Thanks! My BCT15X is coming in about a week. I am retiring my Radio Shack 2006 which is 29 years old! I realized that this was a totally new system and I wanted to do some homework before it gets here. Your video is really great. I am starting to understand how the new system works. This is the third time I have played it for my memory challenged 81 year old brain! My gosh, it is starting to sink in! 😀
One observation I've made that works well for me... When naming something, it's easier to start from nothing, than to change what's there. When you get to the default name, press the decimal/No "." twice and it will clear what's in there. Then you start from scratch and it will always start from previous character when you go to the next character position. YMMV, but my brain just works faster under those circumstances.
Im I'm trying to program this exact same scanner and your videos very helpful but how do you go about finding the dcs code on your video it was 054 I haven't been able to find anything about how to find that number, can u help?
8:43 How did you know that the channel was DCS instead of CTCSS, and where did you get the channel code? I've found the frequencies for my county, but this is my first scanner in years so I'm still learning the basics. I've read the definitions for each acronym but I'm not sure how to find the right information. My last scanner was a Radio Shack model from 2000 or so and I had help programming it. I will say however, it always caught every EMS and fire call in our county.
Excellent video! I ignored all the comments about difficulty to program and lack of manual, being an arrogant ham radio guy "I can program anything" Boy was I wrong - video is easy to follow. Thank you!
Hello sir! I’m reprogramming my BCT15X and using your video to do so. Low and behold I find out you are in Visalia, Ca! I just moved to Porterville 2 weeks ago. Your video is very thorough and I applaud that. It’s wild to me that you are local to my area. Thank you for the excellent how to.
very well made video i have ordered this scanner from amazon you make programming conventional channels very easy to understand and because everyone around me use analog i have watched your video a few times and it looks like it will be very easy for me to program this scanner by hand
I dont kow what some of these codes are your mentioning .... Ctss 1 ? Is this only in california ? I live in. S. W. Michigan . All i do with my other scanner is put in the frequency and it isnt necessary to enter this ceet 1 or whatever your doing . I cant just enter frequencies ?
Thanks again! My BCT15X got delivered today and it was amazing to see that there was no quick setup manual, zip, nada! I mean NOTHING. Well, I got it setup OK on my desk and then used your videos to start programming it. Thank the powers that be that your videos were there! I continually paused and backed up so that I was able to program a few items. Without your video helping me I would have landed in the funny farm! Tomorrow will be a fun day getting more channels programmed. Thanks loads, you are the man!
Thanks a lot for posting. I haven't been able to listen to most of my hometown PD frequencies with my analog scanners. So I'm acquiring this UNIDEN BCT15X. I noticed the communications gear inside the patrol cars are Motorola, so I assume they moved to trunking. Problem is that I abhor having to deal with programming. But thanks to your videos I may overcome this rejection and maybe even put my SDR receiver to better use.
Finally! A man of my own age who shows how it's done! I have a 996T which I just bought from a ham buddy. Just today, I read the 154 page instruction booklet TWICE and still haven''t learned in words I understand [plain English] how to access the reprogrammed frequencies. I did manage to noodle out how to find and hear(!) my local NWS station. Is it safe for me to assume that much of the "conventional" frequency programming steps [for me mostly Cal-Fire, USFS, etc] are close/identical to the steps you are showing in this BCT15X video? Thank you for sharing this invaluable information with this "technically challenged" senior!
Hey man, real good video. It was simple, yet very helpful at pulling back the "veil of confusion" that I seem to come up against when messing with my new toy (scanner).
Excellent video, but like others have asked (and I don't see answers) how do I know if freq is CTCSS or DCS? I don't see it anywhere on radio reference.
Wel , This video was from 8 years ago ,a lots of the chanels now had changed ! Now more harder to find it on this scanner , like mine ! Do you have an update for the current yr ?
Great video here, I've got a Trunk Tracker IV, but just picked up the III, wanted to put it in my truck. I use ProScan for my programing and was able to get all my freqs entered but it always came back wanting to show me Alabama.
