Maintenance; I Troubleshooting - Icom IC-E208 Instruction Manual

I Troubleshooting

PROBLEM
Does not turn on. • Power connector has a poor contact.
• Polarity of the power connection is reversed.
• Blown fuse.
No sound comes from the • Volume is too low.
speaker. • The audio mute function is activated.
• Squelch is set too high.
• A selective call or squelch function is activated
such as pocket beep or tone squelch.
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.
No contact possible with • The other station is using tone squelch.
another station. • The transceiver is set to duplex.
Repeater cannot be ac- • Wrong offset frequency is programmed.
cessed. • Wrong subaudible tone frequency is programmed.
Frequency cannot be set. • The frequency lock function is activated.
• Priority watch is paused on the watching frequency.
Frequency cannot be set • The frequency lock function is activated.
via the microphone. • The microphone keypad lock function is activated.
• Priority watch is paused on the watching fre-
quency.
POSSIBLE CAUSE

MAINTENANCE

If your transceiver seems to be malfunctioning, please check
the following points before sending it to a service center.
SOLUTION
• Check the connector pins.
• Re-connect the power cable observing the proper
polarity. Replace the fuse if damaged.
• Check the cause, then replace the fuse.
• Rotate [VOL] clockwise.
• Push any switch or key to deactivate it.
• Set the squelch level to the threshold.
• Turn the appropriate function OFF.
• Check, and if necessary, replace the feedline or sol-
der the antenna connector again.
• Set [SQL] between 10–12 o'clock position.
• Turn the tone squelch function ON.
• Set to simplex.
• Correct the offset frequency.
• Correct the subaudible tone frequency.
• Turn the function OFF.
• Push [M/CALL•PRIO] for 1 sec. to cancel the watch.
• Turn the function OFF
• Push [FUNC] then [
Z
SQL
the microphone keypad lock function.
• Push [M/CALL•PRIO] for 1 sec. to cancel the watch.
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REF.
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p. 21
p. 15
pgs.
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p. 16
p. 53
p. 23
p. 24
p. 22
p. 14
p. 46
p. 14
#(16KEY-L)] to deactivate p. 14
p. 46
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