APX Apx8000 Fail 01/A0

[BlackSheepDue]

This morning my apx8000 decided it didn’t feel like working today. I’m getting fail code 01/A0 which from what I can find means “ABACUS Tune Failure Fatal Error”

It worked fine yesterday. I did drop it from my back pocket but that’s not the first time. It also spent last night in my truck and it got down into the mid 20’s I believe.

What exactly does this fail code mean and what is my best course of action? Does it need to go back to Motorola or is this something a dealer could fix?

 

[ElroyJetson]

Any chance there's a warranty on it?

I'd contact the depot and ask them if this is a depot repair or if the local service center can handle it.

 

[crazyboy]

Per the service manual - Corrective Action: “Send radio to the depot.”

 

[BlackSheepDue]

On a whim I took it apart to a degree and reassembled it and now the fail code is gone and it seems to be working just fine. Fingers crossed!

 

[merlin]

These are awful, rugged radios, but nothing is bullet proof.
Get a secure holster for it.

 

[ElroyJetson]

Come to think of it I've never seen an APX 8000 disassembled. Or any APX from 6000 on up.

 

[GTR8000]

 

[BlackSheepDue]

Yikes! I didn't go quite that far.

 

[BlackSheepDue]

These are awful, rugged radios, but nothing is bullet proof.
Get a secure holster for it.

I've been running the newer style belt clip that covers the speaker side of the radio instead of the screen side so I always have a belt clip but I was lazy and clipped it to my pocket instead of my belt. I don't like the original belt clip as much because I'm always taking it out to look at the screen.

 

[K2NEC]

What are each of the boards?

 

[wa8pyr]

On a whim I took it apart to a degree and reassembled it and now the fail code is gone and it seems to be working just fine. Fingers crossed!

Possibly a flex connector/cable that got misaligned when you dropped it. Happened to me once; fortunately it was a work radio so the repair didn't cost me a cent. Once I knew what it was I was able to fix future occurrences on other radios.

 

[nikronzo]

boggles the mind how $9k give or take boils down to a dozen in change tiny parts. I would be petrified to disassemble my 8k like that

 

[nikronzo]

I've been running the newer style belt clip that covers the speaker side of the radio instead of the screen side so I always have a belt clip but I was lazy and clipped it to my pocket instead of my belt. I don't like the original belt clip as much because I'm always taking it out to look at the screen.

is this an OEM holster or a 3rd party one that allows the radio to be screen side exposed?

 

[N4KVE]

boggles the mind how $9k give or take boils down to a dozen in change tiny parts. I would be petrified to disassemble my 8k like that

Well you’re paying for all the developmental costs, including the salaries of the engineering team, assembly robots, & a few extra thousand because it’s Motorola. Probably costs less than 1K to make.

 

[hitechRadio]

I've been running the newer style belt clip that covers the speaker side of the radio instead of the screen side so I always have a belt clip but I was lazy and clipped it to my pocket instead of my belt. I don't like the original belt clip as much because I'm always taking it out to look at the screen.

On the original case, it is easy enough to remove the radio while on your side.
There are 3 dimples on the case, place thumb on the 3 dimples and with fingers push up, radio comes right out... Easy Peasy.

Not saying your one, but many people that purchase that bulky (speaker side) clip to show off the display side (back side) to people, while wearing on there side. IMO.

 

[gary123]

Could the failure have been temperature related?

 

[BlackSheepDue]

is this an OEM holster or a 3rd party one that allows the radio to be screen side exposed?

OEM, NTN8266B

 

[BlackSheepDue]

On the original case, it is easy enough to remove the radio while on your side.
There are 3 dimples on the case, place thumb on the 3 dimples and with fingers push up, radio comes right out... Easy Peasy.

Not saying your one, but many people that purchase that bulky (speaker side) clip to show off the display side (back side) to people, while wearing on there side. IMO.

Oh I'm well aware of how to remove the radio from the original case and put it back in for that matter. I do still use it some but for my day to day the speaker side clip is way more convenient. Most of the time the radio sits on a desk or table and I just clip it to a pocket or my belt if I'm up walking around. I use a 7000 on a radio strap for calls.

 

[GTR8000]

What are each of the boards?

The one next to the speaker is the Expansion Board, the one in the center of the photo is the Transceiver Board, and the small one to the right of that is the VOCON Board.