Pro-668: Need software
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See if the link below helps,
http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/308167-how-can-i-program-update-unit-pro-668-a.html
Google shows some othe links as well.
hth
here's the "easier to read manual" too:
http://marksscanners.com/P800/P800.shtml
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does that scanner use the same software as the Pro-107? Anybody know?
http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/308167-how-can-i-program-update-unit-pro-668-a.html
Google shows some othe links as well.
hth
here's the "easier to read manual" too:
http://marksscanners.com/P800/P800.shtml
edit again:
does that scanner use the same software as the Pro-107? Anybody know?
ka3jjz
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No, I believe the 107 uses iScan, not EZScan and it's likely the 668 follows suit.
We have a link to a version of iScan (don't know how up to date it is) in our FAQ;
GRE/RS PC Object Oriented FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki
Mike
We have a link to a version of iScan (don't know how up to date it is) in our FAQ;
GRE/RS PC Object Oriented FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki
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It's right here but you will have to use facebook to get it unless someone else host it and sends you the link. It is the pro668.zip file
https://www.facebook.com/groups/809759642433559/files/
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The software was never on a disk, it was on the memory card. if you have not formatted it, It may still be on it.
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You can download the PRO-668 iScan software executable (.exe) file right from the PRO-668 web page on the Radio Shack website. It is listed as "CPU Update" under "Downloadable Content" about halfway down the page and the file you will be downloading will be "PRO668.exe." When you run that file you will be able to update anything that you need to update (CPU Firmware, DSP Firmware, PC Application and the Library) right through that iScan software program.
Link to the PRO-668 page at the Radio Shack website: https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-pro-668-handheld-iscan-digital-trunking-scanner
Direct link to the "PRO668" executable file: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0953/5270/files/PRO668.exe?14204073518063566193
https://www.radioshack.com/collections/scanners/products/radioshack-pro-668-handheld-iscan-digital-trunking-scanner
Here's the link. Scroll down the page and you will find "Downloadable Content," and under that, "CPU Update." That's where you'll find the copy of iScan. Click the the link and when prompted, save the file.
Incidentally (and off-topic) I see that the 668 is once again on sale for $374, so if anyone wants to take a flyer on an only slightly overpriced but damn good scanner that unfortunately has no warranty or support...enjoy.
Here's the link. Scroll down the page and you will find "Downloadable Content," and under that, "CPU Update." That's where you'll find the copy of iScan. Click the the link and when prompted, save the file.
Incidentally (and off-topic) I see that the 668 is once again on sale for $374, so if anyone wants to take a flyer on an only slightly overpriced but damn good scanner that unfortunately has no warranty or support...enjoy.
ka3jjz
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I tried this; is the application 'PRO668' which is what I got when I pressed the CPU Update link really iScan or is it just a firmware update (which is what the link suggests)?
It's not at all clear, that's for sure.
Mike
It's not at all clear, that's for sure.
Mike
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As I originally posted in post #10 in this thread on 02-02-2017, that "PRO668.exe" file download is in reality the executable file for the Radio Shack iScan software program. My post also includes a direct link to the file so that you don't even have to visit the Radio Shack website in order to download it. Leave it to Radio Shack to confuse their PRO-668 customers further by simply referring to it as a "CPU update" on their website!
It appears to be the actual EZ-Scan application for the 668. Version 1.09 from 2004.
It's the actual application and not even an installer so one must add the exe extension onto the download to even run it.
edit: trp2525 beat me to it. It's odd that RS would call it a CPU Update and then not even include the files extension. I guess for radioshack, it's not really odd.
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Once you download the .exe file and run it you can then update iScan to the latest version which at this time is 2.05 (released 07-23-2015) for the PRO-668.
Radio Shack pulled a similar stunt when they released the 2.9 CPU update for the PRO-651 and gave it a file extension of ".ex" and left off the final "e" at the end. Of course the program wouldn't run as they had it on their website (and is still that way today) and some people were confused as to why the CPU update program wouldn't run. In addition that same 2.9 CPU update also applied to the PRO-652 but they never posted it on the PRO-652 web page (and still haven't till this day).
ka3jjz
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Yeah so typical of RS to make it difficult to find or use. I'll add this detail to our FAQ so that others can find it after this thread gets buried...thanks Mike
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