Hello, my APX radio seems to have monitor stuck on. It will not scan as long as the mic is hooked up to the control head but as soon as I remove the mic it will start scanning and the monitor icon will go away. I have monitor as one of the menu items and when I push it I can turn monitor on and off but the icon remains and it will not scan once again. It will scan just fine with the mic unhooked.
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Motorola APX8500 Monitor Problem
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mmckenna
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Is your mic hook grounded?
Odd, the behavior you describe sounds like the exact opposite of when HUB Defeats PL and HUB Suspends Scan are enabled. Both of those features are supposed to kick in when the mic is off the hook (i.e. ungrounded), not when it's on the hook.
Basically, you take the mic off the hook with those two features enabled, and it will a) stop scanning and b) put the radio into CSQ mode (monitor icon will appear on the control head).
I'm not sure why your radio is behaving the opposite. See if those two options are enabled (Conventional Wide and Scan Wide) and try disabling them if so.
Basically, you take the mic off the hook with those two features enabled, and it will a) stop scanning and b) put the radio into CSQ mode (monitor icon will appear on the control head).
I'm not sure why your radio is behaving the opposite. See if those two options are enabled (Conventional Wide and Scan Wide) and try disabling them if so.
I believe so. I had my local Motorola dealer install the radio and put a magnetic mic clip on it. They ran a wire from it to behind the bash which I think must be the ground wire.
I will hook it up to the CPS again and take a look at the settings you think could be causing the problem. Hopefully by messing with them some I will be able to get it to scan with the mic hooked up.
mmckenna
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Try removing the magnetic mic button from the back of the microphone. Those can be a bit flakey sometimes.
Have the Motorola dealer who installed the radio figure it out for you, they installed it, that should be covered by their warranty.
Update: I brought my truck back to the Motorola dealer that did the install and they found they forgot to hook up the ground wire. Problem is solved now and it has been working great.
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