WS1040: WS1040 whistler scanner has low volume how do i fix this?
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Analog? Digital? Both?
rhodester
Member
Turn on audio boost in the analog settings.
Problem is both, hope you know a fix.
Any luck with this suggestion?
rhodester
Member
There is a audio boost for digital also.
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Our son lived in Bialystok while attending university. Very nice place!
A couple of options:
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This did not work, thanks for trying.
Dustin1967
Newbie
Sorry but there is no fix. It seems that when all the analog stuff went narrow band, so did the volume.
The only thing that you can do is enable volume boost on the analog channels that you want to listen to.
73's,
DC
The only thing that you can do is enable volume boost on the analog channels that you want to listen to.
73's,
DC
scanlist
Scanning since the 70's to today.
You will not get audio loud enough to rattle the windows or wake up the neighborhood with this radio.
From using this series of scanners during the GRE/RS/Whistler era the following applies.
Set all analog channels to NFM and audio boost on for each one.
For digital there is a setting for AGC and audio boost per trunked system and individual talkgroups. Turn them on.
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From using this series of scanners during the GRE/RS/Whistler era the following applies.
Set all analog channels to NFM and audio boost on for each one.
For digital there is a setting for AGC and audio boost per trunked system and individual talkgroups. Turn them on.
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You can always buy a BT speaker and transmitter.
