Developed by Police Scanner Radio Approximate size Age rating For all ages. Category Entertainment. This app can Access your Internet connection Microsoft. Permissions info. Installation Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices. Language supported English United States.
Additional terms Terms of transaction. Seizure warnings Photosensitive seizure warning. Menu list. My cart. Uniden Police Scanner Quantity Add to cart The minimum purchase order quantity for the product is 1. Select Additional Options Below. Do not add programming to order. List your county s below. As with most electronics, it does not cover accidental damage or liquid damage—just factory defects.
With the Bearcat Warehouse Extended Warranty, you'll have peace of mind that your scanner is still covered for an additional year. Extra One Year of Protection. Programming Upgrade Keys. If purchasing just the keys they will be emailed to you. Extra Scanner Antenna Options. Click to view details of the antenna options. BP High Performance Rechargeable.
GPS Receiver Options. Add Carrying Case. Click to view details of the carrying cases. A Nylon Carrying Case. Add Antenna Accessories. Scanner Connection Cable. Trade in your old scanner for a NEW one! And a bunch of other fixes and enhancements, too.
Version 1. Location-Based Scanning Connect this scanner to a compatible GPS receiver and it will automatically select programmed systems based on your exact location. Outstanding service Ordered through Walmart. BCDP2 This is a really good product i'm able to pick up all my local public safety frequencies and then some. The Best Scanner in the world! Thanks Bearcat for all the help 5 out of 5 people found this review useful.
Faqs Why does my handheld scanner not stay fully charged? RadioReference started out as a site for collecting data on trunked radio systems when they were still new and obscure. Now, RadioReference has the most complete data on all types of radio systems, trunked and conventional, including all aspects of Public Safety police, fire, etc.
See the last section of this article for more information on RadioReference. They are not included with the TRX Inside the battery compartment of the radio is a tiny switch that allows you to set the type of battery you use. Make sure you set it to ALK towards the top of the radio when using non-rechargeable batteries!
If you don't then charging current will be sent to the collection of cells, and alkaline cells don't like that. They tend to do nasty things like leak and explode, and if this happens your warranty does not apply.
The manual says you can also use this setting for Ni-Cad cells, but does not mention Lithium Ion or other types of rechargeable cells. If in doubt set the switch to ALK and recharge your cells in an outboard charger, chances are it will take less time anyway. Make sure that your AA sized batteries are 1. If you want to power the radio from wall current or from your vehicle electrical system you can use one of hundreds of USB current adaptors.
These are commonly used for iPods and cell phones, and convert wall or vehicle power to the 5 volts used by USB devices. Remember that the batteries do not charge unless the radio is turned off. You may also charge or operate your radio from the USB port of your computer. Computer USB ports provide nominal charging current, enough to power the radio or charge the batteries, but not both at the same time. Once the batteries are used to a point where they no longer provide enough power to operate the radio properly the radio will start beeping a couple times a minute.
This allows you to listen in a few more minutes before the radio shuts down altogether. Keep a set of spare batteries available to avoid missing that important traffic when the batteries are charging. Since the TRX-1 uses a standard, everyday USB-Mini connector you can charge it with the same charger you might already have for a phone, iPod or other device. Many places sell USB-Mini cables; you may already have one laying around. Even though the radio comes with one, you might want to keep a spare around here and there, such as one at the office and another in the car.
An AC adapter is included with the radio. A mobile power cord is also included to allow one to use it in a car. The TRX-2 does contain a small internal memory retention battery that, when connected to a USB source, will charge on occasion and display that fact when doing so.
This internal battery is used to retain settings so let it get charged once in a while. If you are in a house or vehicle you will likely want to use an externally mounted antenna to increase the reception range. When walking around the mall or stadium or whatever the supplied rubber antenna is often sufficient, but you can purchase different antennas that work better or are geared towards a specific frequency band to increase reception range.
