Uniden mini 200 manual

This installer creates the following driver on your system: v2. Install Instructions. You will need this to unlock the full version of the program. There is no charge for the full version of this software.

Release Notes. To enter registration key: open program, click on "write to scanner", click on "setup" at top and then "registration". A box will open so that you can enter the number that was emailed to you.

If you are upgrading from a previous version, you do not need to uninstall the old version. All existing data and your registration information will be preserved. DFR7 Redlight Database. Download firmware to your PC 2. Unzip the file which will produce 2 firmware files 3. Transfer files to a clean, formatted SD card. Insert SD card into your monitor 5. This will turn off a lot of stuff you may not want to hear. It may be easier to hold on stuff first rather than trying to catch it in scan mode.

See Scan Hold first then Avoiding Transmissions. You can see everything you have more clearly in the programming menus. With everything in a Favorites List you can also start assigning QKs, checking range values, service types for channels, and edit other things you want to change. Selecting Service Types. Make sure you enable the Service Type for the channels you want to listen to. The Appendix has a list of Service Types and their general descriptions.

Not all service types are enabled when you create a new profile or when you set your location in the scanner. Press System or Avoid to exit. When the scanner displays a Service Type that is not in the Favorite Lists, the scanner will display a " " indication. Display Options. Backlight Options. Viewing the Battery Level. Set Timer Determines how the backlight acts with squelch and key presses. Squelch event.

Off - The backlight stays off when the squelch opens default. Open Squelch - The backlight stays on only when the squelch is open. Keypress event. Infinite - The backlight stays on until you press again. Set Dimmer s. Scroll to select brightness percentage on the SDS Manual Default mode on startup.

High , Middle , or Low. Auto For vehicle use. Set Key Backlight Toggles the keyboard light. Scroll to select On , or Off. External Power SDS Backlight Off - The backlight will use backlight settings. Customize The SDS gives you many options for items to show in the display as well as text and background colors for each item.

Some display modes or display fields only allow you to change the colors and not all data items fit into all the different display fields. The scanner will display a sample preview display for each mode selected. Remember, background and text colors are reversed when selected.

You will have to scroll away to see the actual display. Scroll to highlight each option you want to modify and press: Item soft key to change the item displayed in the field. T-Color soft key to change the text color for the field. B-Color soft key to change the background color for the field.

The charts below show which display options are available and in which locations. Decimal Format or Hex Format. The default setting is Decimal. The default setting is AFS. The default setting is Simple Mode. The default setting is Color Mode. During most modes you can switch between color, black on white, and white on black modes by holding on any channel and pressing Func then pressing and holding 9 DISP for 3 seconds. Black and white modes provide better visibility under direct sunlight.

View the Battery Level SDS Only To view the battery level in volts press the scroll control and look at the small numbers in the upper right of the display. A Look at the Display. F shows the first digit of the current Favorites List QK on the left with the blinking second digit on the right in Scan Mode. A non-blinking number on the right indicates the QK is enabled waiting to be scanned. A - dash means nothing is enabled for, or assigned to the QK.

REC appears when enabled and reversed when Recording. PRI appears in Priority Mode. SDS Only. S shows the first digit of the current System QK on the left with the blinking second digit on the right in Scan Mode. A - dash means nothing is assigned to the QK. G-ATT appears to show global attenuation. P2 appears if the channel is receiving Phase II along with Slot. PRV appears if the channel is receiving ProVoice.

NX4 appears if the channel is receiving a NexEdge system. NX 9 appears if the channel is receiving a NexEdge system. XPT appears if the channel is receiving a Hytera system. WX appears if the Weather Alert Priority feature is on. Temporary Avoids appear reversed in the display. Scanning… appears for a conventional system in Scan Mode.

Tag: NN. Adjust Key Beep. Replay Options. Set Clock. Band Defaults. Auto Shutoff. See Scanner Info. Auto sets the alert beep to the master volume level. Off , Level , or Auto. Set Clock Sets the clock for the display and the default tag for recordings.

