Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• The FCC Wants You to Know
  • Scanning Legally
• Introduction
  • Feature Highlights
    • General
    • Trunk Tracking
    • Searches and Scanning
    • GPS
    • Weather
  • Memory Storage Limits
  • Search Lockout Limits
  • About This Manual
    • How the Scanner’s Controls Are Represented in This Manual
• A Short User’s Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast
• Understanding Scanning and the BCT15
  • Understanding the Scanner’s Memory
  • Understanding Quick Keys
  • What is Scanning?
  • What is Searching?
  • What is CTCSS/DCS?
  • Conventional Scanning
  • Simplex Operation
  • Repeater Operation
  • What is Trunk Tracking?
  • Trunked Scanning
  • Startup Configuration
  • Multi-Site Trunking
  • Types of Trunking Systems
    • Motorola Trunking
    • EDACS Trunking
    • LTR Trunking
  • Where To Get More Information
    • Information On The Internet
• Included With Your Scanner
• Setting Up Your Scanner
  • Power Related Issues
  • When you turn off the scanner using the power switch, the scanner remembers the last settings and mode. When you turn power back on, it resumes the previous mode.
  • Base Station
  • Setting Up an Audio Recording Device or Computer Recording
  • Vehicle Installation
    • Mounting Using the Bracket
    • Mounting Using the Optional DIN-E Sleeve
    • Removing the Scanner from the DIN-E Sleeve
    • Mounting Using ISO Technique
    • Removing the Display Sticker
  • Connecting an Optional Antenna
  • Connecting an Earphone/Headphone
  • Connecting an Extension Speaker
• Controls, Keys, and Functions
  • Controls, Keys, and Functions
• A Look at The LCD Display
• Tones
  • General Tones
  • Weather Alert Tones
  • Menu Mode Tones
  • Scanner Alert Tones
• Operation
  • Turning On the Scanner and Setting the Squelch
  • Setting the Display Backlight
  • Setting Alert Mute
    • Temporary Alert Mute
    • Continuous Alert Mute
  • Entering Text Within A Menu Option
  • Startup Key Operation
    • Conventional
    • Trunked
    • Service Range
    • Custom Range
  • Scanning Systems
  • Selecting Systems to Scan
  • Selecting System Channel Groups
  • Locking/Unlocking Systems
  • Locking/Unlocking Channels
  • ID Scan/ID Search Mode
  • Holding On a System
  • Holding On a Channel
  • Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search
  • Quick-Storing Channels or Talk Group ID’s (TGID)
  • Trunking Activity Indicators
  • Toggling the Display Mode
• Introduction to BearTracker Operation
  • Using BearTracker Scanning
  • The BearTracker Scanning Icons
  • Using the BearTracker Warning System
• Using the Menu
  • General Operations
  • Display Format
  • Editing a Name
  • Editing A Frequency
  • First and Second Menu Levels
• Programming General Settings
  • Setting and Using the Display Backlight
    • Setting the Dimmer
  • Adjusting the Key Beep
  • Setting the Audio AGC
  • Setting the Display Orientation
  • Adjusting the Display Contrast
  • Setting the GPS Format
  • Setting the Serial Port Speed
  • Displaying Scanner Information
    • Viewing Memory Used
  • Setting the BearTracker Options
    • Set Hold Time
    • Set Delay Time
    • Set Attenuator
    • Set Alert Level
    • Set Alert Tone
    • Set Record
    • Max Priority Scan
    • Viewing the Firmware Version and Electronic Serial Number
  • Initializing the Scanner’s Memory
  • Connecting Your Scanner to a Personal Computer
    • Volume/Squelch with PC Control
  • Wired Cloning
    • Start of Transfer
    • During Transfer
• Programming Your Scanner
  • General Notes
  • System Settings
  • System Options
  • Site Option Settings
  • Channel Option Settings
  • Programming Conventional Systems
  • Programming Trunked Radio Systems
  • Programming System Settings
    • Editing the System Name
    • Specifying the Correct System Type
    • Editing the System Name
    • Programming System Options
      • Editing the System Quick Key
      • Setting the Startup Key
      • Setting the System Lockout
