Take me with a grain of salt, I've only had the 536 almost a week but I find it disappointing compared to the 996XT in that it seems impossible to get a reliable audio source for recording purposes on my PC with ProScan. FWIW my son & I use recordings a lot to catch up on happenings.
Streaming audio over the dongle either utilizing AP or infrastructure gives high quality audio but after a while the wireless link fails for some reason. In the case of AP the dongle and PC w/ WiFi card are about 3 ft apart and on a channel that doesn't show up as in use. In the case of infrastructure other devices in the house work fine and link failures occur even when no one is home using the wifi. My PC is on ethernet and the infrastructure stream would come in on ethernet.
The SD card recording quality is good. I prefer the way ProScan will sort out the recordings for us and they are easy to handle. Wish the 536 could be set up for software recording too, software bugs can be and are taken care of much quicker than firmware upgrades are. Firmware upgrades tend to peter out after a while also.
I'm not Uniden bashing, it's a great radio and worth the price but what would it cost to put a Line Out / Rec jack on the rear panel like the 996 has and apparently from photos the 536 had at one time?
Streaming audio over the dongle either utilizing AP or infrastructure gives high quality audio but after a while the wireless link fails for some reason. In the case of AP the dongle and PC w/ WiFi card are about 3 ft apart and on a channel that doesn't show up as in use. In the case of infrastructure other devices in the house work fine and link failures occur even when no one is home using the wifi. My PC is on ethernet and the infrastructure stream would come in on ethernet.
The SD card recording quality is good. I prefer the way ProScan will sort out the recordings for us and they are easy to handle. Wish the 536 could be set up for software recording too, software bugs can be and are taken care of much quicker than firmware upgrades are. Firmware upgrades tend to peter out after a while also.
I'm not Uniden bashing, it's a great radio and worth the price but what would it cost to put a Line Out / Rec jack on the rear panel like the 996 has and apparently from photos the 536 had at one time?