This is my first scanner and I cannot find out how to set it up. I live in ct and all I can get is Alaska. where and how do I start to set up this?
BCD996XT: verry lost on setup please help
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Try this:
http://marksscanners.com/996xt/996xt.shtml
Also, programming by hand is much more difficult than using software to do so. It can be done, however - just read the previously linked page.
He selected that it's a 996XT and stated where he is...so that's a start.
Another victim of Uniden's preloaded data. First thing I did when I got my 1st 996XT was to delete the preloaded stuff.
teufler
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Litchfield cty
ok, you got the link to the easy read manual, thats a start. Freescan is the program that most start out with. Here is a Freescan 2.17 file for Litchfield cty and surrounding areas. You should have the program cable that runs from your computer to the radio. Set up the software and the cable so your computer recognizes what comm port you will use. Freescan does this. File is zipped for compression, RR requires this so you will need an unzipping utility. 7-zip is the one that many of us use though most any unzipping utility works.
ok, you got the link to the easy read manual, thats a start. Freescan is the program that most start out with. Here is a Freescan 2.17 file for Litchfield cty and surrounding areas. You should have the program cable that runs from your computer to the radio. Set up the software and the cable so your computer recognizes what comm port you will use. Freescan does this. File is zipped for compression, RR requires this so you will need an unzipping utility. 7-zip is the one that many of us use though most any unzipping utility works.
If he is receiving Alaska from CT, I want the scanner he is using......
After some playing around I was able to delete all preloaded systems and create my own and manually input the sites I wanted. I downloaded freescan but still having problems uploading to scanner. Also trying to get ct state police, its a trunked system. thanks for the help the easy to read manual is much better! This thing is much more high tech than the old scanners I used to play around with!
teufler
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Is the scanner recognizing the comport that Freescan says is there? If it is, the file I sent should have the Ct State Police there.
Plug the cable in to the PC.
If on Windows 7, click start and type Device Manager then click on it when it appears in the search results
Scroll down in DevMgr to the Com Ports section and see what port number it assigned to the cable (COM1, COM4, whatever...)
Make sure FreeScan is set to that port
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