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Notes on the Uniden-Provided Software for the MR8100 Scanning Receiver

Uniden Supplied Software

Download: SCAN.ZIP scan.zip (47.099 KB)
Due to paranoid ISPs rejecting the download the executable file inside the ZIP is named scan.eee, you will have to rename it to scan.exe

Also available on this site is replacement custom written program which exceeds capabilites of the Uniden software.

This list is a summary of observed software characteristics, researched February 16–18, 1991.

• Compiler used: Microsoft BASIC, Copyright 1988 Microsoft Corporation
• Program written by: Copyright 1989 SPAN, Inc. REV 5
• Acknowledgement: UNIDEN CORP 1989
• Communication protocol: COM1,1200,N,8,1,CS2000,DS,CD
• Special character commands:
  • Ctrl Alt C – exit program
  • Ctrl Alt P – enter password “ENTER CODE:”.
• Program imposed frequency limits prevent tuning within certain ranges. Here are the permitted ranges (inclusive):

  Covered	Not Covered
  29.0000 – 54.0000
  	54 – 118	TV channels 3 – 6, FM Broadcast 88 – 108 (see note), Aircraft communications IR 112 – 118 MHz (see note)
  118.0000 – 174.0000
  	174 – 406	TV channels 7 – 13, 222 – 225 Amateur radio, 225 – 406 Military (mostly aircraft, mostly AM)
  406.0000 – 512.0000
  	512 – 806	TV 20 – 69
  806.0000 – 956.0000

  FM Broadcast is wideband FM (the signal is too wide for the receiver), Aircraft communications is AM

  Prohibited ranges (inclusive), enabled through password:

  Range	Description
  824.0000 – 849.0000	TV 72 – 76, Cellular – mobile
  869.0000 – 894.0000	TV 80 – 83, Cellular – base