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Channel Avoid This determines whether a Channel will be scanned or not. Modulation This setting selects the modulation used for the Channel. Audio Option Conventional Select All if this channel might contain both digital and analog signals. If you are sure the channel is analog set the channel to Analog Only. This will prevent the Digital Waiting Time for the conventional system from losing the first part of the transmission up to the wait time you set there.
All - The scanner determines whether the audio is analog or digital. Analog - The scanner will only receive analog audio. Analog Options. Search - the scanner searches and displays any NAC tone received. Audio Type Motorola Select All if this channel might contain both digital and analog signals. If you are sure the channel is analog, set the channel to Analog Only. This will prevent the Digital Waiting Time for the Motorola site from losing the first part of the transmission up to the wait time you set there.
Digital Option. Attenuator This setting controls whether the scanner attenuates the Channel by about 20dBs. On or Off. Delay Sets the number of seconds the scanner should wait after a transmission stops before moving on to the next channel. Tone - Alert or Off. Volume - Level or Auto the master volume level. Volume Offset This setting controls whether the scanner attenuates the Channel by about 20dBs.
None , P-Ch Priority Status This sets the channel as a priority channel while scanning. Delete Channel Click to select a Department. Click to select a Channel. Click to select a Channel then click Remove.
Managing Profiles Contents A profile contains all your configuration settings as well as all of your Favorites Lists, Avoids, and system settings. If you create a new profile, your Favorites Lists will automatically be associated with the new profile but will not be enabled for scan.
Remember that all Favorites Lists are common to all profiles. Profile Tabs Notes : Anytime you "Read From Scanner" your current profile settings in the software will be overwritten with the profile in the scanner.
There is no 'undo' feature after an entry has been entered right-click to undo during edit. The only way to undo changes is to redo them or exit the Profile editor, close the program, and select No at " Save Changes ". Your Favorites List will not scan unless you set Monitor to On for each list.
Selecting Monitor On will also select Download On. Selecting Download Off will also select Monitor Off. Click the ' Options ' button. Make sure the Avoid System option is unchecked. Select each Custom Search by selecting and clearing the Avoid — in the drop down menu. You will see " Close Call Hits " in the display when the Department is scanned if any hits have been received. Click to select and enter the Hold Time in seconds from 0 to Note: 0 will scan the whole range.
Contents Service Types Not all service types are enabled when you set your location in the scanner. Business Most business related entities not covered by other tags. Emergency Ops Emergency Operation Centers and similar emergency management or disaster related operations. EMS-Tac Ambulance on-scene communications, tactical operations and secondary channels. EMS-Talk Ambulance talk-around, car-to-car and supervisor operations. Fire-Talk Fire talk-around and car-to-car operations, chiefs, supervisors, etc.
Ham Any amateur radio assignment. Hospital Ambulance-to-Hospital communications and patient reports. Interop Interoperability communications, cross-agency communications, mutual aid, etc.
Law Talk Law enforcement talk-around, car-to-car and supervisor operations. Media Newspapers, television and broadcast radio operations. Military Military operations, e. Other Miscellaneous Public Works Public agency non-public safety communications. This includes any non-public safety government services, such as trash, streets, roads, sewer, zoos, administration, maintenance, animal control, community initiatives, code compliance, etc.
Railroad All common carrier railroad communications. Schools School-related communications schools, school buses, football games, etc. Security Non-law enforcement security operations, including private security companies, noncommissioned government agency security, school security, etc. Transportation Public and private bus, taxi, and public passenger rail communications.
Utilities Private electric, water, natural gas, phone, cable TV, etc. Custom can be used for custom groups of channels in systems, sites, etc.
Race Officials Available for use to identify officials frequencies for racing events. Race Teams Available for use to identify team frequencies for racing events. To create an exact location , select the GPS Options Format and enter or paste the longitude and latitude.
