SP50 Speaker Not Working

ralphwarren · Post by **ralphwarren** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:08 am

Wonder what might be wrong with my SP50. The radio makes no sound.

The speaker works in a diff radio. An external speaker/mic works fine. The volume knob works fine with the external speaker/mic. The MON button makes no sound when you push it - but does for the external speaker/mic.

Is there anything on the board that fails that can be repaired? Has this happened to anyone else?

Thanks for any help.

-Ralph (Irvine, CA)

kf4sqb · Post by **kf4sqb** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:27 am

Ralph, as a starting place, check the flex that connects the front housing to the main board. It may be broken, cracked, or simply not seated properly onto the main board.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:02 am

The speaker/mic jacks go bad on them and does not make contact for the internal speaker. The dual jack is not that hard to change out on the SP50.

transistor747 · Post by **transistor747** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:36 am

We used to have a lot of problems with the speaker/mic connector not enabling the internal speaker when nothing was plugged into it.
Also, as I recall, it was a bear to replace.