Set Date. Set Year Enter the year Set Month Enter the month. Set Day Enter the day. Set Time. Set Hour Enter the Hour Set Minute Enter the minute.

Set Time Zone. Scroll to your time zone. On or Off. See this link for more info on upgrades. Battery Options SDS only. Set Charge Time - hours. Set Battery Low. Set Alert. Set Alert Tone - , , , , Hz. Set Alert Interval - seconds. Default is 15 sec. Set Alert Volume - or Auto. Default is Auto.

Set Voltage Sets when the low battery alert goes off. Default is mV. Site NAC Operation This allows the scanner to ignore a transmission from a different trunk system that utilizes one or more of the same frequencies that your site uses. This allows you to have the scanner ignore or use programmed NAC codes for trunking systems. The default setting is Search. Global will use the Global Auto Filter setting.

Since all of the step and modulation settings default to Auto, this allows you to skip those settings when programming. See also Default Bands. Set Modulation. Set Step. Auto Shutoff Allows you to set the scanner to shut off after a set time. Note: The scanner will want to restart if you make any changes and exit the menu. Set IP Assignment. Disable - turns LAN off. Set Subnet Mask - allows you to enter Subnet Mask. Set Default Gateway - allows you to enter Default Gateway.

Set FTP Server. Set Read only Account. Set Account - allows you Enable or Disable account. Set Password - enter password. Set Writable Account. If you hear hum between transmissions, change this from Infinite to one of the available settings.

Set Audio Off Time. Infinite , , ms ; , 10 , or 30 sec. Replay Options The Replay function allows you to hear the last few transmissions heard. The Record function will record all transmissions heard so you can listen to them later. You can set the scanner to Replay or Record, but not both. You can set how long a period Replay records from 30 seconds to seconds or off. While you can replay any recording immediately and continue replaying it, you cannot save it for future listening.

To enable Replay press Replay. When you begin Recording, your scanner adds the Replay recording buffer to the recording. These recording sessions are saved and can be replayed from the Review Recordings menu. Each session will hold up to transmissions before auto creating a new one. You can also rename and delete recording sessions through the Review Recordings submenu. Note: The battery pack is required in the scanner for the replay and recording features to work.

While there is no way in the Sentinel Software to download recordings from the scanner?? You can still plug the scanner into a computer and copy them from the SD card.

Set Replay Duration How far back in real time recordings are kept. Off, 30, 60, 90, , , , , or sec. Review Recordings You can also press and hold Replay to review recordings.

Turn the Scroll Control to select sessions. Press Replay to exit. Delete Session. Rename Session See Data Naming. Restore Options Allows you to clear all user data full reset or reset just profile settings to default.

Full Reset will delete all Favorites Lists, locations, reset all profile options to default, clear all Avoids, delete all recording sessions, all discovery logs, and all weather event records. Note: Pressing and holding 2 , 9 , and Dept softkey2 when you power on the scanner will also clear all user data. Will only reset all profile settings and Favorites List will be saved. S ee Scanne r Info This will show you how much memory is in use, the firmware version, and scanner serial number. Understanding Profiles A profile contains all your configuration settings as well as your Favorites Lists and settings, Systems, Avoids, etc.

Other settings such as range, service types selected, enabled Favorites Lists, weather settings, display and audio settings also define a profile. Remember that all Favorites Lists are common to all profiles. Enabling and disabling Favorites Lists within a profile is part of defining a profile. You automatically start to create a profile once you enter your location.

If you create a new profile in the software, your Favorites Lists will be included but not enabled with the new profile. The scanner only holds one profile at a time. Others can be created and uploaded to the scanner with the Sentinel Software. Startup Keys You can program each of your Favorites Lists with a Startup Key so that when you power up the scanner and press the key number, just those Favorites List s assigned to the key will be enabled for scan.

Systems are not affected. See also Using Startup Keys. Number Tags Numbers tags will allow you to tag each Favorites List, System, and Channel to locate easier in hold mode. Number tags can range from 0 to 99 for Favorites Lists and Systems, and for Channels.

