BCD996T
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Uniden's Base/Mobile Digital Trunktracker scanner with Dynamic Memory Architecture and GPS Support. This is a TrunkTracker IV scanner with Motorola Control Channel Only trunking and I-Call monitoring
Started Shipping June 2006. Now discontinued
Contents
General Specifications
Power
- Voltage: 13.8 Volts d.c.
- Current: less than 750mA (max. rating of included wall wart)
- Power plug: 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.1mm inner diameter; Radio Shack size code "M"
Physical and Tech Specifications
- Channels: 6000 maximum
- Systems: 500 maximum
- Sites: 1000 maximum, 256 maximum per system
- Groups per system: 20 maximum
- Talkgroups per trunked system: 250 maximum
- DIN-E and ISO Vehicle Mountable sleeve included
- Antenna Connector: BNC
- Memory Back Up
- Physical Dimensions: Width 7.33 Height 2.21 Depth 5.94
- Scan Rate: 100 channels per second (conventional mode)
- System Quick Key range: 0-99
- Group Quick Key range: 0-9
- Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
- Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 13
- PC Programming and Control
- Record Out - you can connect an output jack to a VOX controlled recorder or PC sound input to record the received audio.
- Trunking Activity Indicators
- Multi-color display backlight
- GPS Support for Location Based Scanning, location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
- 100 Quick Keys
- Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
- 13 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
- Adjustable (0-5 sec) scan delay
- 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
- 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and SAME group
- Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
- 6 Quick-Access Search Keys
- Signal Strength display
- LCD and Keypad Backlight
- Reversible Display - Lets you reverse the display to mount unit upside down (and hear the speaker from the top)
- Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search
- Strong signal attenuation
- Six-Level Backlighting -Lets you set the display/keypad backlight to any of three brightness levels (or off) and two colors (red or green). Also lets you connect to your vehicle’s dimmer circuit to dim the scanner’s display with the vehicle’s dimmer control.
- Soft Search Keys -Lets you program the keypad’s secondary functions to turn on/off specified search ranges.
- Single-Handed Function Operation - Tap Function to access F+ key presses. 5 seconds after your last key press, the scanner reverts to non F+ entry (or press Function again to revert sooner).
Frequency Coverage
- 25 - 512 MHz
- 764 - 776 MHz
- 794 - 956 MHz
- 1240 - 1300 MHz
Features
- Ability to flag a channel as Digital, Analog, or All
- Adaptive Digital Threshold - Automatically sets the digital decode threshold for APCO 25 systems
- Analog and Digital AGC
- APCO25 Digital Audio decoding
- Broadcast Screen while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
- Channel Alert
- Uniden Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store.
- Data Skip
- DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode
- Duplicate Channel Alert
- EDACS ESK support (requires firmware 3.0 or newer)
- Fire Tone Out alert
- Frequency/ID AutoStore - automatically store frequencies from a service or limit search into a conventional system or store talk group IDs into a trunked system
- Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call Alert.
- Multi-Site support
- Quick Recall – quickly navigates to a specific Channel by choosing the System, Group, and Channel.
- Quick Search
- Priority Scan with Priority Plus
- Repeater Reverse
- SAME Weather Alert
- Search with Scan for Service and Custom Searches with assigned Quick Keys
- Startup Configuration
- Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout
- Upgradeable firmware
- Can be updated to support Rebanding? YES
- See the Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners article for the firmware link
- Weather Alert Priority
- Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BCD996T)
RR System Compatibility
This scanner is compatible with the following Trunking System Types and System Voices used in the RadioReference Database, of course you must verify that the scanner will cover the appropriate frequency range:
- System Types:
- Motorola Type I
- Motorola Type II
- Motorola Type IIi Hybrid
- Motorola Type II Smartnet
- Motorola Type II SmartZone
- Motorola Type II SmartZone OmniLink
- Motorola Type II VOC
- EDACS Standard (Wide)
- EDACS Standard Networked
- EDACS Narrowband
- EDACS Narrowband Networked
- EDACS SCAT - (version 3.0 firmware or later required)
- EDACS ESK (not ProVoice)
- LTR Standard
- Project 25 Standard
- System Voices:
- Analog
- Analog and APCO-25 Common Air Interface
- APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive
Reviews
Related Pages
- External Links
- Wiki articles
- Programming Your Uniden Scanner
- BCD996T QandA
- BCD996T Lat-Lon
- JPEG of discriminator tap point
- Uniden scanner test modes
- P25_audio_decode_level_adjustment
- BCD996T AGC Tweak Procedure
- Compare the BCD996T to other digital models
- Has your speaker audio gone dead after having something plugged into the speaker jack? The Uniden Headphone Jack Modification may help
PC Programming and Control
- BuTel Software products
- ARC996 Basic/Pro
- ARC996 Pro is capable of recording audio
- ARC996 PDF brochure
- ScannerStation
- ProScan Free 30-day fully functional trial, $ 50, Feature Rich
- Clone996 backup & restore utility
- cat-streamer (Stream audio with site/group/channel tags)
Message Boards/forums
- Radio Scanner World
- Radio Scanners
- Scanner Enthusiasts
- Radio Scanner Help and Chat
- Uniden Scanners
- Uniden Bearcat Scanners
- Uniden Bearcat Scanner Fan Club
- Uniden Bearcat Scanner Owners UK
- Groups.io
Talkgroup and Frequency display when scanning
Use display mode #2: Toggling the Display Mode To change the display so the channel and frequency or Talk Group ID appear instead of extended channel information, hold on any channel then press F + [0]. The scanner displays Display Mode 2. To return to Mode 1, press F + [0] Mode1 indicates the channel data under the Channel Name. Mode2 indicates the frequencies under the Channel Name for Conventional systems or the TGID number for Trunked systems.
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