Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
You can't rename service types. That would defeat their purpose. And there's far more to law enforcement than police, so that's why it was chosen.
BCD536HP Post-Release Thread
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You can't rename service types. That would defeat their purpose. And there's far more to law enforcement than police, so that's why it was chosen.
jeffrogerson
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Yes! Thank you. Would love to be able to enter that.
psdavidson
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seems like when I temp avoid a freq, with in 10 min its hitting on it again. I thought it shouldn't reset until i turn the unit off.
jeffrogerson
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My settings show that I have monitor selected. It says no for download. Are these settings correct?
Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
No sir. Without download set to on, you're not sending the file to the scanner.
jeffrogerson
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Ahh ok, so both should be set to on, correct?
Download needs to be on, monitor can be on or off, on it will be scanned, off it won't, but you can enable it in the scanner menu later if you choose.
Well, I've had my BCD536HP for 3 days now and I'm a little disappointed as I would have thought that Uniden would have improved the notorious multisite simulcast decoding issue. Can anyone tell me why a Uniden scanner experiences this issue with this site that is my main site that I monitor, Stark County Site Details (Canton/Stark County) ? I own the BCD796D, BCD996XT, and the HomePatrol-1 and none of these radios decode this site very well at all and most of the time the transmission is so broken up that you can't even understand them. The Stark County jail is only about a mile away from where I'm at. I don't have decoding issues with any other sites that I program into these radios using RR database including the Ohio MARCS, Summit County Regional 800 Radio sites as they decode perfectly. I only use the standard back of the scanner antennas that come with the scanners. With the P25 adjustment mode set to default, 8 for threshold level and set to auto I get high APCO decode error rate from 65 up to 95 with transmission breakup. I have tried adjusting the threshold setting and it makes no improvement. While monitoring all other sites, the decode error rates are very low from 0 to 6 with no breakup. this only happens with this Canton/Stark County site. Now for the GRE radio comparison with this site. I also own the PSR-800, the RS Pro-197, and Pro-106 and I do not have this multisite simulcast decoding issue with any of these GRE radios as they sound perfect and not broken up. I really don't understand this and I have pulled all of my hair out trying to figure out why this happens with the Uniden radios. Is there anyone out there who can shed some light on this and offer any suggestions as to why this is happening, I would really truly appreciate your help or input. I really want my BCD536HP working flawlessly. Also I have already upgraded the firmware and master database.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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jeffrogerson
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Thanks! And to Jay911 also. Slowly starting to understand this thing.
Hopefully the law-talk, law-dispatch, etc tags can be renamed or removed altogether. Or at least have the option of now showing it on the display - aside from going with the 3 line display.
Is there any chance that the Alpha tags could be better in the future The ID displays are too small And I wish what the conventional Every ti me a conventional channel comes up I wish the MDC 1200 come And is anybody else having troubles with the conventional channels if you program it by hand up I programmed a conventional system by hand but it doesn't show up on the computer or It shows up in my favorite s list but if I hit scan It will not come up
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From what I have read here on RR people are finding that in some cases the new radios totally solved the problem, for others it really helped, others it helped some but for some apparently like you, they are still having real problems with the simulcast interference (SI).
Have you tried to move the radio around to see if a "sweet spot" can be found where the SI is minimized? Sometimes it only takes a few inches and other times in must be moved a lot to find the "sweet spot". I realize this is difficult with the short transmissions that are also unpredictable.
Have you tried the attenuation setting?
The things that are important are your location (including terrain) , the kind of antenna you are using, & placement of the towers with respect to your location.
You will find A LOT of information on this site (use the search function) on all the things people have tried and many have seen big changes, others no so much.
I realize this must really be frustrating to someone who probably wants to use the radio not play with it all day just to get it to work. But for some of us we like playing with the radios and antennas as much as we like listening to them.
Good luck.
LiquidPandora
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I am think for the same reason we were all willing to pay 600 bucks... I don't mind paying that price.. but I can't find a place to Successfully Register my new scanner... it's not even on the list... the biggest selling factor was not and is not ready... I had a lot of stuff in my Fav lists but the scanner kept missing the first part of the transmission.. over and over.. still today a week later and now all it is scanning is 12 freq's and it STILL misses most of the transmission... I have Pri on. No Attenuator of any kind... I have a St2 Antenna.. and live in small town use... I am not sure whats up... but I am starting to feel Disappointed.. if the thing can't Nail a Transmission out of a list of 12 Freq's so you can hear everything it looks like the Electronics are not ready either. Bottom line the 536 is Wide Open and 0 Delays etc.. been doing this for ever so I know how to set it up.. it's always late on the lock and listen
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More than $600? Why would you do that
Larry
I am think for the same reason we were all willing to pay 600 bucks... I don't mind paying that price.. but I can't find a place to Successfully Register my new scanner... it's not even on the list... the biggest selling factor was not and is not ready... I had a lot of stuff in my Fav lists but the scanner kept missing the first part of the transmission.. over and over.. still today a week later and now all it is scanning is 12 freq's and it STILL misses most of the transmission... I have Pri on. No Attenuator of any kind... I have a St2 Antenna.. and live in small town use... I am not sure whats up... but I am starting to feel Disappointed.. if the thing can't Nail a Transmission out of a list of 12 Freq's so you can hear everything it looks like the Electronics are not ready either. Bottom line the 536 is Wide Open and 0 Delays etc.. been doing this for ever so I know how to set it up.. it's always late on the lock and listen
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Send me an PM with your email and I will send you my Stark Co file to import. I receive them from Aurora (on an external antenna) but I know the settings are right for the radio. We'll try that and see if it helps. If it does, it's a programming issue, if it doesn't, then it is a multisite/simulcast issue.
heytae
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536HP current draw?
