Customer Reviews for UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner

UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
by Uniden

	List Price: ~~$399.95~~ Our Price: $249.99 You Save: $149.96 (37%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: CE See more product details

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Customer Review: Take your time...
Summary: 3 Stars

For me, I wanted to be able to program some of my local frequencies and listen. It takes a bit more than this. If you have a chance, review the owners manual to different scanners before you buy. There are a number of .pdf files out there that will allow you to do this. I have never owned a scanner before and that knowledge may have led me to a a different model. Since I'm new to this arena, understanding the different concepts that go along with technology, can take some time. But in the long run is worth.
Having said that, programming this is not logical unless you understand the princeples and, should be easier for someone who is newer to this field.
It does come with multiple channels pre-programmed with popular channels from all over the U.S. This is annoying since most of them are useless. They take up more space then they are worth and since different systems share the same freqs, you'll have to edit the name anyway. WHy not just do it from scratch. Do the research to make sure this is the right scnner for you needs.

Customer Review: UNIDEN BC-246T Hand Held Scanner
Summary: 3 Stars

Manual programming and manipulation of the menus is not difficult.
Display is easily readable.
The "extra" charge for a usable PC interface software is a way for uniden to squeeze an extra $30 from buyers. This was the ding to the rating. The Demo software is useless.
The dual battery (standard or rechargeable) & charger settings are convenient.

Customer Review: 246T speaker
Summary: 3 Stars

The speaker is not that good. After having the Bearcat 100XL for 16 years which the sound was great.

Customer Review: NOT APCO-25 capable!!!!!!!
Summary: 2 Stars

I agree with all positive reviews here -- great unit for the price.

However make sure you're area doesn't use APCO-25 (P-25), this item will be worthless to you. This scanner decodes all sorts of trunking systems, but not the ONE I needed. Go figure.

I gave it 2 stars since the description said nothing about this, it is effectively less-than-half useful to me -- but if I DIDN'T need APCO-25, this would be my first choice handheld scanner, great quality scanner.

***Amazon : PLEASE put in description "Not APCO-25 compliant"!