Right at the beginning you pushed the button to stop it from automatically scanning which stated it was picking up a sheriff's department in Alabama which I took as the state of Alabama and you then stated that you're going to program it because you live in California. My question were you picking up Alabama sheriff's department of some county or was it a local county in California named Alabama which I seriously doubt cuz I can't find it
Very nice tutorial video, just got mine and definitely would be helpful for me, few questions I have is how far do you have your antenna from the scanner? Is it indoor or outside? And what kind of software can I use to connect it with the computer? Thank you in advance.
Hello , Just got my BCT15X , looking from this video was posted 8 yrs ago , so , i stil can get frequencies in it ? got this yesterday ! watching your videos ,was a lots os steps insted just put the frequencie and done with it ! I live in Virginia Beach ,VA Help !!!!!
Your video just happened to pop up on my TH-cam. What software are you using for programming? I've got the same scanner, but lost the computer in a house fire a couple of years ago. Having a hard time trying to find new software.
I just watched your video for the BCT15X, it was very helpful. My question is this, now that Im scanning, it is scanning frequencies from 25.000 to 27.9000 and I dont know why or how to delete those channels. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Hey man we just purchased this scanner last week. Your video was so helpful in getting it set up. Excellent detailed video. We have been programming in a lot of frequencies. Would you be able to answer a couple questions for us? Thanks!
I just tried to program my BCT15X conventional following your video. When I press scan the message is "nothing to scan". Does the cable need to be connected to a computer for manual programing.
My BCT15X backlight blinks intermittently whether scanning or on an active channel, have you had this happen or know what the solution is to keep the backlight ON all the time (no blinking, flashing, etc.) - this is not an "alert" flash or anything to do with a setting as far as I can tell, it just blinks! Sound is not affected. Any help will be appreciated!
Is there some kind of diagram for this? This unit is hugely confusing. Channels vs groups vs services...I've said for ages on forums, that there are no scanner operator instructions. The documentation on these is absolutely horrible and I've told Uniden about this. They don't get it.
I have the BC785D and for +20 Years it has been working Even after I accidently Broke the Volume Knob --- it still works. On Ebay the $price is Way Too Much. I bought mine from Ham Radio Outlet from Used sales.
Would you be able to help me. I have the bct15x scanner. I want to scan conventional channels and if my FD gets dispatched I want the scanner to sound off a page alert. I have the Fd tones plugged in and when I hit scan the pager part never happens while in a scan mode. I do here the tones and the dispatch but no alert. What might I be doing wrong. I can't seem to find anyplace to help me with this problem. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
+222Dargent I haven't looked into the page alert yet but it sounds like something worth doing. Let me ask you a question because I don't know what your understanding is, and I don't mean to be insulting but can you tell me when you mention TONES, are you thinking about CTCSS tones or Motorola 2-tones like on the list found on the following link? www.genave.com/mot_quick_call_2.htm
+The Erod1944 Channel I would say I am above average in knowledge. Just not with this scanner. I am referring to the motorola 2 tone fire tone out with this scanner. Although I may have found my problem. In the settings of the fire tone out I had the volume of the 2 tone page set on 0. I have changed this to 6 and I am now just waiting for my Fd to get a call to see if this fixes my problem. In general with this scanner, When it is scanning conventional frequencies and it receives a motorola 2 tone it should set the alert on the scanner to go off? Am I thinking correctly? So saying I have everything set up correctly. Thanks Dargent222@gmail.com
OK. That's all I need to know. I'm presently fooling around with the 2-tone alarm thing on my BCT-15X and expect to figure it out. It's an interesting problem and after working with the scanner last night, I've got it alarming -tone & flash - on incoming 2-tone pages. I just don't know exactly why yet. I'm not sure yet it the unit will alarm to 2-tone detection in the SCAN MODE or if it has to stay in that TONE-OUT mode looking for 1 of the 10 tone selections (on a single RF Frequency) to arrive. If you get it working on a REGULAR SCAN MODE let me know. I plan to make a video as soon as I'm confident that I understand all the qualities of the TONE-OUT thing..
