I have a Pro-197 that I had rebanded and programmed by someone that I can no longer reach. The issue is that ever since I got the scanner back it's had trouble with the receive. Signal breaks up and poor reception. I notice that I can hear the same transmissions on my handheld Pro-106 which was rebanded and programmed with the same stations. Now all of a sudden the 197 isn't receiving anything at all, except that I can hit the WX button and it will receive it. Anyone have any ideas or should I send it to scanner master and have them redo it? Thanks in advance!
P.S. How hard is it and what all do I need to learn how to do the reband and programming myself and is there any idiot proof instruction on how too?
Any chance that the 197 was programmed with the wrong system or sites? Baytown shows to be on the TxWARN P25 system, using P25 Phase I talkgroups, which your scanner can handle.
Rebanding in and of itself is not an issue, since the P25 system has the required bandplan in the data stream.
What antenna are you using for your Pro-197? If an external (roof top) antenna is connected, the scanner could be overloading from other transmit sites, or possibly
simulcast distortion. What antenna is your Pro-106 using?
If you have the programming cable (or willing to buy one), then pick one of the three software packages at the link Troy provided. Use the cable and the software (they all have a thirty day free trial) to download the programming from each scanner, then compare the settings. How is the Pro-106 programming (for the system of interest) entered as compared with the settings in the Pro-197. I suspect that unless the antennas used are completely different (as in causing the 197 to overload), that you'll find one or more errors in the way the Pro-197 is set as compared to your Pro-106.
