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Ubcd396xt Owner's Manual UBCD396XT OWNER’S MANUAL NOTE ON COLOURED TEXT: • Sections within this document are numbered to help you navigate the content. • Text within the sections which are coloured blue indicate more information about the indicated text may be available as a section of the same name. Refer to the table of contents to navigate to these sections. • Text within the sections which are underlined and coloured blue (not including the section headers) may be hyperlinked to that specific section or website. Table of Contents 1. GENERAL PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................................ 1 EARPHONE WARNING ............................................................................................................................... 1 LIQUID EXPOSURE WARNING .................................................................................................................... 1 POWER DISCONNECTION CAUTION ........................................................................................................... 1 2. SETTING UP THE HARDWARE .................................................................................................... 2 WHAT'S INCLUDED INSIDE THE BOX? ........................................................................................................ 2 INSTALL THE BATTERIES ........................................................................................................................... 3 CONNECT THE ANTENNA ........................................................................................................................... 3 ATTACH THE BELT CLIP ............................................................................................................................. 4 3. CONNECTING A GPS RECEIVER ................................................................................................. 5 COMPATIBLE GPS RECEIVERS .................................................................................................................. 5 CONFIGURING YOUR SCANNER .................................................................................................................. 5 CONNECTING THE RECEIVER ..................................................................................................................... 5 TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................................. 6 4. USING PRELOADED SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 7 PRELOADED SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................... 7 5. AVAILABLE OPERATION MODES ............................................................................................... 8 SCAN MODE ............................................................................................................................................... 8 SEARCH MODE ........................................................................................................................................... 8 HOLD MODE .............................................................................................................................................. 8 CLOSE CALL PRIORITY MODE .................................................................................................................... 8 CLOSE CALL ONLY MODE .......................................................................................................................... 9 CLOSE CALL DO NOT DISTURB MODE ....................................................................................................... 9 PRIORITY SCAN MODE ............................................................................................................................... 9 PRIORITY PLUS SCAN MODE .................................................................................................................... 10 GPS MODE .............................................................................................................................................. 10 TONE OUT MODE ..................................................................................................................................... 10 BAND SCOPE MODE ................................................................................................................................. 10 6. KEYS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................. 11 KEY OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................... 11 OPERATING THE CONTROLS .................................................................................................................... 12 Using the FUNCTION button .......................................................................................................... 12 KEY FUNCTIONS IN DIFFERENT OPERATION MODES ................................................................................ 12 i UBCD396XT LOCKING THE KEYPAD ............................................................................................................................ 13 7. MENU TREE .................................................................................................................................. 14 MAIN MENU ............................................................................................................................................. 14 USING THE MENU .................................................................................................................................... 14 8. READING THE DISPLAY ............................................................................................................. 15 SPECIAL DISPLAYS................................................................................................................................... 18 9. CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................ 19 PROGRAMMING A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 19 Create a system ................................................................................................................................. 19 Create at least 1 channel group ........................................................................................................ 20 Create at least 1 channel in each group ........................................................................................... 20 10. EDACS SCAT SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 24 PROGRAMMING AN EDACS SCAT SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 24 Create a system ................................................................................................................................. 24 Create a site ....................................................................................................................................... 25 Create at least 1 frequency ............................................................................................................... 25 11. EDACS TRUNKED SYSTEMS .................................................................................................. 28 PROGRAMMING AN EDACS SYSTEM ....................................................................................................... 28 Create a system ................................................................................................................................. 28 Create at least 1 site ......................................................................................................................... 29 Create at least 1 frequency in each site ........................................................................................... 30 PROGRAMMING A SYSTEM FOR SCANNING .............................................................................................. 31 Create at least 1 channel group ........................................................................................................ 31 Create at least 1 channel in each group ........................................................................................... 31 12. LTR TRUNKED SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................ 36 PROGRAMMING AN LTR SYSTEM ............................................................................................................ 36 Create a system ................................................................................................................................. 36 Create at least 1 site ......................................................................................................................... 37 Create at least 1 frequency in each site ........................................................................................... 38 PROGRAMMING A SYSTEM FOR SCANNING .............................................................................................. 38 Create a channel group ....................................................................................................................
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