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A Uniden update in case you guys haven't seen this yet:
Over the weekend, we isolated a problem affecting P25 performance after
upgrading to V3.00.00. During testing, we had a number of test modes that we
used to adjust some parameters for determining the best mix of some complex and
interacting factors. We finally settled on "Mode 3" being the mode that gives
the best performance.
Unfortunately, this test mode was left in the public release version, and it
defaults to Mode 1 (which provided frankly horrendous performance...a fact that
did not go unnoticed by many of you). We will issue an update that will change
the default mode to 3 (or just remove these hidden options altogether) but
meanwhile, you can get the performance that most testers in open beta agreed was
stellar by following these steps:
1. Turn off the scanner.
2. Press and hold down HOLD while turning on the scanner. The backlight will
blink on the BCD996T and the BCD396T will sound some extra power-up tones..
3. MENU --> SETTINGS --> P25 ADJUST MODE to get to the menu, then press 3, E to
change to Mode 3.
If you've been regretting the upgrade, making this one change should go a long
way toward changing your mind.
Also, in changing to support rebanded systems (or actually any system that uses
a non-standard band plan in 800 MHz) the ability to automatically trunk
track 800 MHz Standard systems in Control Channel Search mode was lost. After
receiving a lot of feedback about this, we decided that it was premature to
remove this funcationality. Eventually, as more systems reband, this feature
will become less and less useful (as the scanner has never been able to
automatically trunk track either rebanded or splinter 800 systems). But, we've
decided that we will add Control Channel Search Trunking back into the feature
set for 800 MHz Standard systems in a V3 maintenance release.
This information is so new, we haven't had time to make a test plan and schedule
for the next release that will include these corrections. I'll let you know when
we expect to have the update out as soon as I can.
Meanwhile, thanks for sticking with us. As you see reports of people having
either of the above issues, please lend a hand by passing this information
along.
UPMan
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