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BCD996P2

Owner’s Manual

Printed in Vietnam

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Page 1: ...BCD996P2 Owner s Manual 2015 Uniden America Corporation Printed in Vietnam U01UB378ZZZ 0...

Page 2: ...2015 Uniden America Corporation Irving Texas Questions Problems Get help on the web at www uniden com Or call our Customer Service line at 800 620 7531...

Page 3: ...NER 13 SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER 13 POWER RELATED ISSUES 13 BASE STATION 13 SETTING UP AN AUDIO RECORDING DEVICE OR COMPUTER RECORDING 14 VEHICLE INSTALLATION 15 Mounting Using the Bracket 15 Mounting U...

Page 4: ...GRAMMING TRUNKED SYSTEMS 35 COPYING AND DELETING SYSTEMS 39 CREATING SITES SITE AUTOMATICALLY CREATED FOR EDACS SCAT 39 P25 SYSTEMS 40 For Standard Motorola 800 900 Splinter Systems 41 For Custom reba...

Page 5: ...1 EDITING A SERVICE SEARCH 82 Custom Search 85 Set Search Key 85 Auto Search and Store 85 Quick Search 86 Searching only not Search with Scan 87 Storing a Displayed Frequency while searching 87 CLOSE...

Page 6: ...AL FUNCTIONS 106 Band Scope Function 106 Two Tone Sequential 106 WX Alert 106 Supported Trunking Systems 107 Heterodyne System 107 CTCSS Tones and DCS Tone Codes 112 codes total 107 WARRANTY INFORMATI...

Page 7: ...s cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the scanner on and off you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the foll...

Page 8: ...as described in this manual could invalidate your warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it In some areas mobile and or portable use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit Check...

Page 9: ...ority Plus Scan Priority channels let you keep track of activity on your most important channels while monitoring other channels for transmissions and you can scan just the priority channels Priority...

Page 10: ...nearby radio transmissions Close Call Do not Disturb checks for Close Call activity in between channel reception so active channels are not interrupted Close Call Temporary Store Temporarily stores a...

Page 11: ...ial itinerant searches to make it easy to find specific transmissions 10 Custom Searches Lets you program up to 10 custom search ranges Quick Search Lets you search from the currently tuned frequency...

Page 12: ...ms sites groups searches they become the Quick Key s You can program one or more system site group search to any quick key or program one or more system site group search with no quick key Any convent...

Page 13: ...set of frequencies Instead of selecting a specific frequency for a transmission the user s radio requests an unused frequency when that user presses their PTT push to talk button The trunking system a...

Page 14: ...e by all the channels but happens randomly throughout all the system channels If you listen to the frequencies of an LTR system in manual mode not trunking on every channel in the system you will hear...

Page 15: ...t EDACS systems are organized with different IDs assigned to different fleets and agencies For example a valid agency fleet subfleet ID identifying all detectives within a police department in an agen...

Page 16: ...ies included in the box are BCD996P2 Scanner AC Adapter Vehicle Accessory Power Cord Three Wire Harness Mounting Bracket and Hardware Antenna Owner s Manual English and French APP Form FREQ Form Other...

Page 17: ...ening Read the precautions at General Precautions Do not use the scanner in high moisture environments such as the kitchen or bathroom Avoid placing the scanner in direct sunlight or near heating elem...

Page 18: ...NG DEVICE OR COMPUTER RECORDING It is best if you plan ahead when you initiate the basic setup of the scanner if you include the components to record incoming reception You need an audio recording dev...

Page 19: ...unting Using the DIN E Sleeve Optional Part No DIN 0001 If you are unsure about how to install your scanner in your vehicle using the optional DIN E sleeve consult your automobile manufacturer dealer...

Page 20: ...optional DIN E sleeve Refer to the illustration that follows showing the Removal Keys Fully insert both Removal Keys into the slots on the left and the right edges of the radio s dress panel You canno...

