SDS100 Programming Assistance Needed

[Sfdbuff]

I just purchased an SDS100 scanner. Im not computer savy. Im lookingfor someone to properly program radio forOcean and MonmouthCounty Fire and policeas well as Coast Gurad marine channelsandaircraft. Any one in area that couldhelp me out.

 

[markjrenna]

Download Sentinel and connect it to your SDS100.

You can select everything you want to listen to and upload to your scanner.

Sentinel for the BCD436HP/BCD536HP/SDS100/SDS200 - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[tvengr]

What is your city?

 

[Sfdbuff]

I live in toms river but would like to get ocean county and some monmouth county fd, pd

 

[markjrenna]

Once you have Sentinel you can select the areas you want and then upload to your SDS100. You can select the counties, towns, and agencies. Just avoid e and E as you probably won't hear those.

See the database here: RRDB | New Jersey Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference to see what you can choose from.

 

[ka3jjz]

We have a very extensive wiki page on these scanners. Look at the Nuts and Bolts and Relevant Resources sections, then go to the bottom for links to YouTube videos.

SDS100 and SDS200 FAQ Page - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

Be sure to bookmark this page as it has a lot of tips that you won't easily find anywhere else

Mike

 

[tvengr]

I live in toms river but would like to get ocean county and some monmouth county fd, pd

Monmouth County Law Enforcement is fully encrypted and cannot be received by any scanner. Here is a hpe favorites list file to Import into Sentinel. There are three P25 trunked systems (Ocean Co, Monmouth Co, and NJ State Police. Only the County Simulcast site will be scanning for Ocean Co when you write the file to the scanner. The Jackson Co Site is a fill-in site and can be enabled by quick key. There is a good chance the Jackson site is out of range. Only the MonmouthCo South site will be scanning. That is the one closest to you. The MonmouthCo North site will probably be out of range also. The North site can be enabled by quick key also. The NJICS Bordentown site will be scanning anytime the NJ State Police system is active. I suggest that you stay with just the 3 sites scanning. Otherwise, you will start missing transmissions. I will need to give you some instructions about using quick keys later. Save the attached zipped file to your computer and extract. Go to the Tools tab in Sentinel and set the Target Model to SDS100. Go to the File tab and Import from hpe file (Favorites List). Click on New Favorites List and name it Ocean_Monmouth Click on OK. In the Downloads folder, highlight and Open the extracted file. It will appear as a favorites list in Sentinel. Quick keys as follows:

FAVORITES LIST QUICK KEY:
0. Ocean_Monmouth
SYSTEM QUICK KEYS:
0. Ocean Co NJ Trunk
1. Monmouth Co NJ Trunk
2. NJ State Police
OCEAN CO DEPARTMENT/SITE QUICK KEYS:
0. OcnCo Services (Dept)
1. OcnCo Interop (Dept)
2. OcnCo Emerg Ops (Dept)
3. OcnCo Fire/EMS (Dept)
4. OcnCo Sheriff (Dept)
5. OcnCo Police (Dept)
10. Jackson Twp Site (Site)
MONMOUTH CO DEPARTMENT/SITE QUICK KEYS:
0. MonCo Services (Dept)
1. MonCo Interop (Dept)
2. MonCo Emerg Ops (Dept)
3. MonCo Fire/EMS (Dept)
10. MonmouthCo North (Site)

 

[Sfdbuff]

Boy this is getting mote confusing y the moment. When Ihad my hp2 I could hear jackson good. I just need to figure out how to get this all into my radio.

 

[Sfdbuff]

Monmouth County Law Enforcement is fully encrypted and cannot be received by any scanner. Here is a hpe favorites list file to Import into Sentinel. There are three P25 trunked systems (Ocean Co, Monmouth Co, and NJ State Police. Only the County Simulcast site will be scanning for Ocean Co when you write the file to the scanner. The Jackson Co Site is a fill-in site and can be enabled by quick key. There is a good chance the Jackson site is out of range. Only the MonmouthCo South site will be scanning. That is the one closest to you. The MonmouthCo North site will probably be out of range also. The North site can be enabled by quick key also. The NJICS Bordentown site will be scanning anytime the NJ State Police system is active. I suggest that you stay with just the 3 sites scanning. Otherwise, you will start missing transmissions. I will need to give you some instructions about using quick keys later. Save the attached zipped file to your computer and extract. Go to the Tools tab in Sentinel and set the Target Model to SDS100. Go to the File tab and Import from hpe file (Favorites List). Click on New Favorites List and name it Ocean_Monmouth Click on OK. In the Downloads folder, highlight and Open the extracted file. It will appear as a favorites list in Sentinel. Quick keys as follows:

FAVORITES LIST QUICK KEY:
0. Ocean_Monmouth
SYSTEM QUICK KEYS:
0. Ocean Co NJ Trunk
1. Monmouth Co NJ Trunk
2. NJ State Police
OCEAN CO DEPARTMENT/SITE QUICK KEYS:
0. OcnCo Services (Dept)
1. OcnCo Interop (Dept)
2. OcnCo Emerg Ops (Dept)
3. OcnCo Fire/EMS (Dept)
4. OcnCo Sheriff (Dept)
5. OcnCo Police (Dept)
10. Jackson Twp Site (Site)
MONMOUTH CO DEPARTMENT/SITE QUICK KEYS:
0. MonCo Services (Dept)
1. MonCo Interop (Dept)
2. MonCo Emerg Ops (Dept)
3. MonCo Fire/EMS (Dept)
10. MonmouthCo North (Site)

I canot seem to be able to open the file

 

[Frequency1]

I canot seem to be able to open the file

(For fun) I downloaded this file to sentinel and transferred it to my SDS100.
Working good.

 

[tvengr]

I canot seem to be able to open the file

The file attached is a zipped file which cannot be opened by Sentinel. Did you extract the file first? Open the extracted file. Just follow the instructions above.

 

[tvengr]

Once you see the favorites list in Sentinel, go to the Edit tab and Edit Profile. Click on the Scan Selection tab. Remove the check mark from Monitor Full Database. Set Download and Monitor to On for the new favorites list (Ocean_Monmouth). Set Download and Monitor to Off for any other existing favorites lists. Click on the X in the upper right corner of the page to close the profile editor. Go to the File tab and click on Save. Turn on the scanner and plug in the USB cable. Press E on the scanner to enter USB Mass Storage. Go to the Scanner tab in Sentinel and Write to Scanner. Your SDS100 should appear in the dialog box. Under Write option, put a check mark in Erase Favorites Lists on Scanner. Click on OK. When writing to the scanner is complete, eject the scanner and remove the programming cable.