Re: tone alert

  I SURE WISHED SOMEBODY COULD TELL ME WHERE THE HOOKUP POINTS ARE INSIDE THE 785 FOR AN EXTERNAL S-METER HOOKUP. I GOT A NICE ANALOG METER IM JUST DYING TO HOOK UP ON IT. CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE HELP....
                                                                               DAMON
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ed Pusey 
  To: 'Ed Pusey' ; [email protected] 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:54 PM
  Subject: RE: [UnidenBC785D] 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.







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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..