Why does my PSR-800 Do this?
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fmon
Silent Key Jan. 14, 2012
Might be an external power problem. E.g. not enough amps.
They're working on it.....
GRE is aware of the issue and is looking into a firmware solution. In the mean time you have to remove the batteries and try again. Sometimes it takes more than one try.
Fortunately it does not happen every time.
Craig
GRE is aware of the issue and is looking into a firmware solution. In the mean time you have to remove the batteries and try again. Sometimes it takes more than one try.
Fortunately it does not happen every time.
Craig
Wow, that's interesting. I haven't seen that yet, thankfully.
littlehandegan
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Mine has never done this.
Contact Grecom?
Contact Grecom?
mine does it occasionally. It seems like it's a power button timing issue and will happen if the button is held too long.
gpswx4cster
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Mine too...
Mine has done it also. I just pull out one the batteries, put it back, and I'm good to go.
Mine has done it also. I just pull out one the batteries, put it back, and I'm good to go.
Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
Maybe the bottom two batteries aren't charged.
Never seen it happen on mine, thankfully. I use Duracell 2650mAh batteries that I usually charge in a Duracell 15 minute charger.
Hi all. New psr 800 user here as well. I saw that the first night i was working on programming and thought i broke something. It does seem to happen like mancow indicated, if i hold the on button just too long it has done this a few times since. Still getting used to the radio and its quirks and along with scanning again. Hopefully we shall see a fix.
I had it happen too. There are some quirks to a software-driven radio. In my case, the unlighted display is very hard to see, and I wondered if I had pushed a button while the radio was still loading/verifying.
73/Allen (N4JRI)
73/Allen (N4JRI)
I've noticed that too.
Multiple power button presses while it's booting cause it to happen too.
Multiple power button presses while it's booting cause it to happen too.
Guilty as charged.
It's happened to me twice.
never with mine thank god
Happened again today. I may have pressed the button for too long.
73/Allen (N4JRI)
73/Allen (N4JRI)
Look for update soon
I hear there is a firmware fix out to the beta testers. I'd expect an update before too long. I want to encourage everyone not to worry about it too much. It was just a simple hit or miss firmware timing problem between the two processors on boot-up.
Craig
I hear there is a firmware fix out to the beta testers. I'd expect an update before too long. I want to encourage everyone not to worry about it too much. It was just a simple hit or miss firmware timing problem between the two processors on boot-up.
Craig
hamtalk
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i have found that if you hold the power button in just until the second display lights up it'll work ok.
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