No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

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EindhovenOne
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No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by EindhovenOne »

Hello, all. So we had an APX8K that we thought was lifted from one of our vehicles maliciously so I inhibited it. Turns out it was just taken by the wrong person and not properly accounted for so all is well. Uninhibited it without issue and it is working fine except now there's no power-up tone even though everything in the CPS is selected to have one. Even tried re-writing the current operational codeplug. Any ideas? Mother /\/\ isn't open until tomorrow so I figured I'd ask here and see what ya'll thought. Thanks for your time!

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com501
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by com501 »

Try refreshing the firmware, that may be the culprit. If not, welcome to the world of 'undocumented features'.
firecomm
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by firecomm »

Just a shot in the dark, does the channel that you're powering up on have surveillance mode associated with it?

Might not have anything to do with it, but thought I'd mention it.
flyinace09
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by flyinace09 »

I've heard of this issue before. I don't know where I read it but the response from Motorola was that when inhibited the radio has a flag set in the firmware. When uninhibited the flag clears, but the one for the power-up tone is still set to be silent... and the recommended a firmware refresh as well. Though the last person I heard with this issue also said a firmware refresh didn't work either...

So as others say - welcome to a "new feature" lol
com501
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by com501 »

Option QA911; radio freaks out after inhibit clear. APB Price: $295.00 :lol:
firecomm
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by firecomm »

We really need a like or favourite button! Lol
flyinace09
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by flyinace09 »

com501 wrote:Option QA911; radio freaks out after inhibit clear. APB Price: $295.00 :lol:
No kidding - I almost guarantee if enough people start noticing this "issue" Motorola will offer a flat-rate "repair" around that price to fix their own issue.

... oh and then give it another 6 months and it will be fixed in firmware...maybe...
JeffFireRadio
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Re: No power-up tone on APX8K after uninhibiting...

Post by JeffFireRadio »

C'mon...what do you expect for $10K? :lol:
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