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Revision as of 15:45, 8 May 2021
The Uniden BCD996P2 is a APCO-25 Phase II capable base/mobile TrunkTracker V scanner with Dynamic Memory Architecture. It is an upgrade to the BCD996XT, and direct sibling to the BCD325P2 released shortly after. This scanner became available to the market in March, 2015. The BCD996P2 has many features included in previous generations of "996"'s*, currently it's waiting on a firmware update to include Site specific P25 decode threshold settings that never showed itself in the XT model. It's overall redeeming qualities: inclusion of Phase 2 receiving capabilities and better ability to handle power disruptions, than the new SD card based top-of-the-line BCDx36HP series, allowing owners/operators seamless restoration of scanning after a power disruption, important for operators not familiar with scanner operations i.e. Tow Truck Drivers and other listeners/Responders. This scanner can be upgraded to trunk and decode EDACS ProVoice, DMR/MOTOTRBO and NXDN with a paid upgrade.
- As noted in the Differences in 996XT to 996P2? Thread, the BCD996P2 differs from the BCD996t and BCD996XT in the following ways:
- Different face plate
- Digital Phase 2 capable APCO Project 25
- USB port
- Printed Manual
Contents
Specifications
Physical
Technical
- Backlit Keypad & LCD
- PC Programming and Control (with 3rd party software, not included)
- 25,000 Channels
- 16 Character Text Tagging
- 12 Service Searches: Public Safety, News, Ham Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast and Special (Itinerant)
Frequency Coverage
- 25.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
- 758.0000 - 823.9875 MHz
- 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
- 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
- 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz
FM Bandwidths
- NFM: ~7.5 kHz deviation
- FM: ~15 kHz deviation
- FMB: ~75 kHz deviation
- WFM: >100 kHz deviation
Power Requirements
- Power requirements: AC Adapter (13.8V DC 750mA Regulated) (AD-1009 or equivalent).
- DC:11V to 16.6V(Ext.DC Power Jack or DC 4 Pin Power Plug)
- Power plug: 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.1mm inner diameter
Features
- Ability to flag a channel as Digital, Analog, or All
- Adaptive Digital Threshold - Automatically sets the digital decode threshold for APCO 25 systems
- Adjustable Band defaults
- Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search
- Adjustable Priority check interval
- Analog and Digital AGC
- APCO25 Digital Audio decoding
- Band Scope mode
- Broadcast Screen while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
- Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store.
- Control Channel Data Output
- Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
- DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode
- Display the Unit IDs (UID) found on trunk systems.
- Duplicate Channel Alert
- EDACS ESK support
- Fire Tone Out alert
- Fire Tone Out Search - built-in frequency counter displays the received tones.
- 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.
- Individual channel volume offset
- Intermediate Frequency Exchange - changes the IF used for a selected frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a frequency.
- Key Lock - lets you hand the scanner to a novice user and prevent programming from being modified.
- Location Based Scanning
- Multi-Site support
- NAC decoding
- Negative Channel dropout delay (forced resume) adjustable to 0-2,5,10,30, -2, -5, -10 seconds
- Number Tags allows you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, and/or Channel.
- Priority Scan
- Private Systems - lets you flag a system so that it cannot be read out of the scanner or modified.
- Quick Search
- Repeater Reverse
- Search with Scan for Service and Custom Searches with assigned Quick Keys
- Startup Configuration
- Support for P25 Conventional channels that include NAC and TGID user differentiation (P25 One-Frequency Trunk)
- Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout
- Upgradeable firmware
- Can be updated to support Rebanding? YES
- This scanner supports rebanding with firmware already installed. See the Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners article for the firmware link
- Weather Operations
- Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BCD996P2)
In the Box
- BCD996P2 Radio
- AC\DC power adapter
- Telescopic antenna
- USB cable (USB Mini-B)
- DC Wiring Harness
- Mounting hardware and owner’s manual
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
- EDACS ESK
- LTR Standard
- APCO Project 25 Phases I and II
- The following system types are available via upgrade (some are paid upgrades);
- System Voices:
Related Pages
- External Links
- Wiki Articles
Supporting Software
- See the Uniden DMA Software Support article for packages that support programming and virtual control
Message Boards / Groups
- RadioReference
- 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
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