Well my 10+ yr old P3 seems to have finally bit the dust.
I had been having issues with getting the internal display to turn on
when powering the P3 up.
I had found that by letting it run for a minute or so (the external
display always worked), that I could then quickly cycle the power button
off/on and get the internal display to come on.
I tended to leave the K3s and P3 on all the time, just because it had
become a PITA to deal with this behavior.
I had posted about this previously, and had a couple of possible
suggestions:
1) Power it from the main station supply, instead of the K3s - tried
with no discernable change in behavior.
2) Open it up and unplug/re-plug all the cables, etc. to clean the
contacts - tried with no discernable change in behavior.
So, we had a power outage a couple of evenings ago, and that seems to
have finally screwed the pooch.
I can no longer get the internal display on at all.
Only through some fiddling with the P3 power button can I get the
external display to come up.
When the external display comes up, it seems that the P3 is operating in
a factory default condition.
The resolution is low, it is in center tracking mode (which I never
use), etc.
The most annoying aspect of this is that I cannot see the menu which
shows initially on the internal display, so I cannot reset the external
display resolution, etc.
Any more ideas/help for this, or do I have to pack it up and send to the
mother ship for repair, only to have to wait for ever because of parts
shortages?
I really miss my SVGA waterfall display.
73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
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