+222Dargent You may have this link already. It seems to explain the Fire Tone-Out function in more detail than Marksscanners.com or the Uniden Manual. wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Fire_Tone_Out
+The Erod1944 Channel Thank you for the help. I did figure out my question. While in the scan mode listening to all your different conventional frequency channels you can NOT get the Fire Tone Out Page to work. You will hear the tone and the dispatch but will not be alerted. If you want to be alerted you have to be in the Tone Out Standby mode only. Again Thank you for the helpful websites.
THE MEANING OF THE DCS CODES: Most 2-way radios as well as transmitting and receiving voice also transmit a digitized code which you can't hear. The code read by the radio and if correct will turn on a switch to allow audio to hit your speaker. If there is no code or a wrong code on the signal you are receiving (or in your radio) then you won't get any receive audio. For example; If your buddy has his radio set for DCS code 205 on a given frequency then your radio must also be set for DCS 205 on that same frequency (transmit and receive) in order for you to hear his calls. The same goes for him. He must have DCS 205 set transmit and receive. There is however an option where you and your buddy decide to not use a DCS code. The condition called Carrier Squelch. In that condition, no matter what comes in on your frequency (including noise & weirdo radio ops) will be heard out of your speaker. No code is transmitted from the radio. CTCSS (also called PL) operates identically to DCS except a series of low frequency tones are used to activate the speaker switch ie; 107.2 Hz, 100 Hz and so on rather than digital codes. You would use DCS OR CTCSS but not both. I need to know if you're using Freescan software or trying to program the radio from the radio panel to answer the rest of your question.
Thanks for your reply and time. I finally figured it out. I programmed 6 quick keys and works great. Although, the control channels don't work. I just deleted them because I am not sure how to use them. Or if I am able to use them on this radio. If I could I would love to see a video on it. Or if you have seen a link. I can't find one. Thanks again.
This may be a little late for your project however, here's a Quick Key instructional video for the Uniden BCD996P2 scanne. The process is the same on the BCT15X th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=kd9SmnXAqWQ
+MoToLoVeR95 When you get to the spot on the channel programming where you enter the CTCSS or DCS codes, look for the SEARCH OPTION. It will appear in both the FreeScan and Manual programming processes. If you select SEARCH rather than CTCSS or DCS, inputs, the information you're looking for will appear on your screen in the SCAN/SEARCH mode when the channel becomes active. Something like c123.0 or dcs054 will appear and that's what you're looking for on that particular channel. At that point you have to go back into the programming mode and switch your SEARCH input to CTCSS or DCS according to what you see on the screen. In Freescan, the SEARCH option is down the drop-down menu between CTCSS tones and DCS Codes. Some channels, particularly in the Ham Bands may not have transmit CTCSS or DCS and will not put a reading on your scanner screen. Let me know if that works for you.
If you go to radio reference and then look at the input under where it says “tone” it will say either PL or DPL. For example if you pause the video at 3:24 you will see lots of frequencies listed. Those that list a PL under “Tone” are CTCSS. DPL is a DCS
One way is to Reset the Scanner to it's "new condition". To do that while the scanner is off, press 2, 9 and Hold simultaneously and turn the scanner on. It'll go through some "reset stuff" and come back to life as if it was "new out of the box". You can also delete by deleting Systems in the manual programming mode. With the Free "Freescan" software from radioreference.com you can easily delete the channels via a computer.
Thanks! My BCT15X is coming in about a week. I am retiring my Radio Shack 2006 which is 29 years old! I realized that this was a totally new system and I wanted to do some homework before it gets here. Your video is really great. I am starting to understand how the new system works. This is the third time I have played it for my memory challenged 81 year old brain! My gosh, it is starting to sink in! 😀
One observation I've made that works well for me... When naming something, it's easier to start from nothing, than to change what's there. When you get to the default name, press the decimal/No "." twice and it will clear what's in there. Then you start from scratch and it will always start from previous character when you go to the next character position. YMMV, but my brain just works faster under those circumstances.
