standard horizon hx370 hand helds x2 have been in a drawer in the garage since october but noticed the drawer full of mouse shit and bits of carwash sponge the radios smell of mouse piss . turn them on and they light up and seem ok but there doesn't seem to be any sound like there both muted or something tried on lots of different channels and nothing don't even get that crackle sound when you press the speak key .are they bin fodder or am I missing something. hope I'm missing something as new ones are expensive any help apreciated
Charge them up fully
Check volume is set max on both sets
Check Squelch is fully open on both sets (if electronic, check manual)
Check that they are set to International frequencies, not USA.
Test them against a known working VHF - if one handset is dud, they won't test out.
cheers folks ill give the suggestions a try although I have no manual for them and I'm not sure there is squelch adjustment. seems odd they both seem to have the same issue I will fully charge first as both are showing low charge when you key to speak
cheers folks ill give the suggestions a try although I have no manual for them and I'm not sure there is squelch adjustment. seems odd they both seem to have the same issue I will fully charge first as both are showing low charge when you key to speak
You are absolutely bang on wilko (hangs my head in shame) both had very low battery and I looked online and found the user manual and adjusted the squelch and bingo the one with a bit more charge started receiving the weather update which I also didn't know I had . I just can't understand how the squelch got turned up so high as they both worked fine last October