Page 21: ...splay Sticker Before you use the scanner for the first time remove the protective plastic film over the display Connecting an Optional Antenna The scanner s BNC connector makes it easy to connect a va...

Page 22: ...ob counter clockwise all the way then clockwise until the noise stops then one notch more Press HOLD to resume scanning Right away you may want to check these settings in the Settings menu Set Backlig...

Page 23: ...nd GPS Press and hold to turn on Close Call Only in Any Mode except GPS Press then SQ to start Fire Tone Out in Any Mode except GPS The blue light flashes with a Close Call hit The red light flashes o...

Page 24: ...porary lockout status of a channel in Scan Mode Double press for permanent lockout Press to toggle the temporary lockout status of a frequency in Search Mode Double press for permanent lockout Press t...

Page 25: ...h 3 to turn search keys on in Any Mode except GPS Press then 4 IFX to toggle intermediate frequency exchange for a channel frequency in Scan Search Weather Hold Modes Press then 5 LVL to toggle the vo...

Page 26: ...ound tones in Tone Out Search Mode Press to enter the Menu Mode for the current Tone Out in Tone Out Mode Press to enter the Menu Mode for a displayed channel in Scan Mode Press to enter Review Locati...

Page 27: ...ventional system in Scan Receive Hold Modes Press then then SCAN SEARCH to change from ID Scan to ID Search while scanning a trunking site in Scan Mode HOLD RESUME Press to hold on a channel frequency...

Page 28: ...24 A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY Conventional Display Mode 1 Function Mode Conventional Display Mode 2 Trunking Display Mode 1 Trunking Display Mode 2...

Page 29: ...cation is locked out in Hold Mode Displays the system number tag and channel number tag if programmed in Function Mode PRI Appears in priority mode and blinks in priority plus mode in Scan Mode Displa...

Page 30: ...Hold Modes Displays the receive modulation of the custom service search in Search Mode Displays the tone code if received for a conventional frequency if programmed and blinks in CTCSS DCS NAC search...

Page 31: ...ing is assign to the quick key an asterisk means the quick key is turned off Displays if the Close Call Priority feature is on in Any Mode except GPS and Tone Out Displays reversed if the Close Call D...

Page 32: ...ation or step the above values are used unless you ve edited the Band Defaults Although TV bands are listed the scanner cannot decode digital TV audio SETTINGS MENUS To Edit Settings press MENU Scroll...

Page 33: ...wn and hear the speaker from the top 1 Scroll to Set Upside down and press E 2 Scroll to On or Off and press E to save and exit Adjusting the Display Contrast This setting controls the display s contr...

Page 34: ...is setting allows you change the Auto values you can select while programming frequencies searches etc to whatever you feel Auto should be for each band vs the radio defaults Since all of the step and...

Page 35: ...gned to that number tag if you select the same number tag again it will go to the 2nd system search assigned to that number tag and so on The same rule applies to channel number tags so don t start at...

Page 36: ...groups on and off and not have to worry about locking them out If you do not assign systems sites groups to a quick key you have to lock it out if you do not want to scan it PRIVATE SYSTEMS You can fl...

Page 37: ...ant assigned to the system and press E to save and exit Set Number Tag Allows you to number a system for rapid access The default setting is no number tag blank See also Using Number Tags 1 Scroll to...

Page 38: ...is turned on for a channel Set Audio AGC Allows you to turn the AGC feature on or off for the system See also Adjust Audio AGC 1 Scroll to Set Audio AGC and press E 2 Scroll to Analog and press E to t...

Page 39: ...ct System scroll to New System and press E 4 At Select Sys Type scroll to P25 and press E 5 Scroll to Standard Trunk or One Freq Trunk and press E 6 At Confirm press E 7 At Edit Name press E See Enter...