You can assign number tags to channels even if the Favorites List does not have a number tag but, without a Favorites List number tag, you can only navigate to these channels while holding or scanning in that Favorites List. See also Using Number Tags.

For each alert in the scanner, you can select from 9 different tone patterns, 15 volume settings, and for the LED Alert Light, set 7 colors, and 3 flash patterns. Worksheets I have put together complete pdf worksheets ready to print to help you plan your Systems, Close Call, and Fire Tone-Out, etc. Even if you don't fill them out, they are a good check list for programming. You should assign a Quick Key to every Favorites List to quickly enable or disable the list. Review Avoids.

Set FL Quick Key. Stop All Avoiding. Set FL Number Tag. Add Current dB Channels. Set FL Startup Key. You can only use a FL QK once. The default setting is. Scroll to the QK number or. Note: Pressing the first number of a 2-digit QK will get you closer, 1 for 10, 2 for 20, etc. The default setting is no number tag blank. Enter the number tag Press.

The default settings are all keys Off. Press Menu to save. The default setting is Off. See also Understanding Location Control. Understanding Location Control. Location Control allows you to enable or disable channels scanned in a Favorites List based on your location.

Your Departments and Sites have locations and ranges programmed. The scanner then compares your location data with Site and Department data to determine which channels to scan. If you are traveling long distances hooking up a GPS device would be a better way to go. See also Review Scan Avoids. See also Clear All Scan Avoids.

This good to use after you have optimized the Full Database when selecting a location. Notes: 1. When adding channels from the Full Database, only channels that are inside the set location range, and from the selected Service Types are added to the new list.

When adding channels from a Favorites List that has 'Use Location Control' set to Off , only channels that are from the selected service types are added to the new list. Rename This allows to you rename the Favorites List. See Data Naming. Delete This will delete the Favorites List. Information This will show you the file size and number of Systems in the list.

Programming Systems. Any system type that includes the word "Motorola" should be programmed as a Motorola system, even if it uses some or all digital channels. Edit Sys Options See below. Edit Site See Programming Sites. Edit Department See Programming Departments. Set Alert Tone. Alert or Off. Set Level. Level or Auto the master volume level. Set Alert Light. Set Color. Set Pattern. On, Slow Blink, or Fast Blink. Delete Unit ID. See Data Naming to name the new system.

Delete System. Note: Not all options will appear for all types of systems. Set System Quick Key. Set System Number Tag. Priority ID Scan. Review ID Avoids. Set Avoid. Clear All ID Avoids. Set Hold Time. Digital Waiting Time Conventional only.

ID Search. Set Avoid This determines whether a System will be scanned or not even if the system is enabled. Temporary Avoids cancel when you cycle power.

The default setting is Stop Avoiding. See also Avoiding Transmissions. Set Hold Time This sets in seconds the amount of time the scanner will scan the System before moving on to the next system.

All Unavoided channels will be scanned at least once regardless of this setting. The scanner moves to the next system after the hold time expires, any current transmission ends, and the channel delay time expires. The default and recommended setting is 0 seconds. Enter the hold time sec. You must program a system fleet map in order for the scanner to properly track and display talk group IDs. Defaults to 0 for all blocks Motorola Type II system.

The next available block is prompted to select the next size code Repeat for each block as needed Note: If you select size code 12, 13, or 14, these restrictions apply:. Since these size codes require multiple blocks, you will be prompted for the next available block. Example: If you assign Block 0 as 12, the scanner prompts you for block 2, the next block available, instead of block 1.

See also Priority Scanning. The default setting is Ignore. Yes - the scanner treats all received IDs as unique IDs. Ignore - the scanner rounds all IDs down to the next interval of Set End Cod e Motorola only This sets how the scanner handles the transmission end code sent by most Motorola Systems. Analog - The scanner recognizes only analog end transmission codes. Ignore - The scanner waits for the carrier to drop before leaving a channel.