It comes with a standard telescoping back-of-set antenna. It works pretty good for many people but you may want to opt for a better antenna for your home or car. Mobile antennas in your vehicle or base station antennas at your home can be connected to the BNC connector of either radio. Inexpensive magnet mount antennas work pretty well for local traffic, but you can spend a few dollars more and get specialized scanner antennas or antennas geared towards a specific band of frequencies.
ScannerMaster has a wide selection of base, mobile and portable antennas to choose from. If you are able to use an external antenna at home, either in an attic or outside, you will notice much better reception that you would with the antenna supplied with the radio. Just as important as the antenna is the coax connecting it to the radio. Use better coax and get better reception. The basic rule of thumb is that bigger and higher antennas tend to work better.
For the most part this is true. This is one area where size matters. If you want to monitor a specific band you could go with a specialized antenna cut especially for that band, but most people want to listen to a wider variety of channels.
There are 5 main scanner bands in use, "Low Band" 25 to 88 MHz. Most scanner antennas work pretty well for each of these except Low Band, Low Band antennas are usually longer and, since the band is rapidly being abandoned by it's users, it is of less and less importance all the time.
Antennas for higher frequencies tend to be shorter, thus more convenient. When you choose an external antenna for your TRX think of the bands you will want to listen to. Since the TRX tends to insulate you from the actual frequencies due to it's design, you will need to ask around if you don't know. Check with the ScannerMaster staff, local scanner buffs, RadioReference or other sources to determine at least what bands your local operations are on so that you can choose the appropriate antenna.
When using the radio portably the included antenna works pretty well all across the spectrum. Again, larger usually means better, but the larger antennas are going to be more cumbersome to carry around. Here's how:. First thing though is the volume control. On the TRX-1 it is not the knob on the top of the radio, which is only used for the squelch.
Why is this? Who knows! The volume is controlled by the Up-Down portion of the 4-way rocker switch. Menu This allows access to the various menus on the radio. You would use this to get to the Library, adjust settings and do all kinds of neat stuff. You use the rotary knob to navigate to particular menus then the left-right-up-down rocker to make selections.
Power Press and hold the Power button for a second or so to turn it on. After the radio is operating this is used to turn the light on and off with short presses or to turn the radio off long press. You can adjust how the lighting works in the menu system. Skip This allows you to lock out channels or other objects. If you hit on something you don't want to listen to now just press the Skip button when it is active or selected.
Press it again when the object is selected and the object will be heard again. It is also used to edit text, go back a menu level or move to the next item.
Sel ect This is much more than just the Select key, it also has the familiar pause and Play symbols. This indicates that the button has multiple functions, depending on what the radio is doing when you press it. ATT enuator The Attenuator button allows you to scroll thru the various modes of attenuation. Attenuation allows you to reduce signal levels to prevent overload from signals that are too strong.
You can use this to turn attenuation on "Globally" for the entire radio or on specific channels. Once received, this code will cause your radio to alert and listen to the weather statement. This also allows you to use the SkyWarn feature.
Set us a special SkyWarn Scanlist with important frequencies to monitor during bad weather and quickly set the radio to only these channels. This saves valuable time when a storm hits. You don't have to actually use this for weather, any type frequencies can be put in the SkyWarn Scanlist. Use your imagination! The numeric keypad is used for several functions such as direct entry of frequencies and selecting Scanlists and scansets. Rotary Knob The Rotary Knob is a multi-function device used to control the squelch as well as navigate the menus.
On the TRX-2 it also serves as the volume control press it to toggle between the squelch and volume as well as an Enter key. Squelch: Squelch is important to the proper operation of the scanner. What makes a scanner a scanner is the ability to check a number of channels for activity and stop on active channels while skipping those that are unused.
This is done in part by the Squelch circuitry. Use the squelch control to where the static goes away on an unused channel. Since some frequencies have a higher noise level than others you may have to set the squelch a little higher that you would for other channels. Since the squelch is set for the entire radio "globally" the channel with the highest noise floor determines the squelch setting.
