[Scan-DC] Analog Virginia State Police transmission on 700 MHz

[John Wilson]

   The max auto store bug you referenced also applies to the search and 
store setup option as I discovered the hard way.  The manual is 
incorrect when it states that a maximum, I think, of 256 frequencies can 
be stored.  If "256" is entered an error message displays to the effect 
that no more frequencies are available.  I spent 3 hours on the phone 
with tech help on this situation and the tech help guy kept getting the 
same error message as I did.  Eventually on a return call I was advised 
to enter a value less than "256" that the user's manual was in error.  
Ok, then why doesn't Uniden have a known errors section on its website 
for the various scanner models instead of having various users 
experience the situation and call tech help?  I recommended to the tech 
help guy at least they have a common reference document in the tech help 
office of known problems that could quickly checked by technicians.   I  
would have thought that this error would have been detected in beta 
testing but it wasn't.  Later on a Radio Reference user forum I 
discovered this error had been experienced, posted and discussed.

D.R. Watkins III wrote:

>Andy, I haven't confirmed this with the 996, but the 396 has a CC decode
>bug.  If you program CC hits to search for the CTCSS tone, then it will not
>automagically decode digital.  However, once you turn the CC Search for
>CTCSS off (which I **think** is the default), digital transmissions will
>automagically be decoded if set to auto.  Also, concerning the CC hits,
>there is another bug (again, I can confirm it for the 396, but never tried
>it on the 996).  If you maxed out the auto store value, it would not auto
>store... hmmm.  Anyway, I keep the 396 and 996, set to 250 for auto store.
>This way I don't worry about the bug.  Finally, concerning CC hits.  If you
>have them set to auto store, or you are storing them upon reception, they go
>into their own "Close Call" system.
> 
>Dewey
>
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>From: Andrew Clegg [mailto:w4jecom at w4je.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 19:55
>To: John Wilson
>Cc: D.R. Watkins III; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Analog Virginia State Police transmission on 700 MHz
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>Unfortunately, the 996T does not appear to save the 10 auto-stored
>close-call hits when the scanner is turned off, so I cannot retrieve the
>frequency. Also, I played a little with the digital reception tonight. I can
>get it to decode P25 if I program a channel and specifically tell it that it
>is digital, but in search mode, I can't get the radio to automatically
>decode digital when it stops on a (known) P25 channel. So now I wonder if
>the radio does in fact automatically decode digital in Close Call mode.
>Although the manual is very long, it seems to be short on details of exactly
>when it decodes digital. If anyone knows how to make the radio automatically
>detect and decode digital in search (or Close Call) mode, I would be most
>appreciative to know. I have looked through the menus very thoroughly and
>haven't found this option. Perhaps I should visit the 996T Yahoo group?
> 
>Cheers,
>Andy
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