XTS3000
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I agree. Upman said end of the month, so I'd expect it on the final days in November. Id rather have QA hold off a few additional days and make sure the release is solid and bug free.
X36 "huge, tremendous, fantastic feature addition"?
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I agree. Upman said end of the month, so I'd expect it on the final days in November. Id rather have QA hold off a few additional days and make sure the release is solid and bug free.
I would be nice if Uniden could increase the font size on the 436 with this fantastic, huge, tremendous feature addition. That's my only gripe at the moment with my 436. Difficult to read the display, even with my specs.
I totally agree.
Font size is a matter of screen real estate and how much information you want displayed. It's why we don't see trunking site info on the 536 too. What would be really be nice would be a way to customize what you see on the screen. There is some stuff on the screen that I would gladly delete if I could either put other items on or increase the font size for items.
It would have been nice, but if the screen on the 536 was larger, but then again they were be other trade offs if they did that.
It would have been nice, but if the screen on the 536 was larger, but then again they were be other trade offs if they did that.
seth21w
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November 30th at 2359 hrs lmao
I envision Paul not wanting to release it until after Thanksgiving...and just when he's all set to take off Thursday through Monday someone else puts it on the server....and it breaks peoples radios...and he is out of phone/internet/whatever coverage and doesn't find out about the mayhem until late Sunday night.
seth21w
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I'm staying on 1.02.03 I'm done experimenting lol
Interesting theory, Kevin. Uniden has been chastised for releasing firmware on Fridays. So on a Friday over a holiday weekend would really be "bad". I guess that leaves Monday morning.
I would not be surprised to see it run into December a few days. Of course then people will complain that it wasn't released soon enough while others will complain it wasn't tested enough. I hope UPMan gets paid well for all the stress.
I would not be surprised to see it run into December a few days. Of course then people will complain that it wasn't released soon enough while others will complain it wasn't tested enough. I hope UPMan gets paid well for all the stress.
Good teams don't release stuff just before a weekend. My paying job, programming the CAD system for a big city dispatch center, will not roll out any patches, upgrades, or work packages after Thursday afternoon until Monday morning.
People have a brutally bad habit on this forum: "Target is by the end of the month" becomes carved in stone as "You will have this update by the end of the month".
If Uniden put out a firmware update that dispensed cookies out of the SD slot, the same tired 9 posters, would complain it did not make cake, call Paul a liar and other things, and then offer their expert opinions why said firmware should never have been released without said "cake" upgrade.
marksmith
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Not me. That's pretty much what the HP2 is, and it's very readable. Extremely readable compared to either the 436 or 536.I think if you made the whole front of a model touch-screen with the largest font there would be people saying it's too small.
Anybody who says the 436 and 536 are hard to read are exactly right.
Mark
WS1095/536/436/996P2/HP1e/HP2e/996XT/325P2/396XT/PRO668/PSR800/PRO652
Anybody that can not read a 436 or 536 display from 4 feet SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING or needs new glasses I can read my 436 in the cup holder in my Navigator driving down the road and I am 57 years old with 2 year old glasses.
NWI_Scanner_Guy
SCANNING THE AIRWAVES SINCE 1987
It's not that I can't read the display from four feet away, because I can, but a bigger font would make it easier. Sitting my 436 and HP-1 side by side, the HP-1's display is easier to see at a distance. The difference? The font size. I use the 12pt font. Yeah, I can read it using the 8pt font, but the 12pt is better for my eyes. Just wish the 436 had that option.
YMMV since everybody's eyes are different.
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mitbr
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Is that 2015? Lol
But what year?
troymail
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That's a pretty strong statement that is, well, just flat wrong.
I am closer than 4 feet to my 436 but between the font sizes, backlight issues (the light is nearly none-existent), and glare at times, the display is just not readable.
My 50+ year old eyes have gone downhill over the past 5 years for up close reading (I blame both age and sitting in front of computer monitors for the last 30+ years). I do need over the counter reading glasses to read small text, etc. However, I do not need glasses nor do I have problems seeing in general and/or while driving.
On the other hand - seeing the text on my GRE/Whistler radios has NEVER been a problem - even today - without reading glasses.
Troy sorry but I can see my 436 in my cupholder in the daylight with no backlight on and dim at night not to blind me. Does your state have mandatory eye test for drivers license I think that would make the streets alot safer as most people are in denial about their eye site I think all states should have retesting for eyes and driving skills I see way too many wrecks caused for these reasons. I have been in front of a computer for 30 plus years and get new glasses every 2 years. Make no bones about it if I remove my glasses I have trouble reading the signs running down the road at 55 to 70 MPH So I use clip on sun glasses.
troymail
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It is dangerous for anyone to assume that everyone's situation is the same or that we can all be grouped in one category or another.
I get eye tests annually. It has never been suggested after that testing that I need anything other than reading glasses for up close reading.
NWI_Scanner_Guy
SCANNING THE AIRWAVES SINCE 1987
And ignorant as well.
I have my 436 mounted on a ProClip on the dash, at possibly slightly less than the optimal viewing angle (the screen maybe points 5-10° too high from my eye-line) at arm's length. This time of year with the early morning commute in darkness, with the backlight on, I can see everything including the RID line okay, except when some bozo comes at me with his high-beams on. In daylight, it's readable fine in almost every situation except when the sun is right in my face. I think that says more about my night-vision than anything else, but the radio display is fine for me. And I presume I don't have the faded backlight issue, because it lights up bright enough to illuminate other things in the cab of the truck.
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