CP200 question

[rescue161]

What I mentioned was a maintenance procedure, so the radio is apart and on the bench with the speaker out of the housing. Then, you have a small piece of tape in your hand and carefully touch the speaker cone with the sticky side of the tape and it picks up the particals, be it metal dust or otherwise. You do this a few times until the speaker cone is clean and then reassemble the radio and align per manufacturer specs.

 

[PACNWDude]

+1 one on above, using tape or a stronger magnet to remove metal particles from the speaker magnetic coil or plastic housing. On another note, it is not just CP200 radios that have a speaker issue when around metal particles, I take apart many XTS series handhelds for the very same reason. APX radios are new enough that they have not had the time to accumulate enough to decrease the audio, but I suspect that time will come as well. When dealing with machinists and those working in trades, there will be metal particles that make it past the gaskets and filter media. Sometimes, at least for the XTS series, it is easier to just replace the entire speaker/mic/flex. I then use the magnet to hole papers on a nearby metal cabinet, they are pretty strong for their size, and why Motorola radios have great audio.