Someone I know is looking for a metal stud. The plastic broke off and he replaced once with the plastic stud and now the belt clip broke.
SDS150: New Uniden Scanner announcement at SEMA 2025
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Danny37
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Any chance there could be an option for auto brightness for the screen? Changing the screen brightness often is a hassle for me in a car. Love that most modern electronics have an auto brightness feature that responds to ambient lighting.
Very doubful, as requires hardware to monitor the ambient lighting to adjust brightness. I'll ask UJE but I'm 99.99% sure if the hardware was available/present we would have that option.
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Monitoring ambient light is a cheap photo detector module used in even the cheapest tablets and phones. It would be a nice feature, but not even my newest handheld HAM, marine or aviation radios has this. I have always thought they should given it is probably a 25 cent part. It would probably not consume more than a few micro amps. Cell phones have tons of sensors.
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I don’t even recall Motorola APX radios having this feature.
Implementing it at the HPDB and programming level would remove these TGs and frequencies from the scan list, (avoid / lockout)A big gain in scan time, as there is no hanging until the scanner detects encryption - these frequencies are not scanned or TGs trunk tracked at all. Obviously, this would be intended for people who do not want to monitor metadata on encrypted frequencies and TGs. But yeah, we can totally add this idea to the wishlist as well. Again, the difference here is in the implementation - offering the user the leverage of the RR DB to avoid encryption. When scanning a new area using the HPDB a lot of time can be spent avoiding encrypted traffic. This feature would allow us to have all those channels already avoided.
Danny37
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My unication G5 has the auto brightness option and its one of my favorite feature
A little #GPS
The Uniden SDS100 handheld scanner uses a small plastic stud (also called a button or post) on the back as the attachment point for its swivel belt clip. This stud is prone to breaking due to the scanner’s weight and frequent use, especially with aftermarket cases or mounts. Based on user reports and available parts, the original is plastic, but durable metal replacements exist to prevent future failures. These metal studs are typically made of stainless steel or similar alloys for strength.
Recommended Metal Replacement Options
Here are reliable aftermarket metal stud replacements specifically designed for the SDS100 (and compatible models like the BCD436HP). They install using the scanner’s original screw—no modifications needed:
• 3-Pack Metal Belt Clip Studs (Made in USA): High-strength stainless steel studs that fit precisely into the SDS100’s mounting hole. Priced around $10–15, with free shipping on some listings.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1256084793/3-replacement-belt-clip-studs-for-uniden
While I understand the desire to avoid breaking the belt clip button, the button is the weak spot whenever there is excessive stress. A metal button will not break, but without the plastic button as the weak spot, the back case of the scanner could be broken. I think the back case of my BCD396XT was cracked for this reason.
YouTube make it as copyrighted material for the Christmas musics playing in the background. Sorry folks.
That figures. I couldn't even shorten an mpg audio recording enough to add to an eBay listing for an old SUN records Elvis 45. Had to jump through hoops just to provide a link to it.
LOL I'm going to have to look, I didn't even know they have that! That's a totally different beast however, than a Uniden hobby grade scanner.
So you are telling a beta tester, that has put his SDS100 though extensive testing that the belt button is a weak point? I have dropped, baked in the sun, left out in the extreme cold and yet my belt clip button have never weakened it is a weak point? Someone is not being truthful with you and doesn’t understand physics.
Just FYI, the 21st unit coming off the production line and still the original belt clip button.
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Jason, could you do a test for Airband performance? That is something I am interested knowing how well the SDS150 will do. My SDS100 with a good antenna ( especially the one mounted on my Toyota RAV4) does a really good job. Handheld with my Diamond RH77CA it is okay. But, not as good as my BC125AT or BCD160DN using the same antenna.
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jasonhouk said:
This stud is prone to breaking due to the scanner’s weight and frequent use, especially with aftermarket cases or mounts.
ColiinsURG:
The plastic button in the entire OEM belt clip configuration is a weaker point compared to the case back and the belt clip itself, which is a bit more robust, although it is also plastic. No implication that the button is a defective design. The implication is that it is better for the plastic button to break under stress, than to have a metal button that will not break transferring the excessive force to the plastic back case of the scanner. Although you could argue if the plastic button breaks, the scanner may fall.