Since I now have configured the favorites list and the range of reception, etc. if the unit resets, I may have to walk my father through the menus on the radio over the phone.

Building favorites lists is very similar to building playlists on a music player.

With a little time spend reading the manual and tinkering with the included software I have found that favorites list (scanning banks) are easily programmed and customized.

It's been a long time since I had a scanner, and it was very difficult at first to set up custom favorites lists through the Sentinel software included

Its features are somewhat limited, and construction of your favorites list will require further exploration and experimentation.

I also like the idea of the favorites list

A large part of the difficulty is vocabulary, and you are initially confronted with terms such as favorites lists, systems, departments, and talk groups.

I've used the software to program a profile and a favorites list

Just find what you want to scan and add it to a favorite list

Now to program favorites, quick lists and such is a booger, so make a pot of coffee and log into youtube and get comfy

Unbelievably difficult to try to use, the owners manual is impossible to understand and when I tried to call customer service at the number listed in the manual it was disconnected

Butel allows you to create the favorite lists that Sentinel also does

You can punch in your zip or create custom favorites lists

Enterzip code for what is around you and be up and running in minutes, or like me quick keys for custom made favorites lists

A large part of the difficulty is vocabulary, and you are initially confronted with terms such as favorites lists, systems, departments, and talk groups.

I see the scanner going through the channels on my favorites list, but nothing is ever heard from any of the channels (ran the scan over two hours).

My favorite feature is sentinel software's ability to make customized favorites lists and pinpointing specific agencies that I want to hear

you will need to take some time to download firmware and database updates, register the unit on Unidens site, pay for upgrade license keys to unlock certain system decoding software if necessary and fine tune the scanners menu options and favorite lists with the USB cable and the Uniden Sentinel Software

It will probably be necessary to create a favorites list to avoid pulling in too many transmissions

As a result of getting this, I have learned so much more about the capabilities of both this and a BCD536HP which I had had for a while and have setup and now use a bunch of favorite lists.

You can change the name of the channel in you favorite list if you want

I customized a favorite list for him using the software you can download from UNIDEN.

I have it simply programmed by systems from the favorites list, all done thru Sentinel

A major improvement over the original Home Patrol in my opinion, easier to create favorites lists and add new sites

Users can get very specific about what they want to listen to by setting up favorites lists.

Easy to select what favorite lists you want to scan

If it overwhelms you with too many agencies, you can always lockout (called "avoid" in this model) all unwanted depts., or move the ones you want to a favorites list and only scan that

The software is more for frequency database management and makes it easier to keep track of avoids, create favorites lists and saves profiles.

Excellent upgrade from my BC396T.