8. Troubleshooting
Phenomena
Analysis
Solution
The radio cannot
be powered on.
The battery may be improperly
installed.
Remove the battery and then reattach it.
The battery power may run out. Recharge or replace the battery.
The battery may suffer from
poor contact caused by dirtied
or damaged battery contacts.
Clean the battery contacts.
During receiving,
the voice is weak,
discontinuous or
totally inactive.
The battery voltage may be
low.
Recharge or replace the battery.
The volume level may be low.
Increase the volume by rotating the
Volume
Control
knob.
The antenna may get loose or
may be improperly installed.
Turn off the radio and reattach the antenna.
The speaker may be blocked
or damaged.
Clean the surface of the speaker.
You cannot
communicate with
other members.
The frequency or signaling may
be inconsistent with that of
other members.
Set your TX/RX
frequency and signaling to the
same as that of other members.
The channel type (digital and
analog) may be set
inconsistently.
Make sure all members are on the same
digital or analog channel.
You may be too far away from
the group members.
Move towards other members.
Irrelevant
communication or
noise is heard on
the channel.
You may be interrupted by
radios using the same
frequency.
Change the frequency, or adjust the squelch
level.
The radio may be set with no
signaling.
Set signaling for all member radios to avoid
interference at the same frequency.
The noise is too You may be too far away from Move towards other members.