I just received my new GRE PSR 800 a couple of days ago and I have already figured out the radio. Very nice scanner radio. I have corrupted the SD card a few times trying to program it and finally stopped corrupting it. The beautiful thing abut this scanner is that everything is stored on a micro SD card and the radio is just the shell of the unit. By upgrading the micro SD card to a larger size this scanner can hold as much data as you want.
I also bought another micro 2gb SD card and a reader so I can have a backup and also needed the card reader because it takes forever to transfer the data between the computer and the USB port on the PSR 800. This also allows me to practice with it and if I corrupt anything its okay I have a backup. Sweet.
The stock antenna is horrible. GRE should be embarrased to sell a scanner with a cheap antenna and no batteries and no power A/C adapter. But you can't have everything. But for over 400 bucks you should get everything included because the antenna is everything. Also, they should have least put some cheap re-chargeable batteries in the box to complete the unit. I did buy the GRECOM 800 mega hertz antenna which makes it nice to receive transmissions now. Their tech support is good. Everytime I call somebody answers the phone and they try their best to help. They are not pro scanner freak techs but at least somebody answers the phone.
For the power I got an old blackberry USB long cable and USB a/c charger which I found in a pile of junk with 5 volts which I needed to make sure it was right output voltage so I did not blow up the scanner. It works beautiful. I can also use the USB port on my stock chevrolet car to power my PSR 800.
I give the scanner 4 out of 5 stars right now. The biggest dis-appointment is the life of the batteries. It chews up batteries like there is no tomorrow. I am reading alot of the forums and looking into different batteries and smart chargers and setting the voltage pattern on the PSR 800 software.
With the systems that I listen to in my county is still on a Motorols Type II Smartzone system and has been on this system for the past 20 years and I am able to pickup everything as well as some of the surrounding counties are doing P25 Phase I so I am good for now. At least my county and surrounding counties have not gone to P25 phase II yet. I guess our beautiful state of California is broke and has no money to keep up on communication upgrades yet. But we will see with the D block of 700 mega hertz. At least when its time to upgrade our trunking system in my county there will be the new and latest and greatest scanner for that technology.
I also bought another micro 2gb SD card and a reader so I can have a backup and also needed the card reader because it takes forever to transfer the data between the computer and the USB port on the PSR 800. This also allows me to practice with it and if I corrupt anything its okay I have a backup. Sweet.
The stock antenna is horrible. GRE should be embarrased to sell a scanner with a cheap antenna and no batteries and no power A/C adapter. But you can't have everything. But for over 400 bucks you should get everything included because the antenna is everything. Also, they should have least put some cheap re-chargeable batteries in the box to complete the unit. I did buy the GRECOM 800 mega hertz antenna which makes it nice to receive transmissions now. Their tech support is good. Everytime I call somebody answers the phone and they try their best to help. They are not pro scanner freak techs but at least somebody answers the phone.
For the power I got an old blackberry USB long cable and USB a/c charger which I found in a pile of junk with 5 volts which I needed to make sure it was right output voltage so I did not blow up the scanner. It works beautiful. I can also use the USB port on my stock chevrolet car to power my PSR 800.
I give the scanner 4 out of 5 stars right now. The biggest dis-appointment is the life of the batteries. It chews up batteries like there is no tomorrow. I am reading alot of the forums and looking into different batteries and smart chargers and setting the voltage pattern on the PSR 800 software.
With the systems that I listen to in my county is still on a Motorols Type II Smartzone system and has been on this system for the past 20 years and I am able to pickup everything as well as some of the surrounding counties are doing P25 Phase I so I am good for now. At least my county and surrounding counties have not gone to P25 phase II yet. I guess our beautiful state of California is broke and has no money to keep up on communication upgrades yet. But we will see with the D block of 700 mega hertz. At least when its time to upgrade our trunking system in my county there will be the new and latest and greatest scanner for that technology.