Xts2500 No Power up tone

[firemedic4]

Has anyone every came across this problem. I sent a radio in for service for low audio when the radio turns on. The radio came back with R12.00.01. The radio came back with the same problem. I cloned it to a new radio with the same firmware and still no loud tone on power up ?

[Josh]

Has anyone every came across this problem. I sent a radio in for service for low audio when the radio turns on. The radio came back with R12.00.01. The radio came back with the same problem. I cloned it to a new radio with the same firmware and still no loud tone on power up ?

Well the place to begin is in the CPS and whether the power up tone is enabled.

[kb0uxv]

I have the same problem. XTS2500s on a 800 P25 trunked system in MN. Every portable in my fleet does this. I can't figure it out. The guys want the power up tone like the old VHFs.

I have ALERT TONES and POWER UP SELF TEST ALERT TONE enabled in raido wide / alert tones. I have MUTE as a menu option and all tones are ON.

When pressing menu items on the radio a beep is heard that coincides with the volume setting. Grant tones are heard as well.

However, when powering up the radio a minute beep is heard, like a menu beep, but this beep is very low and the position of the volume knob has no bearing on this beep.

[akardam]

Motorola just released a new firmware version which among other things fixes some audio level issues on the Astro25 portable radios. I believe that the issues were introduced around firmware R10 or so. I would inquire to see if your case falls within any SRN and might be eligible for a warranty firmware upgrade.

[kb0uxv]

You nailed it, I have a radio with host 10.00.01/DSP 10.00.00 that works like it should. Most of the radios effected by this are 11.00.01/DSP 11.00.00. Thank you for your advise, but I must admit the thought of flashing over 300 portables makes my stomach uneasy!

[akardam]

Just wait until you have almost 7000, and see how your stomach does...

[Batwings21]

Just wait until you have almost 7000, and see how your stomach does...

I bet 11.00.00 was either an accident avoided or a oh crap moment for you then

[kb0uxv]

My problem is I do the radio thing as a "side duty" ...our county is smaller and can not afford a radio tech so its a pain to do the codeplug / flash updates, or to do the "optimizing" every year or two.

As a side note, I just got a 2500 back from the depot that had a bad display. I assume they flashed it with the most recent firmware when it was sent out? It is Host 12.00.17 /DSP12.00.05. This radio / firmware does have the problem with no power up tone too.

[akardam]

Most of those 7k are legacy flashport subscribers, so we really didn't get bit by the R11 fiasco.

12.00.18 solves the audio issues. I haven't seen anything come back from the depot with that yet.