Spent the last two days reading everything I could find relating (some what) to my problem, both in the RR Forum archives and Googling numerous wordings of my problem. No Joy.
Item info :Uniden BCD536HP bought from Uniden who shipped it 12/01/2014
SN# 375Z480042xx
No outdoor antenna, just the factory whip.
PROBLEM : I turn on my 536 and it lights up, loads the 'Uniden Bearcat BCD ... ' screen, then the 'Copyright 2014 ...' screen, then the scanner BEEPS three times and the display goes dark for 2 seconds and returns to the first screen, above, and repeats this sequence. Over, and OVer and OVER...
So I tried the following trouble shots as suggested in the RRF:
1) SD card toast? I put the card out of my 436 into the 536. The 536 did 8 or so reps of the 'semi-boot' and then made it almost all the way through the 'Loading NATIONWIDE...' screen and then went dark and resumed the 'semi-boot' cycle.
I shut it down, removed and reseated the 436's card and turned it back on. It returned to the 'semi-boot'. I then powered the 536 down, put it's original card back in with same results.
While I had the 536s card out, I had put it in the 436. The 436 booted normally off the 536s SD card.
I then dug up two 'New-FRESH-Unused' SD cards and did the exercise with the 536. Same results.
2) While there was a brandy new SD card in the 536, I booted up the PC and downloaded the latest, i.e. 'Todays', version of 'Sentinel' and plugged the cable into the 536. The 536 just did the screen semi-boot and the 536 did not recognize the cable or the
Sentinel software. For giggles, I booted up Arc536Pro, also with no recognition.
3) I did a 'FACTORY RESET' of the 536. The old press and hold the "DEPT+2+9" while turning the 536 'ON' with no results, 4X. And then, for S&Gs, I even did it 3xs with the 536 unplugged.
NADA. So what do I do now? Send it south for some R&R? Anyone else have this problem?
V/R
Ronzo
Item info :Uniden BCD536HP bought from Uniden who shipped it 12/01/2014
SN# 375Z480042xx
No outdoor antenna, just the factory whip.
PROBLEM : I turn on my 536 and it lights up, loads the 'Uniden Bearcat BCD ... ' screen, then the 'Copyright 2014 ...' screen, then the scanner BEEPS three times and the display goes dark for 2 seconds and returns to the first screen, above, and repeats this sequence. Over, and OVer and OVER...
So I tried the following trouble shots as suggested in the RRF:
1) SD card toast? I put the card out of my 436 into the 536. The 536 did 8 or so reps of the 'semi-boot' and then made it almost all the way through the 'Loading NATIONWIDE...' screen and then went dark and resumed the 'semi-boot' cycle.
I shut it down, removed and reseated the 436's card and turned it back on. It returned to the 'semi-boot'. I then powered the 536 down, put it's original card back in with same results.
While I had the 536s card out, I had put it in the 436. The 436 booted normally off the 536s SD card.
I then dug up two 'New-FRESH-Unused' SD cards and did the exercise with the 536. Same results.
2) While there was a brandy new SD card in the 536, I booted up the PC and downloaded the latest, i.e. 'Todays', version of 'Sentinel' and plugged the cable into the 536. The 536 just did the screen semi-boot and the 536 did not recognize the cable or the
Sentinel software. For giggles, I booted up Arc536Pro, also with no recognition.
3) I did a 'FACTORY RESET' of the 536. The old press and hold the "DEPT+2+9" while turning the 536 'ON' with no results, 4X. And then, for S&Gs, I even did it 3xs with the 536 unplugged.
NADA. So what do I do now? Send it south for some R&R? Anyone else have this problem?
V/R
Ronzo