Uniden BC75XLT 300 Channel Hand Held Scanner

BC75XLT Owner’s Manual

© 2012 Uniden America Corporation Fort Worth, Texas BC

Printed in Vietnam U01UB372ZZZ(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. 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! Be sure to use only a monaural earphone with this scanner. You can also use an optional stereo headset. Use of an incorrect earphone or mono 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.



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Set the volume to a comfortable audio level coming from the speaker before plugging in the monaural earphone or headset. 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 might be particularly true of the type of earphone that is placed in the ear canal.



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Contents PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The FCC Wants You to Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Scanning Legally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BC75XLT Feature Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 FREQUENCY RANGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 USA Band Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Canada Band Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Scanning basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 What is Scanning?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 What is Searching? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Conventional Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Simplex Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Repeater Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 What Are Banks?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Channel Storage Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Service Search Bands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Custom Search Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Where To LEARN MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 What’s In The Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Setting Up the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connect the Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connect an Optional Earphone/Headphone. . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting an Optional Extension Speaker. . . . . . . . . . 23 Adjusting the Belt Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 POWERING THE SCANNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Installing Non-Rech