Squelch is sometimes called "Gate", this is a very accurate way to explain it. Think of it as a fence gate, open the gate and things people, cars, cows etc.
Open the squelch turn it down and noise gets thru and static is heard on the radio. Close the squelch turn it up and the noise goes away. Stronger radio signs can "Break Squelch" open the gate and be heard. Turn the squelch up higher and the signal must be stronger to be heard.
Turn it down too low and you will hear static and the radio won't scan. Once you set the squelch level you may never need to diddle with it again unless you travel into a high-noise area. If you have a channel that just can't be squelched out then you may have what is called a "Birdie".
These are signals that are generated by the radio itself. While usually these are on frequencies unlikely to be included in any Scanlist occasionally they pop up on a channel you want to hear. Sometimes other radios or electronic devices cause interference that appears the same way a Birdie does.
Computers, routers, microwaves and gas station pumps are notorious generators of scanner hash. Move away from these devices or turn them off if you can. Plug stuff in The TRX has several connectors on the outside. The TRX-2 adds an external speaker and a separate power port. It is polite to do this when in a crowded place like a mall or train. It is also a good idea when you would prefer not having to explain what you are listening to. Got a collection of those little white ear buds from your iPod?
They work great on the TRX and no one will notice they are connected to a large black radio instead of a little grey iPod. You can also use an external speaker connected to the earphone jack. Unless you are always in a quiet area you may need an amplified speaker, especially on the TRX ScannerMaster sells several.
Since the TRX-2 has a separate external speaker port on the rear use that for a speaker. Once you really get into more esoteric scanning opportunities you can set the earphone jack up to output certain data modes to be decoded by various applications like UniTrunker. This will display and log decoded information from data signals such as the control signal of a trunked radio system. This is called Discriminator audio, it is basically a way to get audio that is unfiltered, which is needed for data decoding or decoding voice with a computer program.
Most of the time you will use this for the included antenna but you can also use a third party antenna or externally mounted antenna on your vehicle or home. If the included antenna isn't enough for you, you can get all kinds of antennas from ScannerMaster.
Larger antennas for the radio, roof mounted antennas for the home or vehicle or even extension cords can be used. This is used to program and control the radio with the EZ-Scan software as well as charge the batteries. If you are using rechargeable batteries on the TRX-1 you can charge them within the radio by plugging the radio into the computer or by use of a commonly available USB charger device.
The same USB chargers that refill you iPhone battery can be used to charge the batteries in your radio. Just remember that when the TRX-1 is on the batteries are not being charged, if plugged into a USB power source the radio runs off that power. Plugging the TRX-2 into a USB port when the radio is off and not connected to EZ-Scan will allow it to recharge it's internal memory battery, this is advisable to do once in a while. The display has a variable brightness light controlled by the menu system.
You can select how long the light stays on after touching the power button. Short-pressing the power button turns on the display light. You can also use the Settings menu to have the light come on after pressing any key.
The display is hard to read without the light even in a bright room, you will most likely prefer to have the display light set to "Key" so that pressing any button turns on the light for a few seconds. On the TRX-2 we suggest that you just leave the display light set to ON all the time since battery consumption is not an issue. The display uses a monochrome matrix of by 65 dots, for a total of over individual dots.
This allows for a decent appearance of letters, numerals and symbols. Items on the display changes depending on what you are doing. During scanning operations it displays what you are listening to, during programming or library browsing it displays these items. There are also a host of icons used to quickly show various aspects of the radio's operation. In the TRX manual these are all explained. Some are pretty obvious, such as the signal strength indicator, others are a little less obvious.
Clock and Calendar Why does a scanner need a clock and calendar? Well, since the TRX allows you to record radio traffic it is nice to know when the recordings were made. When you turn the radio on for the first time you are asked to set the date and time.
