BCD436HP/BCD536HP: Non SanDisk cards on new Uniden Scanners

[VA3ADP]

Hello,

I recently bought a brand new 436 off of Amazon and I noticed it shipped with a generic "ADATA" 4GB SD card. I suppose Uniden has discontinued using the higher SanDisk SD cards that the scanners originally shipped with. Maybe they are trying to save a couple bucks?

Thoughts on this?

 

[BinaryMode]

Well, I knew ADATA to offer a lifetime warranty on their memory cards and USB thumb drives. If the SD card is high endurance it's a 3 year warranty.

Warranty Check | ADATA (United States)

Warranty Check | ADATA (Canada)

www.adata.com

ADATA - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[buddrousa]

My thought is you got a used unit that had been returned or the seller just referbed it with a cheap card.

 

[mc48]

I have seven Uniden scanners and not one of them came with a SanDisk card.

 

[dmfalk]

While SanDisk is the top of the line, insofar as using SD cards goes, if it's a legitimate SD card (yes, there are fake SD cards), the scanner doesn't care. But regardless of brand, it should have a high endurance rating, because the SD card has to endure some extremes, climate wise, such as when the scanner gets toasty warm from constant usage.

 

[StoliRaz]

I also think it also sounds like you got a used/returned/refurb unit. Same thing happened to me when I bought a "new" TRX-1 from Amazon. It would only run off of corded power, but not batteries. On closer inspection it had some one-off memory card in it. I kept it for a few days then returned it and bought a Uniden. I felt taking that rubber case off of the TRX-1 to change batteries would have been living hell.

 

[ofd8001]

Post from years ago: Replacement SD Cards

 

[VA3ADP]

My unit was pretty new and in box. I found it very weird but it's always good to check

 

[VA3ADP]

My unit was pretty new and in box from Amazon. Not a third party. I found it very weird but it's always good to check, my guess is that it is a return

 

[gb_allen]

I recently pulled my hair out with the SDS200 giving me a SD Card Error when trying to create new sd favourite listings.. Didn't see the key requirement until I was balding.. format the disk as FAT32... soon as I did this I could use different brands & size without any issues...