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TROUBLESHOOTING

If your transceiver seems to be malfunctioning, please check

 

 

 

 

the following points before sending it to a service center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

SOLUTION

REF.

 

 

 

 

 

No power comes ON.

• The battery is exhausted.

 

• Recharge the battery pack.

p. 12

 

• Bad connection to the battery pack.

 

• Check the connection to the transceiver.

 

 

 

 

 

No sound comes from

• Volume level is too low.

 

• Set [VOL] to a suitable level.

p. 5

the speaker.

• Tone squelch is activated.

 

• Turn the tone squelch OFF.

p. 11

 

 

 

 

 

Transmitting is impossi-

• The battery is exhausted.

 

• Recharge the battery pack.

p. 12

ble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No contact possible with

• The transceiver is set to semi-duplex.

 

• Push [DUP] to set to simplex.

p. 7

another station.

• The other station is using tone squelch.

 

• Turn ON the tone squelch function.

p. 11

 

 

 

 

 

The displayed channel

• Lock function is activated.

 

• Push [DUP] for 1 sec. to cancel the func-

p. 7

cannot be changed.

 

 

tion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scan does not start.

• The monitor function is activated.

 

• Push [–] to cancel the function.

p. 6

 

• Scan tag is not programmed.

 

• Set scan tag to desired channels.

p. 9

 

 

 

 

 

No beep sounds.

• Beep tones are turned OFF.

 

• Turn beep tones ON in SET mode.

p. 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

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