      • Setting the System Hold Time
      • Setting ID Scan/ID Search
      • Setting Channel Delay Time
      • Setting Data Skip
      • Setting Location Information
      • Setting the Fleet Map
      • Setting the Status Bit
      • Setting End Code Operation
      • Setting I-Call Operation
      • Setting the Emergency Alert Option
    • Assigning a Conventional System to a State
      • Conventional Systems
      • Setting the EDACS ID Format
      • Setting the System Record Option
      • Reviewing ID Search Lockouts
      • Clearing All Locked Out ID’s
      • Editing Sites
      • Editing Channel Groups
      • Copying Systems
      • Deleting Systems
  • Programming Sites
    • Setting the Site Name
    • Setting the Site Quick Key
    • Setting the Site Startup Key
    • Setting Site Frequencies
    • Setting Site Modulation
    • Setting Site Attenuation
    • Setting Site Lockout
    • Setting Site Hold Time
    • Editing the Band Plan
    • Setting Control-Channel Only Mode
    • Setting Site Location Information
    • Assigning a Trunked System to A State
      • Trunked Systems (Sites)
      • Deleting Sites
  • Programming Channel Groups
    • Setting Up a Channel Group
    • Editing a Channel Group Name
    • Setting the Group Quick Key
    • Editing Channels
    • Locking Out Channel Groups
    • Deleting Channel Groups
  • Programming Channels
    • Creating a Channel
    • Editing the Channel Name (Alpha Tag)
    • Editing Frequencies
    • Editing the Talk Group ID
    • Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones
    • Quick CTCSS/DCS Save
    • Setting Channel Modulation Method
    • Setting Channel Attenuation
    • Setting Channel Priority
    • Setting Channel Alert
  • Setting Channel Record
    • Setting Lockout
    • Copying a Channel
    • Deleting a Channel
• Searching and Storing
  • Service Search
  • Quick Search
  • Custom Search
  • Editing a Custom Search Range
  • Search With Scan
    • Editing a Service Search
    • Method One
    • Method Two
  • Set Delay Time
  • Set Attenuator
  • Set Record
  • Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key
  • Saving a Found Channel (Quick Save)
  • Auto Search and Store
    • Selecting a System
    • Conventional Search and Store
    • Trunked Search and Store
• Using the Close Call Feature
  • Setting Close Call Options
  • Close Call Hits
  • Close Call Hits with Scan
• Search and Close Call Options
  • Managing Locked-Out Frequencies
  • Unlocking All Frequencies
  • Reviewing Locked Out Frequencies
  • Searching for Subaudible Tones
  • Screening Out Broadcast Sources
  • Finding Repeater Output Frequencies
  • Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value
  • Setting the Modulation Type
  • Setting Attenuation
  • Setting Data Skip
  • Setting the Delay Time
  • Setting the Search Frequency Step
  • Setting Record
  • Priority Scan
• Using Weather Alert (SAME)
  • Searching For a Weather Broadcast
  • Turning Weather Scan Alert On/Off
  • Programming a SAME Group
  • Setting WX Alert Priority
• Fire Tone-Out Introduction
  • Setting Tone-Out Standby
  • Setting Up Tone-Out
  • Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring
  • Setting Tone-Out Record
• Using the BCT15 with a GPS
  • Device Compatibility
  • Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device
  • Initial Scanner/GPS Operation
  • Location-Based (GPS) Scanning
  • Another Example of Multiple Site Creation
  • Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features
  • Setting the Options
  • Deleting a Location
    • For POI Only
  • For Dangerous Xing, and Dangerous Road Only
  • GPS Display Mode
  • GPS Review Location Mode
• Care and Maintenance
  • General Use
  • Location
  • Cleaning
    • Repairs
  • Birdies
• Troubleshooting
• Specifications
• Reference
  • Preset Fleet Maps
  • User Defined Fleet Maps
    • Type I Programming Information
    • Size Code Restrictions
• Index
• One-Year Limited Warranty
  • DCS Codes
• Precautions
• BCT15 Quick Start Guide