| | |  | Computer Accessories | Home » » » » 2500-Channel Mobile Trunking Scanner With GPS Support | | | | | | | Description: | | 2500 dynamically allocated channels. Up to 400 systems. 100 system quick keys with 10-channel group quick keys per system. TrunkTracker III: EDACS, Motorola, E.F. Johnson. BearTracker Warning System: Alerts user to activity on Highway Patrol link frequencies. Close Call RF Capture Technology: Instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters. Temporary lockout. Dangerous crossing, road and POI alert. Public safety scanner. | | | Features: | |
• 2500 dynamically allocated channels
• Up to 400 systems
• 100 system quick keys with 10-channel group quick keys per system
• TrunkTracker III: EDACS, Motorola, E.F
• Johnson
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 13.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 7.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Best analog scanner on the marketFeb 21, 2009
Pros: solidly built (not cheap plastic), good audio, plenty of memory, excellent display, very sensitive.
Cons: Poorly written manual, included programming cable is serial instead of USB, no software included.
Other thoughts: Don't even think of programming this unit manually (Freescan works fine and costs nothing, just search the web for it). Programming and even using this scanner may present a bit of a learning curve for some, so be prepared to do some homework.
Bottom line: This is a great product that is a lot of fun to own.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Great scanner Worst than poor customer serviceMar 17, 2008
I just recently upgraded my 3 other uniden scanners. I really like the BCT15 but it is somewhat complicated. So of course I needed to buy the director software that makes programming easier thru your computer. The uniden web site I felt was misleading because what I ended up buying was a registration key... not software for $29 dollars. You have to download the software then use the key. Well to this day I have not been able to download it. (Vista) I emailed uniden customer support (which takes them 3 days to respond) so that game went on for awhile. I then was on the phone for over a hour trying for a refund! Which they will not do because they are not sure whether you did download or not! When customer service finally put a guy named Josh on the phone and he told me he would burn me a disk and send it out right away I was happy. The disk never came and they claim they know no Josh. Nightmare.... say the least!
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Uniden 2500-Channel Mobile ScannerOct 25, 2007
I have owned scanners for 30 years or more,by far this is the best.
This scanner has features that I cannot use here in Bermuda, but has many that I can.
Thank you Uniden for a fantastic scanner......
Henry Whitter
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Fantastic Scanner, But you need the Programming SoftwareSep 22, 2007
I purchased this scanner to replace my Radio Shack Pro-95 Trucking scanner. I have to say that the dynamic memory allocation protocol that this scanner uses is truly an innovation that has been needed for a long time in the world of scanners. For those that don't know what this is, this scanner doesn't use Channels and Banks like most other scanners. It instead divides the "Space" on the scanner up into whatever size chunks that you need to fit your local systems. What you create is Systems that are made up of whatever Groups of Frequencies you want. The only restriction is that you can only have one kind of frequencies in a system, Trucked or Conventional, and you can only have one trunk type in a system.
This might make perfect sense to you, but actually programming them into the scanner through the button interface on the front is a bit difficult. Most of the input is preformed with the large Button/Knob on the right side of the scanner. It works something like a computer mouse. You turn the knob to highlight your selection on the large display, and then you press in on the button to select the highlighted item. Since you can program in thousands of individual items you can imagine that this can be very tedious.
Uniden makes a software application that can be used to program the scanner by using your home computer and the supplied cable. There are also several others available that can also do the job. But here is why I only gave this scanner 3 stars, the Uniden software is an additional purchase. It's not that expensive, but after paying over $200 for a top end scanner you would at last think that a basic program to set it up would be available without an additional charge. I do have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised to see that the programming cable was included with the scanner.
The program is available through the Uniden site after you register the scanner on the site. But as far as programs go this is not something to shout about. It's very simple and only offers basic manual programming and remote monitoring. There are several programs on the internet for similar prices that do far more, not the least of which is automatically downloading frequency and trucking information that you can then upload to the scanner.
Even with this shortcoming, I would still recommend this scanner for someone that is serious about listening in on what's going on around them.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
I'm buying anotherSep 03, 2007
I've owned scanners for the last 30 years. This is by far the best one I've ever had. It's incredibly powerful. I purchased it for my home as I've got a handheld BCT-245 in my truck. It's reception is so much better than the BCT-245 I'm going to buy another one of these for my truck.
Don't try to manually program it. Get some software off the internet (I use ARC, which interfaces with an online site) and in just a few minutes you're all programmed and ready to go!
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