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Kenwood NX-P500 headset pinout

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My employer has assigned me a Kenwood NX-P500 radio for work purposes. While they're not interested in purchasing any accessories (beyond chargers and belt clips), they're fine with me purchasing and using my own.

Obviously, being marketed to businesses, the first-party accessories are pretty pricey, so I was thinking of making my own.

Can anyone point me towards the pinout for the headset jack on this thing? I know it's one-pin 3.5mm, and based on the product photos, it's TRRS.

Thanks!
 
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There are third-party products, like Pryme's LMC-1GH31 or Endura EAK-1WGR-KW5 earpieces in the $30-50 MSRP range. However, based on similar radios, like the CLP1010 and EVX-S24, the screw-collar fastening does tend to put a lot of wear on the cable near the plug, so building a pigtail adapter to whatever you have that just stayed on the radio wouldn't be the worst of ideas.
 
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I searched my stuff, but I've never seen a service manual for that radio. I'm sure they are out there, but no luck on my end.

I agree, the after market stuff would be the way to go. On the other hand, the Kenwood branded stuff tends to be really well built and may outlast the after market stuff. Learned that a long time ago, sometimes the higher cost OEM is cheaper than the after market in the long run.
 
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