Nothing Avoided appears if nothing is Avoided. Digital Waiting Time Conventional only This setting gives the scanner time to determine if channels on Conventional Systems have digital or analog transmissions.

During this time, the scanner will evaluate the received signal and, if it detects digital data, will open squelch immediately. If digital is not detected before the delay expires, the scanner will open squelch at the end of this delay. This is to prevent "false decode" problems. This setting only affects conventional channels with an Audio Type set to All. The default setting is ms. Note: Any analog transmissions will lose the first part of the transmission up to the wait time you set here.

Programming Departments. Edit Name. Set Location Information. Set Department Quick Key. Edit Channel. Delete Department.

Set Filter Conventional only. New Department. Tip: add QK number to name. See Channel Options. Set Filter Conventional only This allows you to set a Filter for the department. This setting will override the Global Auto Filter. You can program a circle with a radial range or multiple rectangles as a location. Set Latitude. Enter the latitude. Set Longitude. Enter the longitude. Set Range See also Understanding Range. New Rectangle. Latitude -Top Left. Longitude -Top Left. Latitude - Right Bottom.

Longitude - Right Bottom. Stored Rectangle. Edit Rectangle See New Rectangle above. Delete Rectangle. Set Avoid This determines whether a Department will be scanned or not. New Department See New Department. Programming Sites. Note: Not all options will appear for all sites. Set Site Quick Key. Set Attenuator. Set Filter. Delete Site. Set Frequencies. New Site. The default setting is Wide. Wide or Narrow.

P25 Systems. Explicit mode systems which comprise most systems in use include all information needed to determine voice frequencies on the control channel, leave all entries blank. The system will automatically detect the band plan and fill in the entries. Implicit systems need you to supply the systems band plan for the scanner to correctly determine voice frequencies.

Press Menu to return and repeat for each band plan as needed. The scanner will use the regular Motorola band plan. These systems require a Custom band plan. Custom band plans require that you enter both a lower and an upper base frequency value. The l ower base frequency or base is always the base frequency as provided in the Radio Reference Database.

Use this Excel spreadsheet to calculate the upper base frequency value. If you don't have Excel you can download and install a viewer here. The upper base frequency can also be found using the Band Plan Calculator at the online Wiki. Band Plan. Select Plan as needed for each Band Plan. Set Base Freq. Set Offset. Set Frequencies This is where you program trunking frequencies for the Site.

See also LCN Finder. Defaults to Search. Delete Frequency At Confirm Delete? Set Modulation no P25 This setting selects the modulation used for the Site. The default setting is Auto. See also Site Modulation. Set Attenuator This setting controls whether the scanner attenuates signals on the Site by about 20dBs.

See also Attenuation. Set Filter This allows you to set a Filter for the site. Set Avoid This determines whether a Site will be scanned or not. Temp orary Avoids cancel when you cycle power. Search - The scanner opens squelch for any digital signal and displays the NAC being used blinking. Digital Waiting Time Motorola only This setting gives the scanner time to determine if channels on Conventional Systems have digital or analog transmissions. Delete Site At Confirm Delete? New Site See New Site.

In Scan Mode press Channel to hold on any channel. See also Edit Frequency or ID. At Quick frequency save? The scanner will save the ID in a Department called Quick Save Department with no quick key assigned in the current system. Note: Not all options will appear for all channels. Set Delay Time. Set Priority. Set Channel Number Tag. You can also Avoid wildcard and partial IDs.

Select Any for either or slot 1 or 2. If you are sure the channel is analog, set the channel to Analog Only. All - The scanner determines whether the audio is analog or digital. Digital Only - The scanner will receive the channel only if it is carrying digital audio.

Digital Code Option Conventional only. Search - the scanner searches and displays any digital code received. Analog Only - The scanner will only receive analog audio. Scroll to the desired DCS code you want present with the signal. Set Modulation Conventional only This setting selects the modulation used for the channel. See also Channel Modulation. Set Attenuator Conventional only This setting controls whether the scanner attenuates signals on the Channel by about 20dB.

