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I'm reposting this from the Uniden V2 thread because I don't think this is related to the firmware update. It's interesting and as Viper43 pointed out, only happens in the 396 and 996 scanners. The earlier Uniden digital scanners don't have this problem.
I have one frequency that is shared by two different PDs. One is digital and one is analog. I'm roughly halfway between the two so I set CTCSS lockout for the tone used by the analog department.
What happens is I get NO audio from the digital system. Any time there is a signal on the frequency I get a buzz that sounds like some sort of encryption. Neither department uses encryption so that's not it. When a analog signal comes in, I catch about the first half second on the 396 before the scanner blocks it, so I think it's the digital system that's causing the problem.
As a test, I put the same frequency with CTCSS lock out in my 796D. That radios receives and processes the digital signal just fine.
If I take turn the CTCSS off, I get the digital and analog audio just fine from both agencies.
Note that with the 996T, you don't have to program this way because you can select digital, analog, or both.
I think that the ultimate solution will be to have the ability to program in NAC codes, but I don't know that Uniden will offer that upgrade in the current generation of DMA scanners. It would be nice if they did, though.
Gary
I have one frequency that is shared by two different PDs. One is digital and one is analog. I'm roughly halfway between the two so I set CTCSS lockout for the tone used by the analog department.
What happens is I get NO audio from the digital system. Any time there is a signal on the frequency I get a buzz that sounds like some sort of encryption. Neither department uses encryption so that's not it. When a analog signal comes in, I catch about the first half second on the 396 before the scanner blocks it, so I think it's the digital system that's causing the problem.
As a test, I put the same frequency with CTCSS lock out in my 796D. That radios receives and processes the digital signal just fine.
If I take turn the CTCSS off, I get the digital and analog audio just fine from both agencies.
Note that with the 996T, you don't have to program this way because you can select digital, analog, or both.
I think that the ultimate solution will be to have the ability to program in NAC codes, but I don't know that Uniden will offer that upgrade in the current generation of DMA scanners. It would be nice if they did, though.
Gary