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The FCC Wants You To Know
This scanner has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a scanning receiver, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules
.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This scanner
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications.
There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this scanner does 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 following measures:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
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Increase the separation between the scanner and the receiver
This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules
. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
Scanning Legally
Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups, including police and fire departments, ambulance services,
government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and
telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some
transmissions that you should never intentionally listen to. These include:
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Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission)
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Pager transmissions
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Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally
listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a conversation unless you have the consent of a party to the conversation
(unless such activity is otherwise illegal). This scanner has been designed to prevent the reception of cellular telephone
transmissions and the decoding of scrambled transmissions. This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be
manufactured so they are not easy to modify to pick up these transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any
modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Modifying or tampering with your scanner’s
internal components or using it in a way other than 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 the laws in your area. It is also
illegal in many areas (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an
incident without authorization.
A license is required to use this product in Canada.
Introduction
Your BCD996T scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner radio with Trunk Tracker IV™ and automatic scanning capabilities. You can
store in the dynamic memory conventional frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other
communications. You can store and scan services that use Trunked Radio Systems and so much more. You can use the scanner’s
Scroll Control to quickly select channels and frequencies, and you can automatically program channels in a system using the Auto
Store feature. Use your scanner to monitor:
