UBCD3600XLT Holding, Avoids, Number Tags & Scan-Mode Tools

Summary: Everyday operating tools on the UBCD3600XLT: holding, avoiding, attenuation, modulation, IFX, replay and recording, and Number Tag navigation.

Holding

• Channel Hold – press Channel to hold on a channel; scroll to move through channels; press Channel again to release.
• Department Hold – press Dept to pause and then hold on a department. Double-press for a hold without the pause. You can press Dept and quickly scroll to another department while in pause. Double-press again to release.
• Site Hold – Func + Dept to hold on a site, and again to release. Press Dept then rotate the scroll control to select a site.
• System Hold – press System to pause and hold on a system. Double-press for no pause; double-press again to release.

Avoiding

Avoids apply everywhere in the Favorites List. Temporary avoids cancel when you cycle power; permanent avoids stay.

• Channel: with the channel displayed or held, press Avoid once for temporary, twice for permanent.
• Department: press Dept then Avoid once (temporary) or twice (permanent).
• Site: in Site Hold (Func + Dept), press Dept then quickly Avoid once (temporary) or twice (permanent). To stop avoiding, press Dept then Avoid once. Then Func + Dept releases the site hold.
• System: press System then Avoid once (temporary) or twice (permanent).

Reviewing avoids:

• Database avoids: Menu, Manage Full Database, then Review Avoids or Stop All Avoiding.
• Favorites List avoids: Menu, Manage Favorites, the list, Review Avoids or Stop All Avoiding.
• ID avoids: system options, Review ID Avoids or Clear All ID Avoids.
• All avoids for the current system: hold on any system and press and hold Avoid.

Toggling ID Scan and ID Search

While scanning a trunked system, press Func + E/yes.

Toggling Display Modes

Hold on any channel and press Func + 9 (DISP). Press Channel to resume. You can turn Disp. Unit ID on and off.

Attenuation

• Channel: hold on the channel and press Func + 4 (<ATT).
• Global: hold on any channel and Func + press and hold 4.

Modulation

• Conventional channel: hold on the channel, Func + Channel (MOD) to toggle, then Channel to release.
• Site: hold on the site (Func + Dept), hold on any channel, Func + Channel (MOD) to toggle; release both holds.

Intermediate Frequency Exchange (IFX)

Hold on the channel and press Func + 7 (IFX). It changes the IF used for that channel to help avoid image and mixer-product interference.

Repeater Frequency, Volume Offset

• Repeater reverse: hold on a conventional channel and Func + press and hold 8 (REV).
• Volume offset: hold on the channel and Func + 0 (LVL) to toggle.

Replay and Recording

• Replay: while scanning, press Replay. Press Channel to pause or resume, and turn the scroll control to choose between recordings. The replay duration is 30 to 240 seconds (Menu, Settings, Replay Options).
• Record: Func + Replay to start or stop. Recording resets to Off when you power off. When you start recording, the scanner adds the replay buffer to the recording. Recordings are saved as sessions you can play, rename or delete under Review Recordings. You can’t save the replay buffer by itself.

The Advanced Channel Menu

With a channel displayed press E/yes:

• Edit Current Channel
• Add to Favorites List, then choose the list
• Save Sub Audio / P25 NAC – a blinking CTCSS tone, DCS or NAC
• Save Talk Group ID – an unknown talkgroup found with ID Search (you choose the department)
• Save Unit ID – an unknown unit ID

Direct Frequency or TGID Entry

Hold on any channel, enter the frequency or TGID, press E/yes, and press Channel to release.

Number Tags

If two Favorites Lists share a number tag they’re selected in sequence; the same rule applies to systems and channels. The tag is always displayed in Scan Hold mode.

To go to a tag: hold on any channel, enter the list tag, ./no, the system tag, ./no, and the channel tag, then press Channel.

• 1.01.36 – channel 36 in system 01 in Favorites List 1
• .01.36 – channel 36 in system 01 in the current list
• ..36 – channel 36 in the current system

Close Call, Priority, Search and Tone-Out Shortcuts

• Close Call modes: hold on any channel and Func + Avoid to toggle Off, DND or Priority. Func + press and hold Avoid is Close Call Only.
• Priority modes: Func + ./no (PRI) toggles Off, DND and On.
• Search Keys: hold on a channel, then Func + 1, 2 or 3.
• Quick Search: Func + E/yes.