Bearcat uniden bc246T help

[ariak]

Yes, I know the reply is going to be 'read the manual,' which is nearly the size of a small book, but can anybody help me learn how to add channels to it?

Thank you.

 

[ariak]

Maybe I need a less complicated unit

 

[hiegtx]

I would not say you need a less complicated unit. Many of those will be left out in the cold for trunked Motorla systems over the next few years as frequencies are re-assigned as part of an FCC mandated re-banding process.

Here's a link to a simplified instruction set another member had set up: here

The 246 does not use banks like earlier scanners. It, and it's digital sibling the BCD396T, use what Uniden call "dynamic memory". First, you have to set up a system before you can add a frequency. The link above has a step by step process to walk you through creating a system & then adding frequencies. I also found it helpful to download the manual from Uniden (it's in the Adobe *.pdf format). That way, I can use the Acrobat Reader's search function to quickly locate items of interest.

And by the way, welcome to the site.

 

[ariak]

Thanks!

 

[Otto]

And once you have read that, you can check out this FAQ with some omore interesting tid bits about the radio... Carful with the test functions, they will wipe the memories you hev programmed in. Get a copy of either Unidens or Butel's software, makes programming a snap.

http://marksscanners.home.comcast.net/BC246/246-1.html

or

http://www.butel.nl/index.html