[Kenwood] TM-742A

Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:40:30 -0600

Best bet. The battery is leaking and eating away the control lines. Leave it
alone and eventually it won't work at all...

Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Amateur Service
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1-800-214-5779

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Garcia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:11 AM
Subject: [Kenwood] TM-742A

> I have a TM-742a which has served me well over 10 years but is showing
> serious signs of age. Over time the front control pannel started acting up
> and now the momentary buttons are not working, the LCD display no longer
> lights up, but most recently it would always be in demo mode even after
> shutting this feature off and also doing a hard reset. Now the latest
> problem is that even though it powers up I have no control of it at all
and
> the display is doing all sorts of funky things.
>
> The LCD lights and push button problems is not a major issue, I have this
> one retired for my base unit and I can use the mike to control all the
> features. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can look at ? Maybe it
is
> a common problem ?
>
> Rich K4GPS
>
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