Kenwood TK-862GAux Speaker

[DeLaney66]

Hello all,

I am new to the forum but would like to ask a question. I have several Motorola TK-862 series radios at work. One of them resides in the maintenance office where I work. I would like to add an external speaker about 50 feet from the radio in the maintenance area. Is there anyone willing to tell me what I need to get to make this happen? I'm sure someone will have questions that I have not answered, but if there is someone willing to help, I will attempt to get the requested information. Thank you.

 

[KevinC]

Are you sure they are Motorola and not Kenwood?

 

[cmdrwill]

TK-862 series radios

That IS a Kenwood radio by the model number above.

 

[DeLaney66]

You are absolutely correct. My boss told me one thing and I did not verify. My apologies.

 

[KK6ZTE]

Those Kenwood mobiles have a 1/8" jack on the back for an external speaker. The easiest way (certainly not the best, but doesn't require much skill) (but it does disconnect the internal speaker) would be to use a 50 foot extension cable (Home) and an external speaker with a 1/8" jack (Amazon.com)

If you need audio at the radio, you can use a 1/8" mono splitter and use two of those RoadPro speakers (they are 8ohm, and the Kenwood supports a 4ohm load [two 8s in parallel])

 

[DeLaney66]

Thank you all for helping me. Is there a way to keep the audio working in both places? I did notice that the buttons on the front of the radio don't do anything when pressed. Is that the way it's supposed to be or do I need to get them programmed as well?

 

[KK6ZTE]

As I mentioned in second paragraph, use a splitter and two speakers (one at remote location, one at radio). It's the simplest way to accomplish it.

The buttons on the front are programmed based on customer need. If there was no need for the button to do anything, then it wouldn't be programmed to work. Did you need it or expect it to do something?

 

[ramal121]

The easiest way is what KK6ZTE mentioned. Two speakers, a 50' extension, and one of these splitters https://www.amazon.com/3-5mm-Mono-Y...rds=3.5mm+splitter+mono&qid=1614795330&sr=8-3.

I have opened up that style radio and applied a solder bridge that keeps the internal speaker on with an external plugged in, but that is more involved.

The buttons are programmable and if they don't do anything then nothing is assigned to them.