Uniden 300-Channel Clock Radio Scanner by Uniden
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Digital camera reviews of Uniden 300-Channel Clock Radio Scanner
Digital camera Review: Small Unit does a LOT of things for the money!
Summary: 5 Stars
One night my husband and I were out on the porch discussing various things from our youth. Somehow the subject of police scanners came up. We needed a new clock radio with alarm and since we live on an island in NE in a flood zone I joked that what we needed was a police/fire/emergency scanner with built in radio, weather band that could be taken on the run.
Not being well versed on today's scanners (I am of the era of Smokey and the Bandit) was very surprised and delighted to find they do make such an item. It does an awful lot for a small sized unit. And being an electronic brand name snob I felt I could take the chance on getting a well made unit from bearcat/uniden.
Well we set it all up and programmed it BUT found lots of discrepancies on the web as far as what the correct frequency numbers are for police/fire in our area. So we let it do its thing where it scanned and picked up local frequencies and some from far away as well.
It was the weekend so we could not call the toll free number provided with the directions (directions? We don't need no stinkin' directions!) which will tell you the freqency numbers of services in your area.
Rather than that, however, my husband opted to bring it to a local man who for a small fee entered the areas/services we were looking for. i imagine the true scanner enthusiast would of called or had those numbers already. Just be careful of info found on the web.
The weather alert/band features are interesting and handy to have, too. We have lived through various hurricanes/blizzards and it is nice to have something informative that runs on batteries as well as standard electric.
We found we liked it so much we put it on the kitchen counter and as such left unmet our original need for a bedside clock radio alarm. So I still need to buy one of those for the bedroom!
It also picks up some TV stations. Again, in a power outage handy to have. Oh yes you will cry if the power goes out too long but suck it up like we do. On New Years eve we lost power on our island and had to LISTEN to the ball fall during the Dick Clark Rockin New Years Eve show. To all life some rain must fall.
So far the most interesting thing we heard on the police scanner was concerning a man who somehow super-glued himself to a urinal wall. Never saw anything about it in the paper, either.
Digital camera Review: Totally Unnecessary but Totally Useful
Summary: 5 Stars
Just another toy that I could live without. But it sure is lots of fun scanning the frequencies, listening to police, fire, and airport chatter.
GREAT weather radio. This function is real nice.
Do you need this item - absolutely not.
Will you have fun with it - absolutely yes.
Digital camera Review: Uhiden Bearcat Scanner
Summary: 2 Stars
I think this would be a good scanner if I could figure out how to set the police and fire channels. I once accidently found a local police station I could listen to--But then accidently lost it. The clockradio and weather channel on this unit are good. But I kinda wish I had sent it back in the 30 day timeframe. I have a 4 year college degree. I thought surely I could figure out how to use the scanner. But there are very few instructions on this in the booklet. And I'm not psychic.....so....I'm stuck....with something I can't use.[ASIN:B000EVWC9C Uniden 300-Channel Clock Radio Scanner]]Digital camera Review: Uniden 300-Channel Clock Radio Scanner
Summary: 4 Stars
Everything perfect except display contrast...Cannot see at nite w/o being 6" from display...A pity, because this would make the scanner a perfect '10'.Digital camera Review: Uniden 300-Channel Scanner
Summary: 4 Stars
The Uniden 300 does what it claims and does it well. I can receive
police, fire, marine, ham radio, am, fm, tv, weather and even pick
up local cordless phone conversations. The controls are easy to use
and the unit is fairly easy to set up. I wish it came with a beefier
antenna but I'm able to get nearly 300 miles of reception of ham radio
so its not bad straight out of the box. The frequency scanner works
efficiently and smoothly zeros in on any live broadcasting in whatever
band you are in. The emergency notification is awesome, never thought
I would need it in San Diego, but sure enough it popped up one evening
when a storm cell blew into the area causing flooding. Nice! The
radio controlled clock feature automatically re-set itself when day-
light savings time came around too. As a bed side companion it does
the job and more! My only complaint, which is very minor, is the clock/
frequency display is at an angle not convienient for viewing without
lifting my head from my pillow. Reckon if that's the only negative
then I'm 99.5% satisfied with my purchase. Kudos to Uniden & Amazon
for hooking me up with the Uniden 300.