Factory Reset On F70DS

[Bvfd041]

I Was Wondering By Using The Software Is There A Way To Wipe Out Everything And Do A Factory Reset On F70DS. Think Mine Be Having A Possible Glitch In It I Was Able To Monitor Our Local Fire Department That Is P25 Well As Of Yesterday I Was Unable To Hear Let Alone Transmit To Them Not TO Sure What Is Causing It But Was Curious If The Factory Reset Could Take Care Of This Issue Or Is It Something More Critical. Any help would be helpful think you. the software is version 1.2 and the radio firmware is1.5

 

[jeatock]

Very simple. Read the radio and save the file for future reference. Open a new, blank file and enter all new data. Any new file starts out with factory defaults.

 

[Bvfd041]

I'll try that and see if it works thank you.

 

[Bvfd041]

Ok I Done It Just Like You Told Me After Programming The Unit From Scratch I tried to transmit plus receive on digital and nothing so i am not to sure what could cause the problem

 

[jeatock]

Ok I Done It Just Like You Told Me After Programming The Unit From Scratch I tried to transmit plus receive on digital and nothing so i am not to sure what could cause the problem

When you say 'nothing" do you mean no RF at all, or RF what cannot be decoded by another P25 radio? What are you listening on- another P25 radio, fixed infrastructure like a base or repeated system, scanner, etc? Is it possible that the 2nd receiver is only accepting a particular NAC or talkgroup? Encryption?

Does the radio transmit in plain old analog?

Is it possible that you have a blown final power amp- i.e. the radio is transmitting at 0.01 watts exciter power only and the PA isn't boosting it up to 4~5 watts?

If there is no RF at all, its starting to look like a trip to Icom Chicago repair.

Can you download a different, working F70DS and try that icf file in your radio?

Did the radio ever function properly? If so, what changed to make it fail? Was the failure all at once or gradual?

 

[Bvfd041]

Icom F70DS

It Worked Fine And Then All Of A Sudden It Just Quit Receiving Any P25 And It Wont Transmit P25 However It Receives And Transmits Analog Perfectly. And It Excepts all other files fine just not the P25 traffic

 

[jeatock]

It Worked Fine And Then All Of A Sudden It Just Quit Receiving Any P25 And It Wont Transmit P25 However It Receives And Transmits Analog Perfectly. And It Excepts all other files fine just not the P25 traffic

Looks like a physical problem. Icom's central US factory warranty/repair station is:

AJR International
300 Regency Drive
Glendale Heights, IL 60139

Phone (800) 232 - 3965

Call them first.

Sorry.

 

[Bvfd041]

thank you