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13 May 2013, 21:40
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F115
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 2,919
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Icom troubles
My radio decided to give up on the easdale weekend so it could do with a service, I noticed the TX light isn't coming on and I've no other radio to test to see that it is actually transmitting.
Where would be the best place to send it?
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13 May 2013, 21:42
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Make: RIBTEC 655
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yam 150
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,160
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Mine went belly up and I sent it to....
Icom UK Ltd
Blacksole House
The Boulevard
Altira Park
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 6GZ
01227 741741
Turned out to be a dodgy RX crystal, they turned it round in a day, very helpful too.
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13 May 2013, 22:08
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Country: UK - N Ireland
Town: Rostrevor
Boat name: Ricochet
Make: Redbay
Length: 7m +
Engine: Twin F115 Yams
MMSI: 235083269
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 930
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thomas
Mine went belly up and I sent it to....
Icom UK Ltd
Blacksole House
The Boulevard
Altira Park
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 6GZ
01227 741741
Turned out to be a dodgy RX crystal, they turned it round in a day, very helpful too.
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+ 1 - Very good customer service 
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13 May 2013, 22:11
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
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Many thanks gents.
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13 May 2013, 22:58
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
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A1an - have you done any testing? Different antenna etc?
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13 May 2013, 23:01
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F115
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Originally Posted by willk
A1an - have you done any testing? Different antenna etc?
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Nope. I just have the radio and no spares to swap/try
Tbh I bought it S/H off here so I don't know the history ect of the unit, as its a safety item I thought I might punt it away for a service and let someone in the know check it over.
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13 June 2013, 13:04
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
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Received a letter from Icom today, it seems my M31 has and i quote "corrosion damage and is beyond economic and reliable repair".
I never even got a full day out of it!
Il buy new next time.
Lesson learnt
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13 June 2013, 13:13
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by A1an
Received a letter from Icom today, it seems my M31 has and i quote "corrosion damage and is beyond economic and reliable repair".
I never even got a full day out of it!
Il buy new next time.
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Ask if they do a service exchange. Raymarine have a maximum repair charge regardless of the condition of what you send them. If its stuffed, you get a re-manufactured unit for about half the cost of new.
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13 June 2013, 13:16
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: A large rock
Boat name: La Frette
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 Suzzy
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally Posted by A1an
Received a letter from Icom today, it seems my M31 has and i quote "corrosion damage and is beyond economic and reliable repair".
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Aren't they meant to be waterproof?
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13 June 2013, 15:51
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F115
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
Ask if they do a service exchange. Raymarine have a maximum repair charge regardless of the condition of what you send them. If its stuffed, you get a re-manufactured unit for about half the cost of new.
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I did ask them, they said they didnt do s/h or remanufactured, if I wanted to replace the duff unit I would need to buy a new unit via one of their agents.
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13 June 2013, 15:55
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erin
Aren't they meant to be waterproof?
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That was my thought but hey ho.
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13 June 2013, 19:13
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salisbury
Boat name: Blue C
Make: XS 600
Length: 6m +
Engine: 125hp Opti
MMSI: 235082826/235909566
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Originally Posted by A1an
That was my thought but hey ho.
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Yes they are however 1m for 30mins!
been deeper longer ? who knows? especially as a SH unit !!
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13 June 2013, 20:13
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Chorley / Holyhead
Boat name: Northwind Challenger
Make: Tornado
Length: 6m +
Engine: Mariner 115 efi CT
MMSI: 235080598
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the m-31 was a crap radio. mine suffered water damage, so did my mates, and at the time i kept seeing things like spare battery packs etc for sale on ebay as though other people had suffered the same and no longer needed the bits. in my case icom were great - they said the radio was out of warranty but they gave me an ex demo icm1-euro with 12month warranty totally free of charge! still going strong 6 years later, and also just bought an m71.
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13 June 2013, 20:54
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Country: UK - England
Length: 3m +
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2 x M31s that never even made it on the boat because they leaked like seives. Icom replaced with Euros. Been Great.
But I wouldn't choose a M31 again.
Nowt you can do with a second hander that fails. ??Standard Horion's look and feel tougher...
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13 June 2013, 21:04
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Member
Country: Ireland
Make: Zodiac Mk I
Length: 3m +
Engine: 15 hp Yam two stroke
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 728
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"Just bought a M71"
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13 June 2013, 21:07
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Country: UK - England
Length: 3m +
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Curious... Does it have a warning on it that it is not a lifesaving piece of equipment or something simillar - makes me chuckle every time I see it on the Euro!!
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13 June 2013, 23:24
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Southampton
Boat name: DynaMoHumm/ SRV/deja
Make: Avon8.4, 5.4 & 4.777
Length: 8m +
Engine: Cat3126 Yam 90 &70
MMSI: 42
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyShoe
Nowt you can do with a second hander that fails. ??Standard Horion's look and feel tougher...
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that my view
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