Document Outline

• Precautions
• BC95XLT Controls and Display
• Contents
• The FCC Wants You To Know
• Scanning Legally
  • Introduction
  • Feature Highlights
• About This Manual
• Understanding Scanning
• What is Scanning?
• What is Searching?
• Conventional Scanning
• Where To Obtain More Information
  • Included With Your Scanner
  • Setting Up Your Scanner
• Using Internal Batteries
  • 1. Make sure the power is turned off.
  • 2. Slide the battery compartment cover.
  • 3. Before you install alkaline or any other non- rechargeable batteries, use a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen to set REG. ALK. BATT./ NI-MH BATT. inside the compartment to REG. ALK. BATT..
  • 4. Install two batteries in the compartment as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and -) marked inside.
  • 5. Replace the cover.
  • 6. When flashes and the scanner beeps every 15 seconds, replace both batteries.
• Using AC Power
• Connecting the Antenna
• Connecting an Earphone/Headphone
• Connecting an Extension Speaker
• The Belt Clip
• Connecting to a PC
  • About Your Scanner
• A Look At The Keypad
• A Look At The Display
• Understanding Banks
  • Operation
• Turning On The Scanner and Setting Squelch
  • 1. Turn Squelch fully counterclockwise.
  • 2. Press and hold for about 2 seconds to turn the scanner on, then turn Volume clockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
  • 3. If the scanner is scanning, press Hold to stop scanning, then turn Squelch clockwise until the hissing stops.
• Storing Known Frequencies Into Channels
  • 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.
  • 4. To program the next channel in sequence, press Func + E then repeat Steps 2 and 3.
• Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies
  • 1. Press Func and Pgm during service search or service search hold mode. The frequency and the lowest blank channel alternately appear.
  • 2. Press E to store the frequency into the blank channel. If you want to select another channel, press Func + or Func + before you press E. You can also use the 0-9 key to select the bank.
• Scanning the Stored Channels
• Manually Selecting a Channel
  • Special Features
• Close CallTM RF Capture Technology
  • 1. Press Func then press and hold C for 2 seconds. One of the following Close Call options appears.
  • 2. Repeatedly press or to select the option you want, then press E.
  • 3. Repeatedly press or until the band you want to search appears, then press E to select it. Otherwise, press if you do not want to select it.
  • 4. Repeatedly press or until the option you want appears, then press E to select it. Otherwise, press if you do not want to select it. Then skip to Step 11.
  • 5. Press E while C-C.Alt appears. One of the following alert options appears.
  • 6. Repeatedly press or until the option you want appears, then press E to select it. Otherwise, press if you do not want to select it. Then skip to Step 11.
  • 7. Press E while C-C.PS appears. One of the following Pager Screen options appears.
  • 8. Repeatedly press or until the option you want appears, then press E to select it. Otherwise press if you do not want to select it. Then skip to Step 11.
  • 9. Press E while C-C.dnd appears. One of the following Don’t Disturb options appear:
  • 10. Repeatedly press or until the option you want appears, then press E to select.
  • 11. When you select the option, press Scan to start Close Call search. Otherwise, to continue normal scanning, repeatedly press Func until f disappears then press Scan.
• Chain Search
  • 1. Press Func + Pgm in chain search mode or chain search hold mode. The lowest blank channel and bank appear.
  • 2. Press E to store the frequency into the blank channel. To select another channel, press Func + or Func + before you press E. You can also press 0-9 to select the bank.
  • 1. Enter the lower limit frequency by using the 0-9 and keys.
  • 2. Press E to select the lower limit frequency.
  • 3. Enter the upper limit frequency by using the 0-9 and keys.
  • 4. Press E to select the upper limit frequency.
• Direct Entry Search
  • 1. If the scanner is scanning or searching, press Hold.
  • 2. Enter the frequency you want to start from by using the number keys. (Press to enter a decimal point).
  • 3. Press Func + or Func + . The scanner searches, starting from the frequency you entered in Step 2.
  • 1. Press Func + Pgm in direct entry search mode or direct entry search hold mode. The frequency and lowest blank channel alternate on the display.
  • 2. Press E to store the frequency into the blank channel. To select another channel, repeatedly press Func + or Func + to select the blank channel you want, then press E. You can also use the 0-9 keys to select the bank.
• Search Skip Memory
  • 1. Press Hold to stop the search.
  • 2. Press Func + or Func + to select the frequency. L/O appears.
  • 3. Press Func + L/O. L/O disappears.
• Delay
• Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off
• Locking Out Channels
• Priority
  • 1. Manually select the channel you want to select as the priority channel.
  • 2. Press Func + Pgm, then press Func + Pri. P appears to the left of the selected channel number.
  • 3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the channel in each bank you want to program as a priority channel.
• Using Keylock
• Using the Display Backlight
  • Troubleshooting
• Resetting the Scanner
  • 1. Turn off the scanner.
  • 2. While holding down 2, 9, and Hold, turn on the scanner. It takes about 3 seconds to initialize and CLEAr appears.
  • Care and Maintenance
• General Use
• Location
• Cleaning
• Repairs
• Birdies
  • Specifications
  • Optional Accessories
  • One-Year Limited Warranty