WHY WONT MY BACKLIGHT WORK ON MY R7? I recently bought a used Motorola R7 Portable radio. I'm on firmware version R02.23.01.3001. For some reason after my radio boots up the backlight goes out on the keypad and display. no matter what brightness settings I have, it won't turn on. The only time the backlight works is during the startup process after I turn it on. is there a secret setting on CPS that is making my light not work?
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R7 Backlight issue
- Thread starter AlexisGS21
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I made sure everything was enabled and selected in the backlight setting and they were. Not sure if it's something with the code plug or the actual radio.
You may also have dark mode/night mode enabled. That's probably in the settings on the radio.
As @PARTHCITY said, you may have the "Disable All LEDs" checked in the codeplug. That option is also located in Settings->General Settings just below the "Talkaround Private Call Hang Time (ms)"
Here's a screenshot of the setting itself and a brief description of the setting.
The "Help" section in CPS2/RM is a great tool that I think many people don't utilize, especially those who post on this forum for very basic/general questions. More often than not, a lot of questions can be answered just by performing a keyword search in the help section of the software. I'm not knocking people who post or discouraging posting general questions, but a little bit of research/information finding goes a long way.
Here's a screenshot of the setting itself and a brief description of the setting.
The "Help" section in CPS2/RM is a great tool that I think many people don't utilize, especially those who post on this forum for very basic/general questions. More often than not, a lot of questions can be answered just by performing a keyword search in the help section of the software. I'm not knocking people who post or discouraging posting general questions, but a little bit of research/information finding goes a long way.
I wasn't able to fix the backlight issue, luckily the radio was still on an extended warranty, so I was able to send it to Motorola to get it serviced. Thanks to everyone who tried to help!
