OK, now that my 790 is functional; upon powering the unit up; I cannot get any audio from the external speaker. I have double checked the chassis and the "loop" allowing audio to return back to the remote head is in the correct postion (pins). The remote head also has the pins in the correct positions. To best describe the issue; when turning the unit "ON" you can hear the speaker but no power tone. And there is no audio from the radio. Stupid question, I checked the unit BEFORE installing it into my truck. Sooo, I have not hooked the antenna up yet......would that be the issue?? HELP??? Thanks!!!
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TK-790H audio problem
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code3cowboy
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Where are you plugging your speaker in? Did you jumper the audio at the body to send the audio to the control head molex or are you feeding the speaker through the RF deck molex?
So what you are saying is when you power on the radio, you hear a mild thump in the speaker but no other audio? The thump is normal and comes from the audio PA during power up. This would mean the speaker is hooked up correctly. My concern would be why no other audio is getting to the PA.
First, how about programming? Is there anything set for speaker A/B or public address or anything? Would this cause a problem? Lemme think a minute....
How about squelch noise. Press and hold monitor button until busy comes on. Do you hear noise?
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ramal121; yes the speaker "thumps" when the radio is turned on. I have tried squelch noise w/o success as well using the monitor button.......no noise. I will try and check the programming later today for the A/B speaker setting. Thanks!
radionerd13669
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Just dealt with this today.
have you checked to make sure the speaker is operational (works)
Double check the pins in the connector. I believe you need 2 and 6 for the external speaker
have you checked to make sure the speaker is operational (works)
Double check the pins in the connector. I believe you need 2 and 6 for the external speaker
OK, checked the pin placement; On the deck there is a loop from pin 3 to pin 6 to send audio to the remote head. On the remote head pin 1 has an ignition lead for power & pins 10 & 11 have the leads that run back to the external speaker. I have not checked to see if the speaker is good or not. Is there a quick way to do that?? Thanks in advance.
Your loop jumper and speaker wires are in the correct pin position so no prob there. The speaker thump says all is OK, but the best way to check it is to unhook it and put it across another speaker from some other equip that is known working.
The audio power amplifier in a 790 has two inputs and two outputs (guess the chip was made for a stereo). This is for speaker A/B operation. The B speaker output goes directly to the secondary speaker without jumpers or whatnot. Speaker A output only has one jumper, the loop wire on the back of the chassis connector. Speaker A can be hooked to the chassis connector, or the control head courtesy of the loop wire. Speaker B can only be hooked to the connector on the radio chassis.
Switching for this dual speaker setup is done by the radio (ahead of the audio PA) which sends audio to either input A or input B for whichever speaker you want to use.
Now before it gets too deep, remove the speaker from the head and plug it in to the chassis connector pins 7 and 8, the speaker B output, and see if you get anything. To remove the pins if you don't have the correct removal tool, you'll need to use something small, sharp and pointy to press in the little captive "finger" of the pin. It'll slide right out.
Let us know how this works...
The audio power amplifier in a 790 has two inputs and two outputs (guess the chip was made for a stereo). This is for speaker A/B operation. The B speaker output goes directly to the secondary speaker without jumpers or whatnot. Speaker A output only has one jumper, the loop wire on the back of the chassis connector. Speaker A can be hooked to the chassis connector, or the control head courtesy of the loop wire. Speaker B can only be hooked to the connector on the radio chassis.
Switching for this dual speaker setup is done by the radio (ahead of the audio PA) which sends audio to either input A or input B for whichever speaker you want to use.
Now before it gets too deep, remove the speaker from the head and plug it in to the chassis connector pins 7 and 8, the speaker B output, and see if you get anything. To remove the pins if you don't have the correct removal tool, you'll need to use something small, sharp and pointy to press in the little captive "finger" of the pin. It'll slide right out.
Let us know how this works...
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OK, checked moved the external speaker to pins 7 & 8 on the chassis w/o success. And I am pretty sure it blew the internal fuse.
Sorry about that. Gotta watch those speaker leads with the voltage on them. Shorting them will blow yhe fuse or wreck the PA.
Well if there was no luck on pins 7 and 8, it is starting to sound like an internal problem. Someone with a schematic and some test equipment will have to trace the audio chain to see where it quits. At the least you will have to get the fuse replaced.
Well if there was no luck on pins 7 and 8, it is starting to sound like an internal problem. Someone with a schematic and some test equipment will have to trace the audio chain to see where it quits. At the least you will have to get the fuse replaced.
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