BCD 396 Upgrade

[yardbird]

I have a BCD369XT and I love it very much

I was just wanted to see if it is possible for it to be upgraded with the new freatures the new BC 396 offers.

I was especially interested in the frequency counter that the new scanner offers.

Please advise, because I would like to persue this way instead of having to buy a whole new scanner.

Thanks in advance

David

[DDan]

Originally Posted by yardbird

I have a BCD369XT and I love it very much

I was just wanted to see if it is possible for it to be upgraded with the new freatures the new BC 396 offers.

I was especially interested in the frequency counter that the new scanner offers.

Please advise, because I would like to persue this way instead of having to buy a whole new scanner.

Thanks in advance

David

Do you mean you have a 396T? If so, it can't be upgraded to a 396XT with a new firmware load. There is a lot more to an XT than fresh firmware.

[yardbird]

Thanks

That is the way it goes.

I guess I will have to save and get a new BCD396XT

Thanks again

David

[kk4eb]

If you just want a frequency counter, the 396T will do this today. Just press the 0+3+Hold keys on power-up.

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by yardbird

Thanks

That is the way it goes.

I guess I will have to save and get a new BCD396XT

Thanks again

David

Yes, that's the way it goes. It's been Uniden's marketing "style" for some time. BC235XLT -> BC245XLT ; BC250D - > BC296D (BC785D -> BC796D) ; BCD396T -> BCD396XT (BCD996T -> soon to be BCD996XT).

Each new version of succession in the same family normally has a couple of main new features to generate the desire. The 235 was the very first trunk tracker, but after many people went out and bought that first trunk tracker, you had to get the 245 to trunk and scan at the same time. The 250 did 3600 baud APCO control channels, but you had to get the 296 to do 9600 baud APCO control channels. The 396XT has many features over the 396T, but I would say that the biggest difference is the multi-site trunking. All, just my opinion.

Edit: Just another one of my opinions (we all have one), but I am still suspicious of how the "XT" was announced after Uniden got most x96 users to register for firmware updates while announcing "for-pay-upgrades".

Dewey