Default is Custom 1. Set Delay Time This sets in seconds the amount of time the scanner stays on a channel after the transmission has ended before moving to the next channel.

A negative delay will force a resume after that number of seconds. The default setting is 2 seconds. Set Priority This sets the channel as a priority channel while scanning. Set Alert This setting controls when and how the scanner alerts you if the channel becomes active. Set Avoid This determines whether a channel will be scanned or not. S ee also Channel Volume Offset. Delete Channel At Confirm Delete? New Channel See New Channel. Set Scan Selection. You must first enable each list here, before you can enable the quick key for the list or you will see 'Nothing to Scan' in the display.

Note: You will also need to set a location to enable the Full Database. The other way is using the number keys on the keypad. See also Selecting Quick Keys. Favorites Quick Key. Press Menu to return. System Quick Key. Favorites List. Manage Full Database. I nformation This will show the database version in the scanner. Using Startup Keys.

You can program each of your Favorites Lists with a Startup Key so that when you power up the scanner and press the key number, just those Favorites List s assigned to the key will be enabled for scan. Turn the scanner off. Press and hold the number key that corresponds to the startup key when you turn the scanner on. Continue holding the number key until the scanner display shows the number of the startup key configuration. The scanner then checks all Favorites Lists and:.

Note : You can't cancel Startup Configuration, i. Priority Scanning. Conventional Priority Scan When the scanner is scanning a Conventional System, it interrupts scanning, based on the Priority Interval and Max Channels settings, to check priority channels for activity.

The more channels you have set to priority, the longer the interruption will be. The Favorites List s and System s containing the priority channel s have to be enabled and not Avoided or the scanner will display Priority Scan No Channel. Conventional Priority DND The scanner checks priority channels, based on the Priority Interval and Max Channels settings, only when not receiving other conventional channels so there is no interruption in scanning with conventional systems.

Priority ID Scan This function is similar to conventional priority although there is no interruption during the transmission. Priority ID Scan is always on for a system if enabled in the system setting. Priority is checked in between transmissions, when the scanner is receiving the control channel, and during the channel delay period.

The scanner can only look for priority IDs in the trunked system it is currently scanning. Preemptive Priority ID Scanning For Motorola systems that have channel priority active on the system, if you flag a channel as priority and the system also has that TGID identified as a priority channel, the scanner will preempt any current transmission if the TGID becomes active.

The highest priority is for channels in System QK 0. The lowest priority is for channels in System QK Priority for channels in the same Department follows the order in which they were created. Priority Options. Set Priority Sets the Priority Mode. You can also toggle these modes in Scan Mode by pressing Func then.

Off - The Priority feature is off. Priority DND - The scanner checks conventional priority channels only when not receiving other conventional channels. PRI appears in the display reversed -. Priority Scan - The scanner checks conventional priority channels.

PRI appears in the display. Set Interval This sets in seconds how often the scanner will check the priority channels. If there are more priority channels than the value you select, the channels are divided into more than one group and the scanner scans each group in turn. Example: If you set the maximum channels to 20 and there are priority channels, the scanner checks those channels in groups of 20 and takes a total of 5 intervals to complete the priority scan.

Scanning Checklist. Contents Scanning Checklist: 1. Service Types for the channels you want to monitor must be set to On. Check or uncheck 'Monitor Full Database'. Custom 1 is needed for miscellaneous channels.

Contents With previous scanners, you selected banks to scan. See also Understanding Quick Keys. The scanner will not scan all Systems in one Favorites List and then move to the next List.

Systems, Departments, and Sites with the same QK are scanned in order of creation. Conventional Channels in Departments are also scanned in order of creation. The Database is scanned next, in order of creation. The scanner scans a system for the duration you set using the System Hold Time option. For trunked systems, the scanner moves to the next system after the hold time expires, the current transmission ends, and the channel delay expires.

Conventional systems operate similarly, but all Unavoided channels are scanned at least one time regardless of the hold time setting. IDs are not really scanned. The scanner checks for any activity in the trunking system and:.

