Uniden Bearcat BCD396T, Manual

Easier to Read BCD396T/UBCD396T Digital Scanner Manual

Edit Band Plan (Motorola 

Custom

/VHF/UHF/P25 only) 

Custom band plans require that you enter both a lower and an upper base frequency value. The l

ower 

base frequency

 (or base) is always the base frequency as provided in the 

Radio Reference Database

. Use this Excel spreadsheet to calculate the 

upper base frequency

value: 

CustomBandPlanCalculator.xls

. If you don't have Excel you can download and install a viewer 

here

. If you don't have the lower and an upper base frequency 

values, the 

Trunked Radio Systems User’s Page

 has an explanation on how to find them. Look for 'Determining Base and Offset Frequencies for the BC245xlt'

by John C

.

For P25 Systems:

there are two types of P25 systems: Explicit mode and Implicit mode channel assignment. Explicit mode systems include all information 

needed to determine voice frequencies on the control channel. For 

Explicit

 mode systems, leave all entries blank. The system will automatically detect the band 

plan and fill in the entries. You must supply the system's band plan for 

Implicit

 systems for the scanner to correctly determine voice frequencies.

Scroll to '

Edit Band Plan

' and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Select Plan

' scroll to '

Band Plan 1-6

' and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Set Base Freq

' press 

E/yes

. 

Enter base frequency and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Set Spacing

' enter the step size and press 

E/yes

. 

Repeat for each band plan as needed. Press '

Menu

' to return.

For Custom (rebanded) Motorola Systems:

(Requires firmware 3.00 or newer). Allows you to create a Motorola 800 MHz system using a custom band 

plan for rebanded systems.

Scroll to '

Edit Band Plan

' and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Select Plan

' scroll to '

Band Plan 1-6

' and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Set Base Freq

' press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Input Lower

' enter the lower base frequency and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Input Upper

' enter the upper base frequency and press 

E/yes

. 

Scroll to '

Set Offset

' and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Input Offset

' enter the offset and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Select Polarity

' scroll to  

+

 or 

-

 and press 

E/yes

. 

Scroll to '

Set Spacing

' and press 

E/yes

. 

Scroll to the step size and press 

E/yes

. 

Press '

Menu

' to return and repeat for each band plan as needed. Press '

Menu

' to return. 

 
For standard rebanded systems, you need to set Band Plan 1 and Band Plan 2 as follows:

Band Plan

Lower Base Freq

Upper Base Freq

Offset

Polarity

Spacing

1

851.025

854.000

440

+

25 kHz

2

851.0125

868.9875

0

+

25 kHz

For VHF/UHF Motorola Systems

allows you to set the base frequency, step size, and offset for the system. A band plan is required so the scanner can 

correctly determine the voice channel frequency. You can set up to 3 different band plans.

Scroll to '

Edit Band Plan

' and press 

E/yes

. 

Scroll to '

Band Plan 1

' and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Input Base Freq

' enter the base frequency and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Select Step

' scroll to the step size and press 

E/yes

. 

At '

Offset

' enter the offset and press 

E/yes

. 

Repeat for each band plan. Press '

Menu

' to return.

Contents

Edit Fleetmap (Motorola Type I only)

allows you to select a preprogrammed fleetmap or program a fleetmap for Motorola Type I systems. You must program a 

system fleet map in order for the scanner to properly track and display talk group ID's. If

you don’t know which fleet map to use, you can try a method I found at Radio 

Reference.com. Since it is rather lengthy, I will just give you the link.

Determining Type I Motorola Fleet Maps

 by Dave Goodson.

Scroll to '

Edit Fleetmap

' and press 

E/yes

.

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