BCT15X Menu Tree & Operating Modes at a Glance

Summary: The main menu items on the BCT15X and a quick reference for how to enter each operating mode.

The Main Menu

Tap MENU to open it. The items are:

• Program System – create and edit systems, sites, groups and channels
• Program Location – points of interest and dangerous roads and crossings
• Srch/CloCall Opt – options shared by searching and Close Call
• Search for… – Service, Custom and Quick Search, Search and Store, and Search Keys
• Set Bear Tracker – BearTracker options
• Close Call – Close Call settings and modes
• Priority Scan – priority interval and channel counts
• WX Operation – weather scan, alerts and SAME regions
• Tone-Out for… – tone-out standby, setup and search
• Wired Clone – copy settings to another BCT15X
• Settings – display, serial port, GPS format, band defaults and scanner info

Entering Each Mode

• Scan mode – tap SCAN. This is the default at power-on.
• Search mode – FUNCTION + tap SCAN. The scanner offers Quick Search (tap YES) or takes you to the Search for… menu if you tap NO.
• Hold mode – tap HOLD.
• Close Call Priority / DND – FUNCTION, then tap the SQUELCH knob repeatedly until Close Call Pri or Close Call DND appears.
• Close Call Only – FUNCTION + press and hold the SQUELCH knob.
• Priority Scan – FUNCTION + POL/PRI. If no conventional channel in an enabled, unlocked system is flagged priority, the display says Priority Scan No Channel.
• Priority Plus Scan – FUNCTION + repeatedly tap POL/PRI until Priority Mode Plus On appears.
• GPS mode – tap GPS (needs a connected GPS receiver).
• Weather mode – FUNCTION + press and hold GPS/WX.
• Weather Priority mode – FUNCTION + tap GPS/WX.
• Weather Alert mode – enter Weather mode, then FUNCTION + tap GPS/WX.
• Tone-Out mode – MENU, then Tone-Out for…. Tap SCAN to leave it.
• Band Scope mode – assign a Band Scope search to a Search Key (Search Key 3 by default), enter Search or Hold mode, then FUNCTION + tap that key.

What Each Mode Does

• Scan checks every unlocked channel you’ve programmed, and for trunked systems every Talk Group ID you’ve programmed.
• Search checks every frequency in a range you choose, or every active control channel/Talk Group in a trunked system.
• Hold stays on the current channel and lets you edit or store it.
• Close Call watches for unusually strong nearby transmitters.
• Priority interrupts to check priority channels on a timer.
• Weather, Tone-Out, Band Scope and GPS are specialist modes described in their own articles.