In Reply to: SC150 posted by Barry on March 21, 1998 at 21:53:40:
Here are some tricks for the sc150. If you have more, PLZ REPLY!!!
I have the Virtual down-conversion mod to get back SOME cellular, reply with a good mod and I'll give it out!!!!!!
Uniden part# BDEY2338001 is the chip used as a discriminator the location
on the board is marked as "IC-1","MC-3361BD Note: Part of this component
prevents you from recieving digital signals such as those used in the
POSAG protocol, CTCSS, SCA,FAX, RTTY, and that found in MDTs at the audio
jack. However Pin #16 is the RF input and 13 is the SCAN pin, and pin # 9
is the Audio Baseband (the one you want to tap out to recieve these
signals. :-) HAVE PHUN(fun)!!!!!
>>I had a sc150 for awhile and found a few keypad tricks not listed in
the manual.1>Battery Voltage check- Hold down the WX and L/O at power on.
A reading of 1.92 was displayed when conneted to power so that would be
the high, at 1.39 I would get the low battery warning. Yours may or may
not differ.
The rest of these will erase your memory!!!!
2>Test mode- Hold down 2-9-and the L/O key at power on.
3>Memory clear- Hold down 2-9-and the HOLD key at power on.
4>Test Frequencies- Hold down 2-9-and PRI at power on.
on my SC150, the range from 896 MHz to around
912MHz was saturated with cellular images so if you want to hear some, tune
in that range.
I found an undocumented Uniden Sportcat 150 feature (Great scanner by
the way). Before you turn it on press and hold the WX and L/O keys.
Turn it on and it shows the voltage left in the battery. When you are
in this mode pressing the number keys brings up numbers you can adjust.
Press the DC/Bank button does things too. If anyone knows what this is, post a message!!
With the SportCat 150 the battery icon appears after holding the L\O and
WX keys and turning the scanner on. If I remember correctly, if the
scanner is plugged in it should read 1.72. If you do not have it plugged
in it should read 1.66 if it is fully charged. If your scanner reads 1.45
or lower, your battery is running extremly low and needs recharging.
Power on with...
WX and L/O -View voltage left in battery.
2, 9, HOLD -Clears all memories.
2, 9, L/O -Illumination Diagnostic.
2, 9, PRI - Puts test freqs in channels 1-21.
2, 9, SCAN - Puts in more test freqs.
I think that this is not the end. The WX and L/O feature has more
options that could be usefull. Let's all get our heads together and
find some more test modes.