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IC-F50V setup questions

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19sargeusmc56

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I'm trying to test the vibrator function of this radio I just aquired.

In the CS, on the menu under COMMON....KEY & DISPLAY, there is a setting there for OPENING VIBRATION, and the help file tells me that if set to ON, the radio will vibrate for the duration of the display of the text in the OPENING TEXT field. Well, this one isn't vibrating when I turn it on. I've been thru the CS, and I don't see anything else that would flat disable the vibrator from working.....unless I missed it of course.

Any programming gooroos out there can lend a hand?


Semper Fi.
 
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Sounds like you may have the non vibrator version. Both are F50V's, look and function the same except no stored voice or vibrate. An easy way to tell,.. shut the radio off, press the up arrow and the P4 button together and hold while turning on the radio. When the radio boots up, it will say REV 3.4 or 3.6 or whatever firmware is installed, then it will scroll through some other things. If you do not see the word VIBRATOR when its scrooling it is not a Voice and Vibrate model. Hope this helps.
 
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F50V follow up

Ok, w/ver 3.4 firmware, will an upgrade to 3.6 enable vibrate functionality? I haven't even opened it up yet, so I don't know if the motor is even there or not.
 
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...and the next question is how is a f/w upfrade accomplished with an F50? Is it downloadable?? If it's got no motor, then it's a moot point........
 
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The firmware has really nothing to do with it's vibrate functions. The non vibrate version units do not have the motor installed in them.
 
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