This scanning radio has been manufactured so that it will not tune to the radio frequencies assigned by the FCC for cellular telephone usage. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, makes it a federal crime to intentionally intercept cellular or cordless telephone transmissions or to market this radio when altered to receive them. The installation, possession, or use of this scanning radio in a motor vehicle may be prohibited, regulated, or require a permit in certain states, cities, and/or local jurisdictions. Your local law enforcement officials should be able to provide you with information regarding the laws in your community. Be sure to use only a monaural earphone with this scanner. Your BCD396T scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner radio with TrunkTracker IV and automatic scanning capabilities. You can store frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other communications into the scanner. You can carry it with you wherever you go. You can use the scanner's scroll control to quickly select channels and frequencies, and you can automatically program channels in a system using the AutoStore feature. Use your scanner to monitor: Analog and digital trunked public safety systems (unencrypted only); Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics); NOAA weather transmissions; Business/Industrial radio and utilities; Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands; Air band; Railroad. Close Call RF Capture Technology - You can set the scanner so it detects and provides information about nearby radio transmissions. Dynamically Allocated Channel Memory - Your scanner's memory is organized so that it more closely matches how radio systems actually work, making it easier to program and use your scanner and determine how much memory you have used and how much you have left. Preprogrammed Systems - Your scanner is preprogrammed with over 400 channels covering police, fire, and ambulance operations in the 25 most populated counties in the US, plus the most popular digital systems. 12 Service Searches - frequencies are preset in separate Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, and Special searches, to make it easy to search and scan for specific transmissions. CTCSS and DCS Squelch Modes. Analog and Digital Audio AGC.