Spectra A7 Head "SERVICE" mode

[aggieemt]

I searched and searched with no results... if I missed it, forgive me.

I have a 45W Spectra with A7 head. I paired the radio and head separately, and it wasn't until I had it programmed that I realized the radio is configured for an A9 head. Until my radio guy or I can find a radio that is set up for an A7 head, I'm stuck with a radio that won't scan and shows channels as "Mode 1", "Mode 2", etc.

Here's the problem I'm trying to solve now... I inadvertently entered the head's "SERVICE" mode. Again inadvertently, I somehow changed the home channel to Ch. 121. Fiddled with it some more, and it changed to 114. More button pushing sent it to 123. I can't find any ryhme or reason to how/why it changed, and can't find any instructions on how to properly work with the A7. I emailed someone else who said that spectras do "funny things" when paired with the wrong head, but nobody can tell me much more than that.

Any help is appreciated!

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[tvsjr]

Why don't you go to the Other Options Radiowide (F4/F2/F9) screen and change the control head type from S9000e to Standard or Enhanced? It should work, and make the radio work properly with your A7 head.

[aggieemt]

I'm not actually doing the programming... I have neither the equipment nor enough radio knowledge to do it without turning the radio into a useless brick. Seems that the guy at the radio shop said he tried that, and it should have let him, but for some reason it didn't.