djeplett
Member
So I just recently bought a sick PRO-164 off of eBay and got it back working. I have a PRO-97 now, and I owned one of those in the past, but it's never done what this radio does... This one beeps after a transmission ends on the priority channel when it goes back to regular scanning. I searched the forum here and read Mark's easier to read manual but found no mention of this behavior. My PRO-97 has never done this with the exact same program. Is this an option that can be turned on and off? Anybody else notice this? Is this a feature of the 164 as opposed to the 97?
Just curious as the radio was not scanning because of corrosion on the Lockout key. I cleaned the contacts and made it better but it was still falsely detecting a button push so as a temporary fix I cut a very small piece of electrical tape and covered the contacts for the Lockout key so I could try the radio and it's working great now with the exception of the priority beep. I plan on working the contacts over some more later. I suppose I could try turning key beeps off and see if it goes away.
Also, it's date code 12A09 and firmware 1.07. Is there a firmware upgrade out there? The only one I found was version 1.10 and the readme says it's for datecodes 08A11, 09A11, 10A11, 12A11, and 01A12.
Just curious as the radio was not scanning because of corrosion on the Lockout key. I cleaned the contacts and made it better but it was still falsely detecting a button push so as a temporary fix I cut a very small piece of electrical tape and covered the contacts for the Lockout key so I could try the radio and it's working great now with the exception of the priority beep. I plan on working the contacts over some more later. I suppose I could try turning key beeps off and see if it goes away.
Also, it's date code 12A09 and firmware 1.07. Is there a firmware upgrade out there? The only one I found was version 1.10 and the readme says it's for datecodes 08A11, 09A11, 10A11, 12A11, and 01A12.