SDS100/SDS200: New SDS Firmware (2023)
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You need to update to Sentinel 2.5 (if you are still on 2.3, you will be prompted to update before you can push the new firmware to the SDS200 (and I presume sds100 also)) once done, loads fine and I then upgraded to activate waterfall ($20 at my.uniden.com).
Works fine.
Works fine.
UPCoffeyvilleSubMain2
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Hi, thanks for the notice. I'm trying to locate the right URL to connect and buythe key that seems to be needed to activate waterfall.
But not having any luck. I've looked at uniden.com and searched for waterfall - not found
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Uniden loves to make things as strange and difficult as possible.
UPCoffeyvilleSubMain2
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"Uniden loves to make things as strange and difficult as possible."
Agreed.
It appears I also needed to register my scanners which I had not previously done, at which point the icons appeared in the product list for buying and downloading Waterfall keys, along with the others
Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPCoffeyvilleSubMain2
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HI,
They are also closed today.
I know this is a problem on my end most likely or possibly at my.uniden.com
but when I try entering the ESN, which I found in Menu->Settings->See scanner information->Firmware version, the ESN has 13 characters but the entry field on my.uniden.com will not accept more than 10 characters in the esn field.
Clicking update on the page
returns the message
""
The Checksum you entered is not valid. Please recheck your input to ensure that you have entered the 3 digits of the SUM value correctly.
Please go back by clicking your back button.
""
Any ideas? It seems odd to me that my ESN has 13 characters and Uniden only will taake 10 of them, leads me to believe I;m not entering an ESN
kg4ehv
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On your ESN, dont enter the 38326 it already knows that.
I can't remember if I registered my sds200 or not. I I retrieved the new Firmware update but I'm going to observe the waterfall input from others for a while to see how things go with it.
UPCoffeyvilleSubMain2
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That was it, DOH! Thanks!
Wow it's an early Christmas present from Uniden! It's working great on my SDS100. Simple to use! Very intuitive. Showing a visual 17 MHz swath of the frequency spectrum on a police scanner is COOL. $20 is very reasonable as well. Great job Uniden!!
Does anyone know how to listen to P25 audio in waterfall mode? I park on the voice channel not the data channel, and the activity is displayed on the screen, but I don't hear anything. The "span" is only 2.88 mhz, and I did try using "hold." I'm going to guess that you cannot listen to digital audio since the Preset Waterfalls are all analog signals and they don't have listed any frequency ranges where you would normally find digital signals. I wonder why it can't decode digital voice in waterfall mode?
I know the picture shows a data channel here but I just wanted to show the waterfall in action and I had started scrolling around. lol.
Does anyone know how to listen to P25 audio in waterfall mode? I park on the voice channel not the data channel, and the activity is displayed on the screen, but I don't hear anything. The "span" is only 2.88 mhz, and I did try using "hold." I'm going to guess that you cannot listen to digital audio since the Preset Waterfalls are all analog signals and they don't have listed any frequency ranges where you would normally find digital signals. I wonder why it can't decode digital voice in waterfall mode?
I know the picture shows a data channel here but I just wanted to show the waterfall in action and I had started scrolling around. lol.
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I assume the 100 is the same (haven't updated my 100 yet) but I had the same question and I tried moving to P25 traffic channels with my 200 and it decoded them just fine. Even having moved out of a predefined range like FRS by entering an 800 freq it decoded the audio.
I hope Uniden stocked up on parts because I predict a lot of worn out encoder modules in the future.
I hope Uniden stocked up on parts because I predict a lot of worn out encoder modules in the future.
Seriously? Log into my uniden and click my scanners.
palmerjrusa
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"I hope Uniden stocked up on parts because I predict a lot of worn out encoder modules in the future."
This
And I'm already on my second SDS100 rotary encoder...
You can hit the function key to fly through the band. Less wear and tear on the knob/rotary encoder module.
Yep, that was 4 years ago! I'll check it out out of curiosity.
ScannerDude244
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I really don't care about the waterfall feature, but is the improved decoding free?
See my post here: SDS Firmware 12/21/23 Digital Reception Improvements
Flawless install of both the Sentinel software and the firmware on both the SDS100 & 200.
Guess you missed the long thread where scanners not owned by people were showing up in my uniden. And owned scanners were missing.
Get @ProScan problem solved.
Assuming it will support the new WF feature in the future.
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