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Uniden BC370CRS - page 1
BC370CRS OWNER’S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 1 ...
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Before you use this scanner , please read and observe the following. IMPORT ANT! This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will not tune to the radio frequencies assigned by the FCC for cellular telephone usage. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, makes it a federal crime to intentionally intercept cellular or ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 3
W ARNING! Uniden does not represent this unit to be waterproof. T o reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Uniden ® and Bearcat ® are registered trademarks of Uniden America Corporation. Other trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their respective holders. Important: If you u ...
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The FCC W ants Y ou to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Scanning Legally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Unpacking Y our Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 5
Searching for Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Using Limit Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Programming an Upper/Lower Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Searching the Selected Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 6
This scanner has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a scanning receiver , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This scanner generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used i ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 7
This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so they are not easy to modify to pick up these transmissions. Do not open your scanner ’s case to make any modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor . Modifying or tampering with your scanner ’s internal components or us ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 8
Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have: 8 Unpacking Y our Scanner Unpacking Y our Scanner BC370CRS Scanner This Owner ’ s Manual Other Printed Material AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter T elescopic Antenna If any item is missing or obviously damaged, call the Uniden Parts Dept at (800) 297-1023 Monday through Friday , from 8:00 AM to 5: ...
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Y our BC370CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner with All Hazards alert. Y ou can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency , marine, air , amateur , and other radio services into 300 channels distributed over ten banks. The scanner also alerts you when NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 10
Y our scanner can monitor the following bands. 10 Introduction Band Lower Limit Upper Limit Step No. (MHz) (MHz) Modulation (kHz) Service 1 0.5300 1.7000 AM 10 AM Broadcast 2 25.0000 27.9950 AM 5 AM Band 3 28.0000 29.9950 FM 5 10 Meter Amateur Band 4 30.0000 49.9950 FM 5 VHF Low Band 5 50.0000 54.0000 FM 5 6 Meter Amateur Band 59.7500 65.7500 6 71. ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 11
Features Channel Memory Scanning — Scans frequencies you have stored in any of the channels or banks at a rate of up to 70 channels per second. Memory A vailability — Store and then scan any of up to 300 channels distributed over 10 banks. SAME All-Hazards Operation — In standby mode, constantly monitors the last-tuned station and alerts you ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 12
Clock Display — The scanner always displays the current time. The clock also features an alarm that lets you wake to the selected radio source or an alert tone up to 20 minutes or be shut off manually . A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm for an extra 5-minutes. Delay — Y ou can enable or disable the 2-second delay to resume s ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 13
Controls 13 Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 16 18 19 Scanner UB338ZH(BC370CRS) 2/23/06 9:25 AM Page 13 ...
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14 Introduction 1 V olume Control — Lets you raise or lower the level of the sound. 2 Squelch Control — Lets you set the signal level required to receive a transmission. If you open the squelch all the way , you will hear hissing between transmissions. This lets you hear weak signals, but prevents scanning. As you close squelch, a stronger sign ...
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1 1 ./CLR — This key has three functions: • press to input a decimal point when you enter a frequency . • press to cancel a number button input - 0 to 9 . • press to clear an error display . 12 “Soft” Buttons — Functions for these 5 buttons depend on the current mode. The Soft-button area at the bottom of the LCD will show the buttons ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 16
1 Dish Icon — Indicates the reception status of the NIST T ime signal. More bars indicate a better signal. The icon flashes when the radio is attempting reception. 2 Signal Indicator — Appears during time signal reception to indicate signal strength. More bars indicate a better signal. 3 ALARM — Indicates the alarm is enabled. Flashes when al ...
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14 L/O — Indicates a Locked Out channel or to skip a frequency while searching. 15 FIRE — Indicates searching the Fire or Emergency Medical Services. 16 DST — T urns on/off the Daylight Savings Time mode for clock setting. 17 DELA Y — Indicates a 2 second set delay for a channel before scanning resumes. 18 AIR — Indicates searching commer ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 18
These guidelines will help you install and use your new scanner: • If your scanner receives interference or electrical noise, move the scanner or its antenna away from the source. Y ou might also try changing the height or angle of the antennas. • Use an optional mono earphone or mono headset with proper impedance for private listening. • Do ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 19
Note that the batteries are intended to provide backup power for the clock and for scanning for a short time. When the backup batteries becomes too low , appears and flashes. Promptly replace the batteries. When you either install batteries or connect the AC Adapter to a standard US wall outlet, the scanner powers on and goes to ST ANDBY mode. The ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 20
Using the Backlight T o turn on the backlight for 15 seconds, tap SNOOZE/Backlight . T o turn on the backlight permanently , press and hold SNOOZE/Backlight for over 2 seconds. T o turn off the backlight, press and hold SNOOZE/Backlight again. Adjusting the Contrast T o change the contrast to provide the best visibility where you use it, follow the ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 21
21 Using the Radio Controlled Clock Y our scanner ’s Clock displays all the time. When you turn of f the radio functions, it also displays the current seconds and date. It can also be used as a standard alarm clock. Even though your scanner can set its time automatically from the nationwide NIST broadcast, since this signal is usually weak and ca ...
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22 Using the Radio Controlled Clock The NIST signal is very weak, so might not from all parts of your house or at all times of day . T ypically , reception is best at night and near a window . The time reception antenna is integrated into your scanner , and is not part of the AM or scanner antenna. Notes: • The antenna receives most strongly when ...
