I have one and like it very much (except for the lack of multi-color). Yes, it is more safe from the aspect that it's easier to read since the display is...
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shelleysh1@...
shelleysh1...
Jan 1, 2010 2:39 pm
Thanks Rich. Brain fade here! I suppose, since I haven't experienced any intermod on either my previous 396Ts or current 396XTs, I didn't even think about it -...
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J Harrell
charlesiiii
Jan 1, 2010 4:42 pm
I have a question I just got a Uniden BCD396XT and would like to use it with my Laptop that has Windows Vista on it. However my laptop does not have a serial...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Jan 1, 2010 4:49 pm
You should be able to find a USB to RS232 adapter on eBay for around $5 shipped. Joe M....
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Jan 1, 2010 5:02 pm
Correction: Less than $3 (shipped) from the USA or less than $2 from China. <http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=usb+adapter+rs232> Joe M....
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JAN FINE
janfine...
Jan 1, 2010 8:07 pm
Otherwise pick one up at Best Buy. It will work with Vista and Windows 7 also. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Thomas A. Frank
ka2cdk
Jan 1, 2010 9:03 pm
Joey; I am using a Keyspan USA-19HS, with an HP netbook running Vista, ARC- XTpro, and my 396XT. That configuration works properly. I think I paid about $15 on...
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Rich Carlson
n9jig
Jan 1, 2010 9:35 pm
I would bite the bullet and spend the $20 or so for the USB-1 cable from ScannerMaster. It will work in XP, Vista and W7 just fine, you can download the...
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pitboss1@...
pitboss1
Jan 1, 2010 10:19 pm
Ok I have had my scanner for a long time and have never done a fire tone out search. Can someone let me know what the action is for or the benefit of this.. I...
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David McCormick
dmccorm
Jan 1, 2010 11:08 pm
If you want to leave the radio in the Fire Tone Out mode, you can put your local fire department reed tone in on of the memory locations and when the tone is...
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pitboss1@...
pitboss1
Jan 2, 2010 12:55 am
Thanks Dave, so two questions then. 1 what is a reed tone in term. 2 put the radio in tone out mode. The reason I ask is most of the systems I listen to are...
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Paul Opitz
pmanu44
Jan 2, 2010 1:06 am
Reed tone is a legacy term harkening back to when an audio tone was used to vibrate a reed in the pager that was tuned to that specific frequency. While there...
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Patrick - Used 2-Way
pwrigg
Jan 2, 2010 1:11 am
He is refering to the 2 Tone Sequential that older conventional channels use. Before the tones were synthesized a pager needed tone reeds. Then as technology...
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pitboss1@...
pitboss1
Jan 2, 2010 1:11 am
Thanks paul I will try it with the patch freqs. Do u know how I would find theese reed tones are they on rr? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... ...
thanks a lot Paul and Patrick that does help.... Happy scanfacing!! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: Paul Opitz <pmanu44@...> Date:...
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k8dne
Jan 2, 2010 3:41 pm
Read all of the information that Paul has provided. Then enter your search frequencies and "0" in both tone boxes. The radio will show the tones received....
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pitboss1@...
pitboss1
Jan 2, 2010 4:35 pm
I will thank you for your help... Tony Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: K8DNE <wh.reynolds@...> Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:08:06 To:...
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focaton2000
Jan 3, 2010 3:58 pm
I am trying to figure out what is the current FW version and how to upgrade. I have registered my radio with Uniden but I don't see updates on "myUniden";...
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Paul Opitz
pmanu44
Jan 3, 2010 4:01 pm
http://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/BCD396XTFirmwareUpdate MENU --> SETTINGS --> Scanner Info No keys are currently required nor issued for the...
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David McCormick
dmccorm
Jan 3, 2010 4:05 pm
The information is in the Twiki: http://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/BCD396XTFirmwareUpdate ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Ron Cluster
rcluster58
Jan 3, 2010 11:58 pm
(I posted this on the 996XT group by mistake. Should have gone here, although it can apply to both.) I know this has been discussed a little recently, but I...
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John Chabalko
johnchabalko
Jan 4, 2010 1:20 am
I think this would be a great feature too, great suggestion ron! ________________________________ From: Ron Cluster <mygroups2007@...> To:...
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Alan
scannerman12
Jan 4, 2010 1:16 pm
I am manually programming my 396XT for now. I want the display to show the CTSS or DCS tone on my conventional freqs. I don't want to actually program them...
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Paul Opitz
pmanu44
Jan 4, 2010 1:40 pm
Set the channel as "ANALOG" and you'll get the option for CTCSS/DCS Search. ________________________________ From: Alan <scannerman12@...> To:...
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pitboss1@...
pitboss1
Jan 6, 2010 11:21 pm
Is there anyway to change the welcome screen from the scanner itself, or do you have to use freescan, or something like arcxt... Sent from my Verizon Wireless...
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SRehm24416@...
rehmj...
Jan 7, 2010 12:15 am
I too don't like the alternating text display but you are right. Better that than not at all. And the more I think about your idea of selecting the screen...
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Dan Danz
dand911phx
Jan 7, 2010 1:44 am
As long as the DEFAULT for all systems not set inherits the current RADIO setting so that changing it immediately sets the mode for all sytems that have not...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Jan 7, 2010 3:46 am
You are aware of Display Mode 3 which puts the UID on the third line rather than alternating it, aren't you? Joe M....
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Ron Cluster
rcluster58
Jan 7, 2010 4:37 am
I am. And that is what I would like to use for trunked systems. On conventional systems however, I like Mode 2 which displays the frequency on the third line....