Notes: You can press Menu or Avoid to cancel any entry. If you make a mistake entering numbers, you can use the scroll control to backup and correct entries. Example: 3.

Example: 0. Press Avoid to exit the QK Navigation screen, or. Notes: Leading 0's required to view complete status. You can press Menu or Avoid to cancel any entry. Scan Menu Contents. FLQKs - Press 0. FLQKs - Press 1. FLQKs - Press 2 , etc. Toggle Display Modes. While scanning, press Replay. Turn the Scroll Control to select recordings.

Note: Replay is not available when recording is enabled. See also Replay Options. While scanning, press Func then Replay. Review Recordings. While scanning, press and hold Replay. Note: ID Search is not available with the Database. Scan Hold. P ress Channel softkey3 to hold on a Channel. You can now scroll all Channels. Press Channel softkey3 to release Channel Hold. Press Dept softkey2 to pause for 2 seconds then hold on any Department.

Department is reversed in the display for Pause Mode Double press Dept softkey2 to hold without a pause. Press Dept softkey2 then quickly scroll to any Department in Pause Mode. Double press Dept softkey2 to release Department Hold. Press System softkey1 to pause for 2 seconds then hold on any System.

System is reversed in the display for Pause Mode Double press System softkey1 to hold without a pause. Press System softkey1 then quickly scroll to any System in Pause Mode. Double press System softkey1 to release System Hold.

Press Func then Site softkey2 to hold on any Site in the current System. To Permanent Avoid press Avoid twice quickly. To Permanent Avoid press Dept then quickly press Avoid twice.

To Permanent Avoid press System then quickly press Avoid twice. Press Func then Site to release Site Hold. Store a Channel from the Full Database. Add to Favorites List. At Are you sure? New Department Then see Data Naming. After storing the ID, you will be at the Channel Options menu to complete the settings for the new channel. Store a Search Frequency Search with Scan. Then see Storing Search Frequencies. Conventional Channel Attenuation - Press Channel to hold on the channel.

Press Func then 4 ATT to toggle attenuation. Press Channel to resume. Press Func then Site softkey2 to resume. Global Attenuation - Press Channel to hold on any channel. Press Func then press and hold 4 ATT to toggle global attenuation. ATT blinks in the display when global attenuation is on.

Press Func then MOD softkey3 to toggle modulation. Press Channel to release Channel Hold. Press Channel to hold on any Channel. Press Channel to release Channel hold. Select Service Types.

Press Channel to hold on the channel. Press Func then 7 IFX to toggle on or off. View Repeater Frequency for a Conventional Channel.

Press Func then press and hold 8 REV. Channel Volume Offset. Scan Priority Modes. Weather Alert Priority. Press Channel to hold on any channel. Press Func then 6 WX to toggle on or off. Close Call Modes. See also Set Your Location. Press to Scan soft key1 to exit. Using Number Tags. If two Favorites Lists have the same number tag, they will be selected in sequence. The first time you select the number tag, the scanner will go to the first Favorites List assigned to that number tag; if you select the same number tag again, it will go to the 2nd Favorites List assigned to that number tag, and so on.

The same rule applies to System and Channel number tags So don't start with 0 for all your systems and channels. Enter the Favorites number tag,. Examples: 2. Press Func then Avoid and scroll to select each Avoid.

Press Avoid to return. Press Channel to release Hold Mode. Clear Scan Avoids in Current System. Press Channel to hold on any channel in the current System. Press and hold Avoid. Press Channel to hold on any channel in the current Favorites List or the Database. Press Func then press and hold Avoid. At Stop Avoiding All Systems? Custom Search by Search Quick Key. Then see Searching. Quick Search at Current Frequency. Press Channel to hold on the frequency.

At Quick Search? Weather Scan. Press Func then press and hold 6 WX. Using Filters. If 'Auto' is selected, conventional scan and search speed will be greatly slowed, as every frequency on which a signal is not detected on first pass will be rescanned using the inverted HPF setting.