I love the idea of the startup keys on the 996.
However, if you use the startup key, you cannot add other systems back in. When you do, if they have a different start up key, then the number lights up, but it is really "locked out".
I read in a thread (I did search before posting) the suggestion to program all systems with one number and the one you want to listen to the most with a different startup key (a duplicate system).
Here's why it's a problem:
I have about 80 systems programmed.
I have ~6000 channels programmed.
If I make the slightest change and reprogram the scanner, I have to go through and de-select every system that I don't want to hear!
It would be great if I could simply use the startup key and then add in the other systems as I want to listen to them.
Seems like it would be a simple thing to change?
So, there is my suggestion. Have the startup key work not by locking out other systems, but simply de-selecting all but the ones with the same startup key.
However, if you use the startup key, you cannot add other systems back in. When you do, if they have a different start up key, then the number lights up, but it is really "locked out".
I read in a thread (I did search before posting) the suggestion to program all systems with one number and the one you want to listen to the most with a different startup key (a duplicate system).
Here's why it's a problem:
I have about 80 systems programmed.
I have ~6000 channels programmed.
If I make the slightest change and reprogram the scanner, I have to go through and de-select every system that I don't want to hear!
It would be great if I could simply use the startup key and then add in the other systems as I want to listen to them.
Seems like it would be a simple thing to change?
So, there is my suggestion. Have the startup key work not by locking out other systems, but simply de-selecting all but the ones with the same startup key.