bcd996xt

I'm a new scanner owner (BCD996XT) and have a question regarding issues I'm facing trying to pick up my local police signal. I've configured the scanner using FreeScan and RR import functions for my city/county. I'm able to successfully receive channels for the county sheriff and fire...

Hey guys, I need help learning how to use preemptive priority with this scanner (BCD996XT). The easy to read users manual didnt help me much. Basically I have 1 system, in that system is 2 TG's...local police and local ems. In my police talk group I have 2 channels (8782, 3776), in my ems talk...

Good evening, all! I recently purchased a used BCD-996XT from eBay, and it came with a 4-pin mini-USB programming cable. (It doesn't appear to be Uniden, and I'm almost positive it's not the USB-1 cable.) Since it came with the scanner, I presume the previous owner was using it. Anyhoo, it...

Hey guys, Im desperatley looking for help. Im a beginner with police scanning but do know the basics. I recently got the Uniden Bearcat BCD996XT scanner and Live in Harrow, part of essex county. We are patrolled by OPP who use the APCO-25 interface. For some reason my scanner wont pick them up...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has found a fix for this because this is darn annoying. Every time I try to connect FreeScan to the scanner (with the proper settings) it all ways gives me 'Could not connect to scanner. Response received: -1'. Sometimes just out of the blue it will connect though...

My motherboard on my desktop does not have any serial ports at all, only USB 2 and USB 3 ports. So I read up that the scanner has a mini USB port on the front and a DB9 connecter that connects to the desktop? I'm at a loss here. So would something like this help me...

Here is my problem. I am using Freescan to program. I am trying to divide the NW Ohio Public Safety trunk into Police TG's EMS TG's and Fire TG's. When I upload the info to the scanner, I get police TG's in the EMS and FIRE. Frustrating. I have used the easy program page, but it doesn't seem...

I have a Uniden BCD996XT that my mom likes to use to listen to the police, EMS, etc. Her old police scanner broke so my parents got this. Few weeks/months ago, something happen and we can no longer hear anything out of it. It was working where we can hear people talking. But something happen and...

I'm having a problem with choosing which channels I can and cannot record. According to the terms of service with broadastify, I cannot broadcast my county's aviation unit, but I still want to listen to it. I tried multiple time to make it so the aviation channel was not recording out, but it...

I lt will turn on and scan but will not receive. Took handheld out and hooked up antenna and antenna receives to handheld. changed antennas 996 will not receive. It's mounted near my floor heater could it have over heated something! I am sending it out Monday to the place I bought it??? ANY...

I have not been able to find help on this anywhere. To preface...let me paint a picture of my system. I have a Trunked System Setup, specifically, the LA County ICIS System Interagency Communications Interoperability System (ICIS) Trunking System, Various, California - Scanner Frequencies I am...

Hi There, The UIEMS scanner on Broadcastify has been down for a few days now. It's no longer picking up any P25 traffic for J-COMM. It managed to pick up some UHF AirCare traffic (so it is still scanning). But nothing on Johnson County P25. Have they rebanded? Gone encrypted? New Control...

Hi guys, I've been scanning since the early 80s but this 996xt is by far the most intimidating piece of technology I've encountered in many years. The more I read the more my brain shuts down as I attempt to go down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. The radio itself is still not unpacked but I've...

I got a brand new IPad never removed from the box I will trade it for a like new digi scanner must be a BCD396XT or BCD996XT due to the features I need for my area.. I wanted to put this in the classifieds but it would not let me.. I am a Beta tester for a company and got 8 brand new Ipads So I...

I havent had a scanner since I had to buy crystals at RadioShack. There was a great deal on a BCD996XT that I couldnt pass up. Wow. I'm dazed and confused. I'm making my way thru the manuals, documentation, etc. And I have successfully figured out how to scan for public safety! I'm seeing a...

I purchased my BCD996XT from eBay about a month back. A work in progress is getting my TV tower up so I can attach a few antennas on it. So, for the meantime, I will be working with the supplied indoor antenna. No problem there (for the time being). Today, I received in via CanadaPost my USB-1...

I am using ARC-XT to program BCD99XT and keep having issues with ARC-XT randomly renaming/saving files as the wrong name and also saving the wrong systems in my profiles. For example I save a file for Charlotte NC as CharNC and the next time I click on the CharNC it opens the Alaska file. Or i...

I am programming a BCD996XT. In the beginning the radio was Receiving great. Last night I uploaded an updated file and after the upload the scanner stopped working. I mean it acted completly dead. No display, nothing. I unplugged it and let it set overnight until I had more time to play with it...

I am having problems decoding Brick NJ poilice at Freq 453.050, Theiw systems uses 111NAC tone. I do not see a 111NAC on the scanners setings. I can see on the display ENC when they transmitte but just a quick squelch is heard. Any help with this problem is greatly appreciated. Firmware ver is...

I'm thinking about buying the the BCD996XT. I live in San Diego County and most of what I want to scan is in digital format. I looked into the BCT15X because of the price but it won't receive digital. Does Uniden plan on adding the "Bear Tracker" feature to the BCD996XT in the future?