XTL5000 Problem

henryg · Post by **henryg** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:53 pm

Hello. In my haste to install a new XTL5000, I could not get it to power up. It turns out I forgot the ignition sense wire. Now it works. One of them anyways. During my troubleshooting I crossed the red and black power wires and now the radio "really" doesn't work. Is this proble fixable? Can I do it myself? It is a brand new radio. Thanks in advance for your help. Henry

HLA · Post by **HLA** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:32 pm

exactly which wires did you cross, the main power wire or the ignition sense wire? did you check all fuses?

henryg · Post by **henryg** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:34 pm

Hello. I crossed the red and black power wires. I was hooking it up to desktop power supply. No fuses were installed yet. Henry

Post by Pj » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:33 am

Moved to the Astro fourm since its an astro radio....

What exactly do you mean crossed? Was the power on the P/S when you were screwing the wires in? Did you have excess wires coming off a cable touching the other post?

Chances are you fried the radio....and it may not be covered under warranty if Motorola determins that this is user error. If its still under warranty, send it back and cross your fingers.

henryg · Post by **henryg** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:32 am

Hello. Sorry about the mispost. Crossing the wires means the red went where the black is suppose to go and the black went went where the red is suppose to go. I figured I fried the radio. I will be trying to do something. Thanks for all the help. Henry