20 Most Recent Uniden BC72XLT Handheld Scanner - Page 9 Questions & Answers

Heads up that in some countries / States this can carry severe penalty.

I cannot give any direct information and it up to you to make sure you apply to the laws of your state etc

A good source of information are the two sites below

Frequencies

Scanner software

With any luck you will also find either the manual or a link to it there as well as quite a lot of other useful information that would give you guidance as to the legality

You didnt say what particular frequencies so I have included the links and info below
and will let you take it from there

Heads up that in some countries / States this can carry severe penalty.

I cannot give any direct information and it up to you to make sure you apply to the laws of your state etc

A good source of information are the two sites below

Frequencies

Scanner software

With any luck you will also find either the manual or a link to it there as well as quite a lot of other useful information that would give you guidance as to the legality

The BC72XLT is a battery-operated scanner, and your power supply is a battery charger, not a battery eliminator. You must have batteries in the unit for it to operate. You can install rechargeable batteries and use it in conjunction with the power supply, or you can run it on non-chargeable alkaline batteries.

Try here, there are multiple frequencies available, 5 to dispatch, 5 squad level.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1978

Send me your email and I will send you a copy of the manual...
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Hello,

The following link is to a code database site. You will have to search your state and town to get local frequencies. CLICK HERE

Hope this helps, post back if you need further assistance. Thank you for choosing Fixya!

Clear out everything do the following

While holding down 2, 9, and Hold, turn on the
scanner. It takes about 3 seconds to initialize
and CLEAr appears.

To take out individual Freq. Manually tune to that freq. Ch/Bank on the scanner. Enter 0.00 like a new freq for that ch. and it will be gone.

Not sure this would be a solution but...
Make sure you don't have the Ch. Locked out so it just skips them..

You may also try and let the scanner sit on one frequency that you know has chatter and see if you receive.

This unit also picks up local weather try that feature and you can tell if you reception is working or not.

http://www.police-scanner.info/police-scanner-frequencies.htm you can get new freq.# on this site.

i see your problem , when your putin in 123.4567 you need to out in 123.450 ( pilot chat ). on vhf the freq ends in either 5 or 0, but in uhf - 800 it end in either 75 or 25 ( 857.4875 )

Try the internet, google "scanner frequencies in LA".

Tell me your locale and I'll get you a local frequency chart online. Or if you wish, go to google.com, type in your county and the words "radio frequencies" you should get a list of all the public services as well as TV station radios etc.

no yet sorry.

Congrats on your purchase... you should be able to get fire, ambulance, police, local utiltity companies, local tv station radios, and a bunch more... the best way to get your frequencies is online. Alot are posted for different areas.

go to google.com and type in your city, county, and "radio frequencies".
you should be able to get free lists of the different codes. Also turn you squelch down.. as soon as you hear static, turn it up just a bit to eliminate the static...that will be at the most sensitive setting without the static.

Have fun... you can also get a list of the "codes" that police officers use so you can tell what they are refering to. google for "police codes"

Have a blast and let me know if you need more help.

Do you know what frequencies they use?
This scanner does not cover the 200-400 MHz range, where military planes operate in the United States. If the UK military uses the same band then you probably will not be able to monitor them.

1. Turn off the scanner.
2. While holding down 2, 9, and Hold, turn on the
scanner. It takes about 3 seconds to initialize
and CLEAR appears.

To completely clear out all stored frequencies.

1. Turn off the scanner.
2. While holding down 2, 9 and hold turn on the scanner. It takes about three seconds and you will see the word clear.

your scanner will not tell you that, It will tell you if the police or talking and tell you were they or, If they or being sent to your area it will say were they or going to.