Gre psr 600

[trunkerman63]

I finally have it going just today, but am wondering why the display, after the radio is on a few minutes, has black squares around each place where a letter or number is located (contrast darkening?) It looks like some kind of contrast thing that is automatically changing by itself. The radio is new to me, so I have no idea what to do about it.

Thanks

 

[K9WG]

Should not be there. Reference the manual page 99 and see if you can adjust the contrast.

http://www.greamerica.com/download/manuals/PSR-600v1.2_Manual.pdf

 

[trunkerman63]

Thanks, I will sure check that out.

 

[K9WG]

Let us know how it turns out. If you can't set the contrast for an acceptable display I would say you have a defective unit.

 

[trunkerman63]

Thanks. This radio is so complicated, I'm still trying to figure out how to adjust it. It's strange to me how it will be fine for about 5 minutes after turning it on, then go all the way dark. I also think it's losing or skipping some channels after being on a while. Our air base security and maintenance is digital and usually full time talking. After 5 o'clock all that stops for the night. I wonder if anyone has ever had a problem with channels just not being picked up after it being turned on so long? Hopefully, it was just on another channel when the medic one was going.

Thanks

 

[darrylcn]

I have a similar scanner as you, a PSR-500, and I thought I noticed this behavior when I had our entire province's towers programmed in. It would be ok for a bit and then I'd forget about it. I'd realize after some time that I had stopped hearing traffic. I programmed only the closest towers in and it seems fixed. It was either locking onto interference that wasn't a real Control Channel (the odds of that go up as you program more CCs in) or it was locking onto a far away tower that had none of the talkgroups I had enabled. Either way it's never done it since I programmed only the closest towers. Might be worth a shot if there's a chance it could apply to you.

 

[trunkerman63]

Wow, thanks! That gives me an idea of what to tell the guy coming to help me with it. If you don't mind, I could refer him to your post and situation.

Thanks again so much.

 

[darrylcn]

You're welcome! Hope it helps. I ended up programming a V-Scanner for when I'm in town (5 towers) and another for when I'm outside the city (all towers). Worked like a charm. Once I cross a certain point on a highway outbound from the city I load the province-wide setup and bingo.
I don't mind at all if you refer him here, main thing is to get things figured out. That's the point of this place!

 

[krokus]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.973 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)

I have found that if I pause on a TG, the radio seems to quit tracking it, after a few minutes. I wonder if this might have the same origin as your problem. (I have multiple towers programmed in.)

I guess it's time to look closer at the V-scanner options.

 

[darrylcn]

Could be. Hope it helps a few people out. Once I figured it out it wasn't really a 'bug' since I know how to avoid it. Plus if you put your Home and Away configs as 00 and 01 (maybe it's 01 and 02?) it's pretty quick to switch.