Page 40: ...ntering Text Continue at Set Number Tag below then refer to Edit Site Options Creating Groups and finally Programming Frequencies IDs To Edit Trunking Systems Options 1 Press MENU 2 At Program System...

Page 41: ...e block so you can scroll to and enter the next size code 0 14 then press E 7 Repeat for each block as needed 0 7 and you will return to the Edit Sys Option menu Note If you select size code 12 13 or...

Page 42: ...exit EDACS Scroll to AFS Format or Decimal Format and press E to save and exit Scroll to Set ID Format and press E Set Record enables or disables the REC jack for all channels or marked channels in th...

Page 43: ...em you want to name and press E 4 At Edit Name press E See Entering Text COPYING AND DELETING SYSTEMS To Copy a System 1 Press MENU 2 At Program System press E 3 At Select System scroll to the system...

Page 44: ...and press E Note Pressing the first number of a 2 digit quick key will get you closer 1 for 10 2 for 20 etc then scroll to second digit Set Start up Key allows you to turn on the scanner with the sit...

Page 45: ...ress E 4 At Input Lower enter the lower base frequency and press E 5 At Input Upper enter the upper base frequency and press E 6 Scroll to Set Offset and press E 7 At Input Offset enter the offset and...

Page 46: ...the scanner attenuates signals on this site by about 20 dB The default setting is off 1 Scroll to Set Attenuator and press E 2 Scroll to On or Off and press E to save and exit Note You can also toggl...

Page 47: ...nd press E 2 Scroll to Analog and press E to toggle on or off 3 Scroll to Digital and press E to toggle on or off 4 Press MENU to return P25 Waiting Time this setting basically gives the scanner time...

Page 48: ...APCO 25 Common Air Interface Exclusive then the system is a true Project 25 system and program it as a P25 system To Create a New P25 System 1 Press MENU 2 At Program System press E 3 At Select System...

Page 49: ...t Sys Type scroll to LT and press E 5 At Confirm press E 6 At Edit Name press E See Entering Text 7 Scroll to Edit Sys Options and press E Continue at Set Number Tag below Then see Edit Site Options T...

Page 50: ...to the desired delay time 10 5 2 0 1 2 5 10 or 30 secs and press E to save and exit Edit Fleetmap Motorola Type I IIi systems only allows you to select a preprogrammed fleetmap or program a fleetmap...

Page 51: ...e The scanner waits for the carrier to drop before leaving a channel Emergency Alert Motorola EDACS only sets how your scanner handles IDs that have the emergency flag set The default setting is off 1...

Page 52: ...C feature on or off for the system See also Adjust Audio AGC 1 Scroll to Set Audio AGC and press E 2 At Confirm press E to save and exit 3 Nothing Locked appears if nothing is locked out 4 Press MENU...

Page 53: ...equencies IDs To Edit Site Options 1 Press MENU 2 At Program System press E 3 At Select System scroll to the system that has the site you want to edit and press E 4 Scroll to Edit Site and press E 5 A...

Page 54: ...ou must supply the system s band plan for Implicit systems for the scanner to correctly determine voice frequencies 1 Scroll to Edit Band Plan and press E 2 At Select Plan scroll to Band Plan 0 9 A F...

Page 55: ...ol channel Set Frequencies this is where you program or change the trunking frequencies delete frequencies or lock them out 1 To Program New Frequencies scroll to Set Frequencies and press E 2 At Set...

Page 56: ...canner moves to the next site after the hold time expires any current transmission ends and the channel delay time expires The default setting is 0 seconds for each site 1 Scroll to Set Hold Time and...

Page 57: ...d press E 5 At Select Group scroll to the group you want to edit and press E 6 Scroll to the options below and press E 7 Press SCAN SEARCH to return to scanning when done with editing Edit Name Set Lo...

Page 58: ...appears Press No to return The scanner will save the frequency in a created group called Qck Save Grp in a created system called Qck Save Cnv Sys with no quick keys assigned and you will be at the Ed...

