Is there anyway that I cannot I don't want to charge my battery so just want to have them in and have the scanner on is that possible ?
Not sure if you picked up on what the others were saying or not. When you have the scanner turned off and you plug in the power it shows on the screen:
Battery Charge
Start Charging?
Yes="E" / No="."
So it is asking you if you want to charge the batteries. If the scanner is on it will never charge the batteries as it only charges them when the scanner is turned off if you select yes, if you say no it won't. If you plug in the power when the scanner is on it will not charge the batteries it will just power the scanner. It will ask if you want to Select USB mode and you can press no if you just want to scan.When you turn off the scanner with the power plugged in it will then ask if you want to charge the batteries yes or no you can just say no and it won't charge.
Mike
Yes, just hit no and let it sit. Serial mode is for remote control and similar uses.
Okay groovy . Hmmm, mabey Uniden will give us a way to remote the `436HP, that would be kinda cool, oh well...we can dream . Thanx! N9NRA