20 Most Recent Uniden BC72XLT Handheld Scanner - Page 8 Questions & Answers

Most dispatch communications in and around major metropolitan areas are now handled via trunked radio systems which your BC72XLT is not capable of monitoring. Some dispatch, especially fire and EMS, should be available to you, and possibly some police activity. For a comprehensive database of active frequencies and services in your area, visit:

www.RadioReference.com

Need the manual for your scanner? You can download/print it at:

http://uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

BillB

If a channel does not have a frequency programmed into it, it will display 000.0000 and the L/O icon. Programming a frequency into the channel will automatically release the lockout.

To release lockout from a single channel, select that channel and then press the L/O key.

To unlock all programmed channels, select all frequency to ON, then press and hold the L/O key until the scanner responds with 2 beeps.

For a full reset of the scanner, press and hold the 2, 9, and HOLD keys while powering up the scanner. The reset will take about 3 seconds, and will be confirmed with a display of CLEAr. NOTE: this will reset the scanner to its original factory settings, and will delete everything that you've programmed into it.

Need the manual? You can download/print it here:

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

For a comprehensive database of active frequencies in your area, visit:

www.RadioReference.com

I hope this helps. Please contact us again if you have any other scanner problems.

BillB

The BC72XLT is a USA model scanner, while the UBC73XLT is produced for Australia and New Zealand. The two are very similar, but not identical. There is a slight difference in frequency coverage (it's a bit wider on the UBC), the BC comes with a 110-volt AC power supply (wall-wart) for USA use, while the UBC comes with a 12-volt DC vehicle power supply.

FYI, here are links to the operating manuals for both models:

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

http://www.uniden.com.au/resources_main/pdfs/UBC73XLT_OM.pdf

The volunteers at FixYa don't like to respond to questions like yours because bad news answers often get us bad feedback.

It's difficult, if not impossible to accurately troubleshoot a scanner without a hands-on exam, but at a minimum, the squelch control is likely shot, and the problem could be worse than that. Parts are hard to obtain, and handhelds are difficult to work on. With the cost of repairs going up and the cost of scanners going down, your best bet is probably a new scanner.

Sorry for being the bearer of bad news.

Is your area going to trunked/digital systems? Before you consider a new scanner, check out your area's active frequencies and systems by visiting

www.RadioReference.com

1. Press HOLD. Then enter the channel number
where you want to store a frequency, then press
FUNC and PGM. The channel number appears.
2. Use the number keys and to enter the
frequency (including the decimal point) you want
to store.
3. Press E to store the frequency into the channel.
Notes:
• If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 2,
ERROR appears and the scanner beeps three
times. Enter a valid frequency.
• The scanner automatically rounds the entered
number to the nearest valid frequency.
For example, if you enter 151.473 (MHz), your
scanner accepts it as 151.475.

Need the manual for your scanner? You can download/print it here:

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

For a comprehensive database of active frequencies in your area, visit:

www.RadioReference.com

For a comprehensive database of active frequencies in your area, visit:

www.RadioReference.com

For a comprehensive database of active frequencies and systems in your area, visit

www.RadioReference.com

The actual setting will vary according to the strength of the signals you're receiving, so it may require adjustment as you move around. With the unit scanning, turn the squelch down slowly until scanning stops and you hear a hissing noise. They slowly bring the level up until scanning resumes.

www.radioreference.com

- Power the scanner ON
- Press HOLD to stop scanning
- Enter the channel number that you wish to program
- Press FUNC then PGM (Channel number will show)
- Enter the desired frequency, including the decimal point
- Press E to confirm

Need the manual for your scanner? You can download/print it here:

http://www.uniden.com.au/resources_main/pdfs/UBC73XLT_OM.pdf

Here's a link to the frequency database for British Columbia:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?stid=102

As far as individual frequencies "working," that will depend greatly on your location, altitude, and antenna (an outdoor antenna will pull in a lot more signals than the antenna that came with the set). It's basically trial and error.

Welcome to the hobby.

For an extensive database of active frequencies and systems in your area visit
www.RadioReference.com
or
www.CityFreq.com

If your local PD is using a trunked or digital system you will not be able to monitor them with the BC72XLT.

In case you need information on the programming itself, here's a link to the manual for your scanner:

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

The BC72XLT is a fairly simple unit to program, but you will first need to know what frequencies to put into it. You can find active frequencies for your area by visiting RadioReference.com or CityFreq.com. Below is a link to the manual for your scanner. It will walk you through the programming steps.

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

you cant delete or remove or edit the program list or duplicate channels. i have a 32 inch white uniden lcd tv ... i emailed uniden customer service to ask the same question, the response was the function to remove edit or delete is not present on the range of uniden tv's.

Here is a link to the manual for your scanner. It should answer any questions that you have.

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

Sorry, but the BC72XLT does not support computer programming or computer control. You can get the complete manual for your scanner and information on all current Bearcat scanners at www.uniden.com

You will have to find out if your local safety systems are analog, digital, analog trunking or digital trunking, then buy the appropriate scanner. Radio Shack can at least let you know that much before you buy a unit. If they have digital trunking, only 1 or 2 models will work, and reception is quite limited.
You can also go to www. RadioReference dot Com and select Florida and your county and find out the info there. okay?

i don't know what exactly you need, since i'm not from memphis, but here is a great sight to get scanner codes from:
RadioReference.com
if the page i have selected for you doesn't work, just click on the "us" tab near the top of the page, and it will take you to a page with dropdown menus, where you can select your city. once there it will give you a slew of agency pages to chose from. hope this helps.

As far as I know all QPS digital channels are encrypted including them. So it's possible to decrypt it, but once they change the encryption, it changes and you have to rescan and re-crack.

...ok, here is your owner's manual:

http://www.uniden.com/pdf/BC72XLTom.pdf

Page 33 of that document begins a discussion of 'operations programming'..and there are other chapters for related functions.

Your specification sheet (on that document above) begins at page
56 - 58 does not mention any method of programming your Uniden
handheld using an external computer or data system. Check later
models from Uniden if that is desired. Yes saving frequencies and
reprogramming a handheld can be done and several agencies often
add security codes for their handhelds as well.

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