RADIO1999
Newbie
What is the biggest card you can install in the BCD436HP?
BCD436HP/BCD536HP: SD CARD
- Thread starter RADIO1999
- Start date
- Status
32 GB is the recommended largest memory capacity.
If you are considering a new card, see: https://forums.radioreference.com/uniden-tech-support/340206-replacement-sd-cards.html
Get a high utilization card. Better chance of lasting longer with all the scanner continuously writes to the card with the replay feature.
They cost about the same but are not rated at the highest speeds, but still class 10. Fine for a scanner that does not need high speed like digital cameras, video, etc.
Mark
536/436/ws1095/996p2/996xt/325p2/396xt/psr800/396t/HP-1/HP-2 & others
They cost about the same but are not rated at the highest speeds, but still class 10. Fine for a scanner that does not need high speed like digital cameras, video, etc.
Mark
536/436/ws1095/996p2/996xt/325p2/396xt/psr800/396t/HP-1/HP-2 & others
RADIO1999
Newbie
Does the 436 increase record time beyond 240 seconds with bigger card/
Probably worth mentioning:
There are two separate and distinct things when it comes to saving audio. We might be starting down the path to mistaking one for the other.
The first thing is "Replay". This feature gives the listener the ability to replay the last 30-240 seconds of transmissions. In other words it is an answer to "What did I just hear?" This is a rolling thing, meaning that it's recording only the x seconds and once that time is expired, the recording is overwritten with the next x seconds.
The amount of space taken on the SD card is scant and the length is programmed in the scanner and is not card size dependent.
The second thing is "Record". When this feature is activated, every transmission is recorded and saved to the SD card. I'd say this is more for a person who has to leave his scanner unattended for a period of time and wants to review what he missed.
(With Record being on, the scanner saves those files it created as part of the Replay process.)
SD card size becomes a factor with Recording. The more space the card has, the more recordings it can hold. A while back I estimated that each second of recording consumed about 20KB of card space. Recording happens only when carrier is received. Idle channels are not recorded.
There are two separate and distinct things when it comes to saving audio. We might be starting down the path to mistaking one for the other.
The first thing is "Replay". This feature gives the listener the ability to replay the last 30-240 seconds of transmissions. In other words it is an answer to "What did I just hear?" This is a rolling thing, meaning that it's recording only the x seconds and once that time is expired, the recording is overwritten with the next x seconds.
The amount of space taken on the SD card is scant and the length is programmed in the scanner and is not card size dependent.
The second thing is "Record". When this feature is activated, every transmission is recorded and saved to the SD card. I'd say this is more for a person who has to leave his scanner unattended for a period of time and wants to review what he missed.
(With Record being on, the scanner saves those files it created as part of the Replay process.)
SD card size becomes a factor with Recording. The more space the card has, the more recordings it can hold. A while back I estimated that each second of recording consumed about 20KB of card space. Recording happens only when carrier is received. Idle channels are not recorded.
- Status
