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436 vs 100 issue
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Tim Ferguson
I have a BCD436HP I use in our minivan with external antenna that is connected to a USB port with the batteries removed. It comes on automatically when I start the vehicle, pauses at the set the time screen (never got that fixed) and at the screen about which do I want to use it for, and then starts scanning after about 10 seconds. Perfect for me as there is no turning it on or off, just adjusting the volume occasionally. I would like to get my SDS100 to do the same, but can’t quite seem to get it there. Is this a “fluke” that just works and can’t be replicated, or the 100 built differently (rechargeable battery) that it won’t work this way?
Thanks! Tim
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Doing that without batteries can cause it to scramble the memory card I would not recommend doing that I would recommend putting batteries in the in the scanner
On Monday, June 8, 2020 Tim Ferguson <main@Uniden.groups.io> wrote: I have a BCD436HP I use in our minivan with external antenna that is connected to a USB port with the batteries removed. It comes on automatically when I start the vehicle, pauses at the set the time screen (never got that fixed) and at the screen about which do I want to use it for, and then starts scanning after about 10 seconds. Perfect for me as there is no turning it on or off, just adjusting the volume occasionally. I would like to get my SDS100 to do the same, but can’t quite seem to get it there. Is this a “fluke” that just works and can’t be replicated, or the 100 built differently (rechargeable battery) that it won’t work this way? Thanks! Tim
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Tim Ferguson
Hadn’t really thought about that, although I’ve been using it for several years this way so far without issue.
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Tim
On Jun 8, 2020, at 12:33 PM, WA3TOY via groups.io <arswa3toy@...> wrote:
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Joe M.
The reason you have been "getting away with it" is because recording is disabled when there are no batteries in the unit, and with recording disabled 99.997% of the corruption odds go away.
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Joe M.
On 6/8/2020 2:20 PM, Tim Ferguson wrote:
Hadn’t really thought about that, although I’ve been using it for
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Tim Ferguson
Speaking of recording, and of having a scanner in a vehicle, can I record just one channel or do I have to record all that are playing on a FL? For instance, can I just record the local fire dept. on their channel/frequency out of all those on the FL?
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Tim Ferguson
On Jun 8, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Joe M. <mch@nb.net> wrote:
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Joe M.
All or nothing. That would be a nice feature addition.
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Joe M.
On 6/10/2020 3:49 PM, Tim Ferguson wrote:
Speaking of recording, and of having a scanner in a vehicle, can I record just one channel or do I have to record all that are playing on a FL? For instance, can I just record the local fire dept. on their channel/frequency out of all those on the FL?
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