I couldn't find this in the manual but does anyone know what the actual 12vdc current draw is of the 536HP? I know the wall wart is rated at 750ma, but I want to know what the typical or max current draw is because I'm making a portable gel-cell pack for it. Then my 536 will become pseudo-portable. hahaha
Thanks!
I couldn't find this in the manual but does anyone know what the actual 12vdc current draw is of the 536HP? I know the wall wart is rated at 750ma, but I want to know what the typical or max current draw is because I'm making a portable gel-cell pack for it. Then my 536 will become pseudo-portable. hahaha
Thanks!
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I am think for the same reason we were all willing to pay 600 bucks... I don't mind paying that price.. but I can't find a place to Successfully Register my new scanner... it's not even on the list... the biggest selling factor was not and is not ready... I had a lot of stuff in my Fav lists but the scanner kept missing the first part of the transmission.. over and over.. still today a week later and now all it is scanning is 12 freq's and it STILL misses most of the transmission... I have Pri on. No Attenuator of any kind... I have a St2 Antenna.. and live in small town use... I am not sure whats up... but I am starting to feel Disappointed.. if the thing can't Nail a Transmission out of a list of 12 Freq's so you can hear everything it looks like the Electronics are not ready either. Bottom line the 536 is Wide Open and 0 Delays etc.. been doing this for ever so I know how to set it up.. it's always late on the lock and listen
I also found the Uniden site had not been updated so I could register my 436. I think the new BCD536HP Wiki mentions that it is not ready yet for the new radios. With updates/upgrades coming this could be important.
Are the 12 frequencies you are monitoring analog, digital or a mix of both?
Do you have any delays or wait times set?
Do you have any channels with CTCSS / DCS?
The reason I ask is that a few people actually said the 536 blazed through analog channels faster than anything they had every used.
However others have complained of slow scan rates on the 536 too and I may have read a few complaints of slow scan rates on the 436 as well. My 436 does not seem to scan slow, but I have not got to use it a lot yet. However, I think most of them were comparing the new radio to an older radio so the settings between the two radios could be the cause in the difference in scan rates but in your case that seems to have been ruled out.
Perhaps a poll could be set up asking people about scan rates, long squelch tails, noisy/hissy audio in the headphone output on the 536 and other problems to see just how many people are having these issues?
I was thinking of buying the 536 to replace my 996T but now I think I am going to wait to see how this slow scan rate situation works out. I needed the 436 but I only want the 536.
Keep thinking - this wasn't ready for primetime.
Don't forget simple QA issues like spelling Barecat wrong in the software - this speaks to other possible underlying issues that could still be out there. Waiting for Uniden to step up - I'm not willing to dumb everything down to a couple of FL's to fix their slow scan rate. I have owned Uniden for at least 10yrs and have always been a big "Kool Aid Drinker".....Sadly, if Whistler was shipping theirs I would probably be shipping Uniden's back.
The poll is a good idea - if my situation is so unique (I don't think it is) that I can't set this up and use it like I thought I could, I'm willing to adjust my thinking and attitude.
LiquidPandora
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It's not that it is scanning slow I don't think that is the issue at all.... I have a Pure Analog Uniden scanner sitting next to my new one.. the old one is talking the second they click the mike.... this one has to sit and think about it for a second or two Even when you are just sitting on one freq to see if it's because it's scanning other ch or not.. it still sits there and blinks it's eyes... the 12 ch are all analog some with CTCSS/DCS...it just acts like it's not ready it see a signal and then sits there looking at it and then it's like it says OH! And let's you hear whats being said... we are only talking 1 or 2 seconds but thats a LOT when you are talking short Transmissions... All Delayes are set to 0 and all the other toys are off like Close call etc... it's just the 12 and me and... THE 536 is 1 or 2 Seconds behind when it's scanning and gets a hit from some freqs.. I don't see it when monitoring P25 stuff... and also letting it look for a Repeater is not so smart LOL....
I am having the same problem with missing the very first part of a transmission..As I stated before it is in the initial transmission I guess that breaks the squelch all subsequent transmissions will work fine. I think I may have to do with the delay. I looked at the channels and they are saved with a 2 second delay. I am trying to edit that to see of that is the problem.
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LiquidPandora
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Right, that is exactly my issue.... So anything that would casue a Delay I have turned off.. Repeater finder EVERYTHING... No Delays.. Very Minimum Priority ch.. I think 4... Now to see... I wonder if Uniden even looks at these issues we talk about...
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