BCD396T/BC996T: BCD396T and Fire Tone Out

[TD]

Hello
Wondering if anybody know anything about fire tone out for the BC396T and how it works

 

[wtp]

i have had the radio since 2007 and have never used that option.
there is something in the manual about it starting on page 114

https://www.uniden.info/download/ompdf/BCD396Tom.pdf

and there is an "easy to read" manual
Easier to Read BCD396T/UBCD396T Digital Scanner Manual

sorry, but it is all i have.

 

[ofd8001]

You might go over to You Tube and search for scanner fire tone out. I just checked and there are several videos there. While not for this model scanner, all of Uniden scanners work the same way.

It's an interesting feature and I have used it on rare occasion, but nothing regularly.

 

[dispatch235]

If I remember correctly you do have to know the tone frequencies for the 396T, the later model 396XT had a fire tone "Search" feature if you didn't know the tone frequencies.

Easier to Read BCD396T/UBCD396T Digital Scanner Manual

 

[ko6jw_2]

This feature is not very easy to use. The 396T does not have a tone search function. I got a program which identified tones with some degree of accuracy but not exactly. I don't have it any more nor do I remember what it was called. Because I was at one time a reserve fire fighter, I knew that our county used old GE alerting receivers and thus could get the exact tones from GE tables once I figured out the approximate frequencies. From that point the programming is easy. However, the 396T only stores 10 sets of tones. Not anywhere enough. You put the receiver on the dispatch frequency and then scan the tones. It works. You can select from a few alerts, and programs whether it pauses of continues ro scan. You cannot scan other frequencies while you using this feature. Needless to say while it does work, it is pretty useless.

I son't have another scanner. Hopefully newer models are more useful.

 

[TD]

Thanks to all above for the info
Thanks Again