BC365CRS Owner’s Manual © 2016 Uniden America Corporation Irving, Texas Printed in China U01UB371AZZ(0)
PRECAUTIONS 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.
CONTENTS PRECAUTIONS............................................................................. 2 IMPORTANT! ................................................................................. 2 EARPHONE WARNING!................................................................... 2 THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW.................................................. 5 Scanning Legally............................................................................. 5 WHAT'S IN THE BOX.......................................
Search Lockouts............................................................................ 24 To unlock all frequencies.............................................................. 25 Listening to Service Channels.................................................... 25 Using Service Search.................................................................... 25 Selecting a Service to Search.................................................... 25 LISTENING TO WEATHER CHANNELS...................................
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.
duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization. WHAT'S IN THE BOX Please unpack the box carefully and make sure you have: FIR SEARCH FM1 BC34 6 5CRS 1-50 51-100 101-150 L/O FM2 DELAY FM3 1 2 151-200 201-250 4 5 6 301-350 351-400 401-450 SVC DIR Sleep HOLD Scanner 3 MODE 251-300 7 8 9 CLR 451-500 PGM 0 E .
INTRODUCTION Your BC365CRS 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.
Band No. 7 Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 137.00000 - 150.77000 5.0 150.77500 - 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.
Band No. Range (MHz) Step (kHz) Mode Service 5 88.00000 - 107.90000 100.0 FMB FM Broadcast 6 108.00000 - 136.99166 8.33 AM Aircraft Band 7 137.00000 - 174.00000 5.0 NFM Military Land Mobile 2 Meter Amateur Band VHF High Band Federal Government 8 225.00000 - 380.00000 12.5 AM Military Air Band 9 406.00000 - 419.99375 6.25 NFM Fed. Gov. Land Mobile 10 420.00000 - 449.99375 6.25 NFM 70cm Amateur Band 11 450.00000 - 469.99375 6.25 NFM UHF Standard Band 12 470.
Skip Frequency — Skips non-favorite frequencies during Service Search and Limit Search. Up to 50 frequencies can be designated as skip frequencies. Service Search — Lets you designate one of the five preprogrammed service channels (Police, Fire/EMS, Air, Ham, Marine) to search. Weather (WX) Scan — Scan the preprogrammed weather channels. Weather Alert Detection — The scanner sounds an alert tone if it detects a weather alert while in Clock mode. Scan and Search Speed • Scan Speed.
CONTROLS CONTROLS SPEAKER 16 15 14 FIR 13 SEARCH FM1 BC34 6 5CRS L/O FM2 12 1-50 51-100 101-150 1 2 3 151-200 11 201-250 DELAY FM3 Weather FM SVC DIR 17 Scanner 18 MODE 251-300 4 5 6 301-350 351-400 401-450 Sleep 7 8 9 HOLD CLR 451-500 PGM 0 E .
Number Key/Knob 12 What it does 4 Alarm slide switch Set to Off to disable alarm; Set to Radio to enable the radio alarm; Set to Tone to enable the tone alarm 5 SNOOZE/ Light Snooze: Press while the alarm sounds to silence the alarm for 5 minutes. Light: Tap to turn on the backlight for 15 seconds. Press and hold to turn the LCD backlight on permanently. Press and hold again to turn off the backlight. 6 Time slide switch Use to select your desired operation: Alarm Set; Clock Set; Clock.
Number Key/Knob What it does 13 L/O FM2 In Scanner mode: -- Press to lock or unlock a channel memory in SCAN (HOLD) or PROGRAM mode. -- Press to set or clear the frequencies in the skip Frequency list in the Limit Search (HOLD) and Service Search (HOLD) modes. In FM mode, press to select the FM2 memory bank. In Service Select mode: Press to select the FIRE/EMS service.
Number Key/Knob 18 ▼ What it does Press once to: -- Decrease one channel in these modes: xx xx xx xx Scan Hold Service Search Hold WX Hold Program Hold xx xx xx xx Scan Hold Service Search Hold WX Hold Program Hold -- Decrease one frequency in Limit Search Hold mode and Direct entry in Radio mode. -- Decrease time in Time Setting and Sleep mode. Press and hold to: -- Rapidly decrease channels in these modes: -- Rapidly decrease frequencies in Limit Search Hold mode and Direct entry in Radio mode.
Number Key/Knob What it does 21 HEADPHONE jack connects a headphone for privacy or an external speaker. If you connect an external speaker to the scanner's headphone jack, never connect the audio output line to a power supply and ground. This might damage the scanner. 22 PC I/F Update firmware through this data (PC) connection.
Number Display What it means 8 25, 33, 50, 66, 75 One of these numbers displays to indicate the frequency step. For example, "25" indicates 0.25kHz.
SETTING UP THE SCANNER These guidelines will help you install and use your new scanner: • If your scanner receives interference or electrical noise, move the scanner or its antenna away from the source. You might also try changing the height or angle of the antennas. • Use an optional mono earphone or mono headset with proper impedance for private listening. • Do not use the scanner in high-moisture environments such as in the kitchen or bathroom.
display shows the initial clock time of 12:00 AM. The scanner remains in STANDBY mode. CONNECTING AN ANTENNA The scanner uses an external telescopic antenna to receive all signals. Connect the supplied rod antenna by pushing the antenna’s connector onto the antenna jack on the back of the scanner and twisting it to the desired angle. You can also use an external antenna (not supplied) to help to bring in weaker signals. Use RG58, 50-Ohm lead with a BNC connector to connect the antenna to the scanner.
