Uniden Bearcat BC75XLT Handheld Scanner, 300 Channels, 10 banks, Close Call Technology, PC Programable, NOAA Weather, Aviation, Marine, Railroad, NASCAR, and Non-Digital Police/Fire/Public Safety

The overall quality of this Radio is excellent. Controls for volume etc. are good and intuitive with practice. VOLUME IS CLEAR and Adjustable. I am not satisfied with the instructions on how to program this radio, consequently, Ive not programmed the radio because the instructions are not clearly described. Instead, I just rely upon the existing frequencies (Channels) that are pre-set at the factory (out of the box). Probably, most disappointing is that fact that in this region, theres just not that many open channels broadcasting, and that is likely due to the encrypted frequencies or just so little or no traffic. Once in a while, I might be able to pick up periodic conversation lasting several seconds for FIRE or MARINE but thats about it. Only WEATHER (NOAA) has a consistent and prolonged broadcast anouncement. POLICE, AIR RACE HAM, OTHER (GMRS etc), RAIL, and CB channels are basically quiet or full of Static. HAM channels may occasional pick up local chat between two HAM operators certain time of the early evening, but nothing else. Any disappointment with this scanner isnt the scanner itself but with the lack of hearing life action other than on weather or marine frequencies.

Excellent performance in a small package. As a first time scanner user, manual was difficult to follow. Highly recommend searching some basic YouTube videos to get started. Overall, for the cost of this portable scanner, very impressed and recommend this as a first scanner to purchase and learn with. Enough to keep you busy for months.

Well built and feature rich. Interface is a bit clumsy and unfriendly but they fit a lot of features into this little guy so thats to be expected. Do check and police/fire frequencies in your area of interest to make sure they are included in the ranges this scanner is designed for.

So Far so Good! Listening to my local Tower almost right out of the box (with some reading of the directions)

so first off this is not my first scanner by uniden my old one that crapped out was a bc60xlt which had problems. anyway the new one that i purchased i love work actually better then the old out dated unit that i threw out. this unit only needs to batteries rather then the old 4 battery which is a major plus because the unit is easyer to stand up and carry. the only real complaint that i have with the unit and company uniden is that its a pain in the butt to program the unit for the first time because the instructions are not clear. i would really recommend watching the youtube video on how to do it makes life and programming really easy and a flash.

Hard to master MMI (Man Machine Interface). Can be interfaced with Windoze but neither MacOS or Linux.

I was expecting this to be easier to program. but its not and finding a book like they used to have without paying an arm and leg is rediculious. They do have a website now that has codes for your area, but it appears that most places have gone digital and cannot be picked up. I hear some stuff but not what I was looking for. I live in an area with a lot of sirens and was hoping to be able to discern if I should be concerned about any of them

Had to get an exchange cause it wouldn’t stay charged and it was less than a month.

This syncs to your pc and allows you to easily and quickly fill all the banks with custom freq sets you can create and store on your pc. Battery will last a whole day of nascar which is what I bought it for, but no more than that so stock up on batteries. Wish the controls were quicker to use. Assigning priorities and switching banks is a pain.

Basic scanner. Still love it