![]() ![]() ![]() Posted in Firmware Update, Scanner 101, Scanner Tip, Scanner Tip of the Day, Uniden | Tagged BCD436HP, BCD536HP, Database Scanner, HomePatrol, Radio Reference Database, Sentinel, Uniden, Uniden Bearcat Update the firmware on your scanner! This ensures that the Master HomePatrol database on your scanner is up to date. This is easy after you “Update Master HPDB” in the Update menu just click the “Force-Write Full Database” button on the Write to Scanner (or Write to HomePatrol) item in the Scanner (or HomePatrol) menu. You have to “Force-Write” the database to the scanner. ![]() When you update the database within Sentinel (the free software provided by Uniden to support these scanners) it doesn’t actually update the database on the scanner itself. If you update the database on a regular basis you can help ensure that you will hear what you want. If the database has old or incorrect data then it can affect whether you will be able to hear your target. When updating a HP series (HomePatrol 1 and 2, BCD436HP and BCD536HP) scanner one of the update is the database that the ZIP Code feature relies on. ![]()
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