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Uniden BCT15 BearTracker Mobile Tracking Scanner with GPS Support (Black) | 
| Brand: Uniden
Category: CE
List Price: $279.99
Buy New: $201.00
You Save: $78.99 (28%)
New (17) Used (1) from $200.00
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7361
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 4 x 9 x 13
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: BCT-15
Model: BCT-15
UPC: 050633650493
EAN: 0050633650493
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2500 Dynamically Allocated Channels | | • | Up to 400 Systems | | • | 100 System Quick Keys with 10 Channel Group Quick Keys Per System. | | • | TrunkTracker III: EDACS, Motorola, E.F. Johnson | | • | BearTracker Warning System: Alerts you to activityh on Highway Patrol link Frequencies. |
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Product Description
UNIDEN BCT15 2500-CHANNEL BASE/MOBILE SCANNER WITH BEARTRACKER WARNING SYSTEM MOTOROLA, EDACS and LTR ANALOG; LOCATION-BASED SCANNING, GPS NOT INCLUDED; 100 QUICK KEYS; 10 STARTUP CONFIGURATIONS; MULTI-STATE TRUNKING;CLOSE CALL RF CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY;ALERT +;TEMPORARY LOCKOUT; FIRE TONE-OUT; DANGEROUS CROSSING; DANGEROUS ROAD and POI ALERTS;DIN-E MOUNTING ; COVERAGE: 25-512, 806-956, 1240-1300 MHZ, EXCLUDING CELLULAR; MOUNTING SLEEVE NOT INCLUDED
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Great scanner Worst than poor customer service March 17, 2008
John Lichak (Nassau Ny)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just recently upgraded my 3 other uniden scanners. I really like the BCT15 but it is somewhat complicated. So of course I needed to buy the director software that makes programming easier thru your computer. The uniden web site I felt was misleading because what I ended up buying was a registration key... not software for $29 dollars. You have to download the software then use the key. Well to this day I have not been able to download it. (Vista) I emailed uniden customer support (which takes them 3 days to respond) so that game went on for awhile. I then was on the phone for over a hour trying for a refund! Which they will not do because they are not sure whether you did download or not! When customer service finally put a guy named Josh on the phone and he told me he would burn me a disk and send it out right away I was happy. The disk never came and they claim they know no Josh. Nightmare.... say the least!
 Amazing scanner,best ever from Uniden America,Corp. March 10, 2008
Robert G. Mason (Tuckahoe,NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This scanner is the best ever to come out. Yes, it is not easy to program manually. You can call Uniden and ask for Paul Opitz, and he will help you program it into temporary chnnels which I had done. The audio is fantastic and so is the sensitivity. Backlight is nice and the unit is built like a tank. You need to have patience setting this one up, do doubt about that. The antenna supplied is okay,one would think that Uniden would supply a better pull up. I put a GRE antenna on this scanner that is longer then the Uniden but then, you lose UHF reception, only gain on VHF-lo band. Still, this is the way to go and avoid GRE Communications that just released thier own line. They are the O.E.M. for Radio Shack. A lot of intermod problems. I use this BCT-15 as a base, and have the Uniden BC-350C in the car due to its small size. I am a volunteer firefighter here in Westchester County,NY.
Uniden 2500-Channel Mobile Scanner October 25, 2007
Henry Whitter (Bermuda)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have owned scanners for 30 years or more,by far this is the best.
This scanner has features that I cannot use here in Bermuda, but has many that I can.
Thank you Uniden for a fantastic scanner......
Henry Whitter
 Fantastic Scanner, But you need the Programming Software September 22, 2007
Richard Taft
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this scanner to replace my Radio Shack Pro-95 Trucking scanner. I have to say that the dynamic memory allocation protocol that this scanner uses is truly an innovation that has been needed for a long time in the world of scanners. For those that don't know what this is, this scanner doesn't use Channels and Banks like most other scanners. It instead divides the "Space" on the scanner up into whatever size chunks that you need to fit your local systems. What you create is Systems that are made up of whatever Groups of Frequencies you want. The only restriction is that you can only have one kind of frequencies in a system, Trucked or Conventional, and you can only have one trunk type in a system.
This might make perfect sense to you, but actually programming them into the scanner through the button interface on the front is a bit difficult. Most of the input is preformed with the large Button/Knob on the right side of the scanner. It works something like a computer mouse. You turn the knob to highlight your selection on the large display, and then you press in on the button to select the highlighted item. Since you can program in thousands of individual items you can imagine that this can be very tedious.
Uniden makes a software application that can be used to program the scanner by using your home computer and the supplied cable. There are also several others available that can also do the job. But here is why I only gave this scanner 3 stars, the Uniden software is an additional purchase. It's not that expensive, but after paying over $200 for a top end scanner you would at last think that a basic program to set it up would be available without an additional charge. I do have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised to see that the programming cable was included with the scanner.
The program is available through the Uniden site after you register the scanner on the site. But as far as programs go this is not something to shout about. It's very simple and only offers basic manual programming and remote monitoring. There are several programs on the internet for similar prices that do far more, not the least of which is automatically downloading frequency and trucking information that you can then upload to the scanner.
Even with this shortcoming, I would still recommend this scanner for someone that is serious about listening in on what's going on around them.
I'm buying another September 3, 2007
E. Radda (Wellsville, KS USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've owned scanners for the last 30 years. This is by far the best one I've ever had. It's incredibly powerful. I purchased it for my home as I've got a handheld BCT-245 in my truck. It's reception is so much better than the BCT-245 I'm going to buy another one of these for my truck.
Don't try to manually program it. Get some software off the internet (I use ARC, which interfaces with an online site) and in just a few minutes you're all programmed and ready to go!
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