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APX 7000 Bluetooth Capable?
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It would need hardware and a flash.
Bluetooth used for an SCBA? That seems a bit dangerous.
The APX 7000 uses a separate Bluetooth Option Board, unlike most of the other APX portables where it's integrated. Early models of the APX 7000 did not come with the Bluetooth Option Board installed, however I believe at some point they became standard. Your serial # indicates that radio was manufactured in 2014, and so it should have the option board already installed.
Read the radio in CPS, then look at the bottom of the Radio Information screen. If it shows Bluetooth OB01 for the Option/Expansion Board, then you have the hardware and would only need the FLASH upgrade to add QA00583 - Enable Bluetooth Operation. If it shows N/A, then you need the hardware as well NNTN8160BS - Bluetooth Upgrade Kit
Read the radio in CPS, then look at the bottom of the Radio Information screen. If it shows Bluetooth OB01 for the Option/Expansion Board, then you have the hardware and would only need the FLASH upgrade to add QA00583 - Enable Bluetooth Operation. If it shows N/A, then you need the hardware as well NNTN8160BS - Bluetooth Upgrade Kit
More problems have been caused on the fireground by poor audio thru facepieces than hardware failures. The MCBT from inside the facepiece sounds excellent compared to using an RSM up to the voicemitter.
We have been using BT to MSA's for it seems like 5 or 6 years and the intelligibility of the transmissions is far, far superior to RSM to the voicemitter.
Not so fast. I've seen a bunch of 2011 era 7000's that have the blue dot on the grille label, however they did not come with the BT module, all factory fresh at that point in time. The label is not a reliable indicator of whether the hardware is present. Only reading the radio with CPS and/or physically looking for the BT module under the speaker are the reliable ways to determine its presence.
To expand on my original post, the 7000's speaker module also needs to have the BT antenna. All 7000's I've seen 2011 and newer had that BT capable speaker module, and also had that blue dot speaker grille label, however as noted above not all had the actual BT module installed from the factory.
Read the radio to determine for certain.
Thanks!
It is built in to the harnesses/masks by the SCBA manufacturer now (MSA for us). There is a microphone inside of facepiece that bluetooths to radio.
Good to know. Thank You
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