Digital and 296d questions:

[ButchGone]

When programming a digital VHF system the 296d defaults to FM mode. If I were to change the frequency setting to NFM mode, does this have any effect on the recieved signal, strength, or the ability to decode the digital singal? To my ears I don't hear much difference on analog signals. Does going to NFM make the reciever more selective? I thought I read somewhere about how going between FM and NFM has an effect on how a 396d performs.
If I occasionally hear the digital "noise" burst before hearing the radio decode digital voice does this mean the signal being recieved is weak? The system in question is Motorola.
I have also noticed that when I make a digital sound quality adjustment, the only values that change are the "lower limit"...the mid and high limit ranges seem to stay the same. Is this right or is there another trick to changing Mid and high values?
Thanks in advance, I'm a newcomer to digital scanners. And for what it's worth, the 296d seems to be a great scanner. The Butel software also rocks.

 

[MacombMonitor]

Shouldn't you be selecting MOT mode, rather than FM? I used to have a BC296D, but the only digital systems I programmed were in the 800MHz band. For trunked digital, the mode was set to MOT. May that doesn't apply to VHF digital?

 

[mdulrich]

For digital set the channel to FM not NFM.

The digital burst is a sync problem and while it may be more prevelant on a weak signal, but will occur with a strong signal.

You can only adjust the sound quality the way you are doing it.

Mike