Fire tone-out issues - Freescan / 396XT

[daveharpe]

(I posted this in the Uniden forum - cross-posted here)

I'm using Freescan to program the 396XT. Apparently the current version (0.8E) has a bug in it with the fire tone out programming.

The Freescan software currently does not support setting the modulation mode and AGC. So apparently when you transfer your settings back to your scanner, it resets these to the default (which is modulation mode AUTO and AGC ON). The AGC ON is correct, but modulation AUTO was screwing me up.

There is also a bug in setting up visual alerts. Regardless of what color/cadence you choose in the Freescan Visual Alert section, visual alerts are always set to "OFF".

So if you use Freescan to program your scanner, you need to be careful to reset your modulation mode and visual alerts if you use the Tone Out feature (until an update comes out at least).