Maintenance and troubleshooting – Uniden Waterproof DSC Marine Radio UM380 User Manual

Page 38

Advertising
background image

34 English

2. Connect the RED wire of the accessory cable to the POSITIVE (+) WIRE of your external

speaker.

3. Be certain all wire connections are secure and that all open wires are adequately

covered.

#

nOte: to extend the life of the radio, use waterproof tape to seal electrical connections.

MaintenanCe anD trOuBleshOOting

Due to its rugged design, your radio requires very little maintenance. However, it is a

precision electronic instrument, so you should follow a few precautions:

x

If the antenna has been damaged, you should not transmit except in the case of an

emergency. A defective antenna may cause damage to your radio.

x

You are responsible for continued FCC technical compliance of your radio.

x

You should arrange for periodic performance checks with your dealer.

Problem

Things to Try

The radio won’t power on.

Check the power connections.

Check the fuse.

Check the master battery switch and branch circuit

that connect to the radio.

The radio won’t transmit.

Make sure you are not in weather or scan mode.

Make sure you are not trying to transmit on a receive-

only channel (see the channels and frequency tables

beginning on page 37).

Make sure you are transmitting at the correct power

level for this channel (see the channels and frequency

tables beginning on page 37).

Make sure the duration of each transmission is less

than 5 minutes.

Noise comes out of the speaker

all the time

Adjust the squelch level; it is probably too low.

I can’t hear anything (no

volume) from the speaker.

Adjust the squelch level; it is probably too high.

I can transmit, but no one can

hear me.

Check your UIC channel settings (see Setting the UIC

channel mode (USA/CAN/INT) on page 6).

The display flashes, and I don’t

know why.

The display will flash if the radio is in a watch mode or

in scan mode. Try turning off scanning, Weather Alert

Watch, or Triple/Dual Watch (see page 6.)

I can’t read the display.

Adjust the contrast and backlight brightness level (see

page 16)

The display is too bright at

night.

Adjust the backlight brightness level.

Turn off the radio; hold CALL-MENU button and turn it

back on (see page 16)

UM380_20101221.indd 34

4/13/2011 11:25:18 AM

Advertising
This manual is related to the following products: