[TenTec] Help with Orion I

[Carl Moreschi]

You need to try two things first.  Plug stero headphones in to the headphone
jack and see if you now get audio.  You may find that when you remove the
headphones, the problem is now fixed because the normally closed contact on
the headphone jack was just not making connection.

If the headphones work and the speaker still does not work, then plug an
external speaker into the rear external speaker jack and see what happens
there.  It sounds like you radio is working fine you just can't get audio to
the internal speaker.  Heck, the connector could have just come dislodged to
the internal speaker.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Hays, North Carolina
n4py at arrl.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Hugg" <hug-a-bug1 at cox.net>
To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Help with Orion I


> I just acquired an Orion I from a friend who only used it about 6 hours
> before packing it up for a move 15 months ago. He never got around to
> unpacking it after the move and I talked him into selling it to me.   When
I
> got it home and turned it on, I heard some static from the speaker for a
few
> seconds and then nothing. Nothing that I have been able to do will produce
> any noise from the speaker and there is no movement in the analogue S
meter
> either. The Display works fine and all the controls appear to work, except
> the AF controls, although I do see the audio level indicators on the
display
> move across the screen as I turn the audio up. I do get readings on the
> Sweep display like it is receiving signals. But they are not getting to
the
> S-Meter or the speaker. I did a Master Reset but no help. I have been
> through every menu item. All check out.  I have not tried to transmit yet.
> I have the speaker turned on in the Audio Menu. I a VFO and Antenna
assigned
> to the Main or Sub Receiver as required.
> I have been through the manual three times. I am pretty sure that I have
all
> the Menue Items and Controls set correctly.
> I took the top off and checked  the filters. They are all in place. All
> cables look plugged in correctly.
> The only thing that I have found in the manual that might even come close
to
> causing a problem like I have described is a reference to the need to  use
a
> Stereo Plug if one uses Headphones. Appearenty if one uses a Mono Plug, it
> can cause damage to the radio.  I don't use ear phones and did not plug
> anything into this jack. So I know that is not the problem.  I am using
the
> internal speaker.
> Any ideas from the group? I am still hoping that it is operator problem
> rather than problems with the radio.
> Thanks. Charlie Hugg, K5MBX
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