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Uniden BCD536HP HomePatrol Series Digital Phase 2 Base/Mobile Scanner with HPDB and Wi-Fi. Simple Programming, TrunkTracker V, S.A.M.E. Emergency/Weather Alert. Covers USA and Canada.

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Color: BCD536HP


Style: Base/Mobile Scanner


Features

  • The BCD536HP continues Uniden's tradition of leading innovation. Home Patrol Programming makes it the easiest-to-program mobile professional scanner we've ever made.
  • Plus, the Wi-Fi feature lets you use the exclusive Uniden Siren App on your smartphone or tablet to access your scanner from anywhere in your home or vehicle.
  • The 536HP digital Trunk Tracker V is the first full mobile/desktop unit that requires no user programming. Simply turn it on, enter your zip code and Trunk Tracker V does the rest.
  • This user friendly digital scanner will immediately begin receiving communications systems used by Public Safety, Police, Fire, EMS, Ambulance, Aircraft, Military, Weather, and more.
  • This functionality is made possible by combining the rich radio system database from Radio Reference with Uniden's patented radio system selection methods to correctly identify and monitor only nearby systems in the USA and Canada.
  • Scan by location allows you to set your location(s) by zip/postal code or GPS coordinates

Description

Troubleshooting : Scan Mode, Nothing to Scan 1. Make sure you Set Your Location to scan the Database. 2. Make sure Favorites Lists are enabled in Set Scan Selection. 3. Make sure Service Types are enabled for the Channels you want to hear. 4. Make sure you have locations programed if Use Location Control is On. 5. Make sure longitude and latitude are N and W (for N America). 6. Make sure Systems/Departments/Channels are not Avoided. 7. Make sure Favorites List/System quick key is enabled. 8. (Search with Scan) Make sure Troubleshooting Search with Scan is enabled in Select Lists to Monitor and the Search for Menu and for the Custom Search. With Scanning Interrupted 1. Turn off Priority Scan. Change Priority Interval. 2. Turn off Close Call Priority. 3. Turn off Weather Priority. 4. Set Channel Delay longer. 5. Set positive Channel Delay. All Channels Out of Range 1. Increase your range. 2. Turn Location Control off for the Favorites List.. Backlit Keypad & LCD. Simple-to-use Sentinel PC Software keep your scanner’s database and firmware up to date. Instant Replay – Plays back up to 240 seconds (4 minutes) of the most recent transmissions. Audio Recording – Capture transmissions for later playback.

Compatible Devices: Laptop, Desktop, Smartphone


Power Source: Corded Electric


Brand: Uniden


Connectivity Technology: USB Cable


Number of Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.


Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 3.23 x 8.5 inches


Item Weight: 3.49 pounds


Item model number: BCD536HP


Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: January 22, 2014


Department: Electronics


Manufacturer: Uniden


Country of Origin: Vietnam


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🚀 Abunda's Overview

This is our summary and key points to consider based on customer reviews.

The BCD536HP scanner is highly praised for its sensitivity, user-friendly interface, and solid build. Most users enjoy its functionalities and consider it worth the price. However, programming issues and the difficulty of keeping programs in memory have bugged some users. Software and firmware updates are said to tackle this issue. Other minor issues include potential LCD backlight dimming and clock battery problems.

Pros

  • 👍 Highly sensitive and robust.
  • 🌟 User-friendly with well-appointed controls.
  • 👏 Solid build and great audio quality.
  • 📦 Contains SD card for programming data.

Cons

  • 💡 Potential dimming of LCD backlight over time.
  • 💾 Programming and keeping channels in memory can be challenging.
  • 🔋 Clock battery may fail after a period of use.
  • 🐌 Scanning might be slow due to unnecessary channels.

Should I Buy It?

If you are seeking a solid, user-friendly scanner and are willing to overlook some minor issues, the BCD536HP scanner would be a good choice. Its positives seem to outweigh the negatives making this product a viable option to consider.

