18Troubleshooting - Icom IC-PCR1500 Instruction Manual

If your receiver seems to be malfunctioning, please check the following points before sending it to a service center.
PROBLEM
Does not turn on. • An AC adapter is not connected to the Main unit
.
• An AC adapter is connected to the same AC outlet
with a PC, printer, etc.
No sound comes from the • Volume is too low.
speaker. • The audio mute function is activated.
• Squelch is set too high.
• Band scope function is activated in SSB or CW
mode.
Sensitivity is low and only • Antenna feedline or the antenna connector has a
strong signals are audible. poor contact or is short circuited.
• Squelch attenuator function is activated.
Frequency cannot be set • The receiver screen is not selected.
via the PC key board.
Program scan does not • The squelch is open.
operate. • The start and end frequencies are the same.
Memory scan does not op- • The squelch is open.
erate. • Only 1 memory channel is programmed or other
channels are set as skip channel.
The Communication error • The computer does not recognize the connected
occurs after launching the Main unit.
IC-PCR1500_2500 pro- • The protector circuit of the power supply is acti-
gram. vated.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
TROUBLESHOOTING
SOLUTION
• Check the connection.
• Check the connection.
• Right click [AF GAIN].
• Push [MUTE] to turn the mute function OFF.
• Set the squelch level to the threshold.
• Pause or cancel the band scope function in SSB or
CW mode.
• Check, and if necessary, replace the feedline or sol-
der the antenna connector again.
• Push [ATT] to turn the Attenuator function OFF.
• Click anywhere in the receiver screen first, then
input the frequency.
• Set the squelch to the threshold point.
• Set the different frequencies.
• Set the squelch to the threshold point.
• Program other memory channels or cancel the
memory skip function in the desired channels.
• Launch the program after approx. 20 sec. has
passed.
• Use the supplied AC adapter, or a stabilized power
supply with large capacity.
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