SDS100/SDS200: SDS100 stopped receiving

[SA_tx_88116]

Today I turned on my scanner and noticed it had no signal on anything (trunked systems, conventional, etc) so I switched antennas and tried listening to weather channels but still nothing. This is so strange it was working fine the other day the battery is fully charged and everything is normal it wasn’t damaged or anything so any recommendations or advice is welcome.

 

[buddrousa]

Did you leave the scanner in your car in the direct sun light?
Sounds like the Cold Solder Joint problem.

 

[Paco-Jerte]

Bought one that had no signal, Uniden charged $79.99 and they replaced the logic board + rotary knob that was broken too. Worked like new once I got it back. Bought it as a 4 scanner group sold as is on ebay .. got lucky none were DOA

 

[SA_tx_88116]

Did you leave the scanner in your car in the direct sun light?
Sounds like the Cold Solder Joint problem.

Nope it’s been inside the whole time I probably have to send it back to get fixed which sucks because that takes like a whole month and by the way what is a cold solder joint problem I’ve heard of that before.

 

[Paco-Jerte]

have to send it back to get fixed which sucks because that takes like a whole month

Mine took less than 2 weeks from L.A to Texas to get it repaired and shipped back. You do have to ship it to them yourself I used USPS flat rate priority and Uniden ships back with FedEx

 

[SA_tx_88116]

Mine took less than 2 weeks from L.A to Texas to get it repaired and shipped back. You do have to ship it to them yourself I used USPS flat rate priority and Uniden ships back with FedEx

Yeah I’ve done it before because the antenna jack was broken I live in south Texas so it doesn’t take long to get up to flower mound.

 

[dave3825]

by the way what is a cold solder joint problem I’ve heard of that before.

A cold solder joint is where the solder did not properly melt and bond to the component or circuit board. Results in a weak, uneven, and potentially unreliable connection. Some times it will work, sometimes it wont.

Search results for query: Cold Solder Joint

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[KevinC]

Yeah I’ve done it before because the antenna jack was broken I live in south Texas so it doesn’t take long to get up to flower mound.

So your antenna jack was broken before and now it doesn't receive anything. Sounds like you may be rough on the antenna. Do you swap antennas often or have you dropped it lately?

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Looks like this may be a repeat issue for the OP:

SDS100/SDS200: - SDs 100 antenna jack broken

Yesterday I was removing my antenna that I had on for a while to put on a longer one but as I was screwing it off the antenna took off the gold part in the jack and it was lodged in the antenna and is non removable. So now just this white part is sticking out.The scanner is still under warranty...

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[tvengr]

A good indication you have the cold solder joint problem is an RSSI value of -40dbm.

 

[donc13]

Today I turned on my scanner and noticed it had no signal on anything (trunked systems, conventional, etc) so I switched antennas and tried listening to weather channels but still nothing. This is so strange it was working fine the other day the battery is fully charged and everything is normal it wasn’t damaged or anything so any recommendations or advice is welcome.

Did you set the squelch to zero and see if it stops scanning on a conventional channel?

 

[dave3825]

Did you set the squelch to zero and see if it stops scanning on a conventional channel?

Pretty sure scanner will only stop on freqs without a programmed tone with squelch at 0.

 

[SA_tx_88116]

So your antenna jack was broken before and now it doesn't receive anything. Sounds like you may be rough on the antenna. Do you swap antennas often or have you dropped it lately?

I’m not rough on it and it hasn’t been dropped at all lately

 

[SA_tx_88116]

A good indication you have the cold solder joint problem is an RSSI value of -40dbm.

RSSI is 0

 

[dave3825]

I’m not rough on it and it hasn’t been dropped at all lately

With the key word being "lately", when is the last time it was dropped vs the time you got it back from uniden?

 

[SA_tx_88116]

With the key word being "lately", when is the last time it was dropped vs the time you got it back from uniden?

that was all over a year ago

 

[dave3825]

And you did test the radios reception when you received it back from Uniden, right?

 

[SA_tx_88116]

yes and everything worked fine.

 

[dmfalk]

Might be a memory card issue, perhaps a corrupted settings save.

 

[SA_tx_88116]

Might be a memory card issue, perhaps a corrupted settings save.

How can I fix that?