Handheld scanner/preprogramed frequencies

Configuring Your Scanner

Preprogrammed Frequencies

Your scanner includes 153 preprogrammed
frequencies, which you can load into Channels
1 to 153. For a list of these frequencies, see
"Preprogrammed Frequency List" on page 23.
To load the pregprogrammed frequencies:
1. Turn off the scanner and then turn it on again.
2. While WELCOME message appears, press PGM.
3. Load -Fr- appears, then YES--Ent and No --
CLEAr appear alternately.
4. Press ENT to load frequencies or CLEAR to
cancel.

Programming Channels

If you do not have a list of frequencies in your area,
refer to www.radioreference.com.
1. Press PGM. PGM appears.
2. Enter the channel number (1-200) where you
want to store a frequency, then press PGM again.
3. Use the number keys and • to enter the frequency
(including the decimal point), then press ENT.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press
PGM and repeat Step 3. To program a specific
channel repeat Steps 2 and 3..
• Your scanner automatically rounds down to
the closest valid frequency. For example, if
you enter 151.473, your scanner rounds it to
151.470.
• If Error appears and the scanner beeps three
times when you press ENT, start again from
Step 2.
• If the frequency is already stored in another
channel, the scanner beeps three times and
displays -dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest
channel number where the frequency is already
stored. Press TUNE/CLEAR to cancel. Press
ENT if you still want to store the frequency.

Scanner Reset: To initialize the scanner's memory, turn off the scanner. Then press 2, 9, and Hold while turning it on. Important! This deletes all preprogrammed data. You cannot restore preprogrammed data that has been deleted.

You need to make sure that you have a "bank" of frequencies selected (turned on). If they are all toggled off you will get that message.

Turn off the scanner.
Simultaneously press 2, 9, and HOLD.
While continuing to press these buttons, turn on the scanner.

If you need a manual, you may view it here.

- With the scanner ON and scanning, press the Hold key.
- enter the frequency, including decimal point (48.28)
- Press E
- Scanner will query "Quick Freq Save?" Press E (Yes) and the frequency is entered.

Bill B

Repeatedly pressing the HOLD key will advance the unit through all channels and bring up anything that you've programmed into it, and repeatedly pressing the SVC key will advance the scanner through the preprogrammed services (police, fire, marine, etc.). For more information you can download/print your scanner's manual here:

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


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

www.RadioReference.com

Bill B

http://www.police-scanner.info/police-scanner-frequencies.htm you can find all new freq. #on this site.you can look thu manual and see what you have and u will not delete.

The way to program this manually is to go to a channel that doesnt have a frequency (press MAN, the channel number and press MAN again, Then press PGM, type in the frequency and press PGM again. That will store the new frequency. If you need a database of frequencies for your area, go to RadioReference.com.

You can't add to the preprogrammed search functions, but you can program frequencies from these bands into any locations you wish within the 100 programmable channels, where it will jump bands while scanning.

You are not in the programmable channel mode, so you can only receive preprogrammed frequencies. Press the "hold" button, then the "func" key, then the "E" key. Now type the frequency you wish to program & press "E" again. To continue to the next channel, press "E" & repeat the programming procedure.