Mic receiving but not sending..

[orlanditon]

Hello All! I didn't know where to put this topic because I'm such a noob when it comes to radios but I need help. I volunteer with my police department and they use XTS2500 radios. I have the ARC S11 Series Heavy Duty Speaker Microphone for it with the 025 connector, which it says will work with any XTS radio (S11 Series Heavy Duty Speaker Microphone).

I used it for the first time on Sunday and for some reason, it only worked to play the audio out of the speaker mic part of it. But then when I would try to talk into the mic, other people couldn't hear me. They say they would hear the click and that the "Radio In Use" light would turn on in their patrol cars, but I was not able to be heard. Is it possible it was just the XTS2500 I was using (the department gave me one), or is my microphone broken? Thanks:

[Tom in D.C.]

Could be the speaker/mic or the radio. Get another speaker/mic and see if it works right on your present radio. Then you'll know where the problem lies.

[orlanditon]

Could be the speaker/mic or the radio. Get another speaker/mic and see if it works right on your present radio. Then you'll know where the problem lies.

I have to turn my radio back in every time I go back off duty and I get given a new one after. I guess we'll see if it works with a new radio..

[AEC]

Could this problem be one of simply not pushing in the connector all the way in, or if pins, are they making proper contact with the accy. connector?
Any dirt/corrsion build up on it, or bent/dented pins that might have shorted?

[Tom in D.C.]

Then, obviously, if you've tried the same speaker/mic with more than one radio, and you have the same problem, then the problem is with the speaker/mic.