TalkGroup ID help

[NorthCOVideo]

I have just recently gotten a 396 and have manager to learn how to program it, but I have notice there are TG IDs that pop up in a system that I didn't program in, I have erased the system and resent it but thay are still there. Can someone give me a bit of insight on this.

 

[n2mdk]

You have the system in ID Search you need to set it to ID Scan
To toggle between ID Scan and ID Search, press Function then press Scan within 2 seconds while the scanner is scanning the system.

 

[NorthCOVideo]

Thanks that helps.

 

[br0adband]

ID Search mode will show any talkgroup(s) that are being received at any given moment - whatever you hear will be that TG. This is what you'd want for either a brand new system where you have no clue what the talkgroups actually are assigned for, or you can use the ID Search mode sometimes just in case you get lucky and pick up a newly assigned talkgroup you can't find on any published or shared lists, like here in the RR database.

ID Scan only shows and receives the talkgroups you have programmed in, so in effect ID Scan mode is like a "talkgroup squelch" in some respects: it will only let you hear the talkgroups you have already entered into memory.

Basically ID Search listens for anything; ID Scan only "hears" what you've told it to look for.

Have fun, always...

 

[radio50]

Basically ID Search listens for anything...

br0adband's whole description is right on target. One addition to the above quote (assuming the 396 is like the 996) -- Search won't display a TG if it's programmed in, but when the associated group is turned off. This may sound obvious, but it confused me when I went from using a 780 to a 996. On the 780, in Search, it'll show any programmed TG (with text tag), even if its bank is turned off (if I remember right). On the 996, if you Search but have a group turned off, you won't see those TGs.