BCD436HP/BCD536HP: What do these Settings Mean & Do?

[kh6sz]

I'm using a BCD436HP and when I do the FUNC + Scroll knob push, it brings up something on the bottom of the display.. It shows:

ERR:--- 8 AUTO
T 1.36 1.62 1.88

I don't think I've ever seen anything display for ERR, but what error is it referring to?

I have all my systems and digital conventionals set to Auto and 8. The 8 and AUTO on the display seems to change as it is scanning. Sometimes the AUTO will switch to MAN and the 8 will switch to something else, usually between 6-13. Is this what it should be set at for each system to receive the best?

Now to the T numbers. These are constantly changing, but I have no idea what they mean. Acts like a low, medium, and high limit, but for what. Is larger the number the better, or the reverse?

If someone has any definitions of what they all are for, in laymans terms, I would appreciate it. I think it's a tool to help zero in the digital threshhold, but without knowing what everything means, it's not alot of help.
Thanks in advance.

 

[KE4ZNR]

Easier to Read BCD436/536HP Digital Scanner Manual

Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[mciupa]

More specifically, P25 Adjustment Mode in the manual.

 

[KE4ZNR]

More specifically, P25 Adjustment Mode in the manual.

My link above should go directly to that section of the manual.

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[mciupa]

My link above should go directly to that section of the manual.

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Sorry about that. Maybe if I had let it load for two seconds, I would have noticed. :roll:

(Tiptoe-ing out of the room slowly backwards)

 

[KE4ZNR]

Sorry about that. Maybe if I had let it load for two seconds, I would have noticed. :roll:

(Tiptoe-ing out of the room slowly backwards)

It is all good I should have been more descriptive (darn tapatalk and their way of linking) and I appreciate you catching where I was slack

Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[kh6sz]

Thank you both KE4ZNR & mciupa:
I learned a lot from that. I didn't know it was only for P25. I bookmarked the easier to read manual.
Thanks again.

 

[KE4ZNR]

Thank you both KE4ZNR & mciupa:
I learned a lot from that. I didn't know it was only for P25. I bookmarked the easier to read manual.
Thanks again.

No worries. There are so many settings in today's radios that it is tough to remember them all.
Happy Monitoring
Marshall KE4ZNR

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[jonwienke]

Thank you both KE4ZNR & mciupa:
I learned a lot from that. I didn't know it was only for P25. I bookmarked the easier to read manual.
Thanks again.

It's actually applicable to DMR and NXDN as well.

 

[kh6sz]

It's actually applicable to DMR and NXDN as well.

Thanks jonwienke:
That's what I was thinking, but the manual said it was a P25 adjustment mode. I have all of my systems set to Auto and 8 and most are working great, just a few that I'm going to tweak a little.

 

[jonwienke]

Thanks jonwienke:
That's what I was thinking, but the manual said it was a P25 adjustment mode.

The manual was written before DMR or NXDN were released, and was never updated. It should probably be re-labeled "Digital Adjustment Mode" given that it is not exclusive to P25.