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No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:09 pm
by JAFO
Just visited the Uniden Website and noticed that the 396T & 996T are no longer listed on their website as current Scanner – no longer, Gone
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:16 pm
by soupbones
Yes you are correct. They are gone, but they still show pictures of them in the animated flash adverts on their site. Makes me wonder if they have done this because the XT models are coming out now??? Strange how they still sell the older analogue models still.
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:57 pm
by rustynswrail
soupbones wrote:Yes you are correct. They are gone, but they still show pictures of them in the animated flash adverts on their site. Makes me wonder if they have done this because the XT models are coming out now??? Strange how they still sell the older analogue models still.
FYI, Uniden will not be supporting any digital scanners in Australia for the forseeable future. Encryption has seen a significant decline in sales and therefore they cannot justify the cost of modifying to Australian conditions, type approving and distribution.
For some unknown reason analogue scanners are selling better than ever, ergo only analogues will be supported in future catalogues.
Russell Bryant
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:11 pm
by citabria
Wow, I wonder what on earth people are buying analog scanners for... Channel X-ray perhaps? who knows!
I think this could be a bad decision long term for them - once P25 GRN comes, and assuming that most agencies stay in the clear, then the market will open back up again.
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:36 pm
by Chrisco
lucky I downloaded the 396/996 software onto my windows xp machine when I did.... too hard to find the disk
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:38 pm
by JAFO
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:44 pm
by Chrisco
thanks Grant
all the info for the 996/396 including the uniden software is in the Discontinued Products section
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:14 pm
by JAFO
Its rather frustrating really, I am not that keen on the idea of buying gear from the US and Dealing with warranty claims, especially when it looks like my replacement 996T may be developing the same lose of signal strength issue as my pervious 996T.
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:40 pm
by Chrisco
from uniden Facebook page
Uniden wrote
"Uniden have decided to discontinue all its current Digital Scanners - there is a plan in the long term to reintroduce some new models"
Re: No More Uniden Digital Scanners
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:00 pm
by citabria
Uniden Australia? or Uniden US?