Setting alerts

Your scanner can trigger alerts for several different events. The table below shows the different alerts and how to program them:

To sound an alert when Follow these steps
A channel becomes active Edit the channel properties (Edit Channel#Set Alert):
  1. Go to the Program System menu and select the system that contains the channel you want set the alert for.
  2. Select Edit Group , then select the group you want.
  3. Select Edit Channel, then select the channel you want to set the alert for.
  4. Select Set Alert .
  5. Choose the Alert Tone and Alert Light you want the scanner to use.
An active Talk Group on a system contains an emergency flag Edit the system properties (Edit Sys Option#Emergency Alert):
  1. Go to the Program System menu and select the system you want set the alert for.
  2. Select Edit Sys Option, then select Emergency Alert .
  3. Choose the Alert Tone and Alert Light you want the scanner to use.
The scanner detects a Close Call hit Edit the Close Call properties:
  1. Go to the Close Call menu.
  2. Select Set CC Alert .
  3. Choose the Alert Tone and Alert Light you want the scanner to use.
  4. For Close Call Alerts, you can also have the scanner pause before it resumes searching. Select Set CC Pause to activate this feature.
The scanner gets a hit on a Tone-Out channel Edit the Tone-Out channel properties:
  1. Go to the Tone-Out for... menu.
  2. Select Tone-Out Setup , then select the Tone-Out channel you want to set the alert for.
  3. Select Set Alert .
  4. Choose the Alert Tone and Alert Light you want the scanner to use.
You approach a particular location
  • Point of Interest( POI )
  • Dangerous Road
  • Dangerous Intersection ( Dangerous Xing )
 Edit the location properties:
  1. Go to the Program Location menu and select the type of location you want set the alert for.
  2. Select the particular location.
  3. For a POI, select Set Alert , then choose the Alert Tone and the Alert Light you want to use.
  4. For a Dangerous Road or Xing, the alert tone is preset. Select the Alert Volume and the Alert Light you want to use.

NOTE: The scanner also triggers alerts for Weather Alerts (WX Operation#Weather Alerts), but you can't edit the alert tone and light.

This page applies to the following scanner(s): BCD996XT BCT15X BC346XT BCD396XT Users Guide