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Your UBC40CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel 
scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, marine, 
air, amateur, and other radio services into 00 channels distributed over 
ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor: 

Police
Marine band
AM CB
UHF CB
Railroad
Air band
AM/FM Broadcast Stations
TV Channels (Australia 0-, 6-0 and  NZ -9)

Your scanner can monitor the following bands.








Introduction

Introduction

Unpacking Your Scanner

Band 

No. 

Lower Limit 

(MHz) 

Upper Limit 

(MHz) 

Modulation  Step

(kHz)  Service

0.5000

.70000

AM 

0

AM Broadcast

5.00000

7.99500

AM 

5

AM Band 

8.00000

50.74500

FM

5

0-6 Meter Amateur 

Band

4

5.75000

WFM

7000  TV Broadcast Ch. 0 -  

(AUS Mode)

6.75000
69.75000

5

70.00000

87.98750

FM

.5 VHF Low Band

6

88.00000

07.90000

WFM 

00

FM Broadcast

7

08.00000

6.98750

AM 

.5 Aircraft Band

8

7.00000

47.99500

FM 

5

 Meter Amateur Band

9

48.00000

74.00000

FM 

.5 VHF High Band

0

80.75000

WFM

7000  TV Broadcast Ch. 6 - 0  

(AUS Mode)

87.75000
94.75000
0.75000
4.75000

400.00000

5.00000

FM 

6.5 Land Mobile Radio

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Summary of Contents for UBC340CRS

Page 1: ...UBC340CRS Owner s Manual UBC 40CRS OM indd 7 5 08 4 8 00 PM ...

Page 2: ...he following EARPHONE WARNING Use only a genuine Uniden earphone An incorrect earphone may be hazardous to your hearing Turn down volume before connecting the earphone and then adjust volume to suit Precautions Precautions UBC 40CRS OM indd 7 5 08 4 8 0 PM ...

Page 3: ...rty of their respective holders Important If you use the supplied AC adapter to power the scanner but have not installed batteries in the scanner never turn the scanner off by disconnecting the AC adapter or unplugging it from the AC outlet This might corrupt the scanner s memory Always use POWER to turn the scanner off before disconnecting AC power Precautions cautions UBC 40CRS OM indd 7 5 08 4 ...

Page 4: ... 18 Using AM FM TV Channel Memory 19 Using the Scanner Memories 20 Programming Memories 20 Selecting a Memory 21 Scanning Memory Banks 22 Locking Unlocking Memories 22 Using Priority Scan 22 Setting Channel Delay 23 Searching for Active Frequencies 24 Using Limit Search 24 Programming an Upper Lower Limit 24 Searching the Selected Range 24 Using Service Search 24 Selecting a Service to Search 24 S...

Page 5: ...Location 26 Cleaning 26 Repairs 26 Birdies 26 Resetting the Scanner Clearing all Memories 26 Technical Specifications 27 One Year Limited Warranty 29 Contents Contents UBC 40CRS OM indd 4 7 5 08 4 8 0 PM ...

Page 6: ...2 69 5 70 6 88 7 10 8 13 9 14 10 18 18 19 20 21 11 40 UBC340CRS Scanner Note If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your place of purchase This Owner s Manual Other Printed Material AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter Telescopic Antenna UBC340CRS Owner s Manual Australia Scanner Frequencies CD UBC 40CRS OM indd 5 7 5 08 4 8 05 PM ...

Page 7: ... No Lower Limit MHz Upper Limit MHz Modulation Step kHz Service 1 0 53000 1 70000 AM 10 AM Broadcast 2 25 00000 27 99500 AM 5 AM Band 3 28 00000 50 74500 FM 5 10 6 Meter Amateur Band 4 51 75000 WFM 7000 TV Broadcast Ch 0 2 AUS Mode 62 75000 69 75000 5 70 00000 87 98750 FM 12 5 VHF Low Band 6 88 00000 107 90000 WFM 100 FM Broadcast 7 108 00000 136 98750 AM 12 5 Aircraft Band 8 137 00000 147 99500 F...

Page 8: ... in New Zealand Mode Air Band separate search setting for Air band 118MHz to 136 9875MHz Priority Channel Designate a specific frequency as a Priority Channel Then the radio scans and checks that channel every 2 seconds Select and designate up to 10 frequencies as Priority Channels one per bank Duplicate Channel Alert Lets you know that a selected frequency has already been programmed into memory ...