    • BEST SCANNER EVER!
Color: BCD536HP Style: Base/Mobile Scanner
Love this scanner. Put in your zip code and ready to go. Had a it a few months now. Is easy to update from PC. I just check the web site each week for the program and will update if needed. If shows an update, plug up and will update! Easy! The sound is awesome. Is like a person talking always so clear! It picks up everything! Love listening to airports, CB, Ham, GMRS, hit the close call button and you hear local radio and things close, it's there you name it, has it all ! I got a Tram 1410 outdoor antenna and it picks up 80 miles away! Airplanes farther! Don't ask how lol. Grab this while you can. You get what you pay for! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024 by S. Wilson
    • BCD536HP Works Great! Almost Too Plug and Play. Some assembly required!
Color: BCD536HP Style: Base/Mobile Scanner
Works Great:I have had this for 3 months without a glitch. If you need to listen to a Motorola or Harris P25 public safety system this is the best way to go for most people. Previously I was using a Motorola Spectra to listen to this system in analog mode (I have skills). But the county switched to P25 and shut me out. So this Christmas after a long delay I treated myself to a BCD536HP. Pros: Very sensitive receiver Receives analog and P25 digital and capable to upgrade the common digital modes Provoice and DMR at small cost. Small, well appointed controls, WiFi connectivity for Android and IOS. Powerful audio (when used with an external speaker) Easy to upgrade firmware and channels using Sentinel. Cons; You will have to get latest firmware and channels using Sentinel to get started. Not hard to do, it requires a PC and a USB cable (supplied). Ditch the internal speaker, plug in an external communications speaker 3 or 4 inch diameter. Getting Started Programming can be somewhat frustrating for the newbie. I am used to programming commercial LMR radios and understand all the parameters. So I would say I am "expert", however this experience turns out to be unneeded and perhaps misleads me. This radio is quite different in that Sentinel will download a fire hose full of nationwide channels. Your radio will require you to provide your Zip code (or connect optional GPS) and it will activate all the systems in a radius you provide. This will probably be way more than you need. The solution is to use Sentinel to create a Favorites List and use Quick Keys to activate only the channels or systems you wish. Otherwise you will spend a lot of time pressing the Avoid Button to ignore the dog catcher (no kidding). The database comes FREE from www.Radioreference.com Visit that site, the forums etc, and learn about the system you wish to monitor. Simulcast Systems You will hear a lot of favorable and unfavorable things about this receiver. The largest complaint is the reception of P25 simulcast systems. It is true that the scanners available today (Both Uniden and Whistler) use a "discriminator" to decode the P25 signal. This is not the best way to decode P25 in a simulcast system. The best way is a DSP receiver, and you can only obtain that by buying a Motorola, Harris radio (which you cannot legally program properly), a Pricey Unification Pager, or set up a software defined radio (for geeks). Personally my experience is that my radio works fine on my local simulcast system and I am in an overlap area. Occasionally the bit error rate is high and the audio garbles. P25 itself is not a perfect mode and you will find dispatchers and officers sound like the have marbles in their mouths. It is the nature of P25. If you have any concerns contact local users and ask them their experience with this scanner in your area. Encryption If your local agency uses encryption on some or all of their talk groups you will NOT be able to decode them. The radio lacks an encryption card and even if equipped you would NEVER be able to obtain the lengthy 256 bit key. It would be illegal as well. If I haven't scared you off, you will be very pleased after you get it up and running. Uniden also makes a portable version of this radio, the BCD436HP. I bought the mobile/base version as then I do not have to worry about batteries and the BCD536HP has better shielding and so receives with less noise. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2017 by MaryinOviedo
    • If it isn't encrypted, this scanner can hear it! Multi-color Alert "Ring" LED feature is cool, too.
Color: BCD536HP Style: Base/Mobile Scanner
If you're familiar with the menu system on Uniden/Bearcat scanners over the past 10 years, you will not have to relearn everything from scratch with this unit. I love the extra long lines of text that can be used for naming Systems, Sites, Departments, and individual channels/talkgroups. There is an extra layer of complexity introduced with the Favorites feature which can make enabling/disabling groups of channels with just the numpad+.+E keys a tricky mess, but the Favorites feature itself is cool. A Favorite is like an entire set of systems/groups/channels in a scanner grouped into a bucket, where you can now have multiple of those named buckets to enable/disable at will, like "Local Only", "Vacation Spot", "Imported from RadioRef", "I Love Railroads!," etc. Having those Favorites saved to the included SD card is cool, as well as the HomePatrol feature of preloaded sets of systems across the entire US and Canada, scannable and selectable by Lat/Long. The USB dongle is included, and the Uniden Sentinel software is free for updating the firmware and the SD Card's national database. I have been using BuTel's ARC software with prior Uniden scanners, and there is a version for this scanner too. There is a useful multi-color "ring LED" that can be lit for specific types of services or individual channels; note that you'll never see it light up if you only ever scan with the built-in national database. When I programmed channels I set it to light up blue for Police, red for Fire/EMS, green for Public Works, and more for other services. I set it to flash for my hometown's channels, which is easily visible from across a room. I also tried out Uniden's Siren app on Android to listen to the scanner remotely within my house through WiFi, which is a cool concept but a bit buggy right now; occasionally the app gets "stuck" or stops streaming audio even though the system/site/channel continues to follow along in realtime. The app cannot handle higher-latency network connections, so if you connect to your scanner from outside your home through a VPN, the app will show system/site/channel but will not stream any audio. There is a purchasable, third-party Windows desktop app that can do this called ProScan; there may be others. For a relatively small receiver this thing is heavy! I like that it has a 13.8VDC input for the AC Adapter, and a 3-pin 13.8VDC jack commonly used for mobile receivers. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018 by Philip S.

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