GRE PSR-800 Post Release Thread

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Best bet would be to use audio boost (ABst) on the low volume ones..If they are loud, there isn't much you can do about that, other then set the volume low and use audio boost on the ones that aren't normally loud. See if that helps you :)
 
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Does anyone know a way to preset volume for different frequencies? It seems like my conv. channels all have different volumes as they come through the speaker? Is there a way to configure this on the psr800?


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The only option I know of that might help:
* Audio Boost (per conv channel/talkgroup or system) - via the Ez Scan Software
 

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Some where there was a post for a Cigar lighter cord (about $4.00 to $5.00) can someone point me to the web site. I am using my Garmin now and need another.
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My batteries last from four to seven hours depending on what features I use. The backlight seems to be the big drain, but I suspect IowaGuy is right. You may have a bad cell. Are you using NiMIH and the correct setting in the battery compartment? What settings are use using for backlight?
 

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My batteries last from four to seven hours depending on what features I use. The backlight seems to be the big drain, but I suspect IowaGuy is right. You may have a bad cell. Are you using NiMIH and the correct setting in the battery compartment? What settings are use using for backlight?

Also, how long are you charging, what mah rating of batteries, and what charger are you using (what ma rating)?
 

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Hi All.....EZ Scan MY A**!
I hope there is a more intuitive software coming out for this scanner...I cant figure out how to upload anything to the scanner without it taking a month to do so and then it says nothing to scan!!
 

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Depends on how much you're uploading to the scanner. The more data the longer it takes. Nothing to scan means you don't have a scan set enabled. The software defaults to all scanlists active for scan set 1. If you unchecked that you're not going to scan anything. You need to select the scan lists you want to listen too and set your scan set to scan those lists.

The software is pretty easy to use and when you have a v-folder open it saves it as you edit it. If you have multiple v-folders and you go to copy the data to the scanner and or SD card you can uncheck the folders that you did not change and it will perform that task faster. I believe if you remove the SD card and write directly to it things will also be faster.

I uploaded 10 v-folders last night and it finished last night. You must have a lot of data for it to take a month. :)

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Hi All.....EZ Scan MY A**!
I hope there is a more intuitive software coming out for this scanner...I cant figure out how to upload anything to the scanner without it taking a month to do so and then it says nothing to scan!!
 

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EZ-Scan is not very intuitive IMO.

It's a major pain in the behind to import anything from the RRDB or from the "library" (the GRE copy of the DB), having to click on various "next" and "back" buttons repeatedly. Win500 and/or FreeSCAN do it much better for their respective scanner models.

Once you've done the importing, manipulating the data you've put in the scanner might become easier if you go to the "Advanced" menu and set the first three items on that menu (Show Conventional, Show Trunked, Show Advanced) to on (with a checkmark beside them). At that point, on the bottom of the program's window, you will see a few more tabs appear. I find it much easier to work in the Conventional and Trunked tabs than elsewhere in the program.

As detroit780 said, if you have "Nothing to scan" listed, you don't have any scanlists active. Each "object" (conventional frequency or trunk talkgroup) you want to scan has to be in a scanlist, and in order to have that scanlist scanned, you need to make it active.

In EZ-Scan, if you've turned on the advanced bits I mentioned above, look in "Conventional Frequencies" and "Trunked Radio Systems" and make sure the items you want to scan have scanlists set. In the Conventional tab, it's the right-most column in each row, and in the Trunked tab, select a system from the list at top, then select the talkgroups tab from the list below that, and the scanlists will be the right-most column in each row. Then, once you have set a scanlist for everything, go back to the "General Settings" tab and make sure that at least one of the scanlists in the middle of the screen has the "Enabled" box checked (darkened). Upload all that back to the scanner (use the first item in the "Scanner/SD Card" menu) and you should be scanning.
 

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Hi All.....EZ Scan MY A**!
I hope there is a more intuitive software coming out for this scanner...I cant figure out how to upload anything to the scanner without it taking a month to do so and then it says nothing to scan!!

After messing with the software...I figured out how it works..uploaded stuff to it...a little different than my PSR-500 but very cool....
 

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Haven't read through all 25 amazing pages of comments. Has anyone used this with the Virginia State Police STARS VHF trunking system? Is that possible to load into the scanner to listen to?
 

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Long import time from scanner

Should the importing of systems from the library on the scanner take a really long time? I'm a new psr 800 user here. I imported the Ohio MARCS system and it took about 5 hours. Maybe i should not have selected all and limited it to one site. It looked like it spent the most time importing individual talkgroups though. My local county system only took minutes.
 

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Upload to scanner

If you have a memory card reader on your PC remove the SD card and write to it directly. I did about 12 v folders tonight and it's about 10 times faster.

Yes the more you use the software the easier it gets and the more sense it makes. Different from the 500 but it works very well.




After messing with the software...I figured out how it works..uploaded stuff to it...a little different than my PSR-500 but very cool....
 

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Anyone out there that is using the EZ software on a PC/Window Note Book or Note Pad, smaller that a Laptop.

Thanks for any info.

JBuff27
 

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I use it on my Windows 7 laptop and notebook both. Seems fine on both.




Anyone out there that is using the EZ software on a PC/Window Note Book or Note Pad, smaller that a Laptop.

Thanks for any info.

JBuff27
 
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