uniden bcd396xt

As the title states: is the data cable / programming slot on the BCD396XT & BCD996XT a micro USB connection? I have a new BCD396XT that will be here Monday and noticed they come with a DB9 cable which is fine for most of my ancient PC's but want to be able to program via my laptop which is USB...

Please Help! I am new to the scanner world. I have purchased a Uniden BCD396XT from Amazon two weeks ago, and I am still learning how to use it. I live in the Rankin County Mississippi Area, and I am trying to program the MSWIN APCO P25 system into my scanner. I'm tring to listen to the...

Please Help! I am new to the scanner world. I have purchased a Uniden BCD396XT from Amazon two weeks ago, and I am still learning how to use it. I live in the Rankin County Mississippi Area, and I am trying to program the MSWIN APCO P25 system into my scanner. I'm tring to listen to the...

I own a Uniden Bearcat BCD396XT MOBILE scanner and only listen to Fire/EMS and police frequencies, which are from 151-155 MHz VHF, and occasionally a 453 MHz channel. I am curious what antenna to get for my portable scanner to pick up one of the dispatch centers around 20 mi away. Also, what...

Just returned from NYC. Brought my Uniden BCD396XT and GRE PSR-800 scanners. No problem with the GRE. Everything worked fine on the Uniden except one problem. When I went into Search Mode and tried to search the 476-479 band the scanner would not stop on any of the frequencies. Yet when I went...

I just got my bcd396xt today and I'm having a hard time using free scan or pro scan to program it. I don't have anyone in the area to help me or pay to do it. Will someone help me through this step by step?

Imported and downloaded frequency database directly from Radio Reference db into the Uniden BCD396XT using FreeScan, and zilch. I have another scanner (old analog) sitting next to the Uniden and the Uniden just scans all day and has picked up one conventional analog signal. There is traffic...

I'm pretty new to scanning and have a Uniden BCD396XT. I have all the local frequencies and trunk systems downloaded and programmed into the unit and am getting good performance overall, but I don't feel like I'm making adequate use of the features this scanner provides. I have the manual and...

Hello, My name is Carl & I reside in Chesterfield, SE Michigan. I recently purchased a Belkin Serial To USB cable (F5U 409) for my Uniden BCD 396XT scanner. This cable worked fine on my Asus PC, which had Windows XP on it, but when I try to use it on my desktop (E machines with Windows 7) it...

Does anyone know how to type a number greater than 0-9 on quick keys on the Uniden bcd396xt? For example when I try to disable 21 by typing 21 it will disable 2 and 1.

I have a Uniden BCD 396XT and I am using ProScan to program it. Everything had been working well. I had not been using the scanner for a couple weeks and decided to get it out again. Now, After it does a scan of my programmed systems, it starts a service search, Militry Air to be exact. I...

My recent sale of my Uniden BCD396XT to Jlo was flawless; Jlo made sure the USD-CAN exchange rate was correct & made sure the funds went directly into my Paypal account. We also had great conversations about his province in Canada and I also helped him along by pre-programming the scanner with...