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Tones
The BCT15 produces various tones, beeps, and alert sounds for different reasons.
They are comprised of three fundamental tones: high 1200 Hz, middle 920 Hz, and
low 640 Hz. In addition there are alert sirens and a series of tones whose volume
are user selectable. Some of the more frequently uncounted tones are detailed
below.
General Tones
Key Touch — a single high beep sounds
Confirmation — a double high beep sounds
Enter or Accept — press
[E
YES
]
sounds an alternating high, silent, middle beep.
Error — this sounds a high beep, silence, repeated twice.
Weather Alert Tones
Warning — a repeating, rising tone or siren effect sounds.
Watch — a rising tone with a warbling sounds.
Advisory — a rising tone with intermittent silence including the standard 1050 kHz
NOAA tone.
Menu Mode Tones
Rotate the
Scroll Control
in Menu mode produces a single high beep. Turning
past the last menu item in a sequence sounds a double beep.
A single middle tone beep sounds when you make a menu selection using
[E
YES
]
or
F
.
Pressing
[MENU]
to back step to a lower level produces a double, middle tone
beep.
Scanner Alert Tones
There are 9 selectable Alert Tones that you can use to provide notice of activity on
a selected channel using Set Alert or Emergency Alert.
There are four selectable tones available for POI plus two more fixed tones
reserved for Dangerous Xing and Dangerous Road.
