Document Outline

• Precautions
• BC92XLT 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
  • Attaching the Belt Clip
• 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 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 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 9.
    • 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 9.
    • 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.
    • 9. When you select the option, press Scan to start Close Call search. Otherwise, to continue normal scanning, repeatedly press Func until 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