UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 1 BC370CRS OWNER’S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 2 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 3 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 4 Contents The FCC Wants You to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Scanning Legally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Unpacking Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 5 Searching for Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . Using Limit Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming an Upper/Lower Limit . . . . . . . . . Searching the Selected Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Service Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Service to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory Search Lockouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 6 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 7 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 8 Unpacking Your Scanner Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have: Telescopic Antenna BC370CRS Scanner This Owner’s Manual Other Printed Material AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 9 Introduction Your BC370CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner with All Hazards alert. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 300 channels distributed over ten banks. The scanner also alerts you when NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) or any broadcast station the scanner is tuned to issues an EAS (Emergency Alert System) signal.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 10 Your scanner can monitor the following bands. Band No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Lower Limit Upper Limit Modulation (MHz) (MHz) 0.5300 1.7000 AM 25.0000 27.9950 AM 28.0000 29.9950 FM 30.0000 49.9950 FM 50.0000 54.0000 FM 59.7500 65.7500 71.7500 WFM 81.7500 87.7500 88.0000 107.9000 WFM 108.0000 136.9875 AM 137.0000 143.9950 FM 144.0000 147.9950 FM 148.0000 174.0000 FM 179.7500 185.7500 191.7500 197.7500 WFM 203.7500 209.7500 215.7500 225.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 11 Features Channel Memory Scanning — Scans frequencies you have stored in any of the channels or banks at a rate of up to 70 channels per second. Memory Availability — Store and then scan any of up to 300 channels distributed over 10 banks. SAME All-Hazards Operation — In standby mode, constantly monitors the last-tuned station and alerts you if it detects an alert transmission for your area (NOAA and broadcast channels only).
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 12 Clock Display — The scanner always displays the current time. The clock also features an alarm that lets you wake to the selected radio source or an alert tone up to 20 minutes or be shut off manually. A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an extra 5-minutes. Delay — You can enable or disable the 2-second delay to resume scanning when a transmission ends.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 13 Controls Scanner 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Introduction 13
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 14 1 Volume Control — Lets you raise or lower the level of the sound. 2 Squelch Control — Lets you set the signal level required to receive a transmission. If you open the squelch all the way, you will hear hissing between transmissions. This lets you hear weak signals, but prevents scanning. As you close squelch, a stronger signal is required to stop scanning and open audio.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 15 11 ./CLR — This key has three functions: • press to input a decimal point when you enter a frequency. • press to cancel a number button input - 0 to 9. • press to clear an error display. 12 “Soft” Buttons — Functions for these 5 buttons depend on the current mode. The Soft-button area at the bottom of the LCD will show the buttons’ current function. 13 MODE Switch — Use to select the desired mode: AM/FM; Weather; Scanner.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 16 LCD 1 4 2 3 7 ALARM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 AM PM 8 9 10 HOLD PGM BATT 25 50 75 5 6 SRCH POL 11 12 L/0 FIRE 14 15 DELAY AIR 17 18 PRI HAM 19 MEM AM FM1 FM2 PST MST CST EST AKST HST AST UTC 13 DST 16 RCC 20 RX SVC MRN ALL FIPS4 FIPS1 TZ 21 22 23 24 DIR NEXT PREV 26 27 28 29 30 25 1 Dish Icon — Indicates the reception status of the NIST Time signal. More bars indicate a better signal.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 17 14 L/O — Indicates a Locked Out channel or to skip a frequency while searching. 15 FIRE — Indicates searching the Fire or Emergency Medical Services. 16 DST — Turns on/off the Daylight Savings Time mode for clock setting. 17 DELAY — Indicates a 2 second set delay for a channel before scanning resumes. 18 AIR — Indicates searching commercial and private Air communications. 19 AM, FM1, FM2 — Selector for the current broadcast bands.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 18 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 19 Note that the batteries are intended to provide backup power for the clock and for scanning for a short time. When the backup batteries becomes too low, appears and flashes. Promptly replace the batteries. When you either install batteries or connect the AC Adapter to a standard US wall outlet, the scanner powers on and goes to STANDBY mode. The display shows the initial clock time of 12:00 AM. The scanner remains in STANDBY mode.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 20 Using the Backlight To turn on the backlight for 15 seconds, tap SNOOZE/Backlight. To turn on the backlight permanently, press and hold SNOOZE/Backlight for over 2 seconds. To turn off the backlight, press and hold SNOOZE/Backlight again. Adjusting the Contrast To change the contrast to provide the best visibility where you use it, follow these steps. 1. Press POWER to put the scanner in standby mode. 2. Press ▲ or ▼.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 21 Using the Radio Controlled Clock Your scanner’s Clock displays all the time. When you turn off the radio functions, it also displays the current seconds and date. It can also be used as a standard alarm clock. Even though your scanner can set its time automatically from the nationwide NIST broadcast, since this signal is usually weak and can often only be received reliably at night in many areas, we recommend you manually set the time to get started.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 22 The NIST signal is very weak, so might not from all parts of your house or at all times of day. Typically, reception is best at night and near a window. The time reception antenna is integrated into your scanner, and is not part of the AM or scanner antenna. Notes: • The antenna receives most strongly when the scanner keeps its left side facing to the source of waves, Fort Collins in Colorado.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 23 3. Use ▲ or ▼, or press the ON or OFF soft key to select the correct option. 4. Once you have selected the correct setting, press E, then slide the TIME switch back to Clock. Note that turning on this setting tells the receiver to set the DST according to the received NIST signal. It does not actually change the time to daylight savings time unless it is appropriate. Turning On/Off Radio Control In some areas it is just not possible to receive the NIST signal.