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Hi,
Have a several year old Home Patrol HP-1 scanner that I would like to get going again.
Have truly forgotten just about everything i might have once known about
setting it up and using.
Would be most appreciative for any help. Will probably have lots of "dumb" questions.
a. I downloaded to my W10 pc the latest HP-1 Sentinel.
But, it will not read anything From the HP-1
Also, it will not check for the latest Firmware vers. (BTW: what is the latest ?)
The cable I am using has, what I added years ago, a tag that questions if i thought
it was good, then.
So, perhaps the reason it won't read is that the cable is bad.
I found this one on Amazon.
Besides the regular USB on one end, it has for the HP-1 end a "Mini-B Spin Male".
No idea what "Spin" means ? What does it, please ?
Is Mini-B what I want ? If so, is there anything else I should look for ?
So, is this what I want to order from Amazon ? (see below my name, please)
Or, ?
b. I am a Prime RR Member.
Does this make it any easier to import from RR for creating some new Favorite Lists ?
Or is this feature only applicable for Uniden's newer scanners like a SDS200 ?
c. Might as well also ask this:
When powering it up (first time in a few years) got an error msg concerning the micro SD Card.
Wasn't smart enoughh to copy it down.
Asked me to power off for a minute and try again.
Msg. hasn't reappeared
Any thoughts on ?
Thanks, really appreciate the help,
Bob
KHOI1971 USB Cable
Have a several year old Home Patrol HP-1 scanner that I would like to get going again.
Have truly forgotten just about everything i might have once known about
setting it up and using.
Would be most appreciative for any help. Will probably have lots of "dumb" questions.
a. I downloaded to my W10 pc the latest HP-1 Sentinel.
But, it will not read anything From the HP-1
Also, it will not check for the latest Firmware vers. (BTW: what is the latest ?)
The cable I am using has, what I added years ago, a tag that questions if i thought
it was good, then.
So, perhaps the reason it won't read is that the cable is bad.
I found this one on Amazon.
Besides the regular USB on one end, it has for the HP-1 end a "Mini-B Spin Male".
No idea what "Spin" means ? What does it, please ?
Is Mini-B what I want ? If so, is there anything else I should look for ?
So, is this what I want to order from Amazon ? (see below my name, please)
Or, ?
b. I am a Prime RR Member.
Does this make it any easier to import from RR for creating some new Favorite Lists ?
Or is this feature only applicable for Uniden's newer scanners like a SDS200 ?
c. Might as well also ask this:
When powering it up (first time in a few years) got an error msg concerning the micro SD Card.
Wasn't smart enoughh to copy it down.
Asked me to power off for a minute and try again.
Msg. hasn't reappeared
Any thoughts on ?
Thanks, really appreciate the help,
Bob
KHOI1971 USB Cable