Icom ID-51A PLUS2 Advanced Owners Manual - Page 397

Previous view TROUBLESHOOTING DDOthers PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION REF. Transceiver does not turn • The battery is exhausted. • Charge the battery pack, or replace the pp. 4-3, 4-4 ON. batteries. • The battery polarity is reversed. • Check the battery polarity in the case. p. 4-4 • Loose connection of a battery pack • Clean the battery terminals. pp. 4-3, 4-4 (case). No sound comes from the • Volume level is too low. • Rotate [VOL] to adjust to a desired p. 5-2 speaker. level. • An external speaker or a cloning cable • Check the external speaker connection - is connected to the [SP] jack. or remove the cloning cable. Sensitivity is too low, and • The coaxial cable is not connected, or • Check the coaxial cable connection or - only strong signals are au- shorted. (External antenna is used) replace with the new. dible. Transmitting is impossible. • The transmit power level is set to S- • Set the transmit power level to HIGH. p. 5-11 LOW, LOW1 or LOW2 • The battery is exhausted. • Charge the battery pack, or replace the pp. 4-3, 4-4 batteries. • The battery case is attached. • Use the battery pack or external DC pp. 4-6, 5-10 power, and set the transmit power level to HIGH. • The PTT Lock function is activated. • Set the PTT Lock function to OFF in p. 16-75 the Function Menu. • The Busy Lockout function is activated. • Set the Busy Lockout function to OFF p. 16-75 in the Function Menu. No reply is received after a • The duplex is set, and the receive and • S et the simplex operation. call. transmit frequencies are different. • No station is in range or on the same • Wait for a while, and try again. frequency. p. 15-5 Transmitting using the VOX • The VOX Level is set to OFF or too low. • S et the VOX Level to a suitable level. p. 16-77 function is impossible. • The MIC Gain is too low. • Set the MIC Gain to a suitable level. p. 16-76 Contacting another station is • A different tone or code is used for the • Check the tone/DTCS by performing a p. 13-2 impossible. tone/DTCS squelch. tone scan. Frequency cannot be set. • The Key Lock function is activated. • Hold down [LOCK] for 1 second to p. 5-12 cancel the Key Lock function. • The memory mode, Call channel mode, • Push [V/MHz] to select the VFO p. 5-10 Weather channel mode* or DR function mode. is selected. *USA version transceiver only A Program Scan does not • The memory mode, Call channel mode, • Push [V/MHz] to select the VFO p. 5-10 start. Weather channel mode* or DR function mode. is selected. *USA version transceiver only • The same frequency has been pro- • Program different frequencies in the p. 12-4 grammed in the scan edge channels, scan edge channels. "✱A" and "✱B." • Only one scan edge channel has been • P rogram one or more pair of the scan p. 12-4 programmed. edge channels. A Memory Scan does not • The Memory mode is not selected. • Push [M/CALL] to select the Mem- p. 5-10 start. ory mode. • Only one or no memory channel has • Program two or more memory chan- p. 12-4 been programmed. nels. The displayed frequency is • The CPU has malfunctioned. erroneous. • External factors have caused a fault. • Reset the transceiver. p. 16-99 • Remove and reattach the battery pack/ p. 1-2 case. 20-3