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How to Program a Bearcat 220 XLT Scanner

There are two ways to program the Bearcat 220XLT scanner: entering frequencies, or scanning for active frequencies and saving them. If you have a list of frequencies that you'd like to store in the scanner such as a local list from a scanning website or reference book, the first method works well. If you're at an event or don't have a reference handy, catching activity and saving it through the scanning method will give you many useful frequencies and perhaps some that weren't in the references anyway.

Things You'll Need

Frequency reference list
Day, time and location where desired frequencies are active

Instructions

Programming Frequencies from a List
- 1
  Press the "Man" button to stop scanning, if the unit is scanning.
- 2
  Enter the channel number to program, such as "18". Press "Man".
- 3
  Enter the frequency including decimal point, such as "450.100", then enter by pressing the "E" key.
Storing Frequencies Discovered by Scanning
- 4
  Press "Man" to stop scanning, if necessary. Enter a channel number to program, and press "Man".
- 5
  Enter the lowest frequency in the range to scan, such as "145.100". Press the "Limit" button to enter the lower limit value.
- 6
  Enter the highest frequency value to scan, such as "145.500". Press the "Limit" button to enter this value.
- 7
  Press the "Srch" button to search for active frequencies. When one is found, press "Hold" to stay on that frequency.
- 8
  Press "E" to save the frequency to the selected channel.

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