Im I'm trying to program this exact same scanner and your videos very helpful but how do you go about finding the dcs code on your video it was 054 I haven't been able to find anything about how to find that number, can u help?
Amazing Sir!!! You just transformed my scanner from an expensive paperweight to something useful:)
8:43 How did you know that the channel was DCS instead of CTCSS, and where did you get the channel code?
I've found the frequencies for my county, but this is my first scanner in years so I'm still learning the basics. I've read the definitions for each acronym but I'm not sure how to find the right information. My last scanner was a Radio Shack model from 2000 or so and I had help programming it. I will say however, it always caught every EMS and fire call in our county.
Just purchase this device and found your programming video a life saver. Thank you!!
Thanks ! I forgot how to program a couple of functions myself and went back to my video for training. My life was saved as well - LOL......
How did you install it in your car and how did you install the antenna
Excellent video! I ignored all the comments about difficulty to program and lack of manual, being an arrogant ham radio guy "I can program anything" Boy was I wrong - video is easy to follow. Thank you!
Hello sir! I’m reprogramming my BCT15X and using your video to do so. Low and behold I find out you are in Visalia, Ca! I just moved to Porterville 2 weeks ago. Your video is very thorough and I applaud that. It’s wild to me that you are local to my area. Thank you for the excellent how to.
very well made video i have ordered this scanner from amazon you make programming conventional channels very easy to understand and because everyone around me use analog i have watched your video a few times and it looks like it will be very easy for me to program this scanner by hand
How do you find if it is CTCSS or DCS, and the code? I'm trying to program this with pretty much the knowledge of a bug.
I dont kow what some of these codes are your mentioning ....
Ctss 1 ?
Is this only in california ?
I live in. S. W. Michigan .
All i do with my other scanner is put in the frequency and it isnt necessary to enter this ceet 1 or whatever your doing .
I cant just enter frequencies ?
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to show us all how it's done!
Thanks I got my SCT15XL to work again. Had to factory reset then reprogram it
Thanks again!
My BCT15X got delivered today and it was amazing to see that there was no quick setup manual, zip, nada! I mean NOTHING. Well, I got it setup OK on my desk and then used your videos to start programming it. Thank the powers that be that your videos were there! I continually paused and backed up so that I was able to program a few items. Without your video helping me I would have landed in the funny farm! Tomorrow will be a fun day getting more channels programmed.
Thanks loads, you are the man!
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Thanks a lot for posting. I haven't been able to listen to most of my hometown PD frequencies with my analog scanners. So I'm acquiring this UNIDEN BCT15X. I noticed the communications gear inside the patrol cars are Motorola, so I assume they moved to trunking. Problem is that I abhor having to deal with programming. But thanks to your videos I may overcome this rejection and maybe even put my SDR receiver to better use.
Excellent video thank you! No way in hell I would have figured this out without your help.
Finally! A man of my own age who shows how it's done!
I have a 996T which I just bought from a ham buddy. Just today, I read the 154 page instruction booklet TWICE and still haven''t learned in words I understand [plain English] how to access the reprogrammed frequencies. I did manage to noodle out how to find and hear(!) my local NWS station.
Is it safe for me to assume that much of the "conventional" frequency programming steps [for me mostly Cal-Fire, USFS, etc] are close/identical to the steps you are showing in this BCT15X video?
Thank you for sharing this invaluable information with this "technically challenged" senior!
Yes. Conventional Programming is the same on both scanners. Sorry about being 7 months late !
you can down load the maunnal that is easy
Great Video. Helped a lot, especially since I am a complete newbie to all things associated with Police Scanners
Excellent video and it has helped me out tremendously as I was lost. But now I have a much clearer sense of what to do to get me on the correct path.
Hey man, real good video. It was simple, yet very helpful at pulling back the "veil of confusion" that I seem to come up against when messing with my new toy (scanner).
