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Hello,

I have a new Uniden BR330T "NASCAR" scanner and wanted to create a backup copy of the original programming before making any changes.  I used FreeSCAN .9F to download the scanner programming as supplied from Uniden and then reviewed the downloaded file.

I am unable to find the race car entries for the "RACING" defined systems.  These RACING defined systems are being shown in FreeSCAN as P25 systems (even though they are actually a special format of conventional systems).  The RACING systems appear in the tree structure as a sub system under the conventional systems having the same name.  Additionally, I can not find the group definitions that define each driver that would normally be part of the RACING system entry. 

I also downloaded the scanner entries using the demo UASD BR330T software and everything appeared as expected, so I do not think it is an issue with the scanner.

I noticed that FreeSCAN overview says it supports the BC330T rather than the BR330T.  I assume that is just a mis-spelling since I was unable to find anything indicating that there ever was a BC330T. 

Am I missing something in the use of the software or is the RACING feature not supported?

Thanks for the help.   Please let me know if I need to provide more details. 

The RACE systems are not supported, sorry. BC330 is a type-o, I'm wondering where you saw it so I could fix it??

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Hello Assaf,

Thanks for the information on the support level for RACING systems. At least I am not doing something wrong!

Would it be correct to say that the BR330T is fully supported as long as RACING sytems are not defined?  In other words,  can I use FreeSCAN on the BR330T just like I would on a BCD396T, so long as I do not define any RACING sytems?  (I do not have any current plans for creating RACING sytems, I just wanted a good backup of the original programming so I could restore to original factory programmng if I sell the scanner some years later.)

Do you have any plans to add RACING functionality in a future release?

The spelling of "BC330T" is in the first sentence on the ScanNow.Org Home Page.  Here is a cut/paste of the sentence:

"ScanNow.org is the home of FreeSCAN, the award-winning Freeware program for programming the Uniden SC230, BC246T, UBC3500XLT,  BC330T, BCD396, BC346XT, BCD396XT, BCT15X, BCD996XT,  BCT15 and BCD996T scanners."


Thanks for your help.

Edit:  I did a memory reset after posting and was given an option to "Restore Preprogram List?".  So, it is not necessary to have a backup of the original programming as it can be restored with a memory reset (press 2 9 Hold, then turn on scanner).

Well the thing is with Racing systems is that they are a mainstay for the SC230, which is a really low end scanner, hence why there has never been any support for it. I don't think there ever will be support just because it's an oddball feature thats being largely dropped by Uniden.

Other then that you should be able to use it the same as a 396T, minus P25 sites and memory capacity ofcourse. And I think the two have different ranges for frequency coverage. But other then that they should be the same.