Should also mention, you could tape the original card to the underside of the battery cover as a backup in case of card failure.
Paul
BCD436HP/BCD536HP hangs on boot screen
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Should also mention, you could tape the original card to the underside of the battery cover as a backup in case of card failure.
Paul
Install a switch inline on the red wire. And yes, there IS a fuse in the mobile power cord. If using the cigar lighter, just unplug it.
Upman, the brand new SD cards made no difference, my radios are still hanging. Is this not something you are familiar with? How can I have this happening consistently since new for years, on two different models, and it is not a known problem? I'm still getting clock set screen, even after leaving my 436 and 536 plugged in for a week.
If it is designed this way, maybe put the power cord on the front of the faceplate, and the SD card on the back........since it seems on the 536 you need to access the power plug all the time, but the SD card almost never..... :-|
Starting to remember why I bought these in 2014 and instantly threw them in a box...........they are showing their uselessness to me all over again.
Paul
I just now had a problem with my 436hp hanging at the initial screen. I took out the batteries and reseated the card and that did not work. So I took out the batteries again this time for 10 minutes or so. After placing the batteries back the 436hp started up fine. I’m not sure why it’s working but at least it’s working for now.
After putting a brand new SD card in my 436 (to replace a barely used brand new SD card), I am able to get the scanner to NOT hang only on about 1 out of 10 power ups. It's infuriating to have to rip out the batteries and reinsert every time I want to play with this toy.
Paul
Paul
I think what you meant to say is that a replacement with a Whistler scanner is in order...........because I will not pay to repair a ALL of my x36HP scanners that have done this since day one.
Will be sending in for the RTC repair, will see if that resolves the issue.
Paul
Will be sending in for the RTC repair, will see if that resolves the issue.
Paul
And you bought these in 2014????????????? This is 2016............because I will not pay to repair a ALL of my x36HP scanners that have done this since day one.
Paul
...:roll:....Has the word WARRANTY ever crossed your mind.?????..Please don't complain. Whistler is calling you...
I didn't begin playing with them until now, when I had this issue the RTC and other issues were all the rage, they seemed like they had issues that were being fixed with firmware........apparently not.
Paul
Paul
I am starting to see this more frequently on my 536 in the car (oldest one I have). I have noticed that it seems to hang if I turn the scanner on, it gets to the bypass clock prompt, and I do nothing. If I catch it in time and press . to bypass the clock, it powers up normally. If that screen times out with no input, it will sometimes hang.
This is with the latest regular (non-DMR) firmware.
This is with the latest regular (non-DMR) firmware.
It is NOT an SD card issue. I installed a brand new Lexar 16GB card today and all was well. When I powered up the scanner on the way home, it hung on the boot screen again and I couldn't turn the scanner off.
I would also like to hear from Uniden on this issue that is all of a sudden popping up.
I would bet if you replaced the SD card your problem would go away again. Is this a 536? If so it is getting trashed with power issues.
This is an intermittent problem.. It does it with any SD card I put in. After a hard power cycle it will work fine and this issue will randomly pop up again days or weeks later.
Yes, it is a 536.
Yes, it is a 536.
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darunimal
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SD cards are notorious for this, but the contributing factors could be: bad batteries being used, bad habits of depowering, bad programming (see below) or programming in SAN DIEGO with the A/D patch problem could contribute to firmware chip being filled with read/writes, until full reset is necessary (which was originally noticed in the BCD396t P25 decode threshold auto-adjusting until memory chip was full from read and writes).
Or there could be some character you are using the scanner has trouble interpreting, check programming for characters improperly displayed ~, |, [,{,},] or not displayed at all thats corrupting the memory.
Under powering/improper grounding could also cause memory corruption problems, too.
Besides, every time this has popped up, here on the forum, 1 of the previously mentioned 5 things were the contributing factor and all are at least, partially mentioned in the user manual, so you have heard from Uniden on the issue.
FAT32 for cards larger than 2gb, with a 32 kilobytes as the sector size
Or there could be some character you are using the scanner has trouble interpreting, check programming for characters improperly displayed ~, |, [,{,},] or not displayed at all thats corrupting the memory.
Under powering/improper grounding could also cause memory corruption problems, too.
Besides, every time this has popped up, here on the forum, 1 of the previously mentioned 5 things were the contributing factor and all are at least, partially mentioned in the user manual, so you have heard from Uniden on the issue.
FAT32 for cards larger than 2gb, with a 32 kilobytes as the sector size
My x36HP scanners have only a few hours of use on them, my 536 maybe under an hour. Brand new SD cards, the problem is still there, have had this issue since they were new. My new TRX-1 arrives in a few days........looks like I may be converting to Whistler for PIhase II.
Sorry Uniden, you never gave me an Android Siren app, and your scanners have way too many issues to be relied upon for commercial use. They look prettier and fell better in the hand than the competition though.
Paul
Sorry Uniden, you never gave me an Android Siren app, and your scanners have way too many issues to be relied upon for commercial use. They look prettier and fell better in the hand than the competition though.
Paul
I have the TRX-2 and it is as POWER PROBLEM MATIC as the BCD536HP With my TRX-2 in the 1st 3 days I crashed 3 SD cards until I found my problem. POWER OFF THE SCANNER WHILE STARTING MY CAR. After that I have not trashed 1 card.
The first post immediately following your first post was from Uniden.
I have an HP-1 installed in one of my vehicles and I've experienced a similar problem I've associated with temperature extremes....either very cold or very hot. This particular vehicle isn't garage kept and is out in the elements. I have to disconnect the power feed and remove the batteries to get the scanner to boot up properly.
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I have noticed exactly the same thing with mine. It happened once when it was subzero butt-*** cold and now it's happening consistently with the >90 and humid weather. Maybe it should come with an advisory about using it in the Midwest.
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