Troubleshooting

•Turn your transceiver off on board aircraft when requested to do so.

•Do not place your radio in front of a vehicle’s air-bag. If the air-bag deploys, it could propel the transceiver like a projectile causing bodily injury.

Problem	Possible cause	Correction

No transmission	Weak battery pack	Charge or replace battery
while pressing		pack
the PTT Button

Weak or no	Weak battery pack	Charge or replace battery
signal received	Channel and privacy	Adjust the transceiver’s
	code not set the same	settings to match those
	as target transceiver	settings of the target
		transceiver
	Volume level too low	Increase volume level
	PTT Button inadvertently	Release PTT Button
	depressed
	Excessive radio interference	Change to a different
	on a particular channel	channel
	Obstruction of radio signal	Avoid operating in or near
		large buildings or
		obstructions
Unit beeps, but	Battery pack extremely	Charge or replace battery
will not function	discharged	pack
when turned on
Reception of	CTCSS privacy mode	Turn on the CTCSS privacy
unwanted signals	not on	mode and set code number to
		match the setting of the
		target transceiver.
	Interference from	Turn the devices off or move
	electronic devices such	farther away from them.
	as computers or TVs
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Troubleshooting

Problem

Possible cause

Correction