How do you find out the ctcss
Excellent video, but like others have asked (and I don't see answers) how do I know if freq is CTCSS or DCS? I don't see it anywhere on radio reference.
Wel , This video was from 8 years ago ,a lots of the chanels now had changed ! Now more harder to find it on this scanner , like mine ! Do you have an update for the current yr ?
Great video here, I've got a Trunk Tracker IV, but just picked up the III, wanted to put it in my truck. I use ProScan for my programing and was able to get all my freqs entered but it always came back wanting to show me Alabama.
Thank you my friend! Hope you're around when I goof this up!
Thanks for the great video ...If only you were closer i would pay you to program mine . { OHIO }
I have the Uniden BC246T, it works a lot like yours does.
Cool video, good info
Right at the beginning you pushed the button to stop it from automatically scanning which stated it was picking up a sheriff's department in Alabama which I took as the state of Alabama and you then stated that you're going to program it because you live in California. My question were you picking up Alabama sheriff's department of some county or was it a local county in California named Alabama which I seriously doubt cuz I can't find it
Very nice tutorial video, just got mine and definitely would be helpful for me, few questions I have is how far do you have your antenna from the scanner? Is it indoor or outside? And what kind of software can I use to connect it with the computer? Thank you in advance.
Hello , Just got my BCT15X , looking from this video was posted 8 yrs ago , so , i stil can get frequencies in it ? got this yesterday ! watching your videos ,was a lots os steps insted just put the frequencie and done with it ! I live in Virginia Beach ,VA Help !!!!!
Your video just happened to pop up on my TH-cam.
What software are you using for programming? I've got the same scanner, but lost the computer in a house fire a couple of years ago. Having a hard time trying to find new software.
I just watched your video for the BCT15X, it was very helpful. My question is this, now that Im scanning, it is scanning frequencies from 25.000 to 27.9000 and I dont know why or how to delete those channels. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Where do you get info on if it’s a ctcss or dcs?
Hey man we just purchased this scanner last week. Your video was so helpful in getting it set up. Excellent detailed video. We have been programming in a lot of frequencies. Would you be able to answer a couple questions for us? Thanks!
great video i will keep it as a referance
Excellent instruction! Thanks!!
I just got this scanner,this helps me out by program This scanner.
Fantastic you know what ur doing I couldnt get it on the dvd that came with the new scanner
Thank you! It made it very easy to understand.
Can you combine conventional Systems with trunked systems and scan them both?
Hello there can you please show how to scan from say the start of civil air band to the end , With out putting every channel into your radio thanks .
Thank you ,it sure helped me out big time 👍🗽🇺🇸
Very helpful thanks a lot.👍
I’ve been a RadioShack/ whistler scanner guy and I find Uniden is hard to operate especially when mobile. I do have the BCT15 and 15X at home.
Bless Programmed the scanner as instructed; however, I can’t get my third system to scan unless I delete the other 3 systems. HELP
Thanks my friend for doing this helped me out alot
Thank you, this was very helpful!
I just tried to program my BCT15X conventional following your video. When I press scan the message is "nothing to scan". Does the cable need to be connected to a computer for manual programing.
My BCT15X backlight blinks intermittently whether scanning or on an active channel, have you had this happen or know what the solution is to keep the backlight ON all the time (no blinking, flashing, etc.) - this is not an "alert" flash or anything to do with a setting as far as I can tell, it just blinks! Sound is not affected. Any help will be appreciated!
Well done. Thanks!
Is it a digital scanner or analog? Thanks
Did you replace the antenna? Or were you pulling good signals with the stock antenna?
I'm confused about quick key for this scanner when I useing free scan
my scanner just got into FMB mode and I cant figure out how to get it out and back to scanning my channels Can you help ???
Is there some kind of diagram for this? This unit is hugely confusing. Channels vs groups vs services...I've said for ages on forums, that there are no scanner operator instructions. The documentation on these is absolutely horrible and I've told Uniden about this. They don't get it.
