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Bearcat BCD996P2 digital Trunktracker V

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

Specifications

Physical

Backlit Keypad & LCD
DIN-E and ISO Vehicle Mountable

Technical

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
Control Channel Only
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.
P25 audio decode level adjustment
3 Quick Access Search Keys
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);
  - EDACS Provoice
  - Conventional Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)
  - MOTOTRBO Capacity Plus Trunked Radio Systems
  - MOTOTRBO Connect Plus Trunked Radio Systems
  - MOTOTRBO Linked Capacity Plus Systems
  - DMR Tier III Trunking
  - NXDN

System Voices:
- Analog
- Analog and APCO-25 Common Air Interface
- APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive
- DMR
- ProVoice Exclusive

Related Pages

External Links

Uniden BCD996P2 Wiki Page
- The required USB drivers can be found there.
Owners manual
Easier to read manual

Wiki Articles

Programming Your Uniden Scanner

Supporting Software and Driver

Driver and Install Instructions for BCD996P2
- Instructions appear to be for a Win7 machine
See the Uniden DMA Software Support article for packages that support programming and virtual control

Message Boards / Groups

RadioReference

Uniden Forum

Facebook

Groups.io

Twitter

BCD996P2 on Twitter

BCD996P2 Scanners for Sale

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 * [[Uniden Close Call|Close Call]], with [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Do Not Disturb|Close Call Do Not Disturb]], [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Priority|Close Call Priority (or Primary)]], and [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Temporary Store|Close Call Temporary Store]].
 * [[Control Channel Data Output]]
+* [[Control Channel Only]]
 * Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
 * [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]]
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 * [[Key Lock]] - lets you hand the scanner to a novice user and prevent programming from being modified.
 * [[Location Based Scanning]]
-**[[Uniden Scanner GPS Features#Compatible_GPS_receivers|Compatible GPS Receivers]]
 * [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site support]]
 * [[NAC]] decoding
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 * [[Private Systems]] - lets you flag a system so that it cannot be read out of the scanner or modified.
 * [[P25 audio decode level adjustment]]
+* 3 [http://new.marksscanners.com/996XT/996xt.shtml#search%20key Quick Access Search Keys]
 * [[Quick Search]]
 * [[Repeater Reverse]]
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 * [[Programming Your Uniden Scanner]]
-==Supporting Software==
+==Supporting Software and Driver==
+*[https://www.scannermaster.com/driver_installation_uniden_police_scanners_a/385.htm Driver and Install Instructions for BCD996P2]
+**Instructions appear to be for a Win7 machine
 * See the [[Uniden DMA Software Support]] article for packages that support programming and virtual control