Page 9: ... disable the LCD back lighted display Key Touch Tone a tone sounds to confirm you have made a valid key input while a different tone sounds to alert you to an invalid entry EEPROM Memory Backup the scanner uses a non volatile EEPROM for memory backup Battery Alert A battery icon alerts you to a no battery installed condition and a battery low voltage condition An alert tone sounds when the battery...

Page 10: ... Introduction Air U B C 3 4 0 C R S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 20 Controls Scanner UBC 40CRS OM indd 9 7 5 08 4 8 08 PM ...

Page 11: ... Use to select your desired operation Alarm Set Clock Set Clock 7 Hold press to temporarily stop scanning limit searching or AIR scanning and remain on the channel The scanner displays the channel on hold Press again to resume searching or scanning 8 E PGM Press to enter the Program Mode In Program Mode enter the desired frequency using the numeric keys Then press E PGM to store that frequency int...

Page 12: ...the 0 9 keys 16 SVC DIR In Scanner mode press to change to Service Search mode In AM FM mode press to change to Direct Entry mode to allow channel frequency selection using the up down arrows or 0 9 keys In Service mode press to select the UHF CB service 17 Mode Switch Use to select the desired mode AM FM Air Scanner TIME switch must be set to Clock 18 t Press and release to move down through chan...

Page 13: ...icates the designated Priority channel 9 HOLD Indicates a hold in Scan Search AIR and Direct Entry mode 10 POLICE Indicates a Police service search 11 MARINE Indicates searching commercial and private watercraft communications 12 AM PM Indicates AM PM and appears in Clock mode 13 RAIL ROAD Indicates searching Rail Road communications 14 AM CB Indicates searching AM CB band 15 UHF CB Indicates sear...

Page 14: ...k on the back of the scanner Then plug the Adapter into a standard household outlet that supplies 240V AC 50Hz Do not plug the adapter into a switch controlled outlet Open the battery compartment and insert 3 AA batteries Be sure to note the polarity markings in the battery compartment You can use either alkaline or rechargeable batteries but the scanner will not recharge batteries in the compartm...

Page 15: ...dcast stations and an external telescopic antenna to receive all other signals Connect the supplied rod antenna by pushing the antenna s connector onto the antenna jack on the back of the scanner and twisting it to the desired angle Connect the two wires from the loop antenna to the AM RADIO ANT terminals on the back of the scanner Carefully remove the tube inserted before using the AM Antenna Jac...

Page 16: ...ustralia New Zealand The UBC340CRS is set to the Australian mode by default Australian mode Australian service search frequencies and TV channel frequencies New Zealand mode New Zealand service search frequencies and TV channel frequencies The country mode can be switched between Australia AUS and New Zealand nL as follows 1 Turn on the power while pressing down the HOLD key The display will momen...

Page 17: ... to select AM or PM To make your selection move the slide switch to Clock The scanner exits the clock setting mode Setting the Alarm Clock Follow these steps to set the alarm time 1 Move the slide switch to Alarm Set The hours digits flash 2 Press s or t to change the hour by one hour increments or press the number keys to select the present hour Then press E PGM to set the hour The minutes digits...

Page 18: ...audio source AM FM Scanner or AIR If you set the selector to Tone the scanner will sound a tone at the set time To silence the alarm slide Off Radio Tone to Off If you do not turn off the alarm it will sound for 20 minutes then reset to alert you again the following day Using Snooze When the alarm sounds press the snooze bar to silence the alarm for 5 minutes UBC 40CRS OM indd 7 7 5 08 4 8 6 PM ...

Page 19: ...or FM2 for FM or TV Broadcast Directly Selecting a Channel Press SVC DIR to select the direct entry mode Use the s t buttons to step through the selected band The scanner stops on active channels TV channels are scanned after FM channels in FM mode You can also enter the channel frequency using the keypad enter the channel frequency for FM or AM or the TV channel number and press E PGM m Clock UBC...

Page 20: ...le listening to the channel press and hold the number button that corresponds to the memory you want to save the channel into for 2 seconds The scanner switches to the Memory mode for the current band To quickly recall a channel select the band select the channel memory mode by pressing PRI MEM then tap the number button that corresponds to the memory where the channel is stored Listening to AM FM...

