peten
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Hi Guys
Am I going mad, or has anyone else come accross a problem like this? It doesn't make any sense to me...
Setup: Starcom 1, hardwired to bike. ipod, phone, GPS and PMR radio connected.
This has all been working well for the last 18 months, but I have recently decided to fit an external antenna kit for my A80 radio and at the same time, ran the cables for the phone, mp3 and radio into the top box. At the same time I decided to run a power lead from the accessory socket to power the radio and to be able to charge the phone and ipod if required.
Tested the setup earlier in the week and discovered that I was getting a lot of background noise through the radio, which turned out to be ignition related. No problem thought I, I can still power the radio from it's own battery and all will be well.
The problem I now have (and I have verified this with two different radios, an Intaride A80 and an Alan 456) is that a radio being powered by it's own battery does not seem to get put into transmit mode when I depress the handlebar mounted PTT button. If I connect the bike power to the radio, then it works ok.
I should point out at this point that I have resolved the ignition interference problem by running the power straight from the battery rather than from the accessory socket, however I still have the issue that the PTT will not operate the radio when the radio is battery powered.
All other functions (ipod, phone. GPS etc) appear to be working normally.
I have also tried an external headset with PTT on both radios, when they are battery powered and they both transmit fine, so it sounds like there is something weird with the Starcom1? But I can't for the life of me think what
Any pearls of wisdom would be gratefully received
Cheers
Pete
Am I going mad, or has anyone else come accross a problem like this? It doesn't make any sense to me...
Setup: Starcom 1, hardwired to bike. ipod, phone, GPS and PMR radio connected.
This has all been working well for the last 18 months, but I have recently decided to fit an external antenna kit for my A80 radio and at the same time, ran the cables for the phone, mp3 and radio into the top box. At the same time I decided to run a power lead from the accessory socket to power the radio and to be able to charge the phone and ipod if required.
Tested the setup earlier in the week and discovered that I was getting a lot of background noise through the radio, which turned out to be ignition related. No problem thought I, I can still power the radio from it's own battery and all will be well.
The problem I now have (and I have verified this with two different radios, an Intaride A80 and an Alan 456) is that a radio being powered by it's own battery does not seem to get put into transmit mode when I depress the handlebar mounted PTT button. If I connect the bike power to the radio, then it works ok.
I should point out at this point that I have resolved the ignition interference problem by running the power straight from the battery rather than from the accessory socket, however I still have the issue that the PTT will not operate the radio when the radio is battery powered.
All other functions (ipod, phone. GPS etc) appear to be working normally.
I have also tried an external headset with PTT on both radios, when they are battery powered and they both transmit fine, so it sounds like there is something weird with the Starcom1? But I can't for the life of me think what
Any pearls of wisdom would be gratefully received
Cheers
Pete