I have to push really ******* the buttons to change channels...everything is just mushy!

Try contacting Cobra directly Support Cobra Electronics Corporation

I gyess the weather band overflowed.This is and isn't a problem yet. How long has it been since it has seen the water? try pushing down in several places on the pcb board to see if it is mushy and if it is mushy in any spot , you may as well toss it out.If it isn't mushy than you can try turning it on to see if it works. How long it would work I don't know but use it till it blows.

I talked to the manufacturer & they said that all I needed to do was to run the channel search, uninterupted, again. I did it & everything works. Thank you for your input.

go into the menu and select channels setup, select cable input if it is the case and then autoprogram

go into the menu of tv find the option to auto program- let unit go thru process without interupting it.now chanels up&down should work-the problem was there were no chanels in its memory

Spirit GT: Programming a Frequency to a
Selected Channel:
1. Press and hold down the Push-To-Talk
button while turning the radio on, wait for
approximately 5 seconds then release the
Push-To-Talk button.
2. Use Scroll button to select one of the 8
frequencies.
3. On a Spirit GT+, press the Monitor button.
4. The current channel will flash, press scroll
button to change channel.
5. After the second channel is selected, press Monitor button again, current
frequency for second channel will flash. Figure 16.
6. Use Scroll button to select new frequency.
Exit Programming Mode - 3 Ways
1. Press Push-To-Talk to exit completely.
2. Allow the Menu time to expire (10 seconds).
3. Press Menu button to go to code programming.

Here is a link to the user manual: http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manuals/Spirit_GT_User_Manual_E.pdf

Programming a Frequency to a
Selected Channel:
1. Press and hold down the Push-To-Talk
button while turning the radio on, wait for
approximately 5 seconds then release the
Push-To-Talk button.
2. Use Scroll button to select one of the 8
frequencies. Figure 16.
3. On a Spirit GT+, press the Monitor button.
4. The current channel will flash, press scroll
button to change channel.
5. After the second channel is selected, press Monitor button again, current
frequency for second channel will flash. Figure 16.
6. Use Scroll button to select new frequency.
Exit Programming Mode - 3 Ways
1. Press Push-To-Talk to exit completely.
2. Allow the Menu time to expire (10 seconds).
3. Press Menu button to go to code programming.

Here is a link to the user manual: http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manuals/Spirit_GT_User_Manual_E.pdf

on the front of the radio,There is a lock and unlock button, push it and watch the screen it will tell you when it is unlocked

Motorola Walkie Talkie Code and Channel Setting

1. Push and hold On/Off button. It will tell you Code & Channel

Note: You are now in the change mode

1. Change Code - Push the talk button till handsets match Code then push monitor button to accept

Note: You are still in the change mode so you can change Channel

1. Change Channel - Push the talk button till handsets match channel then push monitor button to accept
2. To check repeat step 1 then push on/off button

I believe you do not need to hold the monitor button when changing channels
Push the talk button till you have the channel you want then push monitor button to accept
Hope this works