No More Uniden Digital Scanners

[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

[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.

[rustynswrail]

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

[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.

[Chrisco]

lucky I downloaded the 396/996 software onto my windows xp machine when I did.... too hard to find the disk

[JAFO]

You can still download the software:

http://www.uniden.com.au/australia/p_ub ... p#download

http://www.uniden.com.au/australia/p_ub ... p#download

[Chrisco]

thanks Grant
all the info for the 996/396 including the uniden software is in the Discontinued Products section

[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.

[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"

[citabria]

Uniden Australia? or Uniden US?