FYI BCi25D card for $99.00 on Uniden's site

[safetyobc]

I saw today that the BCi25D card is only $99 on the Uniden online store. I don't know if this is the price they have been selling them for but a lot of other dealers are selling them for $200 +. Even ebay one is being bid on now and is $180.00. Anyway, just passing along the info if any of you guys need the card. I know nothing about the card other than lots of people pay big $$$ for it or have in the past. So $99.00 is a good deal if you were looking for one.

It does say it is for the 250D/785D. Don't know if it will work in the 296D/796D. Maybe someone with expeirence with those scanners can say if it will or not.

Check out the BCi25D Card at the Uniden online store.

 

[n4voxgill]

that was a great post. thanks. gill

 

[Llwellyn]

It does say it is for the 250D/785D. Don't know if it will work in the 296D/796D. Maybe someone with expeirence with those scanners can say if it will or not.

The 296D and 796D are digital ready, they have the digital capability built in and require no card. The BCi25D is for BC250D and BC785D radios which are digital capable and require the expansion cards.

Thanks for the heads up, $99 was the price point I was waiting for. Once I get a definitive release date for the 396, I'll have to decide whether to spend the $99 or save it for the 396.

 

[Dubbin]

The 296D and 796D are digital ready, they have the digital capability built in and require no card.

I was pretty sure that they DO need a card but they came with the radio instead of being sold seperate??? Also I think it is the same card as the 250D/785D???

 

[bsavery]

Does the card allow you to do 9600 APCO 25 on those scanners?

Or can you pull the card from a 796D and use it in one of those?

Bob

 

[Dubbin]

Does the card allow you to do 9600 APCO 25 on those scanners?

Or can you pull the card from a 796D and use it in one of those?

Bob

The card has nothing to do with the baud rate.

 

[RolnCode3]

Does the card allow you to do 9600 APCO 25 on those scanners?

Or can you pull the card from a 796D and use it in one of those?

Bob

The card has nothing to do with the baud rate.

Pretty sure that info is not correct.(unless I misunderstand what you're trying to say) The 796/296 WILL do 9600 with the card. The 785/250 will NOT do 9600, but will do 3600 (with the card). They both use the exact same card...which comes with the 796/296, but does not with the 785/250.

BTW-Awesome find and a heads-up post!

 

[Dubbin]

Pretty sure that info is not correct.(unless I misunderstand what you're trying to say) The 796/296 WILL do 9600 with the card. The 785/250 will NOT do 9600, but will do 3600 (with the card). They both use the exact same card...which comes with the 796/296, but does not with the 785/250.

Like I said, the card has nothing to do with the baud rate.

 

[Llwellyn]

Ah, I was under the impression that the card wasn't removable from the 296D/796D radios, making the need for a card rather moot besides for repairs which would hopefully be under warranty.

Also, as was stated, it's the programming of the radio, not the card, that determines the supported systems. You get 3600 baud only with a 250D/785D unfortunately. Also note that the 250D/785D radios will NOT be receiving firmware updates for rebanding.

 

[scan18]

Also note that the 250D/785D radios will NOT be receiving firmware updates for rebanding.

Any chance the firmware update for the 796D would also work on the 785D? I always thought that the 785 was exactly the same radio as the 796 minus the card. However, it looks like that is not the case.

Thanks.

 

[BANDIT]

The BC785D and 250D are Trunk Tracker III. The BC796D and 296D are Trunk Tracker IV models. The difference is the last two will do 9600 control channels and the Trunker Tracker III's will only do 3600. The difference is in the scanners not the cards. I have both models and the card will work in either the 785 or 796.

 

[n4voxgill]

Like I said, the card has nothing to do with the baud rate.

that's what he keeps saying

 

[EricCottrell]

The BC785D and 250D are Trunk Tracker III. The BC796D and 296D are Trunk Tracker IV models. The difference is the last two will do 9600 control channels and the Trunker Tracker III's will only do 3600. The difference is in the scanners not the cards. I have both models and the card will work in either the 785 or 796.

Hello,

I have both the BC250D and BC796D. I have a BCi25D that I bought before the BC796D was announced. The BCi25D must have earlier firmware on it because when I put it in the BC796 the power on message about the card is different than the BC796 card so I doubt it can decode 9600 baud.

The card from the BC796D in the BC250D does not add anything. Both cards behave the same. It makes sense to only make one card for both scanners.

The BC796D is similar to the BC785 except that the BC796D uses a version of the main processor with more program storage space. I assume that the engineers ran out of room when adding 9600 baud trunking support.

It reminds me of when HP came out with their first DVD+RW drive and promised that DVD+R support would be a free firmware upgrade when the DVD+R spec was formalized. It turned out DVD+R support required a new model and HP got bad press because they did not make good on the promise of a free upgrade for DVD+R support.

I have a Plextor 16x DVD burner that started out just doing 4x DVD+R Dual Layer and via firmware upgrades can now do 6x DVD+R DL and 6x DVD-R DL. Plextor could have easily come out with a "new" model with these features but decide to enhance current production. They did not go around saying that in the future it could do DVD-R DL or do DL faster. It could be possible for the drive to do 8x DL.

It would have been nice if Uniden added 9600 baud support to the BC785 but I understand the limitations. At least they did not go around promising it.

73 Eric

 

[tonsoffun]

You guys are lucky, I went right to the site to buy one, then read they only ship to the U.S. Damn it!.

Anyone want to send me one hahaha

 

[Dubbin]

Anyone want to send me one hahaha

Send me $200 and I'll think about it

 

[tonsoffun]

Anyone want to send me one hahaha

Send me $200 and I'll think about it

Hahahaha good one Dubbin. Thanks for the offer :wink:

 

[Dubbin]

Hahahaha good one Dubbin. Thanks for the offer :wink:

Anything for you buddy :lol:

 

[N9LLO]

Somebody with a service manual needs to try and figure out if this card simply processes audio and has some simple control lines or does it require some complex serial data stream from the scanner to function.

In other words would this card be hacker useable


Chris
N9LLO