MTX 838 Programming Problem

mjt102 · Post by **mjt102** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:51 am

Hello... I have a problem with an MTX 838 that I own and I was wondering if anyone else has this problem and if anybody knows what option in the RSS will fix it... Every time I turn the radio off and then back on it reverts to channel 16 instead of channel 1. Sometimes it even reverts to a different channel besides 16. I was wondering if anyone knew the option in the Motorola RSS that would set channel 1 as the priority channel all the time. Any input would be helpful... Thank You!!

RESCUE161 · Post by **RESCUE161** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:24 am

If it changes channels just from turning it off and on again, then the channel selector switch is bad. Replace that and you should be good.

AEC · Post by **AEC** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:59 pm

One other possible cause is the previous owner had the radio set to revert to Ch. 16 as a default, or his first priority channel, and there is no problem with the switch.

I would read the radio, and then go into personalities, and see what's programmed.

I'll bet the radio is programmed to revert to 16 as a default.

That's my guess.