So are you saying that Upman is "covering his arse" and not be truthful? I have no reason to believe that myself. And as I've stated before I am fine with the dimmer keypad.
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SDS200 possible keypad backlight issue?
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You must be crazy ... doing the same thing over and expecting a different result!
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Why would that be crazy, a lot of people have the hum, some don’t, its not supposed too, and I didn’t want a scanner that made a noise that i could hear across the room, whereas all my other scanners are quiet. But I’m happy your good with yours. Good for you. Have a nice day.
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So what exactly is wrong with the keypad. Looks fine to me.
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So what exactly is wrong with the keypad. Looks fine to me.
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Yeah, it looks perfect in a picture, or looking at it on your phones camera . The ones I tried wasn’t anything like that. But regardless for 700, I wasn’t happy with it. The units I tried looked like the keypad wasn’t even lit up, even had someone else look at it, and they said it was very Dim. I’ve seen pictures maybe in this thread showing where they had their 200 and a friends, his keypad was bright and the other one was like the ones I tried
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Now this is the other SDS 200 and yes the keys are dimmer. But, they are still readable.
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A bit of a off topic note the new audio setting in the new firmware really help with the hum issue.
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Now this is the other SDS 200 and yes the keys are dimmer. But, they are still readable.
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Agreed, mine wasn’t even that bright, cause in the pictures posted that is what I would expect
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Wow now that is about as dim as even I could accept. That's the broadcastify feed scanner with the dimmer keypad so it doesn't matter all that much.
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I thought yours didn't have the hum issue?
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/introducing-the-sds200.382091/page-43#post-3079611
Not quite true if I put my ear on the scanner I hear a slight hum. But at normal distance from it I don't hear it. Of course I could be deaf. Then again I have two SDS 200s and I really haven't checked the one on the feed. I am rarely around that one anyway.
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Agree, and I still think the keypad should turn off with the display like the SDS 100 does.
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Ok so I checked the other scanner... does it have a hum? If I put my ear next to the scanner like resting on a pillow yes. Do I hear it sitting in the room with the scanner a foot away no. Is the hum a problem for me? Guess not I bought 2 of them.
Does the fix work? Some say no. Don't know I haven't done it.
Does the firmware update help. Yep
As a note that scanners "hum" is different than the 1st. Both are not heard by my ears if more than an inch away from the scanners.
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Does the fix work? Some say no. Don't know I haven't done it.
Does the firmware update help. Yep
As a note that scanners "hum" is different than the 1st. Both are not heard by my ears if more than an inch away from the scanners.
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The hum has been fixed with a firmware update.
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S/n 0263 bought two day's ago from Ham Radio Outlet in Virginia and this is how it looks.
You can clearly see it is dim and not bright in all areas of the keypad just like the others have shown with their photos.
Luckily, I have ten days to return it and when I do, I will ask them to open any other units they might have in stock and if none work better on the display, I'll be walking out with my refund.
To say this was done by design shows that not all avenues were researched and or followed as it would have been a much better call to make the areas dimmable like the main screen area for the consumer to decide their level of brightness.
I like to have dim during the day and bright at night and sometimes just like having the screen on with no keypad illumination with my scanners.
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You can clearly see it is dim and not bright in all areas of the keypad just like the others have shown with their photos.
Luckily, I have ten days to return it and when I do, I will ask them to open any other units they might have in stock and if none work better on the display, I'll be walking out with my refund.
To say this was done by design shows that not all avenues were researched and or followed as it would have been a much better call to make the areas dimmable like the main screen area for the consumer to decide their level of brightness.
I like to have dim during the day and bright at night and sometimes just like having the screen on with no keypad illumination with my scanners.
#sameoleuniden
#undone
#com'onman
#youcandobetter
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