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Common questions

Problem Things to Try

The radio won’t power

on.

Check the battery power level.

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 that you are transmitting

at the correct power level for this channel (see

the channel lists starting on page 42).

Make sure the duration of each transmission is

less than 5 minutes.

Noise comes out of the

speaker all the time

Adjust the squelch level; it is probably too low.

I can’t hear anything

from the speaker.

Adjust the squelch level; it is probably too high.

I can transmit, but no

one can hear me.

In VHF, check your UIC channel settings (see

page 27)

In FRS, make sure the privacy codes match the

radio you want to talk to (see page 31)

The display ashes,

and I don’t know why.

The numbers on the display will ash if the radio

is in a watch mode or in scan mode. Try turning

off scanning, Weather Alert Watch, or Triple/

Dual Watch (see page 10).

I can’t read the display. Adjust the contrast level (see page 22)

I’m not getting any

hazard alerts.

Make sure Weather Alert Watch is turned on.

Check to make sure the FIPS codes in your

radio include your current location (see Using

FIPS codes for weather alerts on page 28).

I’m getting all the

hazard alerts, not just

the ones for my area.

Check to make sure the FIPS codes in your

radio were entered correctly (see Using FIPS

codes for weather alerts on page 28).

Sometimes the Weather Alert Watch may catch

a hazard alert in the middle of the broadcast and

miss which FIPS codes are affected. For your

safety, when this happens, the radio triggers the

alert tone and switches to the weather channel.

Where can I nd my

radio’s serial number?

The serial number is on a plate inside the

battery compartment.

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