External Speaker for Scanner

[arnie920]

I have a TRX1 scanner. What would be a good external speaker for this unit. I guess I want one that does not require power. I have no access to power for the speaker.

 

[ILjim]

I have a TRX1 scanner. What would be a good external speaker for this unit. I guess I want one that does not require power. I have no access to power for the speaker.

Have you tried using a Bluetooth speaker w/ aux input? I have one that I used on my phone and works great on my Uniden and GRE scanners. The only thing is that on some scanners, you might have to purchase a stereo to mono adapter to hear the audio. Internal battery on my speaker lasts about 4-5 hours before having to recharge.

 

[IAmSixNine]

you might have to buy a speaker with some sort of amplification.
Most hand held scanners are designed to be used with headphones, not external speakers. The power requirements of both are very different.

 

[arnie920]

Have you tried using a Bluetooth speaker w/ aux input? I have one that I used on my phone and works great on my Uniden and GRE scanners. The only thing is that on some scanners, you might have to purchase a stereo to mono adapter to hear the audio. Internal battery on my speaker lasts about 4-5 hours before having to recharge.

Real good idea I had not thought of that.
Thank you

 

[arnie920]

you might have to buy a speaker with some sort of amplification.
Most hand held scanners are designed to be used with headphones, not external speakers. The power requirements of both are very different.

I am going to find a Bluetooth with amp


Thanks

 

[ILjim]

Glad to help! You can find many of the speakers that I referenced online (eBay, Amazon, etc) and also in pretty much any store that has electronics and cell phone accessories. Also, I would limit the power output of the speaker you get to 3 watts. I tried a 10 watt speaker and it was too powerful to the point where it blocked all VHF transmissions from being heard.

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[KE6HHM]

The external speaker l have for all my scanner is call SH2P4 it works great and loud too l bought them on Ebay over the years so ebay search bar type in SH2P4 or google External speaker SH2P4
Hope this info will help you out

Happy holidays and merry Christmas

 

[frazpo]

Bluetooth speaker

+1 on the bluetooth speaker idea. I use one with my 436 and it sounds really good with digital audio. Get one with good base. It will sound awesome.

 

[Ubbe]

....ebay search bar type in SH2P4....

It comes up as three different versions.
One is a square cube and another one has more rounded corners and a third have a volume control on the front.

/Ubbe

 

[Swipesy]

It comes up as three different versions.
One is a square cube and another one has more rounded corners and a third have a volume control on the front.

/Ubbe

And if you look at the reviews of this speaker on Eham Reviews you will see that you get what you pay for. It is not amplified for one and it gives so-so output. Running un-amplified speakers on these scanners will not give you much volume. You have to spend around $40.00 to get a decent amplified speaker.

 

[Nasby]

100% agree with needing an amplified speaker.
Even a $100 non-amplified Motorola speaker won't help much with these units.

 

[iMONITOR]

Get one with good base. It will sound awesome.

Normally a speaker with good bass response is undesirable for voice, if clear intelligible speech is your goal. Typically one with a frequency response of 500Hz - 20kHz. A speaker with a low frequency response down around 20 - 40Hz might sound muddy.

 

[frazpo]

Normally a speaker with good bass response is undesirable for voice, if clear intelligible speech is your goal. Typically one with a frequency response of 500Hz - 20kHz. A speaker with a low frequency response down around 20 - 40Hz might sound muddy.

Nah. Sounds good with a 436. Doubt your gonna get hip hop bass out of a 1 inch speaker. I can see where there could be too much. But not with these small Bluetooth speakers. The one I used sounded really good. Far better than the stock scanner speaker.


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[arnie920]

Well this is what I ended up ordering.
https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Por...328&sr=1-61&keywords=battery+powered+speakers

For the price if it sounds bad,then I'll get something else. You don't know unless you try it??

 

[Nasby]

Well this is what I ended up ordering.
https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Por...328&sr=1-61&keywords=battery+powered+speakers

For the price if it sounds bad,then I'll get something else. You don't know unless you try it??

Looks like a nice speaker. Let us know how you like it.

 

[arnie920]

Speaker

Looks like a nice speaker. Let us know how you like it.

Well I got the speaker, it was delayed because of the holiday.
Well, the old saying: "You get What You Pay For"
Enough said.

 

[Nasby]

Well I got the speaker, it was delayed because of the holiday.
Well, the old saying: "You get What You Pay For"
Enough said.

Oh my. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[KE6HHM]

external speaker

Your welcome feed back on external speakers happy new year

 

[Swipesy]

Well I got the speaker, it was delayed because of the holiday.
Well, the old saying: "You get What You Pay For"
Enough said.

It wasn't as if Nasby and I didn't warned you in posts 10 & 11. Not only you get what you pay for but also you can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink!

 

[Nasby]

I think the one he got is amplified. But just not good quality if I'm reading things correctly.