USING THE CLOCK Your scanner’s clock displays whenever you turn off the radio functions. It can also be used as a standard alarm clock. SETTING THE CURRENT TIME L Follow the steps to set the current time: 1. Move the slide switch to Clock Set. The hour digits flash. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ to change the hour by one hour increments or press the number keys to select the present hour. Then press E/PGM to set the hour. The minutes digits flash. 3.
alarm, it will sound for 20 minutes, then reset to alert you again the following day. Sleep USING SNOOZE L When the alarm sounds, press the snooze bar to silence the alarm for 5 minutes. LISTENING TO FM CHANNELS To listen to FM channels, slide the mode selector to FM when power is on. Press the button at the top of the scanner to select the desired source (FM1, FM2, or FM3). Radio stations are programmed into 30 channels for FM1, FM2, and FM3.
SETTING UP SLEEP MODE You can set the amount of time the scanner will remain on. For example, if you are going to bed and you want to listen to the radio for a while, you can set the scanner to turn itself off after 20 minutes. If you are listening to weather reports during the day, you can turn Sleep mode off to keep the scanner from turning itself off. 1. With the scanner power turned on, press and hold HOLD/Sleep. The number of minutes currently set for Sleep mode displays. 2.
BANK 1 BANK 2 BANK 3 1 51 101 2 52 102 3 53 103 4 54 104 5 55 105 6 56 106 7 57 107 8 58 108 9 59 109 10 60 110 Follow these steps to enter or change a frequency in a memory: 1. Press E/PGM to enter the Program mode (the scanner turns on the PGM icon). 2. If the current channel is not the one you want to program, enter the channel number then press HOLD. 3. Enter the frequency, including the decimal point, and then press E/PGM. 4.
while scanning, press the number button that corresponds to the channel bank you want to enable or disable. LOCKING/UNLOCKING CHANNELS You can lock channel so that they are not scanned, even if their bank is turned on. Simply press L/O when the scanner stops on a transmission on the frequency or manually select the channel, then press L/O. The L / O icon displays when it is set to a locked out channel. To unlock a channel, manually select the channel then press L/O.
USING LIMIT SEARCH There are three Limit Search modes: xx Program Search Range. This mode allows you to set the upper and lower limits of your search range. xx Limit Search. This mode will search for active frequencies within the upper and lower limits designated. It will stop when it locates a frequency. xx Limit Search Hold. During Limit Search mode, press HOLD/Sleep to stop searching with the serach range regardless of whether you have found transmission.
TO UNLOCK ALL FREQUENCIES 1. Press HOLD during a Search. 2. Press and hold L/O. LISTENING TO SERVICE CHANNELS USING SERVICE SEARCH You can select any of Police, Fire/EMS, Aircraft, Ham, and Marine channels for active frequencies in your area. Selecting a Service to Search Press SVC to enter the service search mode, then press the button corresponding to the service you want to search. When the scanner stops on a transmission, you can force it to resume searching by pressing ▲ or ▼.
3. A Service search begins once a service is selected. LISTENING TO WEATHER CHANNELS The scanner lets you easily listen to NOAA weather channels in use in your area. Slide the audio source selector to Weather. The scanner scans the preset weather frequencies and stops if it detects a transmission. If you want to check for another frequency in use in your area, press SCAN or press ▲ or ▼. Press HOLD/Sleep to hold on the current weather channel.
REPAIRS Do not attempt any repair. The scanner contains no user serviceable parts. Contact Uniden Customer Care or take it to a qualified repair technician. BIRDIES All radios can receive “birdies” (undesired signals). If your scanner stops during Scan mode and no sound is heard, it might be receiving a birdie. Birdies are internally generated signals inherent in the electronics of the scanner. Press L/O to lock out the channel.
temperature (25°C ± 5°C) Audio Output(normal) : 0.9W Max Power Requirements : AD-1008 (120V AC 60Hz) : DC 12.0 V (EXT. power jack) : 3 x AA size Alkaline batteries , 4.5 DC (not included) Antenna : Telescoping (included), External Jacks : : : : Accessories : AC Adapter (AD-1008) : Telescopic Antenna : Owner's Manual Speaker (internal) : 8 ohm, 2 watt Operating Temp : 14°F (−10°C) to +122°F (+50°C) Storage Temp : −4°F (−20°C) to +140°F (+60°C) Size (without antenna) : 5.8(W) × 8.
Avis de conformité à la FCC : Ce dispositif a été testé et s’avère conforme à l’article 15 des règlements de la Commission fédérale des communications (FCC). Ce dispositif est soumis aux conditions suivantes: 1) Ce dispositif ne doit pas causer d’interférences nuisibles et; 2) Il doit pouvoir supporter les parasites qu’il reçoit, incluant les parasites pouvant nuire à son fonctionnement. Cet appareil est conforme aux normes RSS exemptes de licences d’Industrie Canada.
THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER OR PROVIDE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not allow this exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion might not apply to you. LEGAL REMEDIES: This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you might also have other rights which vary from state to state. This warranty is void outside the United States of America.