Page 59: ...TGID Save press No 4 At Select System scroll to the system where you want to store the ID and press E 5 At Select Group scroll to the group where you want to store the ID and press E Note If the ID i...

Page 60: ...dcard receive any I Call ID press No once then enter 0 and press E Note You can also lock out this wildcard ID so you will not receive I Calls 5 To enter a LTR ID enter the area code 0 or 1 and press...

Page 61: ...equency or TGID and press E 2 Enter the frequency or ID and press E to save and exit Set Audio Type Conventional Motorola only choose Digital Only or Analog Only according to the signal type Select Al...

Page 62: ...e channel The default setting is Auto NFM for FM channels 1 Scroll to Set Modulation and press E 2 Scroll to Auto AM NFM FM WFM or WFM Broadcast and press E to save and exit Note You can also toggle m...

Page 63: ...ocked Temporary L O or Lockout and press E 3 Press SCAN SEARCH or L O to exit Note You can also toggle lockout for a channel in scan mode by pressing L O Volume Offset this setting allows you to adjus...

Page 64: ...and or visual alerts for a Point of Interest POI Stores location and range If you approach the set location the radio sounds an alert up to 4 miles km from the center Dangerous Road Dangerous Crossing...

Page 65: ...ocation 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll to Program Location and press E 3 At Select Type scroll to POI Dangerous Xing or Dangerous Road and press E 4 Scroll to New Location and press E The default name is DRD d...

Page 66: ...the default level is Auto the default color is Cyan and default pattern is Fast Blink 1 Scroll to Set Alert and press E 2 Scroll to Set Alert Tone and press E 3 At Set Tone scroll to the alert Alert...

Page 67: ...PS Format first to set your units time zone etc 1 Scroll to Set LocationInfo and press E 2 At Set Latitude press E Enter the latitude and press E 3 At Set Longitude press E Enter the longitude and pre...

Page 68: ...press 2 Scroll to Unlocked Temporary L O or Lockout and press to save and exit Note you can also do this in Review Location Mode by pressing L O GPS Display Mode POI only Press GPS to switch to GPS d...

Page 69: ...t speed While in GPS Display Mode To Program the Current Location 1 Press and hold GPS for 2 seconds 2 To Select a POI turn the scroll control 3 To Toggle through the POI Display Modes press then 6 DI...

Page 70: ...of displaying individual lock unlock messages for groups sites It applies the location based rules to all systems at one time GPS REVIEW LOCATION MODE If you have programmed data for a Point of Intere...

Page 71: ...k key 0 Priority for priority channels in the same channel group follows the order in which the channels were created Priority ID Scan this function is similar to conventional priority although there...

Page 72: ...f number of channels to check 1 100 and press E to save and exit USING STARTUP KEYS You can program each of your Systems with a Startup Key 0 9 so that when you power up the scanner and press the key...

Page 73: ...Store If the Close Call system has no frequencies the scanner does not scan the system Then the scanner scans the Close Call Hits system if you have unlocked it locked out by default This is a system...

Page 74: ...HOLD to resume To hold on any system site search press and hold to lock Function mode Press to unlock Function mode to resume To edit the current channel press E To lock out a channel or frequency qui...

Page 75: ...off press WX To toggle Close Call Modes press SQ To view and listen to a Close Call hit CC Override Off press E to listen to and view the frequency only if it s still there To go to a channel number t...

Page 76: ...e scanner stores the ID into a created channel group called Qck Save Grp and you will be at the Edit Channel menu to complete the settings for the new channel 9 If you don t want to edit the channel s...

Page 77: ...djust to a more optimal setting This is the site s optimum decode threshold Press then VOL to exit See the following settings to make adjustments P25 Waiting Time P25 LP Filter P25 Adjust Mode and P25...

Page 78: ...the system that has the group you want to lock or unlock appears Press MENU 2 Scroll to Edit Group and press E 3 At Select Group scroll to the group you want to lock or unlock and press E 4 Scroll to...

