posted 05-19-2005 01:46 PM ET (US)            

Does it make a bunch of white noise if you turn the volume up
and the squelch all the way down?

posted 05-19-2005 02:23 PM ET (US)            

I can tell you that I am not overly please with the radio. It quit working within the first 10 days of ownership and when I returned it to the dealer I was greeted with "we will have to ship it back to Texas to the manufacturer"...no refunds, no exchanges. I have since had to ship it back again for repairs and in both cases they replaced the microphone. It seems that if you spit on it, the thing will short out. I now have it mounted inside my console and the microphone is enclosed in a plastic bag with a "stay dry" packing absorbent pack and secured with a rubber band.

posted 05-19-2005 03:42 PM ET (US)            

Are you anywhere there are other boaters and the CG? If so,
tune it to 16 or 9 (whichever gets more traffic) and see if
you get anything.

I'd guess either an antenna problem, or some really wierd
incantation required to put it in WX mode (per WhalerGoFar).

Unidens have never been my favorite radios.

posted 05-19-2005 05:12 PM ET (US)            

I am sorry if I have abused this Whaler site for this issue; again, my apology.

posted 05-19-2005 05:15 PM ET (US)            

You don't have an issue..you have a problem.

posted 05-19-2005 08:01 PM ET (US)            

No apology required. If it's on a Boston Whaler...it is fair game, unless it relates to fishn'.

Jim is right, Uniden is a messed up company from my point of view. I have not checked to see if they have a support site, but as I type this...I will check.

Sure enough they do have a support site that can be found at the following link:

http://uniden.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/uniden.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=6Yr6FRFh

Good Luck,

posted 05-20-2005 09:01 AM ET (US)            

thanks for the web site address....I am on hold as I write this missve with Uniden hoping against hope for help. Look forward to seeing your Whaler in Naples. Best.

posted 05-20-2005 09:57 AM ET (US)            

Thanks for the "heads-up"; just got off the phone with my Whaler dealer and read him your post...he agrees and will implement your suggestion. Thanks so much!!!

posted 05-23-2005 04:22 PM ET (US)            

I bought a UNIDEN OCEANUS DSC a couple of weeks ago. UNIDEN's customer service is practically non-existant.

I wanted to hook up my GARMIN GPS for DSC. I finally got help and succeded because someone in this great forum helped me. No help from UNIDEN.

I also bought it because they advertise that you can flush mount it on your dash. In the manual, they tell you that you have to get a flush mounting bracket FMB322, AFTER you bought the radio. But that part does not exist in their store. They do not answer my e-mails.

I also sent a card to get the $20 rebate and I got an e-mail telling me that they need for me to send them the "UPC" code. But that was not asked for in the rebate card.

This is definetely a brand to stay away from.

I hope you get your weather channels to come in. If I have the same problem, and if I get them to come in I will post the solution. I am going to the Pamlico sound for two weeks in July, with a new boat, and I was counting on this radio.

posted 05-23-2005 05:01 PM ET (US)            

The mike sensor in mine went bad (from moisture, I suspect). It was still under warranty, but they told me the warranty only covered parts, not labor. The price for the labor wasn't worth the trouble of uninstalling it, packing it up, sending it to them, waiting weeks, then reinstalling what I knew was an unreliable piece of junk. So I asked them to send me the part so that I could install it myself, but they wouldn't do that. If anyone wants a barely used Uniden Oceanus with a bad mike sensor ($2.00 part), I'll sell it cheap.

posted 05-23-2005 05:03 PM ET (US)            

Uniden FMB322

That will get you two dealers who at least CLAIM to be able
to get it.

posted 05-23-2005 07:47 PM ET (US)            

The real problem is that there is no industry
standard for either describing the signals nor for color
coding the wires. And a standard genderless NMEA connector
would be REALLY cool.

posted 05-24-2005 03:41 PM ET (US)            

I did the search on Google. the two websites are one and the same.

Anyway, I ordered the UNIDEN OCEANUS flush mounting kit (FMB322) from Star Marine Electronics. They said they had it in stock. We'll see. Thanks for your help, once more.