Midland Radio RG2B, RG2W manual Troubleshooting

12 Troubleshooting

Problem	Possibile causes	Solution	Rifer.
	Power supply is not correctly	Verify that power supply is	4.7.a
Device doesn’t turn	connected	properly connected
	The protection fuse has shorted	Verify the cause of the
on
	(located on the power cable)	problem and substitute the	-
		fuse
Device turns on, but	Antenna is not correctly connected	Verify that antenna is	4.7.c
doesn’t receive		properly connected
	Volume level is too low	Adjust volume level	5.2
signals
	Squelch level is too high	Adjust squelch level	5.23
Unable to contact	Incorrect marine channel selected	Verify channel and, if	5.4
another party		necessary, change channel
Other party has	Distance is too far and low	Select high transmission
difficulty in hearing	transmission power (LO) was	power (HI)	5.6
you	accidentally selected
	Squelch level is too high	Adjust squelch level	5.23
	Signal is too weak (other party is	Try to completely open the
	too far away and/or antenna is	squelch and/or move closer	5.23
	blocked by obstacles)	to the other party
Reception is broken	Other users are using the same	Verify radio traffic on desired	5.4
	radio channel	channel and, if necessary,
and/or disturbed		change channel
	Other interference devices	Move other interference
	(televisions, computers,	devices further from	-
	transceivers, etc.) too close to	REGATTA 2
	REGATTA 2
Impossible to	Some channels operate only on	Tune to another channel
transmit or use high	low power or are only for reception		5.4
transmission power
DSC, MMSI or ATIS	Individual MMIS and/or ATIS	Program the codes	10.10
functions unusable	codes have not been programmed
Vessel battery runs	Excessive use of transmission	Try to reduce transmission
down sooner than		times and/or use low	5.6
expected		transmission power
Scanning and/or	Squelch has not been correctly	Adjust squelch level
Dual/Triple Watch	adjusted		5.23
malfunctioning

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