Page 21: ...aphic area There are many frequency reference sources available on the internet that can get you started One such source http www radioreference com has a diverse listing of many conventional frequencies Make a list of the frequencies you want to program then organize them in up to 10 groups of 10 or fewer and fill out the table below It always helps to plan and organize what you want to do before...

Page 22: ...am replaces the previous memory contents If you enter a frequency you have already stored in a different memory in Step 3 the scanner beeps and displays the channel where you have previously stored the frequency If you want to store the frequency anyway press E PGM a second time in Step 3 To clear the contents of a memory enter 0 in Step 3 Channels you program are automatically unlocked see Lockin...

Page 23: ...e scanner turns off the L O icon and includes the memory when scanning its bank To unlock all memories press and hold L O for 2 seconds the scanner beeps twice and the L O icon disappears Using Priority Scan You can set one memory in each bank as a priority memory If you turn on the Priority feature the scanner will check the priority memories in enabled banks every 2 seconds even if it has stoppe...

Page 24: ...is 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 turns on the DELAY icon for memories that have been programmed with delay Using the Scanner Memories UBC 40CRS OM indd 7 5 08 4 8 0 PM ...

Page 25: ...ncy 2 Enter one of the range limits then press E PGM Press s or t then enter the other range limit and press E PGM Searching the Selected Range After entering the limits or use the default limits press SEARCH The scanner starts searching from the lower range up to the higher range To change the direction of the search press s or t Using Service Search You can select any of Police Marine Rail Road ...

Page 26: ...the frequency then press E PGM to store the frequency into the memory Search Lockouts If the scanner stops on a frequency that you don t want to hear you can lock it out When locked out the scanner won t stop on the frequency in either Limit Search or Service Search Simply press L O when the scanner stops on the frequency to lock the frequency out To unlock the frequency during search press HOLD T...

Page 27: ...before cleaning Clean the outside of the scanner with a mild detergent To prevent scratches do not use abrasive cleaners or solvents Be careful not to rub the LCD window Do not use excessive amounts of water Repairs Do not attempt any repair The scanner contains no user serviceable parts Contact the Uniden Customer Service Center or take it to a qualified repair technician Birdies All radios can r...

Page 28: ...500 69 7500 0 2 AUS 1 3 NZ 70 0000 to 87 9875 12 5 kHz FM VHF Low Band 88 0000 to 107 9000 100 kHz WFM FM Broadcast 108 0000 to 136 9875 12 5 kHz AM Aircraft Band 137 0000 to 147 9950 5kHz FM 2 Meter Amateur Band 148 0000 to 174 0000 12 5 kHz FM VHF High Band AUS 148 0000 to 174 0000 6 25 kHz FM VHF High Band NZ 180 7500 187 7500 194 7500 7 MHz WFM TV Broadcast Pickup 201 7500 208 7500 6 10 AUS 4 ...

Page 29: ...at normal temperature 25 C 5 C Audio Output normal 0 9W Max Power Requirements 240V AC 10 50Hz Antenna Telescoping included AM Radio Loop Antenna included External Jacks Antenna jack AM Radio Antenna Jack Headphone Jack DC 12V Power Jack Accessories AC Adapter AAD 008S Speaker 8 ohm 2 watt Operating Temp 10 C to 50 C Storage Temp 20 C to 60 C Size 209 W x 147 75 D x 80 7 H mm Weight 600g without A...

Page 30: ...asonable and necessary B Modified altered or used as part of any conversion kits subassemblies or any configurations not sold by Uniden C Improperly installed D Repaired by someone other than an authorized Uniden Repair Agent for a defect or malfunction covered by this warranty E Used in conjunction with any equipment or parts or as part of a system not manufactured by Uniden or F Where the Serial...

Page 31: ...d freight pre paid with evidence of original purchase e g a copy of the sales docket to the warrantor at UNIDEN AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED SERVICE DIVISION 345 Princes Highway Rockdale NSW 2216 Fx 02 9599 3278 www uniden com au UNIDEN NEW ZEALAND LIMITED SERVICE DIVISION 150 Harris Road East Tamaki Auckland Fx 09 274 4253 www uniden co nz Customers in other States should ship or deliver the Product fre...

Page 32: ... 2008 Uniden Australia Pty Limited Uniden New Zealand Limited Printed in China UBZZ01337AZ UBC 40CRS OM indd 7 5 08 4 8 PM ...

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