You will also need to set the date and time if the batteries are allowed to fully die out or are taken out for more than a few minutes. You will have plenty of time to change batteries before needing to reset the clock. When the radio is off and charging the clock will display if you have that option turned on in the manual. It is actually pretty easy to read at a distance in this mode.
You can access it from the radio itself or thru the EZ-Scan software. Stuff in the library is organized first by location Country, then state or province. The next level includes large agencies State Police etc. Since many statewide or area-wide systems span a huge geographic area it isn't always practical to list them by county or city, so browse around and don't be afraid to dig around looking for your local channels.
Some local agencies use larger county or statewide systems; these would be included in the larger systems and not under the Cities and towns level. As you scroll around looking for stuff you want to listen to you can mark them for import to your Scanlists.
Use the Select key to mark them. Later you will import them to your Scanlists. To browse the Library press the Menu button, then scroll down using the up and down arrows until the menu item called Browse Library has the arrow to the right of it. Using the right button select either Canada or the United States. You will then scroll thru the various states and provinces until you get to the one you want. Agencies will allow you to browse the large statewide radio systems, state or provincial agencies and transportation services like trucking, aviation and railways.
You can drill down more levels using the right button and go back up levels using the left button. When you get to the bottom level you will see either an empty square or a check mark to the left of the name.
This is the Object level. If there is a check mark there then it is already selected, if there is an empty square then it is not. Use the Select button to select or unselect the object. Go back levels to do the same for other objects and when you have selected all the objects you want press the Menu key. If you "Import Selected" you can then select which Scanlists you want to import the selected Objects to.
Use the Up and Down buttons to scroll thru the Scanlists and select the one s you want to add the Objects to. This uses the same check mark and empty box iconography as before.
Use the Select key to cycle that Scanlist on or off for the import. Once you have selected the Scanlists you want to import those objects to press the Menu key and select the Import Now option.
Depending on how many Objects you selected for importing into how many Scanlists this could take a few seconds or minutes. The radio will be-bop at you once it is done and will tell you how many channels were imported or changed. You can continue making selections like this or go back to scanning. To see the contents of a Scanlist press the Menu button, then scroll down to the Browse Objects item. Click on the right arrow of the rocker switch and you will be at the Browser window.
This includes local feeds from police radios, aircraft, public safety, rail, and marine live audio. Like most apps on this list, Broadcastify gives you many signal options available for listening. When we tried out this scanner app, the way the broadcasts are organized is intuitive and easy to understand. To make it even easier, the app also has a Browse By Location feature so you can listen to the police in your area. When it comes to the price, this app has free and pro version options, where the latter offers no ads and feed archives.
We do recommend starting with the free version of Broadcastify first and upgrade once you think the perks are worth paying extra. What makes this scanner app unique is you can listen to police channels even when the app is minimized.
Other applications usually need to be open at all times for you to hear signals, but this one lets you do other stuff on your phone as you listen to news or communications. The app offers a lot of info and functions as well. You can also edit your favorites and check out the topmost radio.
It works with the iPhone X as well. It has oversized buttons that are a bit overdone. And while its fonts and coloring are fine, the upgrades and ads on the free version of the app can be off-putting.
However, if functionality is your main concern, this is one of the best free scanner apps for the iPhone and Android devices. One thing that sets Scanner Radio apart from its competitors is that you can create mobile alerts to notify you when people are listening to a nearby feed. This indicates scanner activity and can alert you if police are within the vicinity. Police feeds can also be browsed by the frequencies nearest you any time.
For instance, you can detect frequencies based on location, greatest 50, and the source i. Scanner Radio also offers a multitude of features, including the ability to receive a notification when users tune in to a particular station. You will see nearby scanners as well, making this a versatile app for Android users.
You can also use the emergency guide to listen to EMS, fire, police, aviation, and rescue dispatch channels.
0コメント