RE: tone alert

OOOOps - el goofo.  I apologize for posting a 796D response to a 785D
question.  The idea is the same, but instructions are different for the 785D
- suggest you check the correct manual on line.  Sorry.

 

Ed Pusey

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Pusey [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:48 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: [UnidenBC785D] tone alert

 

Here's a portion of the instructions from the .pdf manual available at
http://www.uniden.com/productsupport2.cfm?product=BC796D

 

Perhaps this will help?

 

Ed

 

Setting Subaudible Tones for Searching

You can set the scanner to only stop on transmissions that either have no
subaudible tone

or include a specified CTCSS or DCS tone during searches. This setting
affects all search

ranges. For this feature to work, you need to turn on the Tone Mode (see
"Setting Squelch

Mode").

1:SERVICE OPTION ** :CHAIN SEARCH ** 5:TONE DATA

1:CTCSS

Lets you set the CTCSS tone.

2:DCS

Lets you set the DCS.

3:OFF

Does not use subaudible tones.

Note: If, instead of pressing E to select a tone you press L/O, the scanner
will stop on any

transmission except for those with the selected tone.

Searching for Subaudible Tones

If you set the system tone option to 3:TONE SEARCH (see "Setting Squelch
Mode"), the

scanner will determine the correct tone for the received signal.

 

 

Setting the Subaudible Tone Option

2:SCAN OPTION ** 1:CONVENTIONAL ** Channel No. ** 3:TONE DATA

Some radio systems use special tones to prevent interference from other
nearby systems

operating on the same frequencies. When tones are being used, the radios
only open

squelch when a transmission with a matching tone is present on the
frequency. Some

services, such as FRS, GMRS, and Business Band refer to these tones as Quiet
Codes,

Privacy Codes, or similar and use a number to associate a particular tone.
The table in the

back of the manual provides a cross reference to common associations. For
this feature to

work, you need to turn on the Tone Mode (see "Setting Squelch Mode").

1:CTCSS

Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) is used with Amateur Radio,

FRS, GMRS, Business Band, and other systems. When you select this option,
the

scanner only opens squelch when a matching CTCSS tone is present on the

frequency.

2:DCS

Digital Coded Squelch is similar to CTCSS, but instead of differentiating
codes

using frequencies, DCS always uses the same frequency but encodes it with a

binary value. When you select this option, the scanner only opens squelch
when a

matching DCS value is present on the frequency.

3:OFF

The scanner opens squelch regardless of the presence of tones.

Note: If, instead of pressing E to select a tone you press L/O, the scanner
will stop on any

transmission except for those with the selected tone.

 



 

Setting Beep Alert

2:SCAN OPTION ** 1:CONVENTIONAL ** Channel No. ** 4:BEEP

ALERT

1:ON

The scanner sounds three alert tones when it stops on a transmission on this

channel.

2:OFF

Beep Alert is off.

 

 

Ed Pusey

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of jgilbs1167
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [UnidenBC785D] tone alert

 

is there any way to program the scanner to alert when a certain paging 
tone is recieved?  I am a volunteer firefighter and it would be very 
useful to have the scanner alert when my tones are recieved.







If you have come here to find out about the 785D you have come to the right
place! In fact the discussion of the BC-785D and how it works is the only
acceptable topic on this list. Any discussion about anything other than the
BC-785D is OFF TOPIC. I hope this is clear to all group members..