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23 Using the Radio Controlled Clock 3. Use ▲ or ▼ , or press the ON or OFF soft key to select the correct option. 4. Once you have selected the correct setting, press E , then slide the TIME switch back to Clock . Note that turning on this setting tells the receiver to set the DST according to the received NIST signal. It does not actually chan ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 24
24 Using the Radio Controlled Clock Setting the Alarm Clock Follow these steps to set the alarm time: 1. Slide the TIME switch to Alarm Set . The hours digits flash. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ to change the hour by one hour or press the number keys to select the present hour . Then press E/PGM . The minutes digits flash. 3. Press ▲ or ▼ to change the ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 25
T o listen to AM/FM/TV channels, slide the mode selector to AM/FM . Then, press the soft button at the top of the scanner to select the desired source ( AM for AM Broadcast, FM1 or FM2 for FM or TV Broadcast). Directly Selecting a Channel Press the DIR soft key to select the direct entry mode. Use ▲ or ▼ to scan up or down the selected band. Th ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 26
Y our BC370CRS’s All-Hazards function makes it one of the most powerful weather radio receivers built. It will activate on local broadcast of the standard EAS signal on NOAA (weather) channels, AM, FM, or TV Broadcast channels. Y our scanner automatically monitors for an EAS alert on the last-tuned channel whenever you turn off the scanner . T o ...
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Selecting Areas for Alerts T o limit alerts to specific areas, in weather mode press the soft key for the area you want to turn on or off. Activated areas are reverse-printed in the display . Or , to receive alerts for all areas, press the ALL soft key to reverse-highlight that option. Note: If you don’t select an area, the scanner will never sou ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 28
Y our scanner has 300 memories you can store frequencies into for scanning. The memories are arranged in 10 banks of 30 memories each. While scanning, you can quickly select which bank to scan by pressing the number button that corresponds to the bank you want to turn on or off for scanning. T o select the scanner mode, slide the MODE switch to Sca ...
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29 Using the Scanner Memories Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 Bank 10 51 61 71 81 91 52 62 72 82 92 53 63 73 83 93 54 64 74 84 94 55 65 75 85 95 56 66 76 86 96 57 67 77 87 97 58 68 78 88 98 59 69 79 89 99 60 70 80 90 100 Bank 16 Bank 17 Bank 18 Bank 19 Bank 20 151 161 171 181 191 152 162 172 182 192 153 163 173 183 193 154 164 174 184 194 155 165 175 1 ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 30
30 Using the Scanner Memories Once you fill out the above chart, follow these steps to enter or change a frequency in a memory: 1. Press E/PGM to enter the program mode (the scanner turns on the PGM icon). 2. If the current channel is not the one you want to program, enter the memory number then press HOLD . 3. Enter the frequency including the dec ...
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Scanning Memory Banks T o scan the memories you have programmed, press SCAN . The scanner scans all unlocked programmed memories in enabled memory banks, stopping on a memory when it detects a transmission. T o turn on/off memory banks, while scanning press the number button that corresponds to the memory bank you want to enable or disable. Locking ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 32
Setting Channel Delay Y ou can set the scanner to pause for 2 seconds at the end of a transmission on a memory . This is useful to help prevent missed replies. Delay is turned on by default when you program a memory . T o turn Delay off (or back on), first, select the channel. Then, press DELA Y . The scanner reverses the DELAY icon for memories th ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 33
Many people enjoy searching for the unknown...frequencies that are in use in their area but are not posted to any site or in any publication. The BC370CRS has two ways to search: Limit searching that searches between two set frequencies and Service Searching that searches for specific types of agencies based on the FCC’s standard frequency alloca ...
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Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory When the scanner stops on the frequency you want to save, press HOLD to hold on that frequency . Then, press E/PGM . The scanner displays the lowest-numbered empty memory in the current bank (or the last-scanned memory if all memories are used). Use ▲ or ▼ to select the memory to hold the frequency , ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 35
The scanner lets you easily listen to NOAA weather channels in use in your area. Simply slide the audio source selector to Weather . The scanner scans the preset weather frequencies and stops if it detects a transmission. If you want to check for another frequency in use in your area, press SCAN or press ▲ or ▼ . Seven NOAA weather channels are ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 36
General Use • T urn the scanner off before disconnecting the power . • If memory is lost, simply reprogram each channel. • Always press each button firmly until you hear the entry tone for that key entry . Location • Do not use the scanner in high-moisture environments such as the kitchen or bathroom. • Avoid placing the unit in direct su ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 37
Certificated accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15 Sub- part C as of date of manufacture. Band Coverage : 18 Bands Frequency Range : Range (MHz) Step Mode 0.5300 to 1.7000 10 MHz AM AM Broadcast 25.0000 to 27.9950 5 kHz AM AM Band 28.0000 to 29.9950 5 kHz FM 10 Meter Amateur Band 30.0000 to 49.9950 5 kHz FM VHF Low Band 50.0000 to 54.00 ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 38
Sensitivity (nominal) 12dB SNAD : 0.5 µ V 0.53-1.70 MHz 0.3 µ V 25-27.995 MHz 0.3 µ V 28-54 MHz 0.7 µ V 59.75-107.9 MHz 0.4 µ V 108-136.9875 MHz 0.3 µ V 137-174 MHz 0.8 µ V 179.75-215.75 MHz 0.4 µ V 225-380 MHz 0.3 µ V 406-512 MHz 0.5 µ V 806-956 MHz Channels : 300 (30 channels × 10 Banks) Scan Rate : Up to 70 channels per second Search ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 39
39 One-Y ear Limited W arranty Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. W ARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORA TION (“Uniden”) ELEMENTS OF W ARRANTY : Uniden warrants, for one year , to the original retail owner , this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations o ...
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Uniden BC370CRS - page 40
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