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 24 Setting the Alarm Clock Follow these steps to set the alarm time: 1. Slide the TIME switch to Alarm Set. The hours digits flash. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ to change the hour by one hour or press the number keys to select the present hour. Then press E/PGM. The minutes digits flash. 3. Press ▲ or ▼ to change the minute setting by one minute or press the appropriate number keys to enter the minutes. Press E/PGM. The seconds reset to 00, the AM/PM icon flashes. 4.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 25 Listening to AM/FM/TV Channels To listen to AM/FM/TV channels, slide the mode selector to AM/FM. Then, press the soft button at the top of the scanner to select the desired source (AM for AM Broadcast, FM1 or FM2 for FM or TV Broadcast). Directly Selecting a Channel Press the DIR soft key to select the direct entry mode. Use ▲ or ▼ to scan up or down the selected band. The scanner stops on active channels. TV channels are scanned after FM channels in FM mode.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 26 Using All-Hazards Your BC370CRS’s All-Hazards function makes it one of the most powerful weather radio receivers built. It will activate on local broadcast of the standard EAS signal on NOAA (weather) channels, AM, FM, or TV Broadcast channels. Your scanner automatically monitors for an EAS alert on the last-tuned channel whenever you turn off the scanner.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 27 Selecting Areas for Alerts To limit alerts to specific areas, in weather mode press the soft key for the area you want to turn on or off. Activated areas are reverse-printed in the display. Or, to receive alerts for all areas, press the ALL soft key to reverse-highlight that option. Note: If you don’t select an area, the scanner will never sound an alert. Receiving Alerts The scanner receives alerts even if it is in standby mode (power off).
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 28 Using the Scanner Memories Your scanner has 300 memories you can store frequencies into for scanning. The memories are arranged in 10 banks of 30 memories each. While scanning, you can quickly select which bank to scan by pressing the number button that corresponds to the bank you want to turn on or off for scanning. To select the scanner mode, slide the MODE switch to Scanner.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) Bank 6 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 2/23/06 Bank 7 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Bank 11 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 Bank 12 Bank 17 Bank 9 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 Bank 13 Bank 14 Bank 18 Bank 19 Bank 20 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 Bank 24 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 Bank 15 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 Bank 23 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 Bank 10 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 9
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) Bank 26 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 2/23/06 9:25 AM Bank 27 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 Page 30 Bank 28 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 Bank 29 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 Bank 30 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 Once you fill out the above chart, 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.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 31 Scanning Memory Banks To scan the memories you have programmed, press SCAN. The scanner scans all unlocked programmed memories in enabled memory banks, stopping on a memory when it detects a transmission. To turn on/off memory banks, while scanning press the number button that corresponds to the memory bank you want to enable or disable. Locking/Unlocking Memories You can lock memories so that they are not scanned, even if their bank is turned on.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 32 Setting Channel Delay You can set the scanner to pause for 2 seconds at the end of a transmission on a memory. This is useful to help prevent missed replies. Delay is turned on by default when you program a memory. To turn Delay off (or back on), first, select the channel. Then, press DELAY. The scanner reverses the DELAY icon for memories that have been programmed with delay.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 33 Searching for Active Frequencies Many people enjoy searching for the unknown...frequencies that are in use in their area but are not posted to any site or in any publication. The BC370CRS has two ways to search: Limit searching that searches between two set frequencies and Service Searching that searches for specific types of agencies based on the FCC’s standard frequency allocation for such services.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 34 Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory When the scanner stops on the frequency you want to save, press HOLD to hold on that frequency. Then, press E/PGM. The scanner displays the lowest-numbered empty memory in the current bank (or the last-scanned memory if all memories are used). Use ▲ or ▼ to select the memory to hold the frequency, then press E/PGM to store the frequency into the memory.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 35 Listening to Weather Channels The scanner lets you easily listen to NOAA weather channels in use in your area. Simply 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 ▼. Seven NOAA weather channels are available across most of the US.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 36 Care and Maintenance General Use • Turn the scanner off before disconnecting the power. • If memory is lost, simply reprogram each channel. • Always press each button firmly until you hear the entry tone for that key entry. Location • Do not use the scanner in high-moisture environments such as the kitchen or bathroom. • Avoid placing the unit in direct sunlight or near heating elements or vents.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 37 Technical Specifications Certificated accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15 Subpart C as of date of manufacture. Band Coverage : 18 Bands Frequency Range : Range (MHz) 0.5300 to 1.7000 Step Mode 10 MHz AM AM Broadcast 25.0000 to 27.9950 5 kHz AM AM Band 28.0000 to 29.9950 5 kHz FM 10 Meter Amateur Band 30.0000 to 49.9950 5 kHz FM VHF Low Band 50.0000 to 54.0000 5 kHz FM 6 Meter Amateur Band 59.7500, 65.7500, 71.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 38 µV µV µV µV µV µV µV µV µV µV Sensitivity (nominal) 12dB SNAD : 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.53-1.70 MHz 25-27.995 MHz 28-54 MHz 59.75-107.9 MHz 108-136.9875 MHz 137-174 MHz 179.75-215.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 39 One-Year Limited Warranty Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION (“Uniden”) ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants, for one year, to the original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below.
UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 40 , S E R RI & OM E O F SO IN .C N S L E N DE I C C OO N A G .U W W W REGISTER ONLINE TODAY! THANK YOU FOR BUYING A UNIDEN PRODUCT. May be covered under one or more of the following U.S. patents.
