john wrote:
i picked up an aor 7030 plus the other day and the only thing i
receive on it is hiss - i've tried all antenna inputs and i don't even
get crackling from the radio when i connect the antenna - all menus
and front controls are working fine - am i missing something? - this
is a pretty deep radio regarding menus - is there a mute or control
buried in this menu set that maybe i'm missing - i've done multiple
resets which defaults the radio back to the factory settings - still
no stations. this is a great radio - built like a rock and i like the
feel of it - now if i can only get it to hear - hey pete are you
hearing me?? any help is greatly appreciated - thanks in advance and
happy holidays.

john


You should get something, at least noise, right away. The antenna
inputs are selectable on the back. Wiggle the switch, just in case. You
should at least get some noise when that's happening.

The menus are for frequency shaping tool selection, and RF Gain. If
RF Gain is turned down you'll get nothing. But that's easily correctable.

Turn the radio on, press the RF-IF button. You should see the word
'Gain' on the display. There's an encoder below the word 'Gain' and a
number expressed as percent(%) above. Turn the encoder until you see the
Gain percentage rise. You should hear noise. Connect an antenna and wail.


Now, if the number is already at a percentage above 50%, and you hear
no thermal noise without an antenna connected, you may be in trouble.

But try the Filter button before you panic. Press it once, then cycle
through the installed filters with the RF-IF button. There should be no
empty holes. And if you have a dead filter (highly unlikely) you'll get
something in the way of noise when you cycle through the other three.

Check all these with a headphone connected, as well. You may have a
dirty headphone jack. That would interrupt the internal speaker. As
would the external speaker jack. Plug a speaker in there and see if you
get something.

To reset the radio to its default, turn the radio on, turn the
encoder with the two arrow above it a little counterclockwise until the
on the display it says "Dflt Set", and press the button with the * above
it.

That will bring you back to out of the box conditions.

If none of this works, check with a service center for this radio.