WiFi clarification for the Uniden BCD536HP

[markmci]

So I just want to be sure I have this correct. Using the WiFi on the BCD536HP can I have the base unit setup at home and be listening while I am at work via my SmartPhone? Hate to lay out the $$$ if this is not right.

Thanks in advance!

 

[KevinC]

Moved to the Uniden forum from the Radio Shack forum(????).

 

[mciupa]

Yep, with VLC Media Player.

 

[buddrousa]

Or Proscan

 

[ProScan]

Yep, with VLC Media Player.

I know the VLC player can connect directly to the scanner Wi-Fi audio but can it connect if at work or outside the home network? Wouldn't the VLC player need to use the outside IP address and not the LAN IP address of the scanner?

 

[jtwalker]

I find the WiFi connectivity is hit or miss with the 536. It may be my router/access point, but it just doesn’t seem reliable.

 

[ProScan]

I find the WiFi connectivity is hit or miss with the 536. It may be my router/access point, but it just doesn’t seem reliable.

I think it could be the dongle, weak signal, or experiencing interference.

 

[fxdscon]

So I just want to be sure I have this correct. Using the WiFi on the BCD536HP can I have the base unit setup at home and be listening while I am at work via my SmartPhone? Hate to lay out the $$$ if this is not right.

Thanks in advance!

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With Proscan, you can listen to, view, and control your base scanner from your smart phone anywhere that you have internet access. Read this document from the Proscan website:

https://www.proscan.org/Uniden%20BCD536HP%20Wi-fi%20Stream%20and%20Remote%20Access%20Via%20Proscan%20Web%20Server.pdf

 

[iMONITOR]

I think it could be the dongle, weak signal, or experiencing interference.

Uniden had two different vintages of the WiFi dongle. One may have been more problematic than the other, but I have no idea which one. I found this out because there are two different firmware versions depending on the serial number.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Moved to the Uniden forum from the Radio Shack forum(????).

First post jitters I guess Welcome to the OP!

 

[cg]

I had an ASUS AC3100 router and the 536 WIFI lasted around 24-36 hours before disconnecting. When the router crapped out after 4 years or so, I got an ASUS AX82U to replace it and I am a month into using it with no breaks in connection. Whatever my issue or setting error was, it appears that (for me) it was the router and not the scanner or WIFI unit.

chris

 

[buddrousa]

I run months 6 536's with no disconnects You buy Walmart home routers you get unstable networks.

 

[donc13]

So I just want to be sure I have this correct. Using the WiFi on the BCD536HP can I have the base unit setup at home and be listening while I am at work via my SmartPhone? Hate to lay out the $$$ if this is not right.

Thanks in advance!

You have to be able to get to your home network from work.