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NX-5000 features enabled

nhfirefighter

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Hi Group,

Anyone know if there is a tool available to research features enabled on the NX5000 line of radios? I have the opportunity to purchase a used radio from a wholesaler that sells used LMR equipment. They unfortunately don't do any radio programming and thus don't have the software to read the radio and see what options were purchased for it. It's hard to gauge their pricing without knowing the active feature set.

Thanks for any help you can provide!
 

AM909

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I'd be careful unless you can return it. You might need a password. Anybody that does any significant amount of used business should have software and cables to allow them to verify the equipment works, blank the password, reset to a default configuration, etc.
 

nhfirefighter

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I'd be careful unless you can return it. You might need a password. Anybody that does any significant amount of used business should have software and cables to allow them to verify the equipment works, blank the password, reset to a default configuration, etc.
Good point, I’m just going to hold off and buy new from kd4efm when the time comes.
 

wd8chl

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I'd be careful unless you can return it. You might need a password. Anybody that does any significant amount of used business should have software and cables to allow them to verify the equipment works, blank the password, reset to a default configuration, etc.
Except if you don't know the password, you can't blank it.
 
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