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Forum: Marine Electronics 19-06-2011, 14:36
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - No Sound

Yes, I just changed all my lights to LED. Nav lights on top of mast still can cause interference? I will check it out. Cabin lights, too. Grrrr!

Jim
Forum: Marine Electronics 19-06-2011, 05:53
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - No Sound

Yup. I will keep the old radio and when I bump into someone who can look at it I will still try and get it fixed.

In the meantime perhaps you can help with this: The new radio installed about 8...
Forum: Marine Electronics 18-06-2011, 04:41
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - No Sound

After some scrutiny checking various simple things I found the solution - bought another radio!

I took it to an electronics repair and the guy said it was a bad capacitor on a circuit board and...
Forum: Marine Electronics 05-06-2011, 12:05
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - No Sound

Great advice. I will start from the beginning and check each step but am already leaning to me blowing the transceiver by attempting to transmit without antenna. This since the monitor screen is...
Forum: Marine Electronics 05-06-2011, 06:48
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - No Sound

My unit has jack for GPS and wires for external speaker. I'd like to be able to use this radio and/or fix it myself if possible.

Jim
Forum: Marine Electronics 05-06-2011, 06:38
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - NO SOUND

Yes - has wires for external speaker and mic is not speaker - speaker in radio and no sound out of speaker.

No, the unit was never working. I now don't recall if there was sound and I tried to...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-06-2011, 17:07
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: Make, model, age?

Will find out about the model. Good idea about trying another one in it's place. Will do ASAP.

Jim
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-06-2011, 15:27
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - NO SOUND

HMMMM. Sounds like something I would try to do. If I can't find a way to test it I will just have to buy another - grrrrrrr! I don't like to spend money on the boat and try to do everything...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-06-2011, 15:16
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
Re: VHF - NO SOUND

Interesting (on two counts). First that your wife could "ground you up the mast" is pretty impressive! Second is that I didn't and don't know if my unit has a "hail" setting but will check that...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-06-2011, 14:43
Replies: 24
Views: 16,856
Posted By Jimske
VHF - No Sound

Any idea how to trouble shoot the problem? New antenna on mast and power to unit shows channels and TX, etc. so it seems to be working but no sound out of microphone, no squelch, no nothing. Could...
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