To save the location , click the Append button and give the location a name. To rename a location , select or right click the location name and click Recall. Click Append and rename it. Select or right click the old location name and click Remove. To use a different location , select or right click the location name and click Recall. The location in blue type is the current location. To remove a location , select or right click the location name and click Remove.
To set the range for the location , use the drop down arrow to select miles. Tip: set it to 0 and adjust the range in departments and sites accordingly. Note: You may receive distant systems in other states that have a range that overlaps your area when using the database. This is due to the structure of the database.
Tip: Use Export to kml to see what you have. To reset the range for a saved location , Recall it, Remove it longitude and latitude will remain , change the range, then Append it with the old name. Understanding Range 1. Everything in the full database has locations programmed. You will receive departments and sites that have a range equal to your scan range setting plus the programmed range of the departments and sites. If you Add Channels On Range with a 20 mile range and then set the range to 30 miles, Location Control will not add the other channels included that extra 10 mile range.
Delay - Determines how long the scanner waits after a transmission ends before resuming search operations. A negative delay will force a resume after that number of seconds. Digital Waiting Time This setting gives the scanner time to determine if frequencies have digital or analog transmissions.
The default setting is ms. Turning this feature on can let you hear both sides of the conversation on the output frequency. The default setting is Off. On or Off Search Keys The scanner has three search keys that you can assign to a search range. The search keys are number keys 1 , 2 , and 3.
Contents Broadcast Screen Automatically ignores transmissions that are on common broadcasts, paging systems, and other annoyance radio sources during Custom Search, Quick Search, or Close Call Search. You can select common bands you want to ignore or program custom bands. The default setting is Pager On.
Pre set Broadcast Select each common band desired. Custom Band Range Check to enable each custom range and double-click to enter the lower and upper frequencies. Custom Search You can edit the 10 Custom Search ranges.
Click to select and enter the name, lower, and upper frequencies. Click to select and enter the other settings, or click twice not double-click to use the drop down menus and select. Close Call See also Close Call. Off - Close Call is turned off. CC Priority - Close Call checks for frequencies every two seconds. Tone Volume - Select the level or Auto master volume level. Pause Time - Sets how long the Close Call hit remains in the display. Close Call Bands Check to select each band.
WX Weather settings. Options WX Priority Turning the weather alert priority feature on allows the scanner to check the weather channels every 5 seconds for a Hz weather alert signal and still scan or search. If you should receive an alert, you will hear a loud warbling then the weather channel audio. On or Off Attenuator Sets the attenuator 20 dB for weather operation. On or Off Delay Sets the number of seconds the scanner should wait after a transmission stops before moving on to the next channel during weather scan.
Each alert contains information about the type and severity of the alert, as well as the specific geographic locations affected by the alert. For each SAME group , double-click to enter the name, and click to enter each code. Contents Tone-Out Your scanner can be set to respond to fire tone-outs, a system comprised of standardized two-tone sequential paging, short one-tone paging, and long group tone paging.
Fire-Tone-Out will monitor up to 32 different channels for paging tones two-tone sequential, single tone, and group tone. See also Fire Tone-Out. Click to select and enter the name and frequencies. Mouse over each number to see which Favorites List the key is assigned to. Discovery Allows you to setup your Discovery Sessions.
See also Discovery Mode. Click to select Conventional or Trunked Discovery. Click to select and enter the name. Click on the Import Discover Log button in the log viewer window. Expand the collection in the left pane and click a run to view.
The Options button will let you change the ID format and Location format. The drop-down menu will let you select Summary or Detailed information. Select a recording and press the play button to listen.
Opening Message Allows you four lines to text and show when the scanner powers on. Dimmer Sets the Dimmer. Squelch Light Determines how the backlight acts with squelch. Off - The backlight stays off when the squelch opens. Open Squelch - The backlight stays on only when the squelch is open. Keypress Light Infinite - The backlight stays on when any key is pressed.
