Astro Spectra Speaker Issues

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tuckerm
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Astro Spectra Speaker Issues

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I pulled my old Astro Spectra out of my car and am trying to set it up for my mom to RX the county's new digital system. I have it hooked up to power and the radio powers on fine, howver the speaker makes a weird noise (sounds like it's shorting) and then the radio restarts it self.

I've tried it on two speakers (one motorola, one generic) and it does it on both, both polarity.

Any ideas?
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Did you hook up the generic speaker first?
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Re: Astro Spectra Speaker Issues

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No. The Motorola one.
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Re: Astro Spectra Speaker Issues

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Could be bad caps.

Motorola speakers are not grounded like typical speakers so there's a chance the generic speaker may have blown the audio circuit.

The reboot behavior smells like bad caps to me.
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Re: Astro Spectra Speaker Issues

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I have been discussing this with him and I think it is probably figured out but will up date when known for sure.

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