Motorola XPR 7550

[bferguson1121]

Just got this VHF radio to use at my volunteer FD and whenever I go to charge the radio with the IMPRES charger the charging base will be orange. I know orange means the battery is reconditioning but the radio will do an annoying beep tone about every 5 seconds until I pick the radio up off of the charger and sit it back down. Then the charger turns red and it stops the annoying beep tone. by ideas what causes this and how to turn that off with either the radio or the programming software, thanks.

 

[Pezking]

Stop picking it up and let the charger recondition the battery.

 

[N4KVE]

Also charge the battery without the radio attached. There’s no reason to have the radio in the charger. In my case, I have 2 batteries, so when the battery is weak, I attach the new battery, & charge the weak one. But NEVER charge a battery while the radio is on while attached to a radio.

 

[Outerdog]

Turn the radio off.

 

[N1GTL]

Are you charging it with the radio on?

 

[mikewazowski]

Turn the radio off.

Yup.


If the radio must remain on, purchase another battery. While one battery is in use, the other battery is charging.

 

[N4KVE]

Are you charging it with the radio on?

Obviously he is. What else would make the “annoying beep”.

 

[bferguson1121]

So nobody answered the question if it can be turned off. I have no problem with letting the battery recondition in the charger but I like to leave the radio on to listen to dispatch. You recommend me to charge the battery seperately from the radio itself. I am also fine with that but do you know a place to get a decent deal on a IMPRES battery. Unfortunately when I purchased the radio it came with one battery and they are pretty expensive from Motorola dealer. Thanks again for the suggestions!

 

[wardaddy]

The IMPRES charger can't properly condition the battery with the radio on; in fact, it can't even properly charge the battery with the radio on.. I'm guessing the alert tone you are hearing is a design implementation to alert you to that. You have two options: 1, you can ruin your battery by charging it with the unit on, or 2, buy an additional battery.

 

[AI7PM]

Several bits of good advice above. Let the charger do it's thing. Read the manual, and it will tell you to TURN THE RADIO OFF.