is this a digital police scanner
1552576
Yes it is digital. You update the unit on your computer before you use it the first time, put in your zip code, and it will find all the channels you want to listen to in your area. You can also purchase separate equipment that will continually locate your position as you travel and automatically update the frequencies for the area you are in. I like my unit, but keep in mind Uniden will try and squeeze every penny they possibly can out of you. Their customer loyalty is poor.
1552577
Yea it is digital and gets all the police, fire etc by just putting in your zip code
2268146
Yes, but you need to know what scanning system your area uses. I needed a digital monitor because my county/state is upgrading. I did have a dealer in the area program it for me. The new system is a little more than I wanted to try myself. A very nice product.
1811225
I agree with the other answers listed. U do need a digital scanner. Even though the BC355C is a good scanner, it doesn't pick up digital transmissions. Being an amateur radio operator ( ham radio ) I would highly reccomend several from radio shack, or even search the web for a digital reciever.
169944
This Radio Shack police scanner is not digital .. is a trucking police scanner you should be able to hear your 9-11 emergency police dispatcher and the police officers responding back to the 9. 11 dispatcher with No problem .. this police scanner is it easy to program all you have to do is search your state and then search your city or county directly on your police scanner and and save the search after that you are done.. in order to listen all you have to do is scan the police scanner ..
1083359
Yes, it is. And a real work horse of a scanner. The quality is excellent and I've never had a hint of trouble with the ones in my office and that is with very heavy use every day.
1419282
Yes, it's a P25 digital mode, and also has Analog. The digital mode is like we have here in Ohio for a system called MARCS. If you get the scanner here is something else you might want to get to make your life easy. Get a programming cable, and a program called Win500. It allows you to program the radio without punching buttons on the front. It's much easier and faster. And if you want to make it REAL fast, get an account on Radio Reference. You can download all the frequencies from your area to your PC, then upload using Win500 to this scanner. I did my second scanner with 297 channels in less than 15 minutes.
958196
No. It is all manual and you must move each shot under the scanner opening to scan it. It is easy and works very well though.
1212970
No. The scanner is handheld not attached to computer. You scan what you want, then hook the scanner to the computer via usb cable and download data to a file.
1649736
I am still a bit new to scanning so I may be wrong but I believe this is considered a scanner capable of doing 800mhz analog trunk scanning. I am able to listen to our county trunking system in the 800mhz spectrum but I believe it is an analog system. Hope this helps!
1058286
This is not a digital scanner. It will work on analog trunked systems only.
313297
Yes, if you have the frequencies through somewhere such as radio reference, this scanner will receive them. It is a digital scanner and I use it to listen to my local police and county who recently transitioned from analog to digital. It has a learning curve but if you use programming software it is pretty easy.
2182736
I use mine for a police scanner that comes with a CD-ROM that formats the micro SD card and downloads available channels. You might have to get a micro SD card writer/reader in order to format the SD card.
344612
NO, it will not. If agencies in your area use digital radio systems, you will need a digital scanner. Also be aware that some agencies--mainly law enforcement--are not only digital but encrypted as well, meaning that even with a digital scanner, the transmissions would not be understandable.
791098
No, it looks like it has combination buttons in addition to the biometric scanner but it does not. Only the first button works; activates the scanner. It does have an overide key.
432772
I'm not sure,but I do know the law enforcement is going to change all to digital as soon as they can get it in their buget..Now your thinking I got this piticurlar on here..I did but returned it because would not work for me..
1032227
Yes, it should scan it as it's wide enough. As the image captured is a JPG file, I don't believe it has the intelligence to know it's a legal document, it just sees it as an image file. The Doxie software may be able to distinguish it but I have not tested that.
2008133
I am just as much in the dark on understanding the gadgets on this scanner. Sorry I can't help you.