SDS200 ZIP Code scanning

[K5mow]

Good morning everyone

I’d like to ask everyone’s opinion on how I would fix this situation. I received my SDS 200 and tried out putting in my ZIP Code. I also shut off a lot of the Business schools and so on. I wanted it to basically scan police fire and EMS. Maybe I missed something but when the Scanner starts scanning it actually stops on local FM broadcast stations in the area. At least it appears it is a local broadcast station. Music news and continuous transmissions. Is there an option to shut this off using the ZIP Code scan option. I probably missed it somewhere but I can’t imagine why anyone would want to scan local broadcast stations.

With all this said I have my scanner scanning exactly what I want by using the ARC536 software. But I wanted to know if someone has an answer on how to stop this using the quick and easy ZIP Code scam option.

Roger


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[UnidenSupport]

I would first make sure your close call is turned off. If that does not work, then simply avoid that frequency.

 

[hiegtx]

Good morning everyone

I’d like to ask everyone’s opinion on how I would fix this situation. I received my SDS 200 and tried out putting in my ZIP Code. I also shut off a lot of the Business schools and so on. I wanted it to basically scan police fire and EMS. Maybe I missed something but when the Scanner starts scanning it actually stops on local FM broadcast stations in the area. At least it appears it is a local broadcast station. Music news and continuous transmissions. Is there an option to shut this off using the ZIP Code scan option. I probably missed it somewhere but I can’t imagine why anyone would want to scan local broadcast stations.

With all this said I have my scanner scanning exactly what I want by using the ARC536 software. But I wanted to know if someone has an answer on how to stop this using the quick and easy ZIP Code scam option.

Roger


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If it is stopping on an FM station during either Close Call or during a Search. be sure to turn off that type of transmissions. You can do that in your Profile in Sentinel:
In Sentinel, start the Profile Editor by either selecting that option from the drop-down Edit menu, ir by clicking on the icon on the second menu line in Sentinel that resembles a pencil over a piece of paper. That's the fourth one from the left, under the V in the View drop-down menu.
When the Editor screen comes up, click on the tab that is labeled as Broadcast Screen.



Put a checkmark in the box by FM, as well as anything else you wish to exclude.

If you set up a custom search in ARC536, be sure that you do not have one that includes that frequency range. I don't ARC536 (I use ProScan), so don't know if it also has a profile editor where you can turn off Broadcast Screen.

 

[K5mow]

Thank you all for that information. Now I understand what I should’ve done to turn that off.

Thanks Roger


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