Uniden BC898T - Manual (Page 40)

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Programming Tips
• Since weather transmissions are continuous, do not program a weather frequency into
any of the scanner’s channels. To listen to a weather transmission, press WX to select
the weather information band instead.
• Group similar frequencies into adjacent channels. For example, program police fre-
quencies in channels 1 through 50 and fire/emergency into channels 51 through 100,
and so on.
• Put the frequency you listen to the most or the most important frequency into a priority
channel.
• To quickly program a series of channels, start with the lowest number channel. For
example, when you are programming five new frequencies into Channels 4 through 8,
start with Channel 4. After you finish programming a channel, press MANUAL or
HOLD U to go to the next higher channel.
• Record channels and frequencies in some convenient place in case the scanner’s
memory is lost.
Setting the Delay Mode
A delay can be set for each programmed channel so that when scan or search stops on a
channel there is a brief pause before the scanning cycle resumes. Delay must be set for
each programmed channel, and it can be set when your scanner pauses during a scan or
when manual mode is selected.
Setting Delay in Scan or Search Mode
1. Press SCAN or set a search range then press SRC.
2. When your scanner stops on a channel, press DELAY.
DELAY
appears. Scanning
resumes two seconds after the transmission ends.
Setting Delay in Manual Mode
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the keypad or rotary tuner to select a channel.
3. Press DELAY. DELAY appears. The scanner pauses on the channel when a transmis-
sion is received.