brusso99
Member
I want to make it clear the uniden 996xt has the worst user experience I have ever had. Add to it the Ego of the people who defend the products shortcomings. feature wise it's the clear winner above the GRE, but for use its a ZERO..
The only Reason I have not returned this unit is ARC-XT.. Which takes care of 99 percent of ever having to touch this things buttons and deal with its non-sense. Without Software these units are worthless. UNIDEN is crutched on the Third-party software developers its a joke.
SO HERE YOU GO
Every time I press a wrong button, in hold I get Direct Entry..
OR let say I start entering a freq like 12 and press yes
I get the question like quick save TGID save?
This dialog box is inescapable. Search does nothing, menu does nothing,
I PRESS NO, AS IN NO MEANS NO!
Next I get Select System.. BUT I PRESSED NO!!!
I don't want to proceed, I want to say no and go back to what I was doing...
More fun, press a key on a conventional system and you get the question Quick Search? yes/no well guess what NO does mean YES.. AGAIN Pressing NO brings me to Search for Dialog screen..
Let's say I want to direct entry.. Can I do this when the scanner says nothing to scan,??? NO
I have to actually press hold which brings up the first control channel of system 1 ohh joy, that's what I want to hear Control Channel noise, when I want to enter a direct frequency. GREAT JOB UNIDEN
UNIDEN,
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER THIS UNIT HAS THE WORST DESIGNED INTERFACE OF ANYTHING I HAVE EVER USED!
OPEN A FORUM ON YOUR SITE, ASK FOR ISSUES AND ADDRESS THEM IN THE NEXT FIRMWARE RELEASE!
Honestly, the only way this unit is worth a dime is to buy software to overcome its EGO Driven Design Flaws.. if the third party community did not pick up the ball this unit would be off the market..
UNIDEN IS NOT RESPONSIVE TO CUSTOMERS
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO TURN ON ONE SYSTEM FROM THE SYSTEM SELECT MENU.. How stupid is this thing, I press the Function Key it says select system, I scroll though the list (that is full of all these sites) that don't belong in the select system dialog in the first place. After turning the knob for a few mins, I finally end up with the system I want to monitor and what do you know I get the message nothing to scan.. Why because I have to turn on that system via a quick key press like 3 or .no 21 or whatever... FINE it sucks, Uniden doesn't care, ill deal with it.. SO what key do I need to turn on the system that I should have been able to turn on right from that dialog.. that would be too easy right!!!
Now before the few dudes with PHD's in workarounds for this thing jump all over me with their Stockholm syndrome responses about me not learning how to this or that, yes I have quick keyed all my systems and if I did not number them in the tags like 01 Coral Springs then I would be left with having about 2 seconds to count the spaces to the STAR to figure out which quick key it's on.. again how poorly designed can you get.. SHOW ME THE NUMBER THIS SITE IS QUICKED TO ON THE SCREEN IN NUMBERS NOT IN STARS.. I know they are in stars to show me they are off.. I know... then give me someother indicator on the screem of the number!! and kill that 2 second back to main screen its too fast to do anything.. make it user selectable in the settings..
SO after looking through the list, figuring out what the quick key number is, then turning that system on via a press like .no 68, it got what I wanted to monitor.. WOW what a crock! So what is the response from the uniden master of the radio reference universe?? make a paper list. 500 DOLLAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WITH A SELECT SYSTEM DIALOG, A SCROLL WHEEL, AND ENTER BUTTON, HUM and I should make paper lists, HEY PAL, Why don't you make the SCANNER WORK!!!!!!!!!
I'll SAVE A TREE!!!
Dont even get me started with the memory limits, you need to break up everything over 20 talkgroups.. this thing is the most expensive scanner you can buy, get it fixed.
BTW ENTER THE 21 CENTURY and Provide the USB CABLES !!! Thats a little 26 dollar hidden fee.. like not including a 12v cord for a handheld like the 396xt.. what a joke.
Thanks
why is this scanners interface so bad.
Because People Pay them Money for a poorly designed product because people who don't earn a dime pick up the slack and write wiki's and do videos and all that..
