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    My ALP died today

    My ALP was running fine for about 8 months, updated the FW and VoicePack today and update went fine. About 4 hours later its dead. Checked the power and ground and its fine.
    Where do I send it for repair?
    -Bobby

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobby35ny View Post
    My ALP was running fine for about 8 months, updated the FW and VoicePack today and update went fine. About 4 hours later its dead. Checked the power and ground and its fine.
    Where do I send it for repair?
    -Bobby
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    How do I know if its the CPU or the Controller head?
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    Yup mine also croaked this week after about 16 months


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    I don't have enough rights on here to see much, nevermind send a PM to him.
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    Watch out for heat guys. These boys produce heat and you dont want to trap it. I think that might have killed my first cpu

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    I find that it is best to do a factory reset before the update. I had 2 units 2 years ago do bad. They say that cheap flash drive cause it. My new unit with ser# starting with 4 has worked fine for over a year. The 2 that had a problem had a ser# starting with 2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobby35ny View Post
    My ALP was running fine for about 8 months, updated the FW and VoicePack today and update went fine. About 4 hours later its dead. Checked the power and ground and its fine.
    Where do I send it for repair?
    -Bobby
    Contact the dealer you purchased it from and they will assist with getting your unit replaced under the 2 year warranty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hitechrr View Post
    I find that it is best to do a factory reset before the update. I had 2 units 2 years ago do bad. They say that cheap flash drive cause it. My new unit with ser# starting with 4 has worked fine for over a year. The 2 that had a problem had a ser# starting with 2.
    Many improvements have gone into the update progress to test and analyze the drive before the file transfers and even after the firmware is transferred the ALP tests the transfer to prevent those early corrupt firmware transfers.
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    Before looking at an Escort Radar Detector you should really check out Uniden Detectors.. Uniden R1 & R3 are the best performing radar detectors for the money.

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