HarleymanMike
Member
First off, I live in Omaha, NE. Second off, I am an absolute newbie to this digital stuff.
I purchased a used 2096 for $100.00 and thought I got a good deal. It seemed to work just fine for county public safety and various other channels. The problem; I also wanted to receive the Omaha Police and Fire frequencies, as well. I called RS, they referred me to a gentleman that would "update" my unit. He hooked it to his laptop and did his thing (I'm an idiot, so I can't tell you exactly what he did). To make a long story short, the scanner stops on the frequencies, but the speech is un-understandably choppy, what little there is. He said it should be hopping with activity. Anyways, he seems to think that maybe the decoder is bad. I took it to RS, and even after telling them I was willing to pay for the repairs and put a deposit down, they refused to send it in for inspection and/or repair. They said it had to be under warranty to do this. So finally, here is my question; Is there anybody in my area that can check this out and fix it, or did I just waste my money? Any help would be appreciated greatly.
I purchased a used 2096 for $100.00 and thought I got a good deal. It seemed to work just fine for county public safety and various other channels. The problem; I also wanted to receive the Omaha Police and Fire frequencies, as well. I called RS, they referred me to a gentleman that would "update" my unit. He hooked it to his laptop and did his thing (I'm an idiot, so I can't tell you exactly what he did). To make a long story short, the scanner stops on the frequencies, but the speech is un-understandably choppy, what little there is. He said it should be hopping with activity. Anyways, he seems to think that maybe the decoder is bad. I took it to RS, and even after telling them I was willing to pay for the repairs and put a deposit down, they refused to send it in for inspection and/or repair. They said it had to be under warranty to do this. So finally, here is my question; Is there anybody in my area that can check this out and fix it, or did I just waste my money? Any help would be appreciated greatly.