SDS100/SDS200: Finally got my sds100 need some guidance on programming it.

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Telescoping are nice but not ideal to adjust while driving. Generally an antenna tuned for the band of interest will perform the best. The tri-band is tuned for 3 ranges. 136-174 420-470 800-900 MHz.

I did not see any of this info listed on Remtronix page, yet zip scanners amazon says,

"25-100%+ POLICE SCANNER RECEPTION BOOST: 6+dB gain over stock handheld police scanner antennas from Whistler & Uniden"

And, you trust Zip Scanners??????
Absolutely the last place I'd personally buy from.

BTW, the previous cut/paste images I posted were from the Remtronix webpage.
 

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And, you trust Zip Scanners??????
Absolutely the last place I'd personally buy from.


lol. Guess you missed my post here

 

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Telescoping are nice but not ideal to adjust while driving. Generally an antenna tuned for the band of interest will perform the best. The tri-band is tuned for 3 ranges. 136-174 420-470 800-900 MHz.

I did not see any of this info listed on Remtronix page, yet zip scanners amazon says,

"25-100%+ POLICE SCANNER RECEPTION BOOST: 6+dB gain over stock handheld police scanner antennas from Whistler & Uniden"
What could be causing the scanner to hang on one freqs like i let it scan through and when i come back later it's stuck on one site.
 

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And, you trust Zip Scanners??????
Absolutely the last place I'd personally buy from.

BTW, the previous cut/paste images I posted were from the Remtronix webpage.
Yea i agree zip scanners will rob you when i was gonna buy my upgrades they wanted 90 bucks per upgrade and uniden only charged me 50
 

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We'll start with: What is your squelch set to? Most suggest setting to "2".
I have looked up how to change the gain and it says to press the function button and then the 0 LVL button but it doesn't work for me i have tried pushing the buttons one at a time and at the same time all i get is a negative beep i have searched everywhere but no answers what could be wrong why can't i change the gain.
 

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And, you trust Zip Scanners??????
Absolutely the last place I'd personally buy from.

BTW, the previous cut/paste images I posted were from the Remtronix webpage.
is it me or does sentinel not show if a site or freqs is NXDN P25 Conv DMR. ?
 

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I have looked up how to change the gain and it says to press the function button and then the 0 LVL button but it doesn't work for me i have tried pushing the buttons one at a time and at the same time all i get is a negative beep i have searched everywhere but no answers what could be wrong why can't i change the gain.

Gain, or squelch? For squelch watch the first minute of this video

 

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Gain, or squelch? For squelch watch the first minute of this video

i watched the whole video and I know how to do the squelch it works fine but the gain option will not work that video doesn't say anything about gain, everything i search for online says function and 0 "LVL" i try that and it just gives a negative beep sound. it's annoying
 

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RMason said:
We'll start with: What is your squelch set to? Most suggest setting to "2".
I have looked up how to change the gain and it says to press the function button and then the 0 LVL button but it doesn't work for me i have tried pushing the buttons one at a time and at the same time all i get is a negative beep i have searched everywhere but no answers what could be wrong why can't i change the gain.
My response (which you quoted) is trying to help you resolve your issue related to hanging on a site.

What is your squelch set at? Is it still hanging? What is it hanging on - is it showing a control channel, a talkgroup, a conventional frequency, or something else?
 

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RMason said:
We'll start with: What is your squelch set to? Most suggest setting to "2".

My response (which you quoted) is trying to help you resolve your issue related to hanging on a site.

What is your squelch set at? Is it still hanging? What is it hanging on - is it showing a control channel, a talkgroup, a conventional frequency, or something else?
yes my squelch is set at 2 and this hanging starts if it's set for a long time and just left to scan it gets stuck on a site and just shows everything on that site . and i don't know why i can't access my gain by doing what the manual says to do
 

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I have looked up how to change the gain and it says to press the function button and then the 0 LVL button but it doesn't work for me i have tried pushing the buttons one at a time and at the same time all i get is a negative beep i have searched everywhere but no answers what could be wrong why can't i change the gain.
Func -> 0/LVL adjusts the volume offset for a channel. (I would not call it gain)
From Easier to Read SDS100/200 Digital Scanner Manual

Channel Volume Offset
Press Channel to hold on the channel.
Press Func then press 0(LVL) to toggle +1, +2, +3, -3, -2, -1, or 0.
Press Channel to resume.

<edit> I suspect you did not first press Channel to hold on a channel.
 
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What Gain?
when i first got the scanner i remember being able to hit function and 0 LVL and it would show gain in the bottom right of the screen i remember following the direction on google but now when i hit those buttons i don't get nothing. it's weird i know it's there because i seen it
 
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