AR-DV10 FIRMWARE UPDATE V1812C Jan 2019

[G7HID]

AR-DV10 Receiver Firmware Version 1812C Update Jan. 16, 2019

Feature improvements:
- Power-save function added. To activate it, MENU + 7, then go to page 2/3.
To reduce battery drain, this function cycles sleep/awake state by the ratio 100ms awake / 900ms sleep.
Note: When the power save mode is set to ON, following might be noticed:
Some displayed characters might look thinner than usual.
The first few milliseconds of a signal's audio might be truncated in some cases, especially in digital modes.
During SCAN/SEARCH, power-save is automatically disabled.
For full performance, set the power-save function off.
- LOG REC feature added. To activate it, MENU + 7, then go to page 2/3. (Can only be activated when SAVE TYPE is set to AUDIO)
Logs of audio recordings are written into the wav file. Use the PC utility **LOGEXTRACT** to access the logs and playback related audio files on your PC.
-Sound gain feature added. To operate it, MENU + 7, then go to page 2/3. Can be set from 01.00 (normal) to 15.94 (loudest)
To be used only if maximum sound volume obtained with VOL ATT set to 00 is insufficient.

AR-DV10 | Firmware Updates | Download Area | Support | AOR,LTD. Authority On Radio Communications

Mike

 

[c0ne]

this power saving mode sounds like another weird hackish solution... also it only works in VFO mode, prolly because these “sleeps” would make it miss things in scan/search mode.

 

[billybob]

Did the P25 audio improve?

 

[prcguy]

Is it more frequency stable?

 

[billybob]

Just upgraded the firmware. NOPE...

 

[Ubbe]

this power saving mode sounds like another weird hackish solution... also it only works in VFO mode, prolly because these “sleeps” would make it miss things in scan/search mode.

That's how sleep mode works in any other radio, scanner and particulary pagers that needs to increase its battery life. It can not work in any other way.

/Ubbe

 

[c0ne]

That's how sleep mode works in any other radio, scanner and particulary pagers that needs to increase its battery life. It can not work in any other way.

/Ubbe

Thanks for the clarification

 

[SigIntel8600]

AR-DV10 Receiver Firmware Version 1812C Update Jan. 16, 2019

Feature improvements:
- Power-save function added. To activate it, MENU + 7, then go to page 2/3.
To reduce battery drain, this function cycles sleep/awake state by the ratio 100ms awake / 900ms sleep.
Note: When the power save mode is set to ON, following might be noticed:
Some displayed characters might look thinner than usual.
The first few milliseconds of a signal's audio might be truncated in some cases, especially in digital modes.
During SCAN/SEARCH, power-save is automatically disabled.
For full performance, set the power-save function off.
- LOG REC feature added. To activate it, MENU + 7, then go to page 2/3. (Can only be activated when SAVE TYPE is set to AUDIO)
Logs of audio recordings are written into the wav file. Use the PC utility **LOGEXTRACT** to access the logs and playback related audio files on your PC.
-Sound gain feature added. To operate it, MENU + 7, then go to page 2/3. Can be set from 01.00 (normal) to 15.94 (loudest)
To be used only if maximum sound volume obtained with VOL ATT set to 00 is insufficient.

AR-DV10 | Firmware Updates | Download Area | Support | AOR,LTD. Authority On Radio Communications

Mike

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[AOR-262]

Is this worrying?

 

[mrkelso]

Was that after the latest update?

 

[c0ne]

Is this worrying?

Aor haven’t managed to eliminate the memory corruptions, thats whats causing this. The software side of this radio is far from stable and i have little doubt this will be fixed anytime soon.

 

[c0ne]

Was that after the latest update?

Yes it is.

 

[mrkelso]

Very Sad. It could have been such a beautiful radio if they would only recall and repair.

 

[woodpecker]

Is it more frequency stable?

No, checked the firmware code and exactly the same algo is used, they can't fix the drift in firmware, they've given up on that.

The only way to reduce the drift is to spend hours characterising how each individual radio drifts (they all seem different) and patching the PLL Ref / Offset constants in the firmware.

Any remote command memory related will corrupt the radio still, the radio ends up totally corrupted or locked solid requiring battery removal and sometimes a full reset.

They've still not listened about giving an option to reduce the automode bandwidth, its still locked at 15kHz, it makes it totally useless when you've got NXDN signals spaced 3.125kHz or 6.25kHz from NFM or DMR signals.

They continue to add pointless features without fixing the bugs or listening to users, they clearly don't beta test these releases, they take months to do anything and just release more bug ridden rubbish.

 

[mrkelso]

 

[AOR-262]

@mrkelso Both radios sound terrible -- thought DMR was supposed to be crystal clear? Not that I see much difference, but out of the two, which is the better? The AOR does seem louder but what else?

 

[c0ne]

@mrkelso Both radios sound terrible -- thought DMR was supposed to be crystal clear? Not that I see much difference, but out of the two, which is the better? The AOR does seem louder but what else?

Hey, i made that video. The difference is that the uniden i can understand what they say, the dv10 has high audio pitches. The dv10 is indeed louder. The uniden wins it in my book

 

[mrkelso]

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[Ubbe]

The signal isn't strong enough on either scanner. It's not even switching over to DMR from analog. You can hear that it's as much noise as DMR signal in analog mode. The AOR have a more fuller sound and the Uniden seems to go into overload at the volume peaks. The AOR are a winner in this test.

/Ubbe

 

[woodpecker]

The signal isn't strong enough on either scanner. It's not even switching over to DMR from analog. You can hear that it's as much noise as DMR signal in analog mode. The AOR have a more fuller sound and the Uniden seems to go into overload at the volume peaks. The AOR are a winner in this test.

/Ubbe

It is obvious there are far less decoding errors on the Uniden than the AOR, considering the DV10 is software defined it should be better, 2 things that could improve the DV10 would be to unlock the filter to narrow the bandwidth and fixing the frequency drift, AOR refuse to do the first and cannot do the second without modifiying the hardware.