Backlight Timer BCDHP only This allows you to reverse the display so you can mount the scanner upside-down and hear the speaker from the top.
Infinite - The backlight always stays on. Since all of the step and modulation settings default to Auto, this allows you to skip those settings when programming. See also Band Defaults. Click to select and enter the settings, or click twice not double-click to use the drop down menus and select. DND - The scanner checks Priority channels only when not receiving other conventional channels. Priority - The scanner checks conventional priority channels. Priority Interval Time This sets in seconds how often the scanner will check the priority channels.
If there are more priority channels than the value you select, the channels are divided into more than one group and the scanner scans each group in turn. Example: If you set the maximum channels to 20 and there are priority channels, the scanner checks those channels in groups of 20 and takes a total of 5 intervals to complete the priority scan. On or Off Key Beep Allows you to turn the key beep on or off and adjust the volume level. Auto sets the alert beep to the master volume level.
You can set how long a period Replay records for instant playback. This period can range from 30 seconds to seconds 4 minutes or off. While you can replay that recording immediately and continue replaying it, you cannot save it for future listening. See also Replay Options Off , 30 , 60 , 90 , , , , , or sec. This allows you to program, review, and delete IFX frequencies. Check or uncheck 'Monitor Full Database'. Custom 1 is needed for miscellaneous channels.
Click the Scanner menu and select Write to Scanner. Use the write options to erase your favorites lists or update the database in you scanner if desired. Select the microSD card in the scanner if you have more than one and click OK. The software will ask you to replace any Favorites List that is different in the scanner. Click the Scanner menu and select Read from Scanner. Select the microSD card for the scanner if you have more than one and click OK.
The software will ask you to replace any Favorites List that is different in the software. It's also a good idea to backup the data on the microSD card to your computer in case you have to reformat it.
Scan Mode, Nothing to Scan: 1. Make sure you Set Your Location to scan the Database. Make sure Service Types are enabled for the Channels you want to hear. Make sure you have locations programmed if Use Location Control is On.
Make sure longitude and latitude are N and W for N America. All Channels out of Range: 1. Increase your range. Change your location. Scanning Interrupted: 1. Turn off Priority Scan. Change Priority Interval. Turn off Close Call Priority. Turn off Weather Priority. Set Channel Delay longer. Set positive Channel Delay. Removing the Micro SD Card. Reformatting the Micro SD Card. Entering IDs. These are the acceptable entry formats for IDs. Partial IDs can also be Avoided.
Partial IDs cannot be used with decimal formats. System Type. TGID Format. Hexadecimal Format. The Sentinel Software allows you to manage your profiles, Favorites Lists, the database, and firmware updates. The first thing you want to do is select the scanner you will be working with to give you the correct options as the software is also used for the BCD-X36HP models.
Uniden will release firmware updates to improve functionality, add new features, or address issues found with the existing firmware.
It might be a good idea to just load up the database to start with, to get a feel for the scanner and how it operates, then come back and start creating Favorites Lists. New Favorites List. Edit Favorites List. Edit System. New Department. Edit Department. A profile contains all your configuration settings as well as all of your Favorites Lists, Avoids, and system settings.
Last updated October 30, Last Updated October 30, Under construction Understanding the Memory. Edit Departments. Favorites Lists. Append Department to Favorites List. Department Location. Delete Department. Trunking Sites. Edit Sites. Installing the Sentinel Software. Sentinel Menus and Toolbars. Planning Favorites Lists. Creating a Favorites List from the Database.
Edit Channels. Add Channels On Range Append Channel to Favorites List. Avoiding Systems, Departments, Sites, and Channels. Delete Channel. Editing Tips. Edit Favorites Lists. Managing Profiles. Profile Tabs. Append to Favorites List. Scan Selection. Location Control. Service Types. HxGN OnCall Dispatch Dashboard keeps control room staff and managers aware of live operations and developing trends without the costs or delays associated with developing, deploying, and maintaining custom solutions.
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