Uniden SDS100, Owner'S Manual

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TRUNKING SITES
Inside systems are trunked sites that hold the trunking frequencies for any trunking system and
any band plan information needed. You need at least one site for each trunked system and some
systems can have several sites.
DEPARTMENTS
Departments are created inside systems. Departments hold frequencies (channels) for
conventional systems and Talk Group IDs (also called channels) for trunked systems.
SENTINEL SOFTWARE
MANAGE PROFILES
Profiles are “snapshots” of your scanner’s set up. A profile contains all configuration settings as
well as all Favorites Lists, Avoids, and System settings. Sentinel can save multiple profiles so
you can restore different profiles as you need them. For example, if you regularly visit a specific
location, you can create a profile for that location. You can save it to Sentinel to use whenever you
visit.
MANAGE FAVORITES LISTS
You can create Favorites Lists in Sentinel then associate them with specific profiles. Sentinel lets
you create new systems or edit systems already in a Favorites List. When a profile is written to
your scanner, only specified Favorites Lists are written to the scanner. Note that all Favorites Lists
are shared by all Profiles. If you delete a Favorites List, it is deleted from all profiles. If you want to
use a particular Favorites List in some Profiles and not use it in Others, use the Download and/or
Monitor settings in the Profile Editor to select your preference.
MANAGE DATABASES
Uniden updates the Database used in your scanner every week. You can decide how often
you want to update the databases on your scanner. When you update them through Sentinel, it
checks the website for the most current database and saves it in Sentinel. When you select Write
to Scanner , the new database is updated in the scanner. Updating the main database does not
update any Favorites List. Your customizations and selections are preserved.
HOW TO INSTALL SENTINEL SOFTWARE
1. Go to the scanner’s product page at Uniden.com and click the link for support files.
2. Download the latest version of Sentinel.
3. Unzip the file you downloaded, then click on setup.exe and follow the on-screen instructions
to install Sentinel.
UPDATING FIRMWARE
Your scanner updates its firmware through Sentinel. In that process, Sentinel connects to the
internet and checks for the current firmware version to download.
From time to time, Uniden will release firmware updates to improve existing functionality, add new
features, or address issues found in its operation. Updating the firmware takes just a few minutes
and is easily accomplished using the Sentinel Software you installed on your PC.
Simply connect your scanner to your PC using the supplied USB cable and select
Mass Storage .
Then, in Sentinel select
UPDATE/Update Firmware
and follow the on-screen prompts.