Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Due to its rugged design, your radio requires very little maintenance.
However, it is a precision electronic instrument, so you should follow a few
precautions:
• If the antenna has been damaged, do not transmit except in an emergency
situation. Transmitting with a defective antenna may cause further radio
damage.
Common Questions
Problem
Things to try
The radio won’t turn on.
Charge the radio.
The power LED on the
charger doesn’t turn on.
•
Don’t use the charger when the ambient
temperature is below 5° C (41° F) or
above 40° C (104° F).
•
Make sure the charging contacts on the
radio and charger are clean.
•
Replace the battery.
The radio won’t transmit.
•
Make sure you are not in Weather or
Scan mode.
•
Make sure you are not trying to transmit
on a receive-only channel or transmit at
the wrong power level for this channel
(see the channel lists starting on page
26).
•
Check the battery power level; if it’s
low, charge the battery before trying to
transmit.
•
Make sure the duration of each
transmission is less than 5 minutes.
I can’t hear anything from
the speaker.
Adjust the squelch level; it is probably too
high.
The sound is muffled or the
volume is low.
Clear water from the speaker grill.
Noise comes out of the
speaker all the time.
Adjust the squelch level; it is probably too
low.
I can transmit, but no one
can hear me.
Check your UIC channel settings: does
the area you are in use different channel
assignments?
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Handheld VHF Marine Transceiver
UNIDEN MHS115