STOP Accepting JUNK!!! Demand they Make this thing work right.
The only Reason I have not returned this unit is ARC-XT.. Which takes care of 99 percent of ever having to touch this things buttons and deal with its non-sense. Without Software these units are worthless. UNIDEN is crutched on the Third-party software developers its a joke.
SO HERE YOU GO
Every time I press a wrong button, in hold I get Direct Entry..
OR let say I start entering a freq like 12 and press yes
I get the question like quick save TGID save?
This dialog box is inescapable. Search does nothing, menu does nothing,
I PRESS NO, AS IN NO MEANS NO!
Next I get Select System.. BUT I PRESSED NO!!!
I don't want to proceed, I want to say no and go back to what I was doing...
More fun, press a key on a conventional system and you get the question Quick Search? yes/no well guess what NO does mean YES.. AGAIN Pressing NO brings me to Search for Dialog screen..
Let's say I want to direct entry.. Can I do this when the scanner says nothing to scan,??? NO
I have to actually press hold which brings up the first control channel of system 1 ohh joy, that's what I want to hear Control Channel noise, when I want to enter a direct frequency. GREAT JOB UNIDEN
UNIDEN,
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER THIS UNIT HAS THE WORST DESIGNED INTERFACE OF ANYTHING I HAVE EVER USED!
OPEN A FORUM ON YOUR SITE, ASK FOR ISSUES AND ADDRESS THEM IN THE NEXT FIRMWARE RELEASE!
Honestly, the only way this unit is worth a dime is to buy software to overcome its EGO Driven Design Flaws.. if the third party community did not pick up the ball this unit would be off the market..
UNIDEN IS NOT RESPONSIVE TO CUSTOMERS
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO TURN ON ONE SYSTEM FROM THE SYSTEM SELECT MENU.. How stupid is this thing, I press the Function Key it says select system, I scroll though the list (that is full of all these sites) that don't belong in the select system dialog in the first place. After turning the knob for a few mins, I finally end up with the system I want to monitor and what do you know I get the message nothing to scan.. Why because I have to turn on that system via a quick key press like 3 or .no 21 or whatever... FINE it sucks, Uniden doesn't care, ill deal with it.. SO what key do I need to turn on the system that I should have been able to turn on right from that dialog.. that would be too easy right!!!
Now before the few dudes with PHD's in workarounds for this thing jump all over me with their Stockholm syndrome responses about me not learning how to this or that, yes I have quick keyed all my systems and if I did not number them in the tags like 01 Coral Springs then I would be left with having about 2 seconds to count the spaces to the STAR to figure out which quick key it's on.. again how poorly designed can you get.. SHOW ME THE NUMBER THIS SITE IS QUICKED TO ON THE SCREEN IN NUMBERS NOT IN STARS.. I know they are in stars to show me they are off.. I know... then give me someother indicator on the screem of the number!! and kill that 2 second back to main screen its too fast to do anything.. make it user selectable in the settings..
SO after looking through the list, figuring out what the quick key number is, then turning that system on via a press like .no 68, it got what I wanted to monitor.. WOW what a crock! So what is the response from the uniden master of the radio reference universe?? make a paper list. 500 DOLLAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WITH A SELECT SYSTEM DIALOG, A SCROLL WHEEL, AND ENTER BUTTON, HUM and I should make paper lists, HEY PAL, Why don't you make the SCANNER WORK!!!!!!!!!
I'll SAVE A TREE!!!
Dont even get me started with the memory limits, you need to break up everything over 20 talkgroups.. this thing is the most expensive scanner you can buy, get it fixed.
BTW ENTER THE 21 CENTURY and Provide the USB CABLES !!! Thats a little 26 dollar hidden fee.. like not including a 12v cord for a handheld like the 396xt.. what a joke.
Thanks
why is this scanners interface so bad.
Because People Pay them Money for a poorly designed product because people who don't earn a dime pick up the slack and write wiki's and do videos and all that..
STOP Accepting JUNK!!! Demand they Make this thing work right.
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