I need help in programing the BCT15X. I mean the manual really is totally useless. I trying to change the state and program local police with no luck.
Listening to police using the BCT15X
Press hold/Resume so that the radio is in HOLD mode
Press the func/scroll knob once
Press the VOL knob once
turn the Scroll knob to the State
Press the Func/Scroll knob in once or Press the E/YES key
Press the POL key once for PL to be displayed & Listen to Local Police
If you press the POL key the radio will switch to Dept of Transportation Frequencies DT
Press POL again and both Local Police PL & DT will be scanned
Press POL again to turn them all off.
PL DT
For State Police Press HP Key Once so that HP is displayed & hit scan
If you want to detect only close by Police Transmissions Press HP again BT
If you want to scan State police and Police Transmissions Press HP again HP BT
Press HP again to turn them all off.
Programming a system
Press Menu key
Press E/Yes or depress Scroll Knob once to select Program System
Select New System -> Press E/Yes
Select System Type
For conventional systems
Select Edit Group
Select New Group
Select Edit Channel
Select New Channel
Input Frequency (Example 155.6700)
Press E/Yes
Then set CTCSS/DCS, Number Tag, Modulation and other settings for that frequency
When everything is set scroll down to New Channel & Press E/Yes and repeat the process.
for MOT Type II Trunked System
(Tip: For Motorola you can put in only the control channelsto shorten programming time)
Press Menu Key -> Program System -> New System
Select Sys Type -> MOT -> Edit Site
select New Site -> Set Quick Key -> 1 -> E/Yes
Scroll to Set Frequencies -> New Frequency
Input Frequency (Example 851.1125) -> E/Yes
Scroll to new Frequency -> E/Yes -> Input Frequency (Example 852.1125) -> E/Yes
Repeat the above actions until all the Frequencies are programmed.
When done Press the Menu key to back out of the Site Menu
If you have Windows XP & Vista or 7 you can use freescan to program the radio using the PC cable.
http://scannow.org/
The bare minimum for Conventional systems is to program in the frequencies. and for trunked systems the Site with the frequencies.