Nice video can you scan gmrs on this scanner ?
What’ does the attenuator and modulation do
Awesome video
Very helpful👍 thank you very much
Why add names ?
After i heer an address i know which county and area they mentioned ... ??
Can you please make a film about adding more than one frequencies to the same group and how to deliete there mistakes
I'm on ctcss/dcs step how do I know what the freq is
How do I actually just scan my area?
Can I use proscan and how
Can it be left in scan mode ,? I'm a trucker and am always on the move.
Thanks I'm going to watch this video 100 time's till I can do the same 👍
How do you get the alert light to come on?
ANYBODY ?????? WHERE DO YOU FIND WHETHER IT IS A DCS OR CTCSS AND WHERE DO YOU FIND THE CODE HE TALKS ABOUT AT 8:55 ?
I got the frq# but the DCT stuff where do you get all that at
Hi
What kind of USB cable are you using ? Where can I get one?
Lmao Visalia California how funny I went to Golden West high School class of '98
How do you find the narrow band NFM
I'm having troubles getting the thired frequency entered in under the group one can any one help
Is it the same process for EDACS?
how do you find if its a ctcss or dcs and if it is a dcs how do you know what code to use?
I have the BC785D and for +20 Years it has been working Even after I accidently Broke the Volume Knob --- it still works. On Ebay the $price is Way Too Much. I bought mine from Ham Radio Outlet from Used sales.
Would you be able to help me. I have the bct15x scanner. I want to scan conventional channels and if my FD gets dispatched I want the scanner to sound off a page alert. I have the Fd tones plugged in and when I hit scan the pager part never happens while in a scan mode. I do here the tones and the dispatch but no alert. What might I be doing wrong. I can't seem to find anyplace to help me with this problem. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
+222Dargent I haven't looked into the page alert yet but it sounds like something worth doing.
Let me ask you a question because I don't know what your understanding is, and I don't mean to be insulting but can you tell me when you mention TONES, are you thinking about CTCSS tones or Motorola 2-tones like on the list found on the following link?
www.genave.com/mot_quick_call_2.htm
+The Erod1944 Channel
I would say I am above average in knowledge. Just not with this scanner. I am referring to the motorola 2 tone fire tone out with this scanner. Although I may have found my problem. In the settings of the fire tone out I had the volume of the 2 tone page set on 0. I have changed this to 6 and I am now just waiting for my Fd to get a call to see if this fixes my problem. In general with this scanner, When it is scanning conventional frequencies and it receives a motorola 2 tone it should set the alert on the scanner to go off? Am I thinking correctly? So saying I have everything set up correctly. Thanks Dargent222@gmail.com
OK. That's all I need to know.
I'm presently fooling around with the 2-tone alarm thing on my BCT-15X and expect to figure it out. It's an interesting problem and after working with the scanner last night, I've got it alarming -tone & flash - on incoming 2-tone pages. I just don't know exactly why yet.
I'm not sure yet it the unit will alarm to 2-tone detection in the SCAN MODE or if it has to stay in that TONE-OUT mode looking for 1 of the 10 tone selections (on a single RF Frequency) to arrive.
If you get it working on a REGULAR SCAN MODE let me know. I plan to make a video as soon as I'm confident that I understand all the qualities of the TONE-OUT thing..
+222Dargent You may have this link already.
It seems to explain the Fire Tone-Out function in more detail than Marksscanners.com or the Uniden Manual.
wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Fire_Tone_Out
+The Erod1944 Channel Thank you for the help. I did figure out my question. While in the scan mode listening to all your different conventional frequency channels you can NOT get the Fire Tone Out Page to work. You will hear the tone and the dispatch but will not be alerted. If you want to be alerted you have to be in the Tone Out Standby mode only. Again Thank you for the helpful websites.
You lost me on the code?? After setting DCS it gives you a selection of numbers. What do they mean and how to refer them to each channel. Thanks.
