.com to remedy the situation.
Your BC345CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner.
You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine,
air, HAM, and other radio services into 500 channels distributed over ten
banks. The scanner also lets you listen to NOAA (National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration) weather broadcasts for valuable information
specific to your location. Use your scanner to monitor:
• Analog public safety channels
• Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)
• NOAA weather transmissions
• Business/Industrial radio and utilities
• Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands
• Aircraft (commercial and private) band
• Railroad
• AM/FM Broadcast Stations
Your BC345CRS can operate using the common band steps used in the USA
or Canada. To select a band plan:
1. Disconnect power to the scanner; remove batteries if they are installed.
2. For USA bands, press while reconnecting power.
For Canada bands, press while reconnecting the power.
USA Bands
1 0.53000 - 1.70000 10.0 AM AM Broadcast
225.00000 - 27.99500 5.0 AM AM Band
328.00000 - 29.99500 5.0 NFM 10 Meter
Amateur Band
430.00000 - 49.99500 5.0 NFM VHF Low Band
550.00000 - 54.00000 5.0 NFM 6 Meter Amateur Band
6 88.00000 - 107.90000 100.0 FMB FM Broadcast
7 108.00000 - 136.99166 8.33 AM Aircraft Band
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8 137.00000 - 150.77000 5.0 NFM Military Land Mobile
2 Meter Amateur Band
VHF High Band
Federal Government
150.77500 - 150.81250 7.5
150.81500 - 154.45250 7.5
154.45625 - 154.47875 7.5
154.48250 - 154.51250 7.5
154.51500 - 154.52500 5.0
154.52750 - 154.53500 7.5
154.54000 - 154.60750 7.5
154.61000 - 154.64750 7.5
154.65000 - 157.44750 7.5
157.45000 - 157.46500 5.0
157.47000 - 163.24500 7.5
163.25000 - 173.20000 12.5
173.20375 - 173.21000 6.25
173.21500 - 173.22000 5.0
173.22500 - 173.38750 12.5
173.39000 - 173.39625 6.25
173.40000 - 174.00000 5.0
9 225.00000 - 380.00000 12.5 AM Military Air Band
10 406.00000 - 419.99375 6.25 NFM Fed. Gov. Land Mobile
11 420.00000 - 449.99375 6.25 NFM 70cm Amateur Band
12 450.00000 - 469.99375 6.25 NFM UHF Standard Band
13 470.00000 - 512.00000 6.25 NFM UHF TV*
* This scanner cannot decode the digital TV transmissions in use on most
channels.
Canada Bands
1 0.53000 - 1.70000 10.0 AM AM Broadcast
225.00000 - 27.99500 5.0 AM AM Band
328.00000 - 29.99500 5.0 NFM 10 Meter
Amateur Band
430.00000 - 49.99500 5.0 NFM VHF Low Band
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550.00000 - 54.00000 5.0 NFM 6 Meter Amateur Band
6 88.00000 - 107.90000 100.0 FMB FM Broadcast
7 108.00000 - 136.99166 8.33 AM Aircraft Band
8 137.00000 - 174.00000 5.0 NFM Military Land Mobile
2 Meter Amateur Band
VHF High Band
Federal Government
9 225.00000 - 380.00000 12.5 AM Military Air Band
10 406.00000 - 419.99375 6.25 NFM Fed. Gov. Land Mobile
11 420.00000 - 449.99375 6.25 NFM 70cm Amateur Band
12 450.00000 - 469.99375 6.25 NFM UHF Standard Band
13 470.00000 - 512.00000 6.25 NFM UHF TV*
* This scanner cannot decode the digital TV transmissions in use on most
channels.
— Scans frequencies you have stored in any of
the channels or banks at a rate of up to 90 channels per second.
— Store and scan any of up to 500 channels distributed
over 10 banks.
— Press and to directly access any stored
frequency.*
— Skip over stored frequencies (channels) using the
Lockout feature to enable faster scanning.
— provides standard radio broadcasts that you
can set as your alarm sound.
— lets you store and search up to 30 preset broadcast
channels (10 AM and 20 FM) for quick access.
— 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).
— Indicates that no priority checks will be made while receiving
a transmission.
— Lets you know that a selected frequency has
already been programmed into memory if you attempt to store it again.
— 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.
— Skips non-favorite frequencies during Service Search and
Limit Search. Up to 50 frequencies can be designated as skip frequencies.
— Lets you designate one of the five preprogrammed service
channels (Police, Fire/EMS, Air, Ham, Marine) to search.
— Scan the preprogrammed weather channels.
— The scanner sounds an alert tone if it detects a
weather alert while in Clock mode.
• Scan Speed. 100 channels per second maximum in Scan mode.
• Search Speed. 100 steps per second maximum in Search mode.
• Turbo mode. For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in
Turbo mode which is 300 steps per second.
— 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.
— 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.
— you can enable or disable the LCD back lighted display.
— a tone sounds to confirm you have made a valid key
input while a different tone sounds to alert you to an invalid entry.
— the scanner uses a non-volatile EEPROM for
memory backup.
— A battery icon alerts you to a no battery installed condition,
and a battery low voltage condition. 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.
— turns the scanner off when the battery power gets
too low.
- Automatically turns the scanner off after a preset time period.
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