are my handhelds knackered

[beerbelly]

standard horizon hx370 hand helds x2 have been in a drawer in the garage since october but noticed the drawer full of mouse shit and bits of carwash sponge the radios smell of mouse piss . turn them on and they light up and seem ok but there doesn't seem to be any sound like there both muted or something tried on lots of different channels and nothing don't even get that crackle sound when you press the speak key .are they bin fodder or am I missing something. hope I'm missing something as new ones are expensive any help apreciated

[willk]

Don't be offended by my basic suggestions:

Charge them up fully
Check volume is set max on both sets
Check Squelch is fully open on both sets (if electronic, check manual)
Check that they are set to International frequencies, not USA.
Test them against a known working VHF - if one handset is dud, they won't test out.

Mouse piss should be covered by IPX5/6

[Poly]

Originally Posted by willk

Mouse piss should be covered by IPX5/6

You might want to give them a really good wash with warm water - just in case dried up Mouse Wee is sticking something...

[Boatintercoms]

Get some IPA solvent PRO POWER - PPC103 - IPA SOLVENT, 400ML AEROSOL | CPC UK,
pull the volume knob off and spray the IPA down the shaft of the volume pot and turn about a bit to clean the tracks in the volume pot.

[beerbelly]

cheers folks ill give the suggestions a try although I have no manual for them and I'm not sure there is squelch adjustment. seems odd they both seem to have the same issue I will fully charge first as both are showing low charge when you key to speak

[willk]

Originally Posted by beerbelly

cheers folks ill give the suggestions a try although I have no manual for them and I'm not sure there is squelch adjustment. seems odd they both seem to have the same issue I will fully charge first as both are showing low charge when you key to speak

Manual: Linky Squelch is set in software.

No charge is probably your issue - were you really going to bin them without charging them first?

[beerbelly]

You are absolutely bang on wilko (hangs my head in shame) both had very low battery and I looked online and found the user manual and adjusted the squelch and bingo the one with a bit more charge started receiving the weather update which I also didn't know I had . I just can't understand how the squelch got turned up so high as they both worked fine last October

[beerbelly]

Oh and thanks very much for the input everyone who replied.