Page 79: ...onal System in Scan Mode 1 Press HOLD to hold on any channel in the system 2 Press and hold L O until All Unlocked appears 3 Press HOLD or SCAN SEARCH to resume scanning Note This will also enable all...

Page 80: ...nitor the displayed frequency The scanner rapidly sweeps between the endpoints of the selected frequency range and updates each bar segment with the relative signal strength in each pass You can use t...

Page 81: ...To listen to any frequency under the marker Hold in either mode and scroll to the frequency To return the marker to the center frequency press then L O Press HOLD to return to the sweep Normal screen...

Page 82: ...in Function mode Notes The search time changes depending on the search step size The step defaults to the default band step for the channel Att will not show in the display when on unless in Function...

Page 83: ...You can also do this in search mode by pressing then pressing and holding L O Unlocking All Frequencies 1 Scroll to Freq Lockouts press MENU 2 At Unlock All press E 3 At Confirm press E to save and e...

Page 84: ...es The scanner ignores this setting in AM WFM and FMB bands 1 Scroll to Tone Code Search and press E 2 Scroll to 1 of 3 options and press E Off the scanner does not search and display any tones CTCSS...

Page 85: ...dio AGC allows you to turn the AGC feature on or off for Quick Search and Close Call modes See also Adjust Audio AGC 1 Scroll to Set Audio AGC and press E 2 Scroll to Analog and press E to toggle on o...

Page 86: ...to Analog and press E to toggle on or off 14 Scroll to Digital and press E to toggle on or off 15 Press MENU to return 16 Scroll to P25 Waiting Time and press E 17 Set the Wait Time from 0 to 1000 ms...

Page 87: ...t Custom and press E 5 Scroll to the custom search you want to edit 1 10 and press E 6 Scroll to Edit Name and press E See Entering Text 7 Scroll to Edit Srch Limit and press E At Set Lower Limit ente...

Page 88: ...ll to On or Off and press E to save and exit 33 Scroll to Set Audio AGC and press E See also Adjust Audio AGC 34 Scroll to Analog and press E to toggle on or off 35 Scroll to Digital and press E to to...

Page 89: ...E 5 Scroll to any service search custom search Tone Out or Band Scope and press E 6 Repeat for any other search keys you want to program Press L O to exit The default settings for the BCD996P2 are SR...

Page 90: ...lect Site scroll to the site you want to store the IDs in and press E Notes The quick key for the system must be turned on if one is assigned to the site and not locked out to select the system to sto...

Page 91: ...d on the frequency then press then 4 IFX Press Hold to resume 12 To turn the attenuator on or off for each custom or service search press then press 7 ATT Press and hold 7 ATT for global attenuation 1...

Page 92: ...lert settings You can also set the scanner to Auto Store Close Call hits Hits with Scan is a special system that automatically stores the last 10 Close Call hits until you cycle power The system Close...

Page 93: ...olume level and press E 5 Scroll to Set Alert Light and press E 6 Scroll to Off Blue Red Magenta Green Cyan Yellow or White and press E 7 At Set Pattern scroll to On Slow Blink or Fast Blink and press...

Page 94: ...CC Bands up to the maximum you specified in the Max Auto Store setting The scanner looks for active frequencies within the range s and Search and Store appears in the display When the scanner finds a...

Page 95: ...Call hit Close Call appears for the length of time set in Close Call Pause or until the signal is lost if longer If you do not press HOLD the scanner will return to scanning after pause times out The...

Page 96: ...tem and press E to save and exit Note Pressing the first number of a 2 digit quick key will get you closer 1 for 10 2 for 20 etc then scroll to second digit 1 Scroll to Set Number Tag and press E 2 En...

Page 97: ...then see Storing a Displayed Frequency 8 To go to the Weather Menu in any weather mode press then MENU Weather Alert Priority turning the weather alert priority feature on allows the scanner to check...

