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Desktop Charger
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philipparks68
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Mine works well. Just drop it in and it charges.
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letarotor
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I can tell you definitely don't waste $150 on the amplified drop-in charger. It is a cheap piece of junk the way it is built and is way overpriced. But I cannot speak for the $90 charger. All the amplified charger has in addition to the $90 charger is the front-mounted speaker and a BNC connector on the back. There are some other features that I would guess 90% of the people would never have a need for unless it was a professional operation. But it is a disappointing, cheap piece of junk in my opinion and I wish I had just bought the standard $90 drop-in charger or no charger at all.
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mitbr
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I use this charger daily.It works very well.When my G5 is in the charger it is very secure no threat of it tipping over.There are rubber feat on the bottom of the charger so it wont slip. I use it not only to charge the G5 but also to secure as a base as it functions while charging. I feel its well built but should only cost around 30 dollars or so instead of 90.
Tim
Tim
Remember, the Unication pager is not a scanner, but a pager marketed towards agencies and departments. Expect pricing to reflect that.
So Unication believes they can charge more because municipal agencies have deeper pockets and/or aren't fiscally responsible consumers? Or are you saying that Unication products are designed and built for the rigors of professional use? What may be closer to the truth is that there's just no competition for desktop chargers that are built for the G-series pagers, so Unication can charge what it wants and people/agencies will still buy them. I did.
I'm saying both. Have you ever purchased from Motorola?So Unication believes they can charge more because municipal agencies have deeper pockets and/or aren't fiscally responsible consumers? Or are you saying that Unication products are designed and built for the rigors of professional use? What may be closer to the truth is that there's just no competition for desktop chargers that are built for the G-series pagers, so Unication can charge what it wants and people/agencies will still buy them. I did.
Using a G5 here with the VHF band as the secondary. The Only way to get a signal into the VHF receiver is by using the Amplified charging base. Without it, my G5 is useless for the VHF band as the signals needed will not penetrate into the building plus the only VHF antenna is inside the G5 and NOT available at its SMA jack.
I also need the Amplified charger base for getting 700 MHz sites signals to the G5 as well due to weak signals but that can be overcome with a BNC attachment to an external antenna for the 7/800 band if the charging cradle is unavailable.
I also need the Amplified charger base for getting 700 MHz sites signals to the G5 as well due to weak signals but that can be overcome with a BNC attachment to an external antenna for the 7/800 band if the charging cradle is unavailable.
The Amplified Charger is needed if you need to feed a good signal into a G5's secondary receiver as that RF input is NOT available on the G5s SMA jack. The Amplified Charger allows you to use an external antenna for Both of a G5s bands. Our building is mostly steel where RF does not penetrate very well, if at all. The amplified charger allows the G5 to work fantastic on both bands. Without it, the VHF band is totally deaf.
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akalynchs
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I bought the amplified charger / speaker and although pricey, it works very well. First, no more plugging the tiny USB / Micro cable into the radio to charge. Secondly, the speaker works pretty good for these old ears, and third, as kruser stated, the G5/VHF antenna port on the back is adaptable to the most bands by simply changing the antenna and it works very well I might add. I live in eastern NC and can pick up VA STARS ok from my location (not full bars).
Ed
Ed
I have had the Unication Basic Desktop Charger for five months and my only complaint is that the Unication Smart Dual Bluetooth Headset will not work if the pager is in the Desktop Charger.
The upside is having the convenience of a drop-in charger, and saving the side port for programming only. On the downside, my G5 will occasionally fail to fully charge after 6 hours on my basic charger, when most times it will. I never allow the battery to drop below approximately 50% before being placed on charge. I recall another post questioning whether the charging by this method took longer than using the pager's charger port.
Brian, If you have an amplifier charger you don't like maybe we can work a deal with my non-amplifier charger?
You know, I was reading something here about Lithium Li-Po cells and charging. I know Unication changed to Li-Ion cells but mine still has the original Li-Po cell.
As a test, I let my G5 run dead, twice.
I first charged it back up using an external USB wall wart capable of 2.5 amps output at 5 VDC using a USB to Micro USB cable plugged into the Micro USB port of the G5.
I then charged it a second time using the Amplified Charging Base and its included wall wart which claims an output of 1.5 amps at 12 VDC.
This charges through the pins on the bottom of the G5. I do not know what the current rating is inside the amplified charging base for the 5 VDC line but I'd guess at least 1 amp depending on what type 5 volt regulator they use inside the charging base.
I did not write down the time to full charge but it was identical with both charging methods. I think it was near 4 hours from dead to 100% charge level.
Knowing this, I'll always use the charging base method so I don't need to mess with plugging in a cable causing wear of the micro usb port.
I have both chargers. They are both excellent units and I wouldn't think twice about purchasing either one of them again. Some seem to think they are over priced, but I haven't found any other radio that provides these options and not other radio that scans and operates as well as this unit does for my needs. I have a 4 & 5 and thinking of yet another unit and tossing my scanners.
Just searching various websites for professional-grade charger bases shows pricing that's similar or even higher.
nyscan
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Re: the basic desktop charger:
-From the pic above it looks like there are 3 lights on the front. Is that correct? What do they indicate?
-Does the unit detect a completed charge and stop charging making it safe to leave the pager in the charger?
-It looks like no from the pic, but is it possible to charge a spare battery by itself?
-From the pic above it looks like there are 3 lights on the front. Is that correct? What do they indicate?
-Does the unit detect a completed charge and stop charging making it safe to leave the pager in the charger?
-It looks like no from the pic, but is it possible to charge a spare battery by itself?
Not sure on #1
#2 should be controlled by the charging circuit in the G-Series pager itself. The pager does shutdown charging when complete. I'm not sure if either charging base also has a failsafe timer for "just in case".
#3 No, neither of the currently available chargers can charge a battery out of the radio. I am surprised they do not offer one though.
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