GP380's on ebay

[MTS2000des]

I would say call Ma M software support but I am sure they will laugh at you when you tell them your ***** parts Ebay special is a paperweight. Even more of an exercise in futility: sending it to the depot.

If you have CPS 6.11, it has some ability to recover from the EEPROM error IF it's in the user codeplug data, you would have to perform the registry edit N9LLO posted above to use it with that radio, but may be able to recover the error unless it's really hosed up.

yep cheap Chinese crap Ebay cables, a great inexpensive way to turn your expensive Motorola radio into a nice shiny paperweight!

 

[DieterBohlen]

A real GP380 needs the real GM/GP3xx CPS!
The GP338/HT1250 CPS don´t work on those radio,even if you hack it for regionalcode free!
The checksum error is easy to fix with the unofficial homemade european Waris lab upgradekit!
I hope you´ve saved the tuning data,to write them back after the recovery.
If not,you´ve to retune the radio.

Dieter

 

[tekshogun]

Apparently, some of the software provided with these radios on ebay come with the Professional GP300/GM300 Series CPS, Version R03.08.03, 30 Sep.2007

 

[K5RYA]

Can anyone that purchased one of these attest as to whether they are keypad programmable (for both frequency and PL)?

Thanks!

 

[BigLebowski]

Can anyone that purchased one of these attest as to whether they are keypad programmable (for both frequency and PL)?

Thanks!

No, they are not keypad programmable. The only thing you can program from the keypad is the scan list.

 

[K5RYA]

No, they are not keypad programmable. The only thing you can program from the keypad is the scan list.

Thank you for the info. Wanted to make sure. One of the sellers claimed it was field programmable, but a google search turned up nada on it so I wanted to make sure. Thanks!

 

[Josh]

Motorola only has a handful of front panel programmable radios, but any radio that is synthesized is considered "field programmable" because you can program it via computer and RSS/CPS in the field, you don't need to return it to the factory or service center for a new EPROM, crystals, or retuning.

That I am aware, only the following radios are FPP capable:
GP68/AP73
GP2000
JT1000
HT1550/XLS
XTS2500 and 5000

That's it. the first two aren't even FCC certified, but since you're getting a GP380 it's probably not important to you.

 

[Scannerhead1983]

Gp-380

I myself bought one of these ebay specials... mine is the UHF model. Everything ion the radio seems to be sound... however I had an issue with the copy of CPS that the seller provided to me. I could not get it to read on my Computer... and ended up being impatent and screwed around with the US waris codeplug editor... now the radio's giving me an error. But it came with all origional motorola stuff, down to the antennae. I would asme that the radio is a good working radio...... except I need a codeplug for mine. SO if anyone who knows someone who has one of these or has one themselfs, and would be kind enough to send me a codeplug in a file I would greatly appriciate it. I have this radio sitting here and right now it's nothing more than a paper weight.....

 

[kg4kpn]

gp380 have signal strength indicator?

I also bought one of these radios off of ebay and like it, except there is no Rx signal strength indicator in the LED display. Some of the literature for this radio mentions it has a signal strength indicator, but my radio by default has none. Is there a programming option to enable it?

 

[tekshogun]

I don't remember, honestly, seeing a GP380 with the signal strength meter. These radios are fully capable of all these things, it just depends on how they are setup. They can be converted into HT1250's (with someone that knows how to do all that codeplug work) which has the zones, signal meter, and even a clock!

 

[w2smw]

gp380

I also have a Honk Kong uhf gp380, be careful of the battery charger as it is a fake, mine got hot and melted near the power plug and I ended up buying a rea Motorola charger and it is completely different on the inside. From what I have read on other locations it can not be reprogrammed into an HT1250 as the eprom is different. I have set mine up with quassi zone using the scan lists.I am also thinking of getting a VHF version if I can unload some of the other toys.

 

[BigLebowski]

I also have a Honk Kong uhf gp380, be careful of the battery charger as it is a fake, mine got hot and melted near the power plug and I ended up buying a rea Motorola charger and it is completely different on the inside. From what I have read on other locations it can not be reprogrammed into an HT1250 as the eprom is different. I have set mine up with quassi zone using the scan lists.I am also thinking of getting a VHF version if I can unload some of the other toys.

They can be converted to an HT1250, I have done it.

 

[K5RYA]

After converted to a HT1250 can they be FPP?

 

[BigLebowski]

After converted to a HT1250 can they be FPP?

No. There are no FPP HT1250's.

 

[tekshogun]

After converted to a HT1250 can they be FPP?

No. There are no FPP HT1250's.

I don't mean to be rude, but I genuinely laughed out loud when I read that.

I also have a Honk Kong uhf gp380, be careful of the battery charger as it is a fake, mine got hot and melted near the power plug and I ended up buying a rea Motorola charger and it is completely different on the inside.

I can not comment on what you bought exactly, but I can tell you that the chargers that come with these radios, like the radios, are typically not fake and were made for Non-North American use. Most likely what happened in your situation is that you didn't look at the power adapter for the charger. I bet you that the charger you had came with a 50Hz power adapter..... in the United States and Canada, we don't use 50Hz for AC power, we use 60Hz.

Of course they are different from the "real" one you bought because you bought a non-export charger, there is a different DC voltage used as well. A trip to Radio Shack to replace your export model charger's adapter would have fixed that problem. The voltage for the output is also a bit different, 15 volts DC for the export chargers (that I have typically seen), so you find an AC to DC adapter at Radio Shack or wherever, as long as it is 60Hz that puts out the same voltage that the export charger adapter used.

 

[K5RYA]

I don't mean to be rude, but I genuinely laughed out loud when I read that.
.

Oh my bad, guess I was thinking JT1200? Darn, it's just a shame we all can't remember every feature of every M radio ever made. :roll:

 

[BigLebowski]

Oh my bad, guess I was thinking JT1200? Darn, it's just a shame we all can't remember every feature of every M radio ever made. :roll:

Except that you already asked the same question once in this thread and it was already answered (with an attached list of which ones that are FPP)

 

[tekshogun]

Can anyone that purchased one of these attest as to whether they are keypad programmable (for both frequency and PL)?

Thanks!

No, they are not keypad programmable. The only thing you can program from the keypad is the scan list.

Thank you for the info. Wanted to make sure. One of the sellers claimed it was field programmable, but a google search turned up nada on it so I wanted to make sure. Thanks!

Motorola only has a handful of front panel programmable radios, but any radio that is synthesized is considered "field programmable" because you can program it via computer and RSS/CPS in the field, you don't need to return it to the factory or service center for a new EPROM, crystals, or retuning.

That I am aware, only the following radios are FPP capable:
GP68/AP73
GP2000
JT1000
HT1550/XLS
XTS2500 and 5000

That's it. the first two aren't even FCC certified, but since you're getting a GP380 it's probably not important to you.

I was trying not to be rude.

 

[K5RYA]

Except that you already asked the same question once in this thread and it was already answered (with an attached list of which ones that are FPP)

It was not the same question. The first question pertained to the GP380, the second pertained to flashing it with another radio's firmware.

I can ask the same question over and over again if you want to see what that's like.

 

[tekshogun]

Well, I hope they answered your qustion before that happens again

Seriously though, FPP or not, they are great radios, especially for around $150 bucks.