Programing bcd996t

[jayscanall]

Are there any places in Toronto to program my scanner to listen to police fire ems public services ect are all the services like police ems fire now encrypted \\ sorry guys I'm a little out of the loop any help greatly appreciated

 

[randyf]

do you have the cable to connect to your computer ,if so you can program it off of this site yourself with a paid subscription

 

[mciupa]

Are there any places in Toronto to program my scanner to listen to police fire ems public services ect are all the services like police ems fire now encrypted \\ sorry guys I'm a little out of the loop any help greatly appreciated

There are some members here that would be able to assist you with a file to upload. Unfortunately, my scanners use Sentinel for programming. Your scanner need to be programmed with Freescan software.

If anyone can help, please private message this member with the details.

Thanks!

 

[UPMan]

OP should note that no scanner will receive the encrypted channels.

 

[PriorMike]

As far as I know, only Toronto Police are fully encrypted. You should be able to listen to fire and EMS as per the county pages:

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7995
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=4326

The 996T should be able to pick up most of the stuff listed; even though the emergency trucked system is Phase 2, most of the talk groups are not in that mode(anything with a 'D' on the mode column. If it has a 'T' or 'DE', it'll be no good).

Download freescan and spend the dollars on an RR subscription and you'll be good to go.

 

[PriorMike]

One more thing; even though the 996T is an older unit, make sure the firmware is up to date. They made a bunch of updates while the unit was still current.

BCD996TFirmwareUpdate < UnidenMan4 < TWiki

There obviously won't be any more updates, but making sure you have the 'latest' firmware will help the 996T perform the way you want it too...