Milde Shag
08-13-2007, 08:49 PM
Factory Service/Calibration Menu.
This is a menu for calibrating the radio.
Not being accessible to the end user due to complications and complexity.
Scenario: With electronics/mechanical knowledge many end users can repair and recalibrate their own equipment. Without having to be a radio comunications expert. Radio manufactures do not intentionally allow this.
There is a calibration menu for most if not all digital radios in circulation.
I have been faced with more and more radio problems as the quality of the systems lowers along with the price.
Issue to resolve:
I have recently repaired a Futaba 6EXH it suffered from a dirty potentiometer on the throttle channel.
We approached our local Futaba service agent initially & asked if they would help.
Service agent replied. "We will not reapir any Futaba radio that has not been purchased from us". Was the first, second and third answer.
Apparently this 6EXH was purchased in Hong Kong.
So because the Futaba agent hadn't already made money, he wasn't willing to make any more money by helping.
He said. " Send it to Futaba America, Send it to Futaba Japan or Send it anywhere else but here".
It turned out due to more prying they can sell the pot but wouldn't and they could calibrate the radio but again would not.
I have replaced the pot the old one was a cheap sealed unit the new one was purchased from RS and made by Vishay. Nice quality and construction. With minor modification and basic knowledge it was modified to fit and it works 5k ohms. Simple enough.
The problem:
After any new pot is installed the values have to be set in the radio. Basically what this thread is all about.
I know there is a way but, don't know where it is.
How do you initialize the factory service/calibration menu on a 6EXH/EXA to set the values of the new pot.
If there is any tech that can help with this and does not want to share information with normal people.
Please feel free to email me with any information that will help. Or better still post the information in this thread.
This is a menu for calibrating the radio.
Not being accessible to the end user due to complications and complexity.
Scenario: With electronics/mechanical knowledge many end users can repair and recalibrate their own equipment. Without having to be a radio comunications expert. Radio manufactures do not intentionally allow this.
There is a calibration menu for most if not all digital radios in circulation.
I have been faced with more and more radio problems as the quality of the systems lowers along with the price.
Issue to resolve:
I have recently repaired a Futaba 6EXH it suffered from a dirty potentiometer on the throttle channel.
We approached our local Futaba service agent initially & asked if they would help.
Service agent replied. "We will not reapir any Futaba radio that has not been purchased from us". Was the first, second and third answer.
Apparently this 6EXH was purchased in Hong Kong.
So because the Futaba agent hadn't already made money, he wasn't willing to make any more money by helping.
He said. " Send it to Futaba America, Send it to Futaba Japan or Send it anywhere else but here".
It turned out due to more prying they can sell the pot but wouldn't and they could calibrate the radio but again would not.
I have replaced the pot the old one was a cheap sealed unit the new one was purchased from RS and made by Vishay. Nice quality and construction. With minor modification and basic knowledge it was modified to fit and it works 5k ohms. Simple enough.
The problem:
After any new pot is installed the values have to be set in the radio. Basically what this thread is all about.
I know there is a way but, don't know where it is.
How do you initialize the factory service/calibration menu on a 6EXH/EXA to set the values of the new pot.
If there is any tech that can help with this and does not want to share information with normal people.
Please feel free to email me with any information that will help. Or better still post the information in this thread.