SDS200 Remote Head currently being tested by Uniden Beta Testers???
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Tablet and proscan and a wireless bridge
Just like after market mags and wide tires
Just like after market mags and wide tires
Cute. But I'm buying, not selling....
Some of us don't want a "MacGyvered" solution, especially one that will not control the power of the SDS200.
Sorry but I fully control my sds200
How is this "MacGuyvered?" People have been using it exactly this way, the way Proscan designers engineered it, pretty much since the first release of Proscan with the ability to control the radio. The mobile application of the program makes no difference than an in home application. The tablet/control software is an affordable and space-efficient way to have this box mobile. The power is an issue, but not a big one if you know what you're doing.
I'm not talking about ProScan.
I'm not saying the ProScan method is awful, or wrong, or whatever. Even though I'm tech savy and like to tinker, I just don't want to play tech support (is it my tablet, is it the tablet OS, is it a ProScan issue, is it my wireless bridge, is it the SDS, etc) in my free time. The folks at work solved the "MacGyver" system by deciding it's time to gut the whole thing and replace it with a new system, with components meant from the start to work/integrate with each other.
While it may be affordable and space-efficient (depending on tablet) it introduces a few points of failure that can easily be avoided should Uniden produce a purpose built remote head. I work with a safety/security control system that has been "MacGyvered" together and failures happen regularly, mostly because of the use of components that aren't designed to work together are being forced to do so.
I'm not saying the ProScan method is awful, or wrong, or whatever. Even though I'm tech savy and like to tinker, I just don't want to play tech support (is it my tablet, is it the tablet OS, is it a ProScan issue, is it my wireless bridge, is it the SDS, etc) in my free time. The folks at work solved the "MacGyver" system by deciding it's time to gut the whole thing and replace it with a new system, with components meant from the start to work/integrate with each other.
We are very happy with our solution do you own a SDS200? Those of us that own them use all tools and are very happy with them.
This is just like people wanting all scanners to have built in GPS I own 2 GPS units I own 17 scanners why should I buy 15 more GPS units that are not needed?
This is just like people wanting all scanners to have built in GPS I own 2 GPS units I own 17 scanners why should I buy 15 more GPS units that are not needed?
I'd be happy with a good Android based app for the SDS scanners. I'm talking about for mobile use as even a small Windows based tablet is pretty big for putting in a car or truck. I wouldn't even care if it was cable only connection.
The same goes for the x36HP scanners.
But, I'm dreaming anyway.
The same goes for the x36HP scanners.
But, I'm dreaming anyway.
We are wanting a "Remote head" that is identical to what is on the SDS200, since it wasn't built with a detachable head/face like Whistler did with the TRX-2.
A tablet is not the same. I want real volume controls and such. Besides, "hands free" laws apply for a tablet and phone, but not a scanner or commercial or HAM 2 way or CB.
And yes, I own one. Would buy 2 more if I could get remote heads.
The advantage of a remote head is I can have it turn on with the car. Last thing I want to do is have to start up a tablet, wait for it to boot, then start the app, wait for it to connect to the scanner....all for a 10 minute drive to the store.
Should Uniden announce they are not pursuing a real remote head (or my 436 fails before one is announced), that's what I intend to do. However, since the 100 will need an amplified speaker just like my current mobile mounted 436, I can wait a long time to upgrade to a 100. I'd place an order for a SDS200 the day Uniden announces a real remote head, though. Heck, I probably would have even dropped cash to be an early adopter if the 200 had been released with a detachable head.
False, at least in my case.
Ownership of a 200 isn't a requirement to comment on wanting to see accessories released for it by the OEM. If your solution works for you, then great. Enjoy. It doesn't work for me. It's also why I passed on the 536 and went with a 436 instead.
Sign me up! With GPS, I don't find myself touching buttons much other than for powering up/down the device, volume, and the occasional avoid. I was skeptical of touch-screen avionics but after a bit of use, found the interface not that much of an issue in bumpy air.
Fingerprints though...
Ummm..... Who wanted a "proprietary battery" for our scanner? That makes no sense.
Which is my point exactly. It's not much different than using the radio with a software that allows remote control. My statement was in response to:
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Where the colloquial "We" is used to include everyone. Uniden released the RH-96, which was a godsend to those who used them, but apparently did not garner enough interest to keep the production line running with subsequent scanner models. If Uniden is looking to make a remote head, I highly doubt it will be "a "Remote head" that is identical to what is on the SDS200" since they've been bitten by that bug before.
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The end user price for a high resolution, 1300x something, touch screen for iPhone are $20 and then add a volume/dial control at one side and a front speaker at the other side.
But I would prefere a phone/tablet solution, to let you choose the size you want, with an app that have a full lenght vertical volume bar/slide at the left of the display that you drag to change volume. Swipe the display to continue scan and tap the system/department/channel to hold and swipe to select the next. Quick select of different display modes, simple zoomed/detailed/day/night. Choice to mute scanner speaker or app speaker. Most devices have automatic backlight adjustment to adjust to the enviroment light and antiglare screens. Phones automaticly disables the app when its phone function are in use, that is always a nuisance when you have hands free phone conversations and scanners and stereo are blasting out sounds and needs to be manually muted.
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But I would prefere a phone/tablet solution, to let you choose the size you want, with an app that have a full lenght vertical volume bar/slide at the left of the display that you drag to change volume. Swipe the display to continue scan and tap the system/department/channel to hold and swipe to select the next. Quick select of different display modes, simple zoomed/detailed/day/night. Choice to mute scanner speaker or app speaker. Most devices have automatic backlight adjustment to adjust to the enviroment light and antiglare screens. Phones automaticly disables the app when its phone function are in use, that is always a nuisance when you have hands free phone conversations and scanners and stereo are blasting out sounds and needs to be manually muted.
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The difference, and it's an important one, is that this hypothetical remote head, and its components, would be designed from the outset to function as a remote head for the SDS.
Honestly, I'd be shocked if Uniden came out with any sort of remote head. Not just because of the past attempts, but as I see it, because Whistler offers a model with a detachable head (don't want to be a "copy-cat") and the propensity for end users to just come up with their own solutions.
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