Hi All,
I'm having a bit of an issue with my PSR-500 (I use Win500 to program, monitor, and record). As best I can diagnose the problem, it seems to be two-fold. Sorry to re-post -- some in the past have had similar issues. However, I think I have a bit more info to add, and most of the threads that I found involved digital transmissions, or conventional transmissions with squelch and PL (which, forgive me if it comes up, I'm still not sure I understand).
OK -- the basic problem is this: I miss the very beginning of all transmissions. I am only monitoring trunked radio, and no digital. The problem occurs whether I am scanning lists, paused on a single TGID, or scanning a list that only includes a single TGID. It occurs no matter where I have the squelch knob (which I don't think matters here?). I only miss the first ~.5 seconds of audio, but that often includes a unit identifier or one word response. I miss that section of the transmission both when listening to the radio and listening to the recorded audio (recorded using Win500 and played using both WMP or iTunes).
So I did a little experiment. I'm a user of the trunked radio system, so I took my scanner and laptop with me one day, and was able to transmit and listen to the results. Under normal conditions, our radios didn't miss any perceptible portion of the transmission, but the scanner did. Several times, however, I made sure that keyed the mic for a full second or two before beginning to speak, and I got some interesting results. With the excessive delay before speaking, the scanner didn't miss the first words. However, the audio file recorded by Win500 was STILL missing the first few words -- as if the audio recording doesn't start until it "hears" a significant audio signal, but then clips the beginning.
So I'm left with a confusing result, and two questions. (1) how can I get the scanner to open up without the latency that results in losing the first bit of transmissions (i.e. get it to behave more like a radio in the trunked system)? And (2), do any of you guys have an idea how the software could be possibly missing the beginning of transmissions, even with an intentional delay? Or any idea how to fix that? Could it be the playback software muting the first bit of the recording (bearing in mind I've tried both WMP and iTunes)? I'll try looking at the actual audio wave pattern later to see if there is anything at the beginning of the track.
If you'de made it this far, thanks in advance! Appreciate any help you can offer,
I'm having a bit of an issue with my PSR-500 (I use Win500 to program, monitor, and record). As best I can diagnose the problem, it seems to be two-fold. Sorry to re-post -- some in the past have had similar issues. However, I think I have a bit more info to add, and most of the threads that I found involved digital transmissions, or conventional transmissions with squelch and PL (which, forgive me if it comes up, I'm still not sure I understand).
OK -- the basic problem is this: I miss the very beginning of all transmissions. I am only monitoring trunked radio, and no digital. The problem occurs whether I am scanning lists, paused on a single TGID, or scanning a list that only includes a single TGID. It occurs no matter where I have the squelch knob (which I don't think matters here?). I only miss the first ~.5 seconds of audio, but that often includes a unit identifier or one word response. I miss that section of the transmission both when listening to the radio and listening to the recorded audio (recorded using Win500 and played using both WMP or iTunes).
So I did a little experiment. I'm a user of the trunked radio system, so I took my scanner and laptop with me one day, and was able to transmit and listen to the results. Under normal conditions, our radios didn't miss any perceptible portion of the transmission, but the scanner did. Several times, however, I made sure that keyed the mic for a full second or two before beginning to speak, and I got some interesting results. With the excessive delay before speaking, the scanner didn't miss the first words. However, the audio file recorded by Win500 was STILL missing the first few words -- as if the audio recording doesn't start until it "hears" a significant audio signal, but then clips the beginning.
So I'm left with a confusing result, and two questions. (1) how can I get the scanner to open up without the latency that results in losing the first bit of transmissions (i.e. get it to behave more like a radio in the trunked system)? And (2), do any of you guys have an idea how the software could be possibly missing the beginning of transmissions, even with an intentional delay? Or any idea how to fix that? Could it be the playback software muting the first bit of the recording (bearing in mind I've tried both WMP and iTunes)? I'll try looking at the actual audio wave pattern later to see if there is anything at the beginning of the track.
If you'de made it this far, thanks in advance! Appreciate any help you can offer,
