SDS-200 Speaker Noise Again like the 536HP

[allend]

Maybe thats why the description says Mobile Scanner, so you wont hear the hum that is exhibited. Maybe a base scanner is in the future without the free featured hum for use inside the house like the size of the bc898t. I ordered a Uniden bc23a off amazon which is an 8 watt amplified speaker since it was said here that the hum is non existant when using the headphone jack. I will have mine tomorrow night and report my observations.

The description for the BCT15X and the BCD996P2 scanners are mobile/base scanners too without any issues ever. Bullet Proof. Never ever a complaint about those radios with speaker hardware related issues. That's my point. Both those scanners were never 700.00 dollars scanner radios either. So to charge for that amount "we the people" deserve almost perfection. If a firmware upgrade could fix those issues then great. I am on board. But as we all know the BCD536HP radio never ever got the speaker pulsing noise ever fixed because its a "straight up hardware design flaw" that got pushed under the carpet. Not trying to bash again today but the truth is the truth. Give it more time, people will start posting as the numbers of radios get delivered.

 

[maus92]

The description for the BCT15X and the BCD996P2 scanners are mobile/base scanners too without any issues ever. Bullet Proof. Never ever a complaint about those radios with speaker hardware related issues. That's my point. Both those scanners were never 700.00 dollars scanner radios either. So to charge for that amount "we the people" deserve almost perfection. If a firmware upgrade could fix those issues then great. I am on board. But as we all know the BCD536HP radio never ever got the speaker pulsing noise ever fixed because its a "straight up hardware design flaw" that got pushed under the carpet. Not trying to bash again today but the truth is the truth. Give it more time, people will start posting as the numbers of radios get delivered.

The "pulsing" noise seems to correlate with the active Favorites List being loaded on my radio. It *seems* to go away once the radio starts scanning. In any event, I'm sitting hear 2 feet away from it with the volume set an 9 and not hearing noise from the external speaker between transmissions.

 

[mrkelso]

I got in 2 units today. Both are hooked up to a DC power supply. Both units are hooked up to Cobra Speakers. Both units have no Hum,Noise,or anything like i have been reading about on these forums.

 

[TomTN]

The "pulsing" noise seems to correlate with the active Favorites List being loaded on my radio. It *seems* to go away once the radio starts scanning. In any event, I'm sitting hear 2 feet away from it with the volume set an 9 and not hearing noise from the external speaker between transmissions.

If that is the case then the SD card may very well be the issue. Perhaps a faster SD card would minimize the issue.

 

[simiv]

I got my SDS200 in today. First thing I noticed when I plugged it in was a humming/high pitch noise. I also have the dim back light issue.

 

[radio3353]

You mean like the Unication firmware update expected last August that has yet to see public release?

On the other hand, there is something to be said for taking the time to thoroughly test it before releasing it. Especially for a professional device.

 

[maus92]

I've been monitoring the SDS200 via its ethernet connection (the audio,) and playing the sound through my studio monitors and headphones - no hum. no sidetone.

 

[n2pqq]

I received the radio today.
Yes there is a hum coming from
The bottom of the radio .
The hum is i believe speaker related.

It disappates when you lay the radio
flat . In effect covering the speaker.
Something is definitely amiss.
Uniden upman have you had the
Opportunity to look at one of the
Production units ?

 

[dfw1193]

I got in 2 units today. Both are hooked up to a DC power supply. Both units are hooked up to Cobra Speakers. Both units have no Hum,Noise,or anything like i have been reading about on these forums.

Are your speakers hooked up to the headphone jack, if so you wont get the hum.

 

[mkt853]

How does one reproduce the hum? I've heard nothing of a hum so far and I've been cranking the volume up on the speaker to see if I can hear it. Is the hum always there or only when squelch is broken?

 

[allend]

I received the radio today.
Yes there is a hum coming from
The bottom of the radio .
The hum is i believe speaker related.

It disappates when you lay the radio
flat . In effect covering the speaker.
Something is definitely amiss.
Uniden upman have you had the
Opportunity to look at one of the
Production units ?

Same here as I got my second radio today with a serial # of 88-0012XX. I am giving the serial number so Uniden can look at their production run. Same here with hearing the noise and if you lay the radio flat on a table you can't hear it. Also, before I updated the firmware from 1.06.25 and sub 1.01.10 same issue, no change. Then I upgraded the firmware to the current 1.07.04 and sub 1.02.00 same issue, no change. I also, tried another micro SD card with no change. The one thing I did notice is that the radio when turned on without the SD card it is silent with no speaker issue, but obviously the card needs to be in the radio so it will work.

I believe when you use a nice high end grade speaker it amp's it up big time and it makes you fixate on it. It's really the only way to hear a nice scanner since the speaker is buried on the bottom. But there is a reason why Uniden designed these radio's with an external speaker jack on the back for this reason.

I do say this is a hardware issue that needs to be addressed for the next production line of radios. Maybe some people can live with it and maybe some can't do it since it is annoying. I am sure Uniden can open up the guts of the BCT15X and the BCD996P2 and see what made these radio's perform flawless. End of my testing. Good Luck.

 

[Anderegg]

Have you considered replacing the 5600rpm HDD with a quieter SSD? :-O

Here is one more video and last one on scanning and you can hear the hissing and the pulsing noise like the BCD536HP radios had but not as bad as the SDS-200. This is with the volume turned all the way down. This is not a fixation. This is raw video.

 

[allend]

Have you considered replacing the 5600rpm HDD with a quieter SSD? :-O

HAHA> Only if it was that easy to swap out parts it would of been done by now. But life is life and nothing is perfect. But a 700.00 scanner better be pretty darn close to perfect. Uniden has never charged this much money for a scanner ever and we deserve perfection minus 1 percent for lee way. I wish so much that a firmware update could fix this problem, but this is not the problem. The guts would have to be opened up and solder some pieces together.

 

[Anderegg]

Send an email to Uniden support for us asking them if the noise they can listen to and watch on your videos is "as designed and within specifications".

Paul

 

[allend]

Send an email to Uniden support for us asking them if the noise they can listen to and watch on your videos is "as designed and within specifications".

Paul

Thanks for the idea but my time is more valuable then waiting to get a correct honest answer from a corporation. From a legal stand point the answer will be "Yes Mr. SDS-200 owner, everything in the radio is within specifications".

 

[seth21w]

What I don't understand is this we regulars buy a sds200 that we have had what 2 days and we've found out the defects, but all the beta testers never mention a thing?! When are we going to let the real sqeakers get the opportunity to test them it shouldn't take more than a couple days! I will volunteer.

 

[mule1075]

but all the beta testers never mention a thing?

More than likely the beta units did not exhibit the issue. Therefore nothing to mention.

 

[radio3353]

What I don't understand is this we regulars buy a sds200 that we have had what 2 days and we've found out the defects, but all the beta testers never mention a thing?! When are we going to let the real sqeakers get the opportunity to test them it shouldn't take more than a couple days! I will volunteer.

1. Uniden doesn't share comments from beta testers and the beta testers are likely prohibited from publically sharing their experience.
2. You have the opportunity to test it now. You just had to pay $700 first.

 

[seth21w]

They dont have to report on RR but this could have been something that if caught early enough in beta could have been resolved easily internally.

 

[tumegpc]

Received my SDS200 today and my gosh the noise coming from the internal and external speaker is very annoying. What a disappointment.
I think I'll have this on ebay by the weekend.