BCD436HP/536HP Menus, Data Naming, Display & Settings Options

Summary: Navigating the menus, naming things, and the Display Options and Settings menus on the BCD436HP and BCD536HP.

Navigating the Menus

Press Menu. Turn the scroll control (right is down, left is up); the current item is highlighted. Press E/yes or the scroll control to select, Menu to go back a level, and Avoid to leave all menus and return to the previous mode.

Data Naming

Name Favorites Lists, systems, sites, departments, channels, locations, custom searches, recording sessions, tone-outs and SAME groups with up to 64 characters. Turn the scroll control to choose a character, 6 (>) to move right, 4 (<) to move left, ./no to clear a character (twice to clear everything), and E/yes when finished. File and folder names (such as a system name, discovery name or recording session) accept letters, numbers, space, underscore, brackets and hyphen; name tags accept a wider set of punctuation.

Display Options

Menu, Display Options:

• Set Backlight, Set Mode: Squelch (off, 5 s, 10 s, open squelch), Keypress (off, 5 s, 10 s), and on the BCD436HP Timeout (10, 30 or 60 seconds, or Infinite, after pressing the power key). On the BCD536HP the Keypress and Squelch settings only work when Set Dimmer is Off.
• Set Dimmer: BCD436HP – High, Middle or Low. BCD536HP – Manual (non-vehicle use: High, Middle, Low or Off; you can also press Vol to toggle) or Auto (vehicle use): + Polarity if the orange wire gets 12V when the headlights come on, – Polarity if it’s switched to chassis ground.
• Adjust Contrast – 1 to 15.
• Display Unit ID – show the unit ID of the transmitting radio on Motorola, EDACS and P25 systems (default Off). On the BCD436HP it toggles Unit ID display with the channel service type.
• Set ID Format – Motorola/P25: decimal (default) or hex. EDACS: AFS (default) or decimal.
• Set Upside-Down (BCD536HP) – reverses the display so you can mount the scanner upside-down and hear the speaker from the top. Default Off.

Settings Menu

Menu, Settings:

• Adjust Key Beep – Off, Level 1-15, or Auto (master volume).
• Battery Option (BCD436HP only) – see BCD436HP/536HP Power, Batteries, microSD Card & Turning On.
• Band Defaults – default modulation (AM, NFM, FM, WFM, FMB) and step (5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz) for each band.
• Auto Shutoff – Off, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 minutes, or 1, 2 or 3 hours.
• Set Clock – year (2013-2099), month, day, hour (0-23), minute, time zone, daylight saving.
• Replay Options – Set Replay Duration (30-240 seconds in 30-second steps) and Review Recordings (play, delete, rename a session; press Channel to pause and Replay to exit).
• Restore Options – Clear User Data (full reset: deletes Favorites Lists and locations, resets profile options, clears avoids, and deletes recordings, discovery logs and weather event records; you can also hold 2, 9 and Dept at power-on) or Reset User Settings (settings only; lists kept).
• See Scanner Information – memory used, firmware version and serial number.
• Wi-Fi Setup and Wi-Fi Options (BCD536HP only) – see BCD536HP Wi-Fi Setup.

Alerts

Every alert works the same way: Set Alert Tone (Alert 1-9 or Off), Set Level (1-15 or Auto), and Set Alert Light with Set Color (Off, Blue, Red, Magenta, Green, Cyan, Yellow, White) and Set Pattern (On, Slow Blink, Fast Blink). Alerts can be set on channels, unit IDs, emergency flags, Close Call hits and tone-outs.