Uniden BC350C Manual

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19ScanningTo start scanning, press any bank key.When the BC350C is scanning, you can see the "SCAN"message moving across the display. Scanning stops on anyactive channel automatically and displays its frequency,except those channels programmed with L/O (Lock Out).Scanning resumes when you press the bank key or [UP] key.To stop scanning at any time, press [HOLD]. When you press[HOLD], you are in the Scan/Hold Mode. The scannerremains on the displayed channel until you press the bankkey or [UP] key again to resume scanning. (Or, you can press[SEARCH] to start searching.)In the Scan/Hold Mode, each time you press [UP] or[DOWN], you step up or down one channel at a time (onefrequency step each for the AIR or WX bank). To rapidly stepthrough that bank, press and hold [UP] or [DOWN] key. In theScan/Hold mode, you do not skip a locked out (L/O) channelusing [UP] or [DOWN].While scanning and the scanner stops on an active channelthat you do not want to monitor, but you do not want to lockout, you can simply press the bank key [PRIVATE],[POLICE], [FIRE/EMS], [CB] again or the [UP] or [DOWN]keys.Note: To resume scanning while in the Marine or Aircraftmode, you can only press the up and down keys. Pressingthe bank key again will switch you from Marine to Air or Air toMarine.Note: Before you can scan the PRIVATE bank, you mustprogram the channels.Weather Channel ScanThe BC350C allows you to search for your local NOAAweather channel.Press [WX] to find the active weather channel in your areafrom 7 pre-programmed NOAA channels. To exit WeatherMode, press any other bank key or [SEARCH].It is possible that your area is covered by more than oneweather station.When you press [WX], the BC350C will find an active broad-cast immediately. If the broadcast sounds weak and distant,press [WX] again to look for a closer station.