Xts 5000 & xts 5000r

[zerocool]

Motorola Gurus,

I am having trouble getting an XTS 5000R to accept a VHF frequency in the 139-140ish range. Our old 5000 radios use it just fine but the 5000Rs do not want to accept the frequency, calling it invalid. I was under the impression that the two radios shared the same freq ranges. I am unable to find anything on the internet that confirms that the two radios DO or DO NOT share the same freq spreads.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[Luis_R]

What is the 4th letter in the model #? If it's J - then it's 136 to 162MHz range, if it's K - it's 146 to 178MHz range. Your problem is probably that the XTS5000R is in the wrong range.

 

[fineshot1]

What Luis said above

or

you could be trying to program a newer narrow band (7.5 Khz)splinter freq into
your XTS5000R and it may have early firmware that does not support this - may
need a firmware refresh to bring it up to date.

 

[FFPM571]

All XTS3000 cover 136-174 they are all K models threre is no J

http://www.italponti.it/_files/download/allegati/XTS3000.pdf

 

[Luis_R]

All XTS3000 cover 136-174 they are all K models threre is no J

http://www.italponti.it/_files/download/allegati/XTS3000.pdf

He's not talking about 3K's. 5KR Sorry zerocool & FFPM571 for the wrong info as I misread my spec sheet.

 

[mikewazowski]

Luis_R, I don't know where you get your info from but it's totally wrong.

FFPM571 was correct. There is only one split of VHF and it covers the whole band from 136-174Mhz.

The 4th letter on an XTS5K will always be K.

Same as the xts3k which is available in a k model only which covers the complete band.

The advice on checking the firmware version is the best advice offered so far.

A radio's age means nothing. For all we know, the original 5000's could have been kept current with firmware refreshes and the newer 5000R's might have not been refreshed lately.

The 5000 and 5000R are identical radios firmware, dsp and RF wise. The only difference is the R model is ruggedized and in a lot of cases (especially with secondhand radios), the only real difference is somebody has applied an R sticker to a regulate xts5000.

Check the firmware by powering the radios up and pushing the bottom side button 5 times. The first number beginning with Rxx.xx.xx will be your firmware.

Can you at least tell us what frequency you're trying to program in?

I can try it out on my R9 firmware xts5k (that somebody has put an R sticker on).

 

[FFPM571]

I misread that it was a 5K not a 3k.. But all XTS are the same bandsplits

 

[Astro25]

The Astro25 series FPP range can be modified to a certain band split different than stock - say FPP is only allowed from 420-450 in a Q split unit so you don't accidentally punch in something off limits.... although quite rare and unlikely, it could be the culprit.