User's Manual

parameters of your search are edited, the menu

screen backs up one level to allow you to modify

the step size, receive mode, and alpha tag.

Select STEPS for your step size choices and then

press E. Select MODE for the receiver mode

choices and then press E. Select ALPHA TAG to

enter an alpha tag using the VFO and then press

Starting Chain Search

1. After setting the search ranges, select SERVICE

OPTION - CHAIN SEARCH - CHAIN SRCH by

rotating the VFO and pressing E.

2. Set to ON by rotating the VFO and pressing E.

3. Press SEARCH to search up to 10 ranges continuously.

Note: • If CHAIN SRCH is OFF in the menu mode, only

range 1 can be searched.

• When searching stops, press RSM to resume

searching.

• When you rotate the VFO while searching, you can

change the search direction to up or down.

• When searching in WFM, it will stop before reaching

the desired frequency if the step is other than 50 kHz

or 100 kHz.

Search Hold Feature

1. Press HOLD/MAN at anytime to stop

the search.

Note: While Search Hold mode is On,

you can change the search

direction to up or down by rotating the VFO.

2. Press RSM or SEARCH to resume searching.

Data Skip

A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives.

This means the BC250D will occasionally stop on data signals

and unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically skip

many of these types of transmissions during search. The Data

Skip feature can be set per range. To activate the Data Skip

feature, enter into the Menu mode.

1. Press MENU/BACK.

SRCH 12.5k

1240.0000 NFM

Range 1

25cm Amateur Grp

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