HX870E behaviour when squelch turned down low?

[Mark Ha]

Brilliant if anyone with a HX870E can help with a simple question? An electronics servicer is attempting a repair on mine and I need to be able to tell if it is working properly.

If you turn the squelch all the way down on your unit, does it:

a) sound static continuously?
or
b) sound static for a second - go silent for a second - sound static for a second - go silent for a second - etc?

Knowing what the 'proper' behaviour is would help as I could let the service company tell if they if they are close to fixing the issue.

(The service company is not a marine specialist. No great shakes if I have to get a new handheld, but I really don't like throwing anything away, so wanted to give getting a fix a try.)

Thanks for any help!
Mark.

 

[tross]

Send it back to Horizon - they are great at sorting ptoblems out - sometimes without payment!

 

[VicS]

Brilliant if anyone with a HX870E can help with a simple question? An electronics servicer is attempting a repair on mine and I need to be able to tell if it is working properly.
If you turn the squelch all the way down on your unit, does it:
a) sound static continuously?
or
b) sound static for a second - go silent for a second - sound static for a second - go silent for a second - etc?

Knowing what the 'proper' behaviour is would help as I could let the service company tell if they if they are close to fixing the issue.

(The service company is not a marine specialist. No great shakes if I have to get a new handheld, but I really don't like throwing anything away, so wanted to give getting a fix a try.)

Thanks for any help!
Mark.

I have never experienced this behaviour.

 

[wonkywinch]

Squelch is a signal level controlled noise gate. Reduce the threshold to zero (squelch open) then it should hiss continuously. It's part of receiver design as it enables you to listen to weak/distant signals.

 

[Roberto]

Brilliant if anyone with a HX870E can help with a simple question? An electronics servicer is attempting a repair on mine and I need to be able to tell if it is working properly.

If you turn the squelch all the way down on your unit, does it:

a) sound static continuously?
or
b) sound static for a second - go silent for a second - sound static for a second - go silent for a second - etc?

Just tried with mine: continuous hiss.

 

[Mark Ha]

Thanks for the replies - that's been really helpful

 

[PabloPicasso]

Is dual/tri watch mode on? Or continuous scan mode?

These might cause thw on/off hiss issue you describe.

 

[snowbird30ds]

Continuous hiss, just done it myself.
It's what I would have expected.
Hope it helps.