New BCD436HP user help - Fort Wayne

[LawnFlamingo]

Hi! Loving all the information here. I am getting back into scanning after 25 years when I had 10 channel programmable Realistic...and my dad listened when I was a kid on a scanner programmed with crystals (Bearcat Electra IV)! I seem to remember another with the combs that programmed the frequencies with large dip switches in the front that lit up (Regency Vintage Crystal Monitoradio)?

I have upgraded my 436HP with DMR and NXDN, but don't seem to be having any luck listening to those systems.

I am using Digital Frequency Search to search for DMR and NXDN systems, and Sentinel to set up my systems/departments/sites - but I have a feeling I am missing some critical things I should or shouldn't be doing. Would someone be willing to take a look at my setup file and give me some hints where I could be goofing up? I am not sure which file I need to upload to share or if I am better posting in the Uniden Tech forum.

Thanks in advance!

 

[jonwienke]

Before trying to program anything yourself, update the database with Sentinel and listen to that for a while.

 

[LawnFlamingo]

Thanks for that advice Jon, however I have been listening to the standard database for awhile and want to expand. My database and firmware are up to date.

 

[jonwienke]

Digital Frequency Search hasn't been updated since August 5, 2019, and only includes license info. There's no guarantee that licensed frequencies are actually being used.

 

[west-pac]

With the DMR upgrade, will the scanner indicate a DMR frequency and pass the audio, when doing a service search?