Radio turns on but will not transmit, receives fine, and transmits with the regular battery pack. Any ideas?
303489
How did you get the battery pack to work? The two I bought wouldn't fit my radios. Only thought I would have is not making enough contact and not enough current to power Tx.
303490
The radios are designed to run on 7.4v. The AAA cells provide close to 9v (6*1.5=9). So in essence, the radio is protecting the TcvR by disabling the Tx ability. Otherwise, you would probably fry the TcvR. Use 5 AAA and one dummy cell. With the cells nominal rating you will be around 7.2-7.5v, thus allowing you to Tx.
303491
My battery case only had metal contact inserts on one side of the case. The other side had the slots for metal contacts but no metal to connect the batteries on that side. Tossed mine out. Next time I will read the reviews closer..:(
303492
I had to lift the two metal contacts higher in the battery case in order to have a 100% conductivity (TX/RX) on the radio.
303493
Did you buy the UV-5R radio. The reason I'm asking you is because those battery cases only fit in this model.I had to pull out the metal contact off the battery case in order to make it work. ;-(I never returned it because it was so cheap and it will cost me more if I ship it back. So I worked around to make it work.
549719
Please pull out and check the battery, may be the battery is opposition. The remote please aim at the receiver. Thank you!
861070
Could be several things. Have you powered the transmitter with a 9volt battery? That should power the transmitter. If that test fails I suggest returning both the transmitter and the receiver to Magellan for test and replacement.
1571058
No problem with mine, but it might not be your cradle. They had a batch of units that shipped with faulty batteries. I bought two of these radios - in one, the battery only charged enough for about 18 hours of use. The battery in the other unit didn't charge at all. Midland sent out free replacement batteries. Contact Midland at 816-241-8500.
94934
I have not had an issue yet but first I would check the batteries in both the remote and the receiver plugged into the wall if that's OK then I would check to see if the transmitter & receiver are on the same channels.
592521
I would try another battery.... I have read that batterys can be bad or go bad. Other wise you may have a bad transmitter
69519
Every now and then, and I'm not sure why, the system fails to receive and/or transmit. I simply disconnect the power on both units and let them "cold reboot." As I remember, they "auto-pair." That's the first thing to do. After that, although I don't remember having to do it, I'd re-pair the system. Good luck.
1783042
what kind of power did you supply, it has to be a direct power source eg. you can hook it to the cigarette lighter terminals if it still does not respond try the battery terminal and change the channel , do not connect it to a cigarette lighter plug, it will not work because it need a high power source good luck
1785461
my guess is that you need to "program" it again, had a simaler problem and reprogramed it to the radio and works great now.Ranco
66547
Take out the battery and reinsert. If it still won't work use a fresh recharged one. If it still doesn't work you need to call them and probably need to have it repaired.
2113925
Hi, I had ordered 4 of these radios and had to return one for the same reason you describe. You may just have a bad one. All the others work perfectly and simply . . . Just turn it on. Be sure you are setting the ON switch to the middle position. It takes about 2 or 3 seconds till you hear the broadcast. Be sure the volume is adjusted high enough on the left side. If nothing works, return it.good luck!
342517
Beside changing the battery turn off the power to the radio - pull the plug 10 seconds - then re-insert plug and turn radio on. Then try to use remote just to turn unit on and off and control volume. If that works then re-check stations selected - use reciva.com as per instruction manual.
280972
I had a similar problem with my Radio.I put in fresh AA batteries and it started working again. I then switched to NiMh rechargeable batteries and switched the battery-type selector switch over. I recharge the rechargeable batteries once a month or so unless I use it a lot. The unit has a quite sophisticated charging system and never overcharges batteries.I "shoot from the hip" and guess that your problem may be that battery-type selection switch that is intermittent.Hans J Weedon
1461751
Never had that happen to me, but you might try turning it off and restarting again. The satelite signal may have faded. I assume the battery is charged!
742057
There may be a problem with the remote transmitting to the receiver I had the same problem with mine. They are on two different frequencies.
2263353
They both have batteries. My transmitter battery went dead a couple times, but I never had a low battery message, just blank displays. I operate the receiver on a/c so never had dead batteries there. LT
506199
P.S. Are you sure the problem you're trying to fix is the Receiver in the unit and not really a bad remote? Have you checked battery, reprogrammed, tried a different remote?