Moving between Scan List Memories
There are a number of ways to step and move through your Scan List memories: 1. Press HOLD/MAN in the ID Scan mode and rotate the VFO to move to up or down. 2. Or, press HOLD/MAN in the ID Scan mode, next press 0-9 (scan list number), then press 0-9 (memory position). For example to move to Scan List 4, memory position 10, press: HOLD/MAN, 4, 0, HOLD/MAN Set Activity ID to ON, when your scanner finds an active ID during a transmission the active ID appears every 0.5 seconds.
I-Call (Motorola/EDACS)
I-Calls are direct unit-to-unit transmissions that are not heard by other system users. Your BC250D can receive these transmissions. How you receive I-Calls depends on whether you are in Search or Scan mode. During I-Call reception the display will show the Unit ID number of either the transmitting or receiving mobile unit, not a talkgroup. Unit IDs will display differently according to the type of trunked system, and will replace the n's shown here. EDACS and MOTOROLA TYPE 1 MOTOROLA TYPE 2 innnnn 7nnnnn
Hint -- There are thousands of Unit IDs in typical systems, but relatively few I-Calls at a given moment, so it is normally best to let the scanner receive any I-Calls without trying to specify particular units. I-CALLS IN SEARCH MODE In Search mode, the scanner default is that I-Call reception is OFF. This means that I-Calls will not be received until you program them to be ON. You have three choices for controlling I-Call reception. Through the Menu system, go to 2:SCAN OPTION / 2:TRUNK - select bank number -/ 8:I-CALL, and make your selection. The menu choices are:
1 ON I-CALLs YES TALKGROUPS Received normally Use this choice to receive I-Calls together with normal talkgroup traffic. This is the BC250D default Use this setting to listen to I-Calls, and block all talkgroup reception. For quick access to this mode, press . (decimal) then RSM.
2 OFF Not received Received normally 3 ONLY YES NOT RECEIVED
