BCD260DN Reading the Display & Icons

Summary: A guide to the icons and information on the BCD260DN’s screen.

The Display

The scanner shows different screens for Scan, Service Search and Quick Search, and not every element appears on every screen. The top line shows the bank or search name, the next line the channel name or frequency, with icons around them and a row of bank numbers at the bottom.

Icons and Their Meanings

• Priority channel icon – the current channel is a priority channel.
• Tone/code data – C67.0 (CTCSS), DCS023 (DCS), CC1 (DMR Color Code) and so on.
• BNK – the bank number, 1-9 and 0; the bank being scanned flashes.
• Modulation – AM, NFM, FM, WFM or FMB.
• Digital mode icons (in the same place in conventional and search modes):
• CAP – Capacity Plus / Linked Capacity Plus voice and data (MOTOTRBO)
• CON – Connect Plus voice and data (MOTOTRBO)
• DT3 – trunked DMR (ETSI Tier 3) voice and data
• DMR – one-frequency DMR site, or simplex DMR voice
• IDS – IDAS in NXDN
• ND4 / ND9 – NXDN 4800 or 9600 direct frequency
• NX4 / NX9 – NXDN 4800 or 9600 NEXEDGE
• NXD – unknown NXDN system
• XPT – Hytera XPT voice and data (MOTOTRBO)
• P25 / DAT – APCO Project 25 isn’t supported, so the scanner skips P25 signals when searching or scanning.
• ATT – the attenuator is on; G-ATT – global attenuator on.
• IFX – the current frequency uses IF Exchange.
• WX – Weather Alert Priority is on.
• PRI – Priority Scan is on; it blinks during Priority Plus scan. A reversed icon means Priority Do-Not-Disturb (DND).
• V-3 to V+3 – a volume offset is on.
• V= / S= – the volume or squelch level.
• Signal strength bar – 0-5.
• L/O – permanently locked out; TL/O – temporarily locked out.
• HOLD – holding on a channel or frequency.
• F – Function mode is active. It times out after 3 seconds; press and hold the FUNC knob for Function Hold (the icon blinks).

Service and Search Screens

During a service search the top line shows the service name and the bottom line the frequency with a direction arrow. The bottom row shows SVC banks; custom searches show SRC banks. Disabled or empty bank numbers aren’t shown, and the bank being searched flashes.

Digital Error Rate

Press the FUNC knob then the VOL knob to see the digital decoder error rate. A smaller ERR: number means fewer errors. It never times out; press FUNC knob + VOL knob again to leave it.