Uniden BCT8 Support Question
Uniden BCT8 Support Question
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Question posted by Garyhandy1964 on February 20th, 2021
Bct8 Volume Works But No Squelch
the volume works great but nothing happens when I turn squelch just hums through speaker.
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Related Uniden BCT8 Manual Pages
English Owners Manual - Page 3
... Obtain More Information 7 Information on the Internet 7 Included with Your Scanner Package 8 Optional Accessories 8 Installing the BCT8 9 For Home Use (Desktop Installation 9 For Mobile Use (In-Car Installation 9 Typical...an External Speaker 13 Listening Safely 13 Connecting the Clone Cable 13 Scanning Overview 14 Turn the Scanner On 14 How Squelch Works 15 Setting the Squelch 15 ...
English Owners Manual - Page 5
Introduction
The BCT8 is within approximately a 3 mile radius.
Land Mobile
FM 12.5kHz 70 cm Amateur Band
FM 12.5kHz UHF Standard Band
FM 12.5kHz UHF "T" Band
...
English Owners Manual - Page 6
...21. External Speaker Jack (EXT. SP.)
23. Remote Control Terminal (REMOTE)
2 Priority Key (PRI) 16. Search Key (SRCH) 17. DC Power Jack (DC 12V) 24. Squelch Control / ...MUTE) 5.
Volume Control / Alert Tone Selector
(VOL) 4. Highway Scanning / State Key (HWY, STATE)
11. SP. Front and Rear Views
4
5
6 7 8 9 10 11
1
SQL
push FLASH
2
ALERT
MUTE
3
BCT8
push
VOL...
English Owners Manual - Page 8
...standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way communications do not transmit continuously. The BCT8 scans the Frequencies you usually know who it finds an active frequency. What is Scanning?... 13 bands to -car and other special-purpose frequencies. Conventional scanning is Searching?
The BCT8 can achieve up to monitor.
For example, the police in each of specific frequencies in...
English Owners Manual - Page 9
.... If you're a new scanner enthusiast, you 're monitoring, it actually follows the users of this ! TrunkTracker Technology changes this manual and use your new BCT8 scan channels like a conventional scanner, it 's possible that the talkgroup will make trunk tracking much easier.
5 In a trunked radio system the frequencies are shared among...
English Owners Manual - Page 10
... per second. For more than one trunking system at least one frequency into your BCT8 through Uniden BCT8 Scanning software running on your PC. - Assigning a
priority channel allows you to ...Turbo Search - Follow VHF High Band UHF 800MHz trunked public safety and public service systems just as if conventional two-way communications were used.
• Multi-Track - Program one...
English Owners Manual - Page 12
...) - to 5:00 p.m., Central Time, Monday through Friday.
Included with Your Scanner Package
• BCT8 Scanner • AC Adapter (AD 140U) • DC Power Cord • Cigarette Lighter Adapter ...of purchase or Uniden Customer Service at www.uniden.com. Optional Accessories
The following optional accessories for your BCT8 are missing or damaged, immediately contact your place of these items...
English Owners Manual - Page 13
... in a fringe area or need to mount the BCT8.
Warning: Do not use the same screw holes to mount the bracket.
9 Select an ideal location in your driving. Plug one end of antenna at a local electronics store.) • If the optional antenna has no... jack and the other end into the DC 12V jack on the passenger side. 2. Installing the BCT8
For Home Use (Desktop Installation)
1.
English Owners Manual - Page 15
Attach the mounting bracket to BNC antenna plug adapter (available at a local electronics store).
Note: If the antenna cable's connector does not fit in your vehicle... wires or other desired location with the supplied mounting bracket (MB008) (refer to the ANT. Typical Mounting Methods
The BCT8 can be conveniently mounted on the rear of 2.44 inch high by 7.06 inch wide by 6.10 inch deep ...
English Owners Manual - Page 17
...12V
Connecting an External Speaker
In a noisy area, an external speaker (available at least 500 mA. Note: Connecting an external speaker disconnects the scanner's internal speaker.
The volume is not adjustable ... tip must be set to and from another BCT8 scanner using optional programming software available through your local electronics store.
13 Applying Power Using Standard AC Power...
English Owners Manual - Page 25
You will need to program each frequency into the channel.
4. Press E to store the frequency into the scanner's channels in BCT8 package. c. Program frequencies you purchased from your dealer, from the Frequency guide included in order to store by using the keypad and . (decimal key).
3. Enter ...
English Owners Manual - Page 30
...-54 108-137 137-144 144-148 148-174 400-420 420-450 450-470 470-512
806-956
1. Band Search
Setting a Search Band
The BCT8 can change the search direction by using the or key. Wait for bands having 5 kHz steps. (Turbo Search) • While searching, you want to 300...
English Owners Manual - Page 31
... skip over a frequency, press L/O when stopping on an unwanted signal but will move up to skip or when in Search Hold mode.
2. This means the BCT8 will normally stop the search. Press HOLD/RESUME at anytime to skip the frequency.
English Owners Manual - Page 33
... tracking these types of systems, remember these systems, see page 43).
❖EDACS - Setting the Squelch
For trunked reception, a good setting for the SQL control is a registered trademark of the M/A -... is critical for monitoring trunked systems.
SQL ALERT
push FLASH
MUTE
29 Trunk Tracking
Your BCT8 is different. (The types of systems are discussed below.)
• The frequencies for...
English Owners Manual - Page 35
... you can be a conventional scanning bank. When an ID is out of the range of frequencies in exact order and location. You can program your BCT8 can be a trunk tracking bank and it can program into categories. Select
and press E. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the banks as trunking banks!)
Scan...
English Owners Manual - Page 36
... E. Enter the Agency number.
2. Press . (decimal key) for each trunk system as follows. To enter a Full EDACS ID®:
1.
Press E. Note: The BCT8 default to learn how this works. Press E. Be sure to read the section "EDACS Reception" on page 39 to "AFS" talkgroup displays for powerful flexibility in all the Talk...
English Owners Manual - Page 42
...talkgroup in one of trunking and conventional banks, select the banks you were just monitoring. When the communication ends, the scanner will wait for 2 seconds...TRUNK. It will check to Trunk Scan. Multi-Track
The BCT8 allows you to track more conventional frequencies), the radio jumps between...TRUNK SEARCH: This mode works similarly to see if another ID in the trunked system. After...
English Owners Manual - Page 53
... (These items are available at your local electronics stores.)
49 A unique feature of the BCT8 is that all the front panel keys on purchasing BCT8 Scanner software to program and control your information...Remote mode. Central Time Monday through Friday)
scanner.uniden.com
PC Control Parameter
For your BCT8, you can contact the following:
Uniden Parts Department (800) 554-3988 (Hours are ...
English Owners Manual - Page 54
...of the programming of one BCT8 into the remote port on for clone mode as follows. After connecting the two scanners, turn the radio on the rear...8 7 Not used
ANT. SP.
After connecting the two scanners, make sure the scanners are also available at your local electronics store.).
Then connect the DB-9 to DB-9 null modem adapter to
select
, then press HOLD/RESUME.
50 Plug the other...
English Owners Manual - Page 57
...see if it is still stored in Highway Mode. 2. Troubleshooting
If your BCT8 is
correct. 5.
Scan won 't start. Scan won 't stop. Also,...work . Make sure you 're monitoring user-programmed frequencies, switch to activate the alarm are currently active.
1. Turn ON the wall switch of your dealer or local electronics store.
1. You could require an optional multi-band
antenna. Adjust squelch...
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