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TROUBLESHOOTING
The following chart is designed to help you correct problems which are not equipment malfunctions.
If you are unable to locate the cause of a problem or solve it through the use of this chart, contact your nearest Icom
Dealer or Service Center.
D While operating D-STAR
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION REF.
After your call, the repeater
does not return a status re-
ply.
• The repeater setting is wrong.
• The manually entered repeater fre-
quency, frequency offset, or duplex set-
ting is wrong.
• Your transmission did not reach the re-
peater.
• Select the correct repeater.
• Correct the repeater frequency, fre-
quency offset, or duplex setting.
• Wait until you are closer to the repeater
and try again.
• Try to access another repeater.
p. 8-2
pp. 9-30, 9-31
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After your call, the repeater
replies ‘UR?’ and its call
sign.
• The call was successfully sent, but no
station immediately replied.
• Wait for a while, and try again. —
After your call, the repeater
replies ‘RX’ or ‘RPT?’ and
the access repeater’s call
sign.
• Your own call sign (MY) has not been
set.
• Your own call sign (MY) has not been
registered on a gateway repeater, or the
registered contents do not match your
transceiver’s setting.
• Set your own call sign (MY).
• Register your own call sign (MY) on a
gateway repeater, or confirm the regis-
tration of the call sign.
p. 13 of the
Basic manual
p. 15 of the
Basic manual
After your call, the repeater
replies ‘RPT?’ and call sign
of the destination repeater.
• The repeater cannot connect to the
destination repeater.
• The repeater is busy.
• Check the repeater setting.
• Wait for a while, and try it again.
p. 9-23
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After your call, the access
repeater replies ‘RPT?’ and
its call sign.
• The call sign of the destination repeater
is wrong.
• Correctly set the destination repeater
call sign.
p. 9-28
Even holding down , the
DR function is not selected.
• There is no Repeater List in your trans-
ceiver.
• Reload the Repeater List using the CS-
51PLUS2 cloning software on the CD.
• Reload the Repeater List using a mi-
croSD card.
• Enter the Repeater List data directly
into the transceiver.
p. 17-20
p. 8-21
p. 9-24
Even holding down , the
received call sign will not set
to the destination call sign.
• The call sign has not been correctly re-
ceived.
• When a received signal is weak, or a
signal is received during scanning, the
call sign may not be received correctly.
In that case, “--------” appears and error
beeps sound, and a reply call cannot be
made.
• Try it again, after the transceiver has
correctly received the call sign.
—
A Local area call can be
made, but the Gateway call
or destination station call
cannot be made.
• MY call sign has not been registered on
a D-STAR repeater.
• Register your own call sign (MY) on a
gateway repeater, or confirm the regis-
tration of the call sign.
p. 13 of the
Basic manual
During transmission, “L” ap-
pears on the LCD, and the
receiv
ed audio is interrupted.
• While receiving through the internet,
some packets may be lost due to net-
work error (poor data throughput per-
formance).
• Wait a while, and try it again.
When the transceiver receives cor-
rupted data, and misidentifies it is as
Packet Loss, “L” is displayed, even if it
is a Local area call.
—
“DV” and “FM” icons alter-
nately blink.
• While in the DV mode, an FM signal is
received.
• Use a different operating frequency un-
til there are no FM signals on the origi-
nal frequency.
p. 9-10
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