UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
by Uniden
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Customer Review: Uniden 246T
Summary: 4 Stars
UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
I was so new to scanners I was afraid to get my first scanner. This scanner is beautiful. Easy to carry around. It has great reception, at least in Chicago. It comes preprogrammed with many police and fire frequencies so you can hear it right away..right out of the box..... The manual was a bit confusing, and programming right from the manual was difficult at first. Join a yahoo scanner group...and Get freescan(scanNow.org) or ARC software(butelsoftware.com). Freescan is shareware, but it will make your life soooooo much easier for a beginner...It is logical, even if you screw it up you can put it back quickly. ARC software by Butel was $39, also a good product. Now I am putting in fequencies and tweaking here and there and I LOVE SCANNING. This scanner is great! So many features I didn't even know I needed!
Customer Review: Everything you could want in a scanner.
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, it is everything I could want for a scanner. I'm sure someone might want something more. There is another model that receives Digital Signals. I didn't need that, especially for almost double the price. The range of this unit's reception is different for different types of signals. With a standard conventional signal, single frequency only, I have been able to pick up calls from as far away as 25 miles. This was the police HQ and the cars. You may not hear everything though. To make programming easier I would buy the software and subscribe to radioreference.com. From there you can download the frequencies right into the scanner. I would recommend you buy the warranty. You are going to want to take this unit with you everywhere. This traveling makes it more likely that you will drop the unit. Make sure the warranty covers accidental damage.Customer Review: Product is good, but I have a BIG problem.
Summary: 1 Stars
The product is great, but let me tell you something. DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS SUPPLIER. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE NEW AND THEY DO NOT TELL YOU UNTIL AFTER THE ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED. I had ordered this product less than 5 days ago, I got an email from customer support stating that they DO NOT have this product NEW. I kept reading and they had sent me some other sanner AUTOMATICALLY. They picked out another scanner, SHIPPED THE ITEM, and sent me an emailing saying that the item has shipped, but wait, it was some other scanner! DO NOT ORDER THIS ITEM FROM APEX SUPPLIERS. THEY DO NOT HAVE IT NEW.
WHO DOES BUSINESS LIKE THIS? THE CUSTOMER ORDERS AN ITEM, THEY SEND YOU AN EMAIL SAYING IT IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE, THEY SEND YOU SOME OTHER SCANNER, SHIP IT, AND THEN TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON.
DO NOT ORDER THIS ITEM FROM APEX SUPPLIERS.
Customer Review: Great scanner...a few negatives though, but not many.
Summary: 4 Stars
This scanner was very easy to take out of the box, put the batteries in, input a frequency...and listen. It is a nice design and mostly user friendly. I am familiar with average scanning, this scanner also has the ability for trunked scanning, I am still learning but it should come easy with info from some good resources. I am a bit disappointed that the PC interface cable is a serial connector...because serial ports are no longer standard on most computers, but a USB cable is available for 30 bucks more. The scanner also came pre programmed with channels for some areas,but none of them applied to my location it will be a pain to delete them. Overall, a very good scanner with more bonuses than drawbacks.Customer Review: VERY NICE SCANNER, VERY FLEXIBLE
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are looking for a handheld scanner without digital, this is as nice as they get in my mind. Yes it is not very intuitive to program, I did my homework, and purchased the Butel ARC246 software, and after learning that I can make my scanner be configured exactly how I want it to function. I am also looking now at purchasing the BCT15 for the vehicle. The ability to have Dynamically Allocated channel, is the best thing anyone has come out with, allows you to have complete flexibility on what you scan and how you use the scanner. Only gave a 4 cause it has a learning curve for newby's especially to trunking. but the software made that much easier.