Vx800 error

[IVXXLXXXV]

Good morning everyone
I have a vertex vx800 and when I recently turn the radio on the channels blink and when I hit PTT the screen says error. I have had this radio for about 7 years and never had an issue. Could anyone help me with why this is happening and what I could do to fix it?

 

[radiotweester]

With this info there's too many guesses... Does it RX and not TX or are both not functional?
It could be the VCO out of lock/low voltage, corrupted programming, chip/part failure.
Have you tried reading & reprogramming it with the software? Get the service manual and check the test points. I can't remember but think these have a memory battery that may have died (memory corruption/loss). If it has been sitting without a battery this would be more of an educated guess.

 

[N6HHR]

I worked at Vertex (Yaesu) and supported VX-800 when it was being sold in the 90s. A blinking display means that the VCO is out of lock and, of course, it won't transmit either if the VCO is out of lock. First thing I would do is read (upload) the programming and see if it looks OK on the PC. If it looks OK, problem is likely a hardware failure requiring troubleshooting and repair. If programming looks corrupt, re-write a known-good program back into the radio. VX-800 does not have an internal memory battery and should retain programming indefinitely without any power attached.

If you reach wit's end and still can't get it working, and you simply must have a working VX-800, I have one each VHF and UHF VX-800 that work fine that I can let you have fairly cheap (ie: the XYL wants me to get rid of them).

de N6HHR - good on QRZ.com

 

[lookforthe1]

@N6HHR

screen only show ----------- then beeps

hi i have a vx800 uhf i am trying to program it and the computer reads and writes it w no problem when i try to use the radio it shows as if it was completely blank... the screen only show ----------- then beeps... if I take the little chip board out it shows whats programed but doesn't do...

forums.radioreference.com

i have and issue as well

i have a vx800 uhf

i am trying to program it and the computer reads and writes it w no problem

when i try to use the radio it shows as if it was completely blank... the screen only show ----------- then beeps... if I take the little chip board out it shows whats programed but doesn't do anything else in regards to tx rx. when reading it through the program it shows that i already wrote to the radio what was needed to be put on to it.

i dont know what the problem could be... i also loaded afresh clean file and then reloaded the one i created and it still give me the same issue...

im pretty sure its not the cps and is the radio but not sure how to fix it


does anyone have any ideas what it could be? I would love to put this radio back into service

thanks!!!!!!

 

[N6HHR]

If the display shows -------- (eight dashes) and the radio beep-beep-beeps, it is reporting that the selected channel has no data or is in locked-out (in the software) status. Could also be that the currently selected channel group has no data for this channel.

Turn the channel selector to a channel that you know has valid data in it and is enabled (not greyed-out in the software) for use. If the dashes and beeps continue, use a button you have programmed for Group Up/Down and cycle through the groups til you find a group with valid channel(s).

"Little chip board"? An accessory board that plugs-in behind the battery? Do you know which one you have? Might be for 2-tone paging decode (F2D5), voice inversion scrambling (FVP-22), or SmarTrunk II analog trunking (VTP-50). Part of the problem may be that the software thinks you have one accessory board when you actually have a different one plugged-in. (Been a long time...)

Will keep working with you as best I know how to get this figgered-out.

73, David, N6HHR

 

[lookforthe1]

If the display shows -------- (eight dashes) and the radio beep-beep-beeps, it is reporting that the selected channel has no data or is in locked-out (in the software) status. Could also be that the currently selected channel group has no data for this channel.

Turn the channel selector to a channel that you know has valid data in it and is enabled (not greyed-out in the software) for use. If the dashes and beeps continue, use a button you have programmed for Group Up/Down and cycle through the groups til you find a group with valid channel(s).

"Little chip board"? An accessory board that plugs-in behind the battery? Do you know which one you have? Might be for 2-tone paging decode (F2D5), voice inversion scrambling (FVP-22), or SmarTrunk II analog trunking (VTP-50). Part of the problem may be that the software thinks you have one accessory board when you actually have a different one plugged-in. (Been a long time...)

Will keep working with you as best I know how to get this figgered-out.

73, David, N6HHR

Tha KS for the reply I tried everything blank codeplug fully loaded codeplug dud chip scrambling chip you name it... All have the same issue