Can't get weather frequency

[racin06]

I just downloaded Win96 and made some changes to my scanner. I added additional FIPS under the Settings/Weather Tab. I uploaded to my Pro-96 and now I can't receive any weather frequencies. The scanner is just scanning the weather frequencieis, that's it. My frequency here in the Indianapolis area is 162.5500. I don't know what I did in Win96. :shock: I hope I didn't mess my scanner up. Any advise? Thanks.

 

[Voyager]

I just downloaded Win96 and made some changes to my scanner. I added additional FIPS under the Settings/Weather Tab. I uploaded to my Pro-96 and now I can't receive any weather frequencies. The scanner is just scanning the weather frequencieis, that's it. My frequency here in the Indianapolis area is 162.5500. I don't know what I did in Win96. :shock: I hope I didn't mess my scanner up. Any advise? Thanks.

Is the attenuator on? Can you receive it by entering it manually?

Joe M.

 

[K5MAR]

Just a thought, over on the Pro-92 site on Yahoo, a guy had this same problem after reprogramming his 92, a hard reset restored the WX scan. Then when he used his computer to reload his freqs, it quit receiving again. After checking further, it turned out he had inadvertantly reprogrammed the WX channels with a CTCSS tone. Something you might check.

Mark S.

 

[racin06]

I just downloaded Win96 and made some changes to my scanner. I added additional FIPS under the Settings/Weather Tab. I uploaded to my Pro-96 and now I can't receive any weather frequencies. The scanner is just scanning the weather frequencieis, that's it. My frequency here in the Indianapolis area is 162.5500. I don't know what I did in Win96. :shock: I hope I didn't mess my scanner up. Any advise? Thanks.

Is the attenuator on? Can you receive it by entering it manually?

Joe M.

No, can't receive by entering manually. Also, I just noticed that my scanner is having trouble trunking my local county's EDACS system. By trouble I mean I'm not hearing near the traffic as usual, the scanner switches back and forth between the "Scan Up" display to a talk group display real fast while making a sound like the police, fire, etc, are keying their mike on and off multiple times. I never had this problem before Win96. I'm not blaming Win96. I just wonder what I changed to have these problems. All I did was add some weather FIPS and a couple of frequencies. Any advice?

 

[Voyager]

I just downloaded Win96 and made some changes to my scanner. I added additional FIPS under the Settings/Weather Tab. I uploaded to my Pro-96 and now I can't receive any weather frequencies. The scanner is just scanning the weather frequencieis, that's it. My frequency here in the Indianapolis area is 162.5500. I don't know what I did in Win96. :shock: I hope I didn't mess my scanner up. Any advise? Thanks.

Is the attenuator on? Can you receive it by entering it manually?

Joe M.

No, can't receive by entering manually. Also, I just noticed that my scanner is having trouble trunking my local county's EDACS system. By trouble I mean I'm not hearing near the traffic as usual, the scanner switches back and forth between the "Scan Up" display to a talk group display real fast while making a sound like the police, fire, etc, are keying their mike on and off multiple times. I never had this problem before Win96. I'm not blaming Win96. I just wonder what I changed to have these problems. All I did was add some weather FIPS and a couple of frequencies. Any advice?

Other than the hard reset advice given above, you may have developed a problem with the antenna or antenna connection on the unit. Make sure you didn't snap off the center pin on the antenna's BNC connector. Since it's still under warranty, consider sending it in. May as well get the CPU 1.3 upgrade while you are at it, too. You don't grab your scanner by the antenna, do you? That could cause problems such as you are describing.

Again, check all the attenuator settings - on the WX channels and on the 'Tune Mode' window on the left hand side of the main window ('settings/weather')

Joe M.

 

[racin06]

I just downloaded Win96 and made some changes to my scanner. I added additional FIPS under the Settings/Weather Tab. I uploaded to my Pro-96 and now I can't receive any weather frequencies. The scanner is just scanning the weather frequencieis, that's it. My frequency here in the Indianapolis area is 162.5500. I don't know what I did in Win96. :shock: I hope I didn't mess my scanner up. Any advise? Thanks.

Is the attenuator on? Can you receive it by entering it manually?

Joe M.

No, can't receive by entering manually. Also, I just noticed that my scanner is having trouble trunking my local county's EDACS system. By trouble I mean I'm not hearing near the traffic as usual, the scanner switches back and forth between the "Scan Up" display to a talk group display real fast while making a sound like the police, fire, etc, are keying their mike on and off multiple times. I never had this problem before Win96. I'm not blaming Win96. I just wonder what I changed to have these problems. All I did was add some weather FIPS and a couple of frequencies. Any advice?

Other than the hard reset advice given above, you may have developed a problem with the antenna or antenna connection on the unit. Make sure you didn't snap off the center pin on the antenna's BNC connector. Since it's still under warranty, consider sending it in. May as well get the CPU 1.3 upgrade while you are at it, too. You don't grab your scanner by the antenna, do you? That could cause problems such as you are describing.

Again, check all the attenuator settings - on the WX channels and on the 'Tune Mode' window on the left hand side of the main window ('settings/weather')

Joe M.

Antenna is fine. I've tried a hard reset and the problem continues. I think I am going to turn this unit in for a new one. Actually, let me ask you a question. I bought the scanner last week at a RS store in Indianapolis. The only unit the store had in stock was the display unit. The RS employee told me that the unit had only been on display for only two weeks. I was a little apprehensive, but I thought I would take his word for it. The DSP version was 1.0. Doesn't this indicate the unit is an older Pro-96?

 

[Voyager]

Antenna is fine. I've tried a hard reset and the problem continues. I think I am going to turn this unit in for a new one. Actually, let me ask you a question. I bought the scanner last week at a RS store in Indianapolis. The only unit the store had in stock was the display unit. The RS employee told me that the unit had only been on display for only two weeks. I was a little apprehensive, but I thought I would take his word for it. The DSP version was 1.0. Doesn't this indicate the unit is an older Pro-96?

May as well take it back. Maybe you could return it to a store that has one in stock. DSP 1.0 is not valid for the DSP firmware - 1.1 was the first version. I think you are looking at the boot-up screen where is says DSP LOADING - BOOT F1.0 or you are looking at the DSP-VOC(oder). Both of those are 1.0 in all units AFAIK. When you press '3' at bootup, it will show the versions of firmware. CPU is on the first line. 1.1 was original (Aug 03), 1.2 was around December or January, and 1.3 is the latest - less than a month or so old. The second line is the DSP firmware - 1.1 was original, 1.2 came out in very late January. Also, if the version is Fx.x, it's a factory installation. If it's Ux.x, it's user (or store) upgraded.

Joe M.