Pro-668

[buddrousa]

This is a great update to the Pro-18 picked it up this morning at 09:30 put in batteries pulled the Tn State System out of the Lib and the 2 counties I was working in today worked great on the Tn State System THP TEMA works great. I like the display color (a softer light blue) a lot better than my Pro-18

 

[buddrousa]

The quick programming by zipcode and by entering State and City short cut still needs a lot of work entered things that were not in the area. It works better by going into the Lib like on the Pro-18 and manually picking state town agency ect. Been running 1/2 vol on a brand new set of Duracell 2450 rechargeable batteries for 8 hours still showing 3/4 charge.

 

[Haley]

Keep us updated on how it does. As far as sensitivity , is it an improvement over the Pro18? Mike

 

[buddrousa]

Mike running them side by side my Pro-18 has had a very good reception with that said they both are receiving very well I was 20 miles from a P25 Phase2 system yesterday and had it solid. I was in Milan and the site was Jackson.

 

[Haley]

That is good to know! Sounds like a good purchase. Considering one myself ( or the Whistler version). One more question, what are you using for antenna? I think you may have been the first one to get the 668. Mike

 

[buddrousa]

My service van is stock ducks, my car MAXRAD BMAXSCAN1000 MOBILE SCANNER ANTENNA UHF VHF 800, and home 30 foot discone split 4 ways amped 0db gain at fire station 60 foot discone split 2 way amped close to 0db.

 

[Haley]

Those are some nice set ups, thanks for the reply! Mike

 

[rtsims]

Pro668

I have had my 668 about a week now and its works good in NC . I replaced the sd card witha 16 gig and put the freqs that I needed on it . Its working good along side my Pro18 and the Whistler1080 .

 

[6Paul21]

What kind of systems are you listening to? Is the decode rate better then the PRO 18 on Phase 1?
Thanks Ed

 

[robnj74]

I would expect almost identical performance perhaps a little better. As Don S pointed out in this thread http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/284615-revisiting-pro-18-x2-tdma-2.html the Pro-18 is hardware wise identical to the PSR-800 which is what this model is based on anyway.

Rob
K2RJJ

 

[rtsims]

Pro668

I listening to phase ! and Viper apco25 systems and they are very clear , sitting next to the whistler 1080 and using they same 800mhz antennas on both they are equal.

 

[buddrousa]

The only Phase 2 system I have is a 45 min drive and it worked great as far as phase 1 have it sharing and antenna with a Pro-18, a Pro-197, and a PSR-410 and the Pro-668 is working great. I have 3 Phase 2 sites coming on line this year so I will more to work with later this year.

 

[buddrousa]

As per PRO-668 User Manual Page 26
To install your iScan Software:
1.Connect the iScan to your PC using the supplied USB
cable. An installation wizard should appear, or you can
navigate to the microSD card and open setup.exe.
2.Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
3.When the software is installed, open the software
and use the tabs to modify your settings and upload
to your iScan. Refer to the online help for current
information.

 

[gnet158]

Anyone running the software on windows 8.1? If so what's the trick?

 

[rtsims]

can you run it in a win 7 compatable mode on win 8.1

 

[stlouisx50]

Anyone running the software on windows 8.1? If so what's the trick?

My pro 106 sounds better on 800 mhz p25 phase I. As far as Windows 8.1 keep the scanner off, plug it in by cable and Windows should find the drive. Start the setup. Exe and run the program. Then update the program.

 

[MONITORING247]

i have the pro 668 awesome scanner i did a small review of it

 

[sigint1]

Anyone running the software on windows 8.1? If so what's the trick?

I have 8.1 and couldn't get the iscan software to recognize the scanner - went into the device manager and found the drivers were not installed - attempted to update driver by going to the iscan folder and got windows error that driver was not signed - did a disable signed driver enforcement reboot - repeated process and up and flying with no problems - also FYI i bought a 32 GB Micro SD card and tried formatting it in my laptop but had problems getting it to work in scanner - then read the manual some more (DUH !) and noticed it said you could format a new card in computer (which is much faster believe me) but to make sure you use the iscan software to do it - put card back into my laptop - reformatted (make sure you do full format not a quick format) with the iscan software instead of windows and lo a behold it worked beautifully - now trying to learn my way around the iscan software.

Also I have a Home Patrol 1 and am using the USB cable from it as it is quite a bit longer than the one that comes with the scanner - also for some reason the scanner had a 4 GB card in it instead of the advertised 2 GB - go figure!

 

[rtsims]

Radioshack just sent the entire inventory of the 668 to the clearance stores with close out prices , huge discounts . half price or more closer to the end of march .In case you havn't got one yet .

 

[Nasby]

Radioshack just sent the entire inventory of the 668 to the clearance stores with close out prices , huge discounts . half price or more closer to the end of march .In case you havn't got one yet .

Wow. Really?? Is this nationwide?

I would sure like to get one if the price is good.