BCD436HP/BCD536HP: BCD536HP Stop Search With Scan

[KD6DSI]

New member here. I've gotten out my BCD536, and upgraded the firmware and database. I'm trying to relearn how it operates.

How do I stop Search With Scan? I just want it to scan. This seems like an easy question, but, even after searching the Internet I'm stumped.

Background: We are going on a cross country trip in our motorhome in a few months. I've got it all set up for the scanner, DIN sleeve mount in the dash below the Pioneer entertainment center. External speaker. Eave mounted antenna on an amateur motorized mount, controlled from a switch on the dash., Serial GPS with splitter to feed both the scanner and Kenwood D710 for APRS. The GPS works and lights the GPS indicator on the scanner display, and on the D710.

What I want to do is GPS location scan selected service types with a specified range as we travel, and camp overnight. The services I want are selected. Some services in the list like Racing Teams and Racing officials, and all of the Custom ones are ---ed out and I can't select On or Off.

I just can't figure out how to stop Search With Scan and just scan.

Thanks!

 

[doctordialtone]

How do I stop Search With Scan?

This explains how to control Scan Selection.

 

[richardbritt]

Welcome to the forum, on your 536 press the menu button, scroll to Set Scan Selection, press function (large knob), scroll to Select Lists to Monitor, press function, scroll to Search with scan, press function to turn it off. Press the menu button to back all the way out

Regards.

Richard

 

[RandyKuff]

Press the menu button to back all the way out

Regards.

Richard

Tapping the "Avoid" button once will take you completely out of the menu system...

 

[Chris0516]

@KD6DSI Do you have Proscan? It would make your use of the scanner, easier.

 

[KD6DSI]

@KD6DSI Do you have Proscan? It would make your use of the scanner, easier.

I've been testing the free 30 day trial just since I posted here. Thanks for the positive referral.

 

[RandyKuff]

I've been testing the free 30 day trial just since I posted here. Thanks for the positive referral.

It would be a good $50 investment to get it... Thats $50 one time... All upgrades are free after that...
The software is so much more versatile and feature rich compared to Sentenel...
And with Bob's latest revision to the software you really only need to use Sentenel for Firmware updates...

Playing with the software you might want to snoop the ProScan thread's too...

Scanner Programming Software

This is the place to discuss third party scanner programming and control software.

forums.radioreference.com

 

[Chris0516]

I've been testing the free 30 day trial just since I posted here. Thanks for the positive referral.

$50 for the Registered version, might seem like 'highway robbery', but. There is a lifetime of updates.

 

[richardbritt]

I like the fact that I have Proscan to use with my BCD-436 and 536 scanners and I decided to buy a used BCD-325p2 and I can still use Proscan with that one too, without having to buy another software program. Bob added a different frequency editor functionality to the software made to fit the criteria the 325p2 has. It's like having several different softwares in one package for different scanners. Plus Bob the creator of Proscan reads some of the posts here and I have had him answer some of my questions in the forum. Well worth supporting his software. Just my personal opinion.