BCD436HP/536HP Reading the Display & Icons

Summary: A guide to the icons and lines on the BCD436HP and BCD536HP displays in Scan, Search, Receive and Hold modes.

The Display

Both models show the Favorites List (or Full Database), the system, site and department names, the channel name, frequency or talkgroup, and a row of icons. The BCD436HP has a 192 x 160 display and the BCD536HP a wide 64 x 288 display. Temporary avoids appear reversed. Some items show only after you press Func.

Top Row and Status Icons

• F, F0-9 – Function mode; in Scan mode the Favorites List quick key (first digit left, blinking second digit right for the list being scanned). A plain number on the right means the quick key is enabled; a dash means nothing is assigned; an asterisk means it’s disabled.
• SITE HOLD, SEARCH – the mode you’re in.
• Time, month and day; up/down arrow for the scan or search direction.
• GPS – a GPS unit is connected. REC – recording.
• Wi-Fi icons (BCD536HP only) – not connected, connected, and AP when connected in Access Point mode.
• Signal strength bars.
• Priority icon – reversed for Priority DND.
• Battery – blinks if low (BCD436HP only).
• Close Call icon – shown when Close Call Priority is on, reversed for DND.
• S=NN, V=NN – squelch or volume level for 3 seconds when you turn the control (BCD536HP). V.VV – battery volts when you press the volume control (BCD436HP).

System, Department and Site

• S0-9 – the system quick key. D0-9 – the site quick key when you press Func in Scan mode on a trunked system, or the department quick key in Receive/Hold modes. 0-9 shows custom search key status in Search mode.
• System, department, site and channel names with avoid/hold status, and a Search with Scan name when a custom search or the Close Call Hits department is running.
• Scanning / ID Scanning / ID Searching – shown for conventional and trunked systems.
• Channel service type – shown in Receive/Hold on the BCD536HP; on the BCD436HP it shows when Disp. Unit ID is off.
• TGID for a trunked site, and Unit ID when Display Unit ID is on.
• Tone/Code – for conventional channels; blinking means a tone/code search; means the tone or code is locked out.
• Frequency and modulation for conventional channels.
• Favorites List name or Full Database.
• Number Tag information (Tag: NN.NNN.NNN) – in Function mode on the BCD536HP; in Receive/Hold on the BCD436HP.

Signal and Mode Icons

• P25 – the channel is receiving digital voice. PT0 / PT1 – Phase II time slot 0 or 1.
• LNK – data on a voice channel. DAT – data on a control channel.
• ENC – encrypted voice, muted.
• WX – Weather Alert Priority is on.
• IFX – Intermediate Frequency Exchange is on.
• ATT – channel attenuation (or search attenuation in Search); ATT blinks for global attenuation.
• Receive mode / V+/-N – the channel or site modulation and the channel’s volume offset (in Function mode on the BCD536HP, and in Receive/Hold on the BCD436HP).
• SCR – one or more broadcast or custom screen bands are on. REP – Repeater Find is on.

3-Line Display

Hold on a channel and press Func + 9 (DISP), then Channel to resume. On the BCD536HP it turns the 3-line display on or off. On the BCD436HP it toggles the Unit ID display or the channel service type.