The
Source for Your Scanning Needs
The
Source for Your Scanning Needs
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) |
A - Most scanners can be programmed in these five easy steps:
A - The CTCSS and DCS features enable your scanner (if it has this feature), to select who you want to hear or not hear on a frequency that is shared by more than one user, or department.
Each time a user presses the transmit key to send a message, the computer picks an empty frequency to broadcast on. Through the use of a dedicated computer control frequency that all radios monitor, the computer is able to inform all radios which frequency in the system should be tuned to hear the broadcast.
Since the computer is picking the physical frequency being used and due to other radio traffic on the same system, a single conversation between two users can take place on multiple physical frequencies. Or, in other words, it can "hop around" a lot which can make effective listening using a conventional scanner downright frustrating, if not impossible.
TrunkTrackers are specially programmed to be able to monitor the control data of the radio system so as the conversations move to new frequencies, it tunes the scanner to the appropriate frequency so nothing is missed!
To program your scanner for conventional, follow these steps:
2. Using the Scroll knob (top of scanner) Select Program System the press E.
3. Using the Scroll knob, select New System then press E.
4. Using the Scroll knob, select System Type (Conventional) then press E.
5. Using the Scroll knob select Edit Name then press E.
6. Tap the decimal button (under the 7 button) until all the letters disappear.
7. You?re now ready to name your system.
8. Using the Scroll knob, turn it until the alphabet you want appears then press then press the Func button (bottom side of scanner) while turning Scroll knob to the right to advance one space. If you make a mistake press the Func button while turning the Scroll knob to the left to make the correction. When you finish naming your system press E.
9. Using the Scroll knob select Edit Group then press E twice.
10. Using the Scroll knob select Edit Name then press E.
11. You?re now ready to name your group (Follow directions from step 8) to name your group.
12. Using the Scroll knob select Edit Channel then press E
13. Input a frequency then press E.
14. Press the Menu button.
15. Using the Scroll knob select New Channel
16. Repeat steps 13 through 15 until all frequencies for that group have been entered.
17. When you finish simply press Scan
A - You will need to reset it. To reset it, turn it off, press and hold 2, 9, and Manual keys while turning it on.
A - On most Uniden scanners, with the scanner off, hold down the 2-4 and 9 keys at the same time while turning the scanner on.
A - The New Digital Scanners (The BC-785D & BC-250D)will be able to pick up Only Police, & other 2-way radio Transmissions using the Standard non-encrypted "APCO P-25" type 3600 baud Digital signal ONLY. APCO-25 is a standard used by Many, (but not all) 2-way radios that transmit using a newer "Digital" rather than "normal" Analog method. These new Uniden Models will also require the purchase of an optional BCi-25D APCO 25 "Card" to receive these digital transmissions. The scanners Will NOT be able to get any "Encrypted" or scrambled Digital Transmissions, nor Any Type of Digital Cell phone Transmissions, or other Digital Transmission formats (non of these are "APCO-25"), nor the APCO p-25 "9600" baud Digital Systems, & the card can't be "modified" to do so. The optional digital card will Not be needed on "normal" non-digital transmissions used by most 2-way radios today. The newer, (BC296D and BC796D) scanners will be able to get the APCO P-25, "9600" baud digital systems, and have the digital card pre-installed.
A - Many people think that Norm
Schrein (the President of the Bearcat Radio Club and author of the Betty Bearcat
Directories) is Mr. Scanner. That is probably because the title "Mr.
Scanner" appears after his name in the Betty Bearcat Directories. Actually
the name "Mr. Scanner" was invented by us to easily identify orders for county
frequency lists. Since then Mr. Scanner has evolved to cover many things
and, in fact has become a product name itself.
Now, in addition to the county
frequency lists we have Mr. Scanner's custom frequency research and the Mr.
Scanner CD ROM. For a while Mr. Scanner even had its own catalog, but that
has now been replaced by Hobby Radio Stop.
Mr-Scanner.com has been put
together by Norm's sons Greg and David. Both have been working with their
Dad for the past 25 years and learning the "business" as they grew up. The
eventual goal of Mr-Scanner.com is to take the reigns of the Mr. Scanner
product line and push it into the coming decades.
Mr. Scanner is now a well recognized name in frequency databases and we are
proud to offer them to you.
A - There is a very easy fix to this problem. If you are using the CD-ROM, close the program when the autorun starts. Manually explore the CD-ROM and find the MsFCC.exe file. Right click on the file and select "Run as Administrator." Vista will ask you to cancel or allow the program to run. Selet Allow and you program will run as it should. Follow the same steps if you have the downloaded version, minus canceling the autorun.
A - The Mr. Scanner FCC Database, Mr. Scanner Public Safety and Mr. Scanner Single State CD-ROMs are not programming software, but are databases of frequencies that can be manipulated to meet certain search criteria. We proudly sell the ScanCat line of programming software that will program most digital scanners on the market today.
More Answers to your questions are coming soon!!
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