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HT1250 front button problem

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I was recently given two Motorola vhf 1250 radios by a former coworker who accepted a new job out of the country. one yellow and one black, but they are both 1250s. While attempting to program the yellow radio, I kept experiencing problems because the P2 and button above p1 (up one level) are not responding. at all.

I am pretty sure I am programming them properly, because when I copied the programming cfg file to the black radio, the buttons work properly.

Does anyone know how or why to fix this? is it an easy hardware fix, or do I need to take it to a motorola dealer for repair?

any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Print out the programming if you can and compare each one to the other. If the programming is identical then it is probably the button (worn or dirty) contact.
 
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Does P2 and button above P1 beep (low tone) when you push them, or are they silent?

Low tone= programming isn't set up to use those buttons.

Silent= probably dirty contact- open, re-seat pad after a little cleaning; clean and reset ribbon contacts.
 
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