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Quick shot taken in the darkest room of the house I could find - is this the normal illumination pattern on an XTS2500i, or am I suffering from dead LED's? I took the radio apart, and cannot see any physical damage to the LED's, or the traces on the PCB...
I got a 2500i from Panter w/ the exact same problem. It's not the flex cable i bought a brand new one from MOTO and my keypad still looks like that. It has to bed the LED's are bad.
Looks like the top left, and the second one down on the right.
If you've got skillz, you can easily replace the tiny LEDs that are on the board. They sell them on eBay all day long. If you feel funky, you can replace them all with a different color, such as blue, red, or white (or all three).
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dsheli wrote:Is the "I" rating lost as soon as you open the case?
David
Yep, along with the intrinsically safe rating. The only way a radio is officially rated intrinsically-safe and/or submersible is if you buy the radio new from Motorola, always have it repaired by Motorola or a shop with FM certification and the capability to test the submersability, keep full documentation on the repairs to each radio, and have the radio PMed as the manufacturer dictates.
Be careful opening the case. The "IS" series have a different latch (at least the jedi series did) Once you pop it open it breaks the latches and they dont go back in.
Fowler
Q: Does this unit come with a speaker?
A: hello yes its in the radio thanks
Those LED's almost never go bad. At least I've yet to see one out for that radio.
It almost sounds like you have too little current being drawn by the "led" lighting circuit. Which means your battery is not connected good enough, your grounding is corroded, or possibly you have a blown resistor in the diplay light generation circuit.
I suggest you put up with it or send it in to a repair facility. If the radio is young enough you might even get a free repair from Motorola, a 2-year warranty comes standard with that unit.
I don't know where you take your radio but it would make me feel much better knowing my $2500 dollar radio is protected from the environments. I personally would not loose the "I" or "R" rating of that radio. All it takes is one structure fire for that radio to get wet and your "F'ed"
David
