Hi guys
I'd appreciate some advice on a problem with my pair of Binatone 1100 walkie-talkies.
I was messing around with them and now they have stopped working properly. The display and controls all appear fine, but I cannot broadcast or recieve from either device. I have checked all the settings on the 2 devices to make sure they match - channel, frequency, CTCSS, DCS, Vox etc. I have also tried transmitting and then listening on my scanner. No luck.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
Try a factory reset, by turning the walkie-talkies on, whilst hold down the "Menu" button. Let us know how you went on.
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
Thanks for that. Sadly, it made no difference. Weirdly I can find no reference online to doing a factory reset on these devices!
Any other ideas?
Any other ideas?
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
When you say "messing around with them", what were you doing with them? It might give us a better idea of what has gone wrong with them.
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
I was just pressing the buttons randomly. Doesn't seem such a good idea now
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
Mmm. Well, you have me stumped. Random button presses shouldn't do that to them. Did the factory reset take them back to channel 1?
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
I'm going to chime in with the obligatory "Are you sure they're not key-locked?" question... I'm not familiar with the 1100, but it could be that random button mashing has locked them somehow. I'm not sure if key-locking them would disable the PTT, but it's certainly an option I've seen on some rigs.
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Re: Help needed - Binatone 1100 fault
Yes, they were then on channel 1. Don't think it's the key lock because I can still turn that on and off - a key symbol appears or disappears.