kenwood tk480

[eclipse3256]

does anyone know of i can program conventional channels on kenwood 480 if it already has a ltr system in it and is password protected?

[LTR]

Yes, you can program both LTR and Conventional channels into the radio. The password protection should be for "read" only in that particular model, you can write a new program to it without the password. If you do write a new program, just remember that the current program in the radio will be gone.

[eclipse3256]

will i still be able to keep the ltr system that's programmed into there?? or will i lose it?

[LTR]

You will lose it by writing a new program.

The only way to save what is already in there is to read the radio first, but if it is password protected, then you will need the password to do that.

[eclipse3256]

ok thank you so much for your help!!

[djxman]

I have a tk-480 im having problems the talk groups into it I finally figured out how to program the frequencies into it. Is there a conversion chart that can tell what the kenwood version of motorola tg are? Like a tg on mot is (18576) how would i enter that into the kenwood being that it only take 3 digits???

[wayne_h]

There is no conversion. The group is the last three digits of the ID that scanners show you. So if you have 0-12-185, the group you would program is 185.

[fwradio]

I may be wrong, but I think he is wanting to convert a Motorola (SmartNet) ID to a "Kenwood" LTR.

Not going to happed. Two completely different animals.

If the goal was to be able to listen to a Motorola trunked system on the Kenwood radio, it it not possible.