Uniden BC365CRS 500 Channel Scanner and Alarm Clock with Snooze, Sleep, and FM Radio with Weather Alert, Search Bands Commonly used for Police, Fire/EMS, Aircraft, Radio, and Marine Transmissions

Speaker is very poor. Over priced for what you get

I hoped this would be like the one my dad had when I was a kid that just skimmed threw all frequencies until someone got on. But as of right now I can not get it to skim threw all channels have additional antenna and still doesn’t work right might be use error but it shouldn’t be that hard to figure out

Easy to use just find the frequency/numbers for your county select PGM/ENTER youll see PGM on the screen then just put the numbers in and hit PGM/ENTER again that channel will be all set to scan and listen to ..put multiple frquencys/numbers in by repeating the same steps when your all done press scan...does not work just pluging it in and turning on.This scanner best Ive ever owned well Worth the $

instruction manual not so good but a little button pushing needs practice. the instructions dont follow through with all necessary scenario steps necessary. mine does run on batteries. three fresh ones lasted a touch over 15 hours. reception is real good with magnetic base antenna up on top my of bird cage and its downstairs ground level + maybe six feet higher than ground level. audio quality is as expected pretty good. uniden should expand on this form factor. its an attractive rig. a more complete frequency spectrum radio would be rather nice to own with the scanner ability as well. i seldom give five stars and didnt think it deserves five but four reflects needed expansions.

If my local law enforcement used analog radio, but unfortunately, everyone here I found out later is now using digital systems. Everyone that is except for one county sheriff dispatcher about 9 miles away, and she comes in crystal clear. I think this scanner would have worked very well for me here, 20 years ago...

once we were able to program the system it worked fine. We had to pay someone to program it, sounds easy until you try to do it.

It works and is constructed well, but there are a few quirks to be aware of, and the manual is disappointing. If you feel frustrated trying to get it to do anything, youre not alone! First, understand that this scanner does NOT support naming channels, and it also does NOT support CTCSS/DCS squelch. Its carrier squelch only. If you need these features, youll want the next model up, the BCT15X. Next, heres how I programmed my scanner: - One bank is the amateur radio calling frequences. - One bank is the local amateur radio repeaters. - One bank is all the Family Radio Services (FRS), GMRS, and MURS frequencies. - One bank is the CB radio frequencies. - One bank is the local airport traffic control frequencies. - One bank is the state highway patrol frequency. (The city is on a digital trunked system so I cant program the city police in, only the state highway patrol.) - One bank is the frequency of my home intercom. Usually I leave the amateur radio calling frequencies bank and the home intercom frequency bank turned on, and I turn the others on whenever I feel like it. Its very easy to toggle a bank on and off, just press the number button of that bank (0-9). In the process, heres what I learned that the manual didnt make very clear: 1. This an analog-only, non-trunking scanner, with a low price to match. You can listen to aircraft and air traffic control towers, amateur radio, satellites, nearby businesses, citizens band (CB) radios, FRS/GMRS/MURS walkie talkies, marine bands, and so on. You can NOT listen to trunking or digital communications, so if your city or county uses either of those, youll need a trunking scanner such as the BCT15X (at 2x the price) and hope you want to listen to isnt digital, or a digital scanner such as the BCD996P2 (at 4x the price) and hope what you want to listen to isnt encrypted. California Highway Patrol still uses analog frequency 39.8 MHz so if thats all you need then youre good with an analog non-trunking scanner. 2. The FM radio doesnt support HD radio. 3. The difference between the BC365CRS and the discontinued BC370CRS is the clock on the 370 is radio controlled (self-setting) and the 370 supports the 800 MHz band and the AM broadcast band. The difference between the BC365CRS and the discontinued BC345CRS is the 345 supports the AM broadcast band. 4. The manual doesnt explain how to tune to a specific frequency without programming it. The answer is you cant, except for FM Radio. 5. The manual doesnt explain how to scan for FM Radio stations. You cant. Even in search mode, the squelch dial mysteriously has no effect through the FM Broadcast band. This is a failure of user interface design. 6. The word channel means either a channelized frequency or a programmed channel. The manual conflates the two meanings. This is a failure of technical writing. 7. The BC365CRS wont let you program whatever it believes to be an off-channel frequency such as 447.560 MHz which is an active frequency in southern California. If you try, it automatically chooses the next closest channel. 8. Channel Bank 1 is always programmed channels 1-50, Bank 2 is channels 51-100, and so on. You have to infer this from the table on page 22. 9. The manual on page 9 says, Press 0-9 and HOLD to directly access any stored frequency. This is incorrect. Press HOLD to stop scanning, then type in the channel number (1-500), then HOLD again. 10. The manual doesnt explain the difference between Priority DND and Priority OFF. 11. When programming a frequency, to cancel, just press the ./CLR button to exit. 12. The method for programming FM channels is completely different than for programming scanner channels. This is another user interface design failure. 13. The two modes of tuning FM are direct entry mode and channel memory mode. Direct Entry Mode is selected by pressing SVC/DIR. Channel Memory Mode is selected by pressing PRI/MEM. Youre always in one mode or the other, just remember this. 14. The different mode buttons are all over the place. Theres the Limit Search mode (at the top), Service Search mode (top) and Scan mode (the SCAN button to the right of the numerical keypad).

The stock antenna is on the left. The after market antenna on the right increased my reception big time. It just wobbles from side to side. Lean it to the window. This scanner blows my old Radio Shack scanner away. Picks up more channels. Bettet squelch. More banks. More pre programed frequency.Outstanding unit!!!

This was a good value for the money. Easy to program.

Received the unit quickly from seller. Unit was as advertised. This unit is easy to set up and use. I live in a small rural town (under 10,000) and this unit picks up all activity in my area. If you need your area frequency numbers go to radiofrequency.com and find your state, county and city. There is a list of frequencies there. If you need help setting up your unit there are some short videos by Uniden demonstrating a typical setup which is very easy.