I left scanning when my region went to trunking a couple of decades ago.
I started up again after a major crime took place about 1 block from my home. At first I was just listening to broadcastify feeds, then buying a BCD436HP because the broadcastify feed wasn't meeting increasing addiction needs.
The BCD436HP is the most sensitive piece of equipment under my care. The forum is replete with "do not" guidance like "don't charge your batteries in the scanner."
To me, that's counter-intuitive. Even the manual indicates it's ok to do so, but there are enough anecdotal data points to indicate that my common sense doesn't apply to my scanner.
As such, I have a question: Is it ok to use a patch cord between the head set jack on my scanner to the Aux-In port on my Logitech I-pod-speaker dock gizmo.
The Logictech device accepts input from other devices - via a 3.5mm input jack - like my BOSS DB-90 Metronome.
Should it be the same with the scanner, or is there something I don't know about that makes making that connection a bad idea?
Thanks!
-Jon
PS: the problem I think this will solve is that sometimes, even at full volume, I can't hear some radio operators.
I started up again after a major crime took place about 1 block from my home. At first I was just listening to broadcastify feeds, then buying a BCD436HP because the broadcastify feed wasn't meeting increasing addiction needs.
The BCD436HP is the most sensitive piece of equipment under my care. The forum is replete with "do not" guidance like "don't charge your batteries in the scanner."
To me, that's counter-intuitive. Even the manual indicates it's ok to do so, but there are enough anecdotal data points to indicate that my common sense doesn't apply to my scanner.
As such, I have a question: Is it ok to use a patch cord between the head set jack on my scanner to the Aux-In port on my Logitech I-pod-speaker dock gizmo.
The Logictech device accepts input from other devices - via a 3.5mm input jack - like my BOSS DB-90 Metronome.
Should it be the same with the scanner, or is there something I don't know about that makes making that connection a bad idea?
Thanks!
-Jon
PS: the problem I think this will solve is that sometimes, even at full volume, I can't hear some radio operators.
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