Uniden BC355C User manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

BC355C

SCANNER

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PRECAUTIONS

Before you use this scanner, please observe the following:

Warning

Uniden America Corporation does not represent this unit to be

waterproof. To reduce the risk of re, electrical shocks, or damage

to the unit, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.

Patents

May be covered under one or more of the following U.S. patents:

5,199,109 5,408,692 5,428,826 5,438,688

5,465,402 5,471,660 5,483,684 5,530,296

5,548,832 5,551,071 5,574,995 5,577,076

5,598,430 5,642,424 5,710,992 5,991,346

6,025,758 6,034,573 6,064,270 6,839,550

7,006,797 7,013,110 7,505,738

Other patents pending.

** These products contain Uniden proprietary information.

Software, control codes, protocols and other such related matter

may be the copyrighted work of Uniden America Corporation.

Reserved.

information.

Software, control codes, protocols and other such related matter

may be the copyrighted work of Uniden America Corporation.

Uniden ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

Bearcat ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

Close Call ® is a registered trademark of Uniden America

Corporation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

PRECAUTIONS .......................................2

Warning............................................ 2

Patents............................................. 2

THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

SCANNINGLEGALLY .................................8

ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355C SCANNER . . . . . . . . . .9

FEATURESUMMARY.................................10

INCLUDED IN YOUR SCANNER PACKAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

OptionalAccessories ...............................15

INSTALLING THE BC355C SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . 16

FOR HOME USE DESKTOP INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . 16

HelpfulHints ......................................17

FOR MOBILE USE INCAR INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Temporary Mobile Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Permanent Mobile Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Permanently Mounting the BC355C Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Permanently Connecting the Mobile Power Supply . 19

SCANNER OPERATION OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . 20

BC355CFRONTPANEL...............................20

BC355CREARPANEL ................................27

USING YOUR BC355C SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

SETUP..............................................28

AdjustingSquelch.................................. 28

OPERATINGMODES.................................29

SCAN.............................................. 29

SEARCH............................................30

SPECIAL NOTES FOR SCANNING PD/FD/EMG AND AIR/

MRNBANKS...................................... 31

Scanning Service Bank Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

SearchingBandTips................................ 35

SCREENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

SCANNINGBANKS ..................................36

SEARCHINGBANDS .................................37

SPECIALFEATURES.......................... 37

LOCK OUT CHANNELS / FREQUENCIES ................38

TypesofLockOut ..................................38

TemporaryLockOut..............................38

PermanentLockOut..............................39

LockOutLimits.....................................39

LockOutTips ......................................40

CLOSECALL® .......................................44

CloseCallPriority .................................. 45

CloseCallDoNotDisturb ........................... 45

CloseCallOnly.....................................45

SettingUpCloseCallModes.........................46

Setting C ‐C.bAnd Options ........................46

Setting C ‐C.ALEt Options ........................48

Setting C ‐C.PS Options ..........................48

CloseCallTips....................................49

PRIVATEBANK ......................................50

Programming Frequencies and Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

ProgrammingaChannel..........................52

Deleting a Programmed Frequency (programming

“000.0000”) .....................................54

PROGRAMLOCKFEATURE...........................57

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

GENERAL PRODUCT CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

LOCATION ..........................................61

CLEANING ..........................................61

REPAIRS ............................................62

BIRDIES ............................................62

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW

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 o, 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:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and

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This device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many dierent groups,

including police and re 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 nes 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

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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

modications 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

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 ocials by

traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization.

ABOUT YOUR NEW BC355C SCANNER

The BC355C comes with 6 Service banks for monitoring police,

re/emergency medical services, marine, air, weather, and CB

frequencies. In addition, the BC355C has 13 separate band

searches.

You can also save up to 300 frequencies that are scanned along

with the preset frequencies. So whenever you encounter a newly

activated local frequency for any service category, you can add it

to the bank for that category. This gives you quick access to the

frequencies you want to hear.

FEATURE SUMMARY

The BC355C is a compact mobile/base scanner and one of the

most user-friendly communication products available today. The

BC355C features include:

Turbo search – Allows your BC355C to search 180 steps per

second. (5 kHz step band only)

Seven Banks – 6 preprogrammed Service banks and one

standard, programmable Private bank. These banks include:

POLICE: 1,769 Factory-programmed Police

frequencies with 100 open channels (shared with

FIRE/EMG), allowing you to program additional

police frequencies into this bank.

FIRE/EMG: 280 Factory-programmed Fire/EMG

frequencies plus an additional 100 (shared with

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