Kenwood TH D72 help. TNC broke...

[KD5TXX]

My HT was working fine...battery died while I was driving so I got home and charged it.  Now I neither send or receive data.  All settings are correct.  HT still works for voice.  GPS still works.  E-mailed Kenwood.  They had me do a full reset and it didn't fix it.  Turned it off and left it for a week.  turned it on tonight and got one ststion info but didn't send any then nothing.  No more after the first.  KW wants me to send it in for repair.  I'm kinda bummed that I'm gonna have to pay so much to get it working again.  Anyone ever seen anything like this or have any suggestions on how to fix it?

[KD5TXX]

All right.  For som estrange reason I didn't use the radio for a week and when I turned it on it worked for 10 minutes.  Didn't use it for another week and it has worked for 3 days.  I'm glad it decided to work again but sure feel uneasy about it being reliable.

[K0JEG]

Just a guess, but have you tried to reload/update the firmware? It doesn't sound like you have a software problem, but I'd give that a try before sending it in for repair.

http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/th_d72/thd72_main_update_e.html

I was ready to send mine in because the PTT button didn't seem to make contact. It turned out to be a software problem that was fixed with the update to 1.05.

[KD5TXX]

Thanks.  I did check and updated to the newest firmware.  This happened after that ...but not right after.