SDS200 Battery ?

[BOBRR]

Hi,

Was wondering about this a bit.

Have a new SDS200.

Apparently there is no battery in it, or is there perhaps a small one hidden somewhere ?
Seems to be that if you pull the small power plug, the unit goes dark.
Is there a battery somewhere ?

Obviously the data loaded into it stays, so is it that they use some type of non-volatile memory, while
the HP-1, e.g., doesn't have, being so much older ?

My HP-1 has the 4 AA batteries.
Why the difference ?
Uses different logic components, or,...

Or, do they consider a HP-1 as being a "semi-portable" type of radio ?

Bob

 

[jonwienke]

HomePatrol is designed to run on batteries, the SDS200 is designed to run on 12V DC. It has a small internal battery for the clock, but that's it.

Both store all settings on the micro SD card.

 

[StaticDischarge]

The SDS series saves memory to an SD card so that makes me believe there is no memory battery (nor have I read anywhere that there is one).
Now when you power off the scanner the proper way there is a 'write to card' that happens which saves changes made. I don't believe there is a 'write to card' process that happens when power is removed by pulling the plug so you may lose those keypad changes.
Knowing nothing of the HP-1 I cannot answer those questions..

 

[jonwienke]

There is no memory battery. The battery is only for the clock, nothing else.

 

[WoodburyMan]

SDS100 - Portable, has Batteries.
SDS200 - Meant for Mobile Car or Home use and runs on 12v or AC-Adapter input. No battery.

If you're looking to be mobile, perhaps you can return the SD200 and grab a SDS100. They are almost identical in terms of features except the SDS200 has LAN port for the most part. I have both a SDS200 setup in "base station" mode scanning from home, and a SDS100 I go about my day with for portable use.