SDS100/SDS200: After some facts about the usds 100

[Netranger9]

This discussion should be moved to the Australia forum

I would suggest that the OP obtain an SD card with programming for the P25 NSW GRN. This will get you started and later as you gain more experience with sentinel you can create your own frequency lists using the favourites feature.

There is an Australian eBayer who sells the necessary SD cards.

Already in the works,thank you for the advice

 

[HK307]

Thanks,I have sentinel and and am learning how you use it. It's just not what I had in mind,lol.I live in Byron Bay nsw.Still a great piece of kit,was really looking forward to jumping in the car and letting it sort itself out. Let me know if you want a cheap gps kit,lol. I still think they should inform you that half of the features won't work 😕

Welcome to the club. I 100% agree. I'm in South Australia. I do "Search for" in the menu 7 down from the top. Put in the range eg: 400.00000 to 410.0000 if you find a tx press hold and E. It works for me

 

[n1chu]

It seems you are correct about Uniden slapping on a designator which only identifies the scanner as using the Australia band plan and leaving the rest up to “Let the Buyer Beware” adage. But as posted, there is information regarding Australia usage. So, that satisfied my first concern. My second concern dealt with price… but after the conversion to US dollars was posted, it seems to be in line with the US costs. Regarding the GPS feature-the cost, and your assumption it also didn’t work was another concern I had after reading your initial post. But that concern also vanished when it was learned you should first program the scanner and then try GPS. However, the one concern that sticks out like a sore thumb is Uniden not offering a free upgrade to the larger battery. Why? Are Australians viewed as lesser consumers than people here in the US? What’s Uniden doing, using Australia as a dumping ground for first run production radios that came with the smaller battery? (And the possible cold solder joint issue?) If this is a Uniden policy I think it sucks. But if it’s some kind of Australian governmental bureaucracy, that takes issue with how the larger battery is constructed, and therefore rejected, I’d be very interested as to why. I doubt that is the case but stranger things have happened and if it sheds any light on why the reports of swelling batteries are so prevalent here in the US it could be of some value. I say “prevalent”, but I’m betting that’s just because the complaints are posted every time a battery swells up. We never hear of the thousands of others who never have a problem… the percentage of battery failures as compared to the total that work as advertised, you get the idea.