Data Skip

Applies to: BC246T BR330T UBC3500XLT BCD396T BCD996T BCT15

Conventional Scanners: BC898T

European: UBC800XLT

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Conventional Scanning

To Access:

• Press Menu. At 'Program System' press E/Yes. At 'Select System' scroll to the system that you want to edit and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to 'Edit Sys Option' and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to the options below and press E/Yes. Press Scan/Srch to return to scanning when done with editing.

Sets what the scanner does when it receives a data signal. With the setting set to on, the scanner stops briefly on the channel, but then immediately resumes scanning automatically. With the setting set to off, the scanner remains on the channel until the transmission stops. The default setting is off.

• Scroll to 'Set Data Skip' and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to On or Off and press E/Yes to save and exit.

Search Close Call Options

To Access:

• Press Menu. Scroll to 'Srch/CloCall Opt' and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to the options below and press E/Yes. Press Scan/Srch to return to scanning when done with editing.

This setting controls how the scanner behaves when it detects a data transmission during Quick Search and Close Call Search operations. The default setting is On.

• Scroll to 'Set Data Skip' and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to On or Off then press E/Yes to save and exit.
• Note: If you are trying to test the Close Call feature with a nearby transmitter and you do not talk into the transmitter, the scanner will detect this as

data and will skip the frequency when Data Skip is on.

Custom Search

To Access:

• Press and hold Func then press Scan/Srch. At 'Quick Search?' press No(.).
• Or, Press Menu. Scroll to 'Search For...' and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to 'Edit Custom' and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to Set Data Skip and press E/Yes.
• Scroll to On or Off to turn Data Skip on or off and press E/Yes.

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