Page 98: ...CC The county code 1 Scroll to Program SAME and press E 2 At Select SAME scroll to the SAME group 1 5 and press E 3 At Edit Name see Entering Text to edit the name otherwise scroll to Edit County and...

Page 99: ...rent channels for paging tones two tone sequential single tone and group tone See also Hardware Tone Out at WPA Scanner Tone Out Standby Mode is used if you know and use programmed tones Tone Out Sear...

Page 100: ...Set Alert and press E 9 Scroll to Set Alert Tone and press E 10 At Set Tone scroll to the alert Alert 1 9 or Off and press E 11 At Set Level scroll to Level 1 15 or Auto the scanner sets the alert be...

Page 101: ...issions on that frequency No alerts sound even if a Tone Out matches one you have programmed in hold mode Press HOLD again to return to Standby Search mode In Tone Out Standby Mode 1 To select another...

Page 102: ...Search Weather Scan Close Call Tone Out GPS Band Scope SQ 1 1 1 1 N A 4 N A N A N A PRI N A N A N A N A N A N A N A WX 1 1 1 1 X 1 N A N A 1 GPS X X X X X 4 X X X MENU 3 X X X X 4 X X X L O 1 2 1 2 1...

Page 103: ...N A N A N A NO N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A E Yes X X X X X 4 X X N A Scan Search X X X X X X 1 Key Safe only applies for press and hold for this key 2 Key safe only allows toggle of Temporary...

Page 104: ...set Map 14 Preset Map 15 Preset Map 16 Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code Block Size Code 0 S 4 0 S 0 0 S 4 0 S 0 0 S 3 0 S...

Page 105: ...bled transmissions and multiselects Motorola trunking radios directly interpret them for their special functions thus no difference is noticed by the person with the radio The scanner however interpre...

Page 106: ...emergency status talkgroup ID 2 until the dispatch clears the emergency status Therefore if someone hit their emergency button and their radio was on talkgroup 16 all communications would switch to t...

Page 107: ...in Certified in accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15 Sub part C as of date of manufacture Weather Channels 7 Channels Audio Output Power At 8 speaker Jack 2 6W nominal for FM FMB and NFM...

Page 108: ...h Band 1 NFM 138 150 MHz 0 3 V NFM 161 985 MHz 0 3 V NFM 173 225 MHz 0 3 V WFM 197 450 MHz 0 5 uV NFM 216 020 MHz 0 3 uV VHF High Band 2 AM 225 050 MHz 0 3 V AM 272 950 MHz 0 3 V AM 315 050 MHz 0 3 V...

Page 109: ...8 0125 MHz 43 dB NFM 857 150 MHz 41 dB 1200MHz Band NFM 1299 925 MHz 42 dB Close Call Sensitivity Nominal NFM 40 8400 MHz 62 dBm NFM 161 9850 MHz 69 dBm AM 272 9500 MHz 69 dBm NFM 406 8750 MHz 65 dBm...

Page 110: ...itary Aircraft Band 380 0000 399 9875 NFM 12 5 Military Land Mobile 400 0000 405 9875 NFM 12 5 Miscellaneous 406 0000 419 9875 NFM 12 5 Federal Government Land Mobile 420 0000 449 9875 NFM 12 5 70 cm...

Page 111: ...3 146 2 151 4 156 7 159 8 162 2 165 5 167 9 171 3 173 8 177 3 179 9 183 5 186 2 189 9 192 8 196 6 199 5 203 5 206 5 210 7 218 1 225 7 229 1 233 6 241 8 250 3 254 1 DCS Tone Codes 112 codes total 023 0...

Page 112: ...g incurred by warrantor or its representatives in connection with the performance of this warranty THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE IS THE SOLE AND ENTIRE WARRANTY PERTAINING TO THE PRODUCT AND IS...

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