THE MEANING OF THE DCS CODES: Most 2-way radios as well as transmitting and receiving voice also transmit a digitized code which you can't hear. The code read by the radio and if correct will turn on a switch to allow audio to hit your speaker.
If there is no code or a wrong code on the signal you are receiving (or in your radio) then you won't get any receive audio. For example; If your buddy has his radio set for DCS code 205 on a given frequency then your radio must also be set for DCS 205 on that same frequency (transmit and receive) in order for you to hear his calls. The same goes for him. He must have DCS 205 set transmit and receive.
There is however an option where you and your buddy decide to not use a DCS code. The condition called Carrier Squelch. In that condition, no matter what comes in on your frequency (including noise & weirdo radio ops) will be heard out of your speaker. No code is transmitted from the radio.
CTCSS (also called PL) operates identically to DCS except a series of low frequency tones are used to activate the speaker switch ie; 107.2 Hz, 100 Hz and so on rather than digital codes.
You would use DCS OR CTCSS but not both.
I need to know if you're using Freescan software or trying to program the radio from the radio panel to answer the rest of your question.
Thanks for your reply and time. I finally figured it out. I programmed 6 quick keys and works great. Although, the control channels don't work. I just deleted them because I am not sure how to use them. Or if I am able to use them on this radio. If I could I would love to see a video on it. Or if you have seen a link. I can't find one. Thanks again.
This may be a little late for your project however, here's a Quick Key instructional video for the Uniden BCD996P2 scanne.
The process is the same on the BCT15X
th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=kd9SmnXAqWQ
Very helpful…..👍
how do you know whether it is a dcs channel or a ctss channel and what the code is?
+MoToLoVeR95 When you get to the spot on the channel programming where you enter the CTCSS or DCS codes, look for the SEARCH OPTION. It will appear in both the FreeScan and Manual programming processes. If you select SEARCH rather than CTCSS or DCS, inputs, the information you're looking for will appear on your screen in the SCAN/SEARCH mode when the channel becomes active. Something like c123.0 or dcs054 will appear and that's what you're looking for on that particular channel.
At that point you have to go back into the programming mode and switch your SEARCH input to CTCSS or DCS according to what you see on the screen. In Freescan, the SEARCH option is down the drop-down menu between CTCSS tones and DCS Codes.
Some channels, particularly in the Ham Bands may not have transmit CTCSS or DCS and will not put a reading on your scanner screen.
Let me know if that works for you.
+The Erod1944 Channel ok thank you so much i really appreciate i will try tommorow and see if it works! thanks again!
anyone know if this would work for modern day police radios?
How do you know if it's ctcss or dcs
This video is about the BCD996P2 scanner however your BCT-15X works the same at this level.
th-cam.com/video/t1ntQBRmOBo/w-d-xo.html
If you go to radio reference and then look at the input under where it says “tone” it will say either PL or DPL. For example if you pause the video at 3:24 you will see lots of frequencies listed. Those that list a PL under “Tone” are CTCSS. DPL is a DCS
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Scanner program
How can i delete a channel, to take it off?
+Dougy P. It was easier to make a quick video than type out the steps so here's the Delete A Channel Video
th-cam.com/video/rK02-CunnVg/w-d-xo.html
How do I delete all my channels on mine? Does anyone know?
One way is to Reset the Scanner to it's "new condition".
To do that while the scanner is off, press 2, 9 and Hold simultaneously and turn the scanner on. It'll go through some "reset stuff" and come back to life as if it was "new out of the box".
You can also delete by deleting Systems in the manual programming mode.
With the Free "Freescan" software from radioreference.com you can easily delete the channels via a computer.
How to make unlock?
How to make unlock all channels ???
Very very very helpful. Thank you much!
How do you find the ctcss?
I'm looking for away to reset mine to factory defaults. And I cant find anything does anyone know how to do this?
How to make unlock all channels ???
How to make unlock all channels ???
How to make unlock all channels ???
How to make unlock all channels ???
How to make unlock all channels ???