TK-7360HV Overwrite Password

[kenwoodgeek]

Hey everyone,

Been a while since I've posted on here.

Today, I scored an incredibly sweet deal. I was at the junkyard, and I came across an old Grand Caravan taxi that, incredibly, had a Kenwood TK-7360HV mobile installed. Guess someone forgot to pull the radio before the vehicle was junked. I snagged it along with the KMC-35, the mounting bracket, and mike clip for only $10. My first VHF radio. Figured it'd be good for scanning the local VHF fire channels and NOAA frequencies.

So now I'm at home, and I have it hooked up to the laptop with the KPG-135D software running. Just figures, the radio has both a read and an overwrite password set. I do have an engineering key for the software, so I reinstalled the software with that, and that allowed me to read the data on the radio. It's configured for an LTR system with FleetSync. I looked up the system in this website's database, and found that it appears to still be active.

The software still won't let me write a new file to the radio, however. Still asking me for an overwrite password. Am I doing something wrong in the software? Is there, perhaps, another engineering version I would need? Absolutely any method of bypassing this? Or is the radio just a paperweight? I suppose even if it is, I'm only out $10, and I might be able to listen to the taxi company.

Thanks in advance!

 

[mmckenna]

At one time the software would allow the engineering key activated KPG software to overwrite radios. I heard rumors that Kenwood "fixed" this since it had been leaked out and made the radio read/write passwords pointless. I for one am glad they did this.

So, answer is, I don't know. Might depend on the version of software/firmware. If the radio firmware is old enough, and you could find the KPG software that was of similar vintage, it might still work.

You might be able to contact the radio company that runs the system and see if they'll flush the radio and give it back to you for a reasonable sum.

 

[kd4efm]

If your can read it, you will see what the password is when you open data password, thing is if the write is equal number of *, chances are it will be the same.



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[kenwoodgeek]

I see, thanks for the information.

The embedded message that pops up does say, "12-2011," so I'm hoping maybe I can track down an older version of the software and see if that will work.

I'm not sure how to view the read password. It is the same number of characters, though. Both only let me put in 6, so I assume the passwords are the same. Just don't know how to view the one.

 

[kd4efm]

I see, thanks for the information.

The embedded message that pops up does say, "12-2011," so I'm hoping maybe I can track down an older version of the software and see if that will work.

I'm not sure how to view the read password. It is the same number of characters, though. Both only let me put in 6, so I assume the passwords are the same. Just don't know how to view the one.

Was under the impression you were able to read it..

More tomorrow, I'm down for the count tonight.

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[kenwoodgeek]

Thanks so much.

 

[kenwoodgeek]

Thanks, guys! Got it, thanks to a helpful tip from kd4efm.

Clicked "Data Password" under "Optional Features." That popped up a box with the 6-digit passwords they had set for both the read and overwrite. Plugged the password into the overwrite and wiped the radio clean to unprogram status. Now to put in some new frequencies.

So here's my next question. Since I saved the original codeplug, and I have all the data that gets the radio into this taxi company's LTR system, would I still be able to listen to that system, or might the radio transpond some kind of information to the system controller, even if it's not transmitting?

 

[ramal121]

Nothing gets transmitted to a LTR system until you press the PTT button. You can set it up for receive only and listen all you want.

 

[kenwoodgeek]

How, exactly, would I do that? Is it just a matter of clearing the encode ID box? I'm keeping the mike plugged in, so I don't want any possibility of an accidental transmission.

 

[ramal121]

On a conventional channel you can blank the transmit frequency. On a trunked group it appears you cannot blank the transmit, program won't let you do it. I would blank the encode GID and put a dummy frequency like a MURS at low power. That would keep you off the system in case of an oops.

 

[westcoaster]

You may also want to investigate whether the taxi company had enabled the "kill" command. (don't know exactly what it's called at the moment or whether that works on trunked systems or not.)
May save you some headaches in the future.

 

[fwradio]

You can also change the transmit frequencies on the LTR channel list to something like 150.0000. That way if you accidentally hit the PTT it won't cause anything more than a few TX blips to go out and then start yelling at you about not getting a channel.

 

[kenwoodgeek]

Thanks, everyone. Appreciate it. Radio works great. Haven't heard anything on the LTR systems, but picking up the fire channels, Union Pacific, and more very well.

Will definitely be keeping my eye out for more taxis from the same company at the junkyard.