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BCD436HP

The BCD436HP is the first scanner to incorporate the HomePatrol-1's ease of use in a traditional handheld scanner. Simply enter your zip code, and the BCD436HP will quickly select and scan channels in your local area. It's direct sibling is the mobile/desktop BCD536HP which includes a Wi-Fi Dongle, both utilize the same Sentinel (Uniden software), and can be used interchangeably for both on one PC. Here is a quick rundown of the BCD436HP's major features.


Specifications

  • Flexible Easy Channel Selection using Zip Code or GPS and Service Types - just pick the kinds of channels you want to hear and tell the BCD436HP where you are and let it do the rest.
  • Range Control - Lets you set how far out from your current location the scanner will search for Channels in Favorites Lists and the Database. Location precision for Departments and Sites that allows you to define a location and range using rectangles instead just of a single circle.
  • Serial GPS input for location-based scanning using the Uniden GC-GPSK or other compatible GPS receiver.
  • Complete Front-Panel Programmability - create custom Favorites Lists either using systems from the main database as a starting point or program your systems from scratch.
  • Included Sentinel Software makes database and firmware updates simple. Also allows you to create, edit, and manage your Favorites Lists.
  • USB PC Connectivity (USB Mini-B)
  • Discovery Modes help you find new channels on trunked systems and frequency ranges.
  • Analysis Modes include Band Scope, RF Power Plot, Trunked System Analysis, and EDACS/LTR LCN Finder.
  • Flexible Scanning - scan from any combination of the main database and Favorites Lists.
  • Instant Replay - Plays back up to 240 seconds (4 minutes) of the most recent transmissions.
  • Audio Recording - Capture transmissions for later playback.
  • 4 Gigabyte microSD card holds the entire USA and Canada database of radio systems, plus leaves room for hundreds of hours of audio recording.
  • TrunkTracker V with support for APCO Project 25 Phase I and Phase II, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS, and LTR Trunked Radio Systems.
  • Multi-Site Trunking - Lets you program the scanner to share trunked system IDs across multiple sites without duplicating IDs.
  • P25 One-Frequency Trunking - The scanner can follow individual talk groups on P25 single-frequency systems that use both NAC and TGID’s for squelch control and user identification.
  • Individual Site P25 decode Threshold, Settings: Auto, Manual, Default
  • 100 Quick Keys for Favorites Lists, Systems, and Departments.
  • Startup Configuration
  • Programmable Alert LED with 7 colors and 3 patterns alerts you when a channel becomes active.
  • Encryption Muting - APCO P25 encrypted voice is muted automatically.
  • System/Channel Number Tagging - Number tags allow you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, or Channel.
  • Easy Scan Control using the dedicated System, Department and Channel Hold buttons.
  • Easy navigation to Favorite List, 1st on Menu w visual On/Off for FQK listing
  • Easy navigation to System List 1st on Menu w visual On/Off for SQK listing.
  • Custom Search - lets you program up to 10 search ranges.
  • 3 Quick-Access Search Keys
  • Search with Scan for Custom Searches.
  • Quick Search - Allows you to start searching at the displayed frequency, or enter a frequency and start searching.
  • Temporary Avoid lets you quickly silence unwanted systems, departments, channels, or search frequencies while allowing you to restore them by cycling power.
  • Channel delay 0-2,5,10,30,
  • Negative Channel delay or dropout (forced resume) adjustable to -2, -5, -10 seconds.
  • 64 character text tagging for each system, site, department, channel, talkgroup, search range, Tone-Out, and SAME group.
  • Date/Time indication on display with time stamping for recordings.
  • Channel Alert
    • Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, Tone-Out hit, and Close Call Alert.
  • Trunked and Conventional Channel Priority with Priority Do-Not-Disturb.
    • Adjustable Priority check interval.
  • Uniden Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store.
  • NOAA Weather Alert with SAME.
  • Weather Alert Priority.
  • Signal Strength display.
  • Analog and Digital AGC independently per System
  • Fire Tone Out alert with two-tone paging with up to 32 tone slots.
    • Also see the Fire Tone Out article.
    • Fire Tone Out Search - built-in frequency counter displays the received tones.
  • Individual channel and/or frequency volume offset.
  • Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands.
  • Repeater Reverse
  • Intermediate Frequency Exchange - changes the IF used for a selected frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a frequency.
  • 64 x 288-Pixel Dot-Matrix Display.
  • Backlit Display and Keypad.
  • Backlight-on-Squelch option allows the backlight to remain on during an entire transmission.
  • Adjustable Band defaults Modulation and Steps
    • Modulation AM, NFM, FM, WFM, or FMB.
    • Step 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50, or 100 kHz
  • Rugged construction with Rubber Side and Bottom Impact areas to improve impact resistance.
  • Select/Volume/Squelch multi-control.
  • Side-actuated Function and Menu controls.
  • 3 AA Battery Operation provides up to 8 hours of operation.
  • Built-in Battery Charger - charge the batteries in the scanner w a USB Mini-B cable (w/ the caveat the scanner is off).
  • 192 x 160-Pixel Dot-Matrix Display.
  • SMA-type antenna.

Included in the Box

  • BCD436HP Scanner Radio
  • SMA Semi-Ridged Antenna
  • 411.com Registration card
  • USB to USB Mini-B programming cable
  • Rotating Belt Clip.
    • Belt clip Plastic Attachment with 1 screw
  • Battery Department Cover
  • 3 AA 2300mah Ni-Mh Batteries
  • Printed manual in the box with online updates.
  • SD card 4GB*

*Include on the 4GB SD CARD

    • RRDB
    • Sentinel (Uniden software)
    • Pre-Formatted with FAT File System
      • BCDx36HP
        • activity_log, alert, audio, discovery, favorite_list, firmware, HPDB
        • app_data.cfg, discvery.cfg, profile.cfg
        • scanner.inf

RR System Compatibility

  • System Voices:
    • Analog
    • Analog and APCO-25 Common Air Interface
    • Analog and EDACS Provoice1,2
    • APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive P25 CAI
  1. Provoice Exclusively in the BCDx36HP Series
  2. Requires optional paid upgrade with registration via my.uniden.com and additionally upgrading firmware 1.10.02

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FAQ

  • When will the radio be available for purchase?
    • Units began shipping in February 2014
  • My BCD436HP seems to have "gone deaf"
    • This is a situation where your unit has been operating without any issues, the user has made no changes to lists, the unit has not been moved, and the departments have not gone encrypted. In other words, everything looks fine but the unit just does not receive anything anymore. You will say, "It was working yesterday but today I'm not receiving anything." If you cannot even receive NOAA broadcasts, your unit has "gone deaf" and will need to be repaired. This is a repair covered under the Uniden one-year from purchase warranty and involves replacing the Q2 and Q3 circuits. When you ship the unit, describe the problem as "No channel reception." Instructions for shipping may be found at [1].

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