Ok, so I have a couple of general questions with programming this thing.
If the scanner is set out of the box to scan a certain zip code, what are the primary advantages of using the Sentinel software to program the unit? Is it mainly the ability to set a custom group of frequencies that you can choose by basically going through the Sentinel software and choosing the ones out of the master zip code list that you want? If so, once these frequencies are selected, do you save them as a quick key and title them something and then when you turn the scanner back on choose the quick key and it then only scans the custom saved setting? Are the custom saved setting frequencies that are programmed under this setting show the same exact alpha tags and information about each channel on the display of the scanner like it does using a zip code scan out of the box?
Also, once the DMR firmware is enabled in the scanner, does this unlock the DMR frequencies that are in the database or do they need to be manually entered into the scanner?
If the scanner is set out of the box to scan a certain zip code, what are the primary advantages of using the Sentinel software to program the unit? Is it mainly the ability to set a custom group of frequencies that you can choose by basically going through the Sentinel software and choosing the ones out of the master zip code list that you want? If so, once these frequencies are selected, do you save them as a quick key and title them something and then when you turn the scanner back on choose the quick key and it then only scans the custom saved setting? Are the custom saved setting frequencies that are programmed under this setting show the same exact alpha tags and information about each channel on the display of the scanner like it does using a zip code scan out of the box?
Also, once the DMR firmware is enabled in the scanner, does this unlock the DMR frequencies that are in the database or do they need to be manually entered into the scanner?