My newly purchased SDS200 will not receive any P25 systems whether it is local or other areas that P25 systems are operating and receiving. Other SDS200's can receive South East Texas regional radio system. The new receiver scans and stops on the system, scans the department but does not show frequencies under the TGID _ _ _. I spoke to the the Uniden support and #1 said I had to purchase a software upgrade. The #2 and #3 support techs said I had a defective radio. I returned that Scanner and purchased another. It does the same thing. the sds200 should come P@25 1&2 ready out of the box without upgrades. Help! All software/firmware has been updated.
SDS100/SDS200: Uniden SDS200 assistance;
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Did you turn on the talkgeoups? Are you scanning a favorite or by zipcode? As said above you don’t need to buy any upgrades for P25.
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MAKE SURE all of the Service Types are enabled to Download AND Monitor.
Look through the manual to confirm the correct programming,
Are you seeing TGIDs come up or no? If you're in simple trunk view then you'll see TGID or alpha tag but no frequency. If seeing frequency is important to you then you'll need to switch to Detailed Trunk view. Be sure to only scan the site closest to you: Site hold. The more time the scanner wastes on having to scan sites out of range to you increases the likelihood that you'll miss traffic
Southeast Texas Regional Radio System (SETRRS) (P25) Trunking System, Various, Texas
Southeast Texas Regional Radio System (SETRRS) (P25) Trunking System Profile
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If all of the above measures fail to resolve the issue at hand then I'd suggest posting your Sentinel export as a zip file attachment to this thread so someone can have a look at your programming, please specify which site on the TRS & specific agencies you're looking to monitor if you go this route
Importing and Exporting Sentinel .hpe Files - The RadioReference Wiki
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My SDS100 does not show the frequency in use, but only the TGID, when receiving a transmission in a trunked system. It does show from which tower (site) the transmission is being received.
I found programming this radio VERY challenging, with a steep learning curve. May I suggest: 1) Turn ON every Service Type. 2) Assuming you've set up that system as a favorite, be sure it is included in your SET SCAN SELECTION. 3) In Manage Favorites, select that list, then check settings in the sub-menu, especially LOCATION CONTROL and STOP ALL AVOIDING (Till you're getting stuff, I'd turn off location control. Once you're receiving things, you can see which towers are coming in, then fix your location in the appropriate menu, and turn location control back on). 4) If you've loaded specific talkgroups in your favorites list, be sure they're not encrypted (no scanner will give you encrypted transmissions). 5) If you're still not getting anything, you might go to your programming software and turn TALKGROUP SEARCH on, then reload to the scanner. This way, ANY unencrypted transmission should come through. (Perhaps someone can tell you an easier way to accomplish this. It might be an item for that list in the SET SCAN SELECTION menu). 6) I looked and could not find a South East Texas Regional Radio System, but on the statewide database most police in the Houston area appear to be encrypted. Good luck and if you're finding the radio challenging, you're not alone!! But even though it can take hours of study and experimentation, in the end it's worth it.
I found programming this radio VERY challenging, with a steep learning curve. May I suggest: 1) Turn ON every Service Type. 2) Assuming you've set up that system as a favorite, be sure it is included in your SET SCAN SELECTION. 3) In Manage Favorites, select that list, then check settings in the sub-menu, especially LOCATION CONTROL and STOP ALL AVOIDING (Till you're getting stuff, I'd turn off location control. Once you're receiving things, you can see which towers are coming in, then fix your location in the appropriate menu, and turn location control back on). 4) If you've loaded specific talkgroups in your favorites list, be sure they're not encrypted (no scanner will give you encrypted transmissions). 5) If you're still not getting anything, you might go to your programming software and turn TALKGROUP SEARCH on, then reload to the scanner. This way, ANY unencrypted transmission should come through. (Perhaps someone can tell you an easier way to accomplish this. It might be an item for that list in the SET SCAN SELECTION menu). 6) I looked and could not find a South East Texas Regional Radio System, but on the statewide database most police in the Houston area appear to be encrypted. Good luck and if you're finding the radio challenging, you're not alone!! But even though it can take hours of study and experimentation, in the end it's worth it.
Sounds like you may not have this system programmed correctly. Your post is a bit confusing, so I really don't know. There are seven sites on this system. Do you have the correct site programmed in for the area you live in?
There are some details that have been left out of your post which makes it harder for people to figure out how to help you. For example:
1. Your location. (This would be helpful in making sure which site you need to he listening to, presuming that's the issue)
2..Which progranming software are you using.
This doesn't make sense, as what is supposed to show under the TGID is the service type not any frequencies.
And just to reiterate what dave3825 said, no upgrades whatsoever are needed for P25.
There are some details that have been left out of your post which makes it harder for people to figure out how to help you. For example:
1. Your location. (This would be helpful in making sure which site you need to he listening to, presuming that's the issue)
2..Which progranming software are you using.
This doesn't make sense, as what is supposed to show under the TGID is the service type not any frequencies.
And just to reiterate what dave3825 said, no upgrades whatsoever are needed for P25.
Switching to detailed trunked view will solve this
On the scanner:
Press Menu, scroll to Display Options (press E) > Set Scan Display Mode (E) > Detail Mode (E)
Is the scanner working and just not showing the frequency?
Ya I think it's this, I don't own the 200 but a Quick Look at the manual showed there were two different modes for the display.
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On the scanner:
Press Menu, scroll to Display Options (press E) > Set Scan Display Mode (E) > Detail Mode (E)
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Correct.. you're going to want to have the detailed screen on which down the line you can learn to add and subtract different bits of information..
You may want to Google keyboard shortcuts to SDS radios. If you want to toggle from simple display to detailed display, hold on a talk group and press function and 9 very quickly and you will be able to go back and forth with the displays.. if you push function and hold on the nine it toggles through color display, black text and light background or white text and black background. There are many other keyboard shortcuts that will help you down the line.
Press Menu, scroll to Display Options (press E) > Set Scan Display Mode (E) > Detail Mode (E)
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Correct.. you're going to want to have the detailed screen on which down the line you can learn to add and subtract different bits of information..
You may want to Google keyboard shortcuts to SDS radios. If you want to toggle from simple display to detailed display, hold on a talk group and press function and 9 very quickly and you will be able to go back and forth with the displays.. if you push function and hold on the nine it toggles through color display, black text and light background or white text and black background. There are many other keyboard shortcuts that will help you down the line.
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i'll deal with uniden in the morning thanks for your help
Nevermind. I'll let Uniden have to deal with me in the morning,
