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ht1250 fpa
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:53 am
by redneck_1086
I was messing around with the fpa (front pannel access) and the radio turned off and now wont come back on.
Any ideas?
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:31 am
by HLA
won't turn on as in display is dead and won't respond to any of the buttons? or is it locked? plug it in and see if you can read it
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:36 am
by redneck_1086
Wont turn on, wont respond to anything including trying to read it
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:00 pm
by AEC
No power..Appears you might have taken the fuse out.
Time to dig out the Torx driver and remove the frame.
Look near the battery contacts, left side of these, tiny SMD fuse, 4 amps.
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:22 pm
by HLA
what color is the rubber o ring around the battery contacts, orange or blue?
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:01 pm
by redneck_1086
It is blue...doubt its a fuse since it occured while i was using the fpa mode
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:54 pm
by FireCpt809
I am confused.. you say Fpa.. Front panel access. Were you trying to program this radio by the front keypad? If so that is FPP Front Panel Programming. If that is the case then the HT1250 does not support that. You probably have a HT1550 with the optional red battery that supports that option.
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:28 pm
by redneck_1086
No, this is a ht1250 full keypad. Here is a post that explains the FPA
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=88113
Any other ideas on what could have caused this?
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:45 am
by JPOPatents
I've "played" with the test mode on my HT1250s before, but it always exited when I would power-off the radio. In your case, the radio powered off while in the test mode. You may have either blown a fuse by coincidence as Gary mentioned, or perhaps you threw your radio into boot mode for flashing by accident and can't exit. In order to troubleshoot further, I would need answers to the following questions: 1. What was on the display immediately before you lost power? 2. What were you trying to access at the time that you lost power? 3. Did you have the radio connected to your computer at the time? If so, did you also have a flash adapter connected? 4. When you power-on the radio does the led on top of the radio flash momentarily?
Re: ht1250 fpa
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:15 pm
by HLA
even if it got booted somehow as long as the upgrade tool had not started and erased the eprom it should still turn back on after cycling the power and battery. turn the radio on and all the way up and put your ear up to the speaker and listen for a hiss? I'd start looking at the fuse