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APX APX 4500 remote head audio seems to be buffering/surging

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Zbizzle911

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Replaced an XTL 5000 remote head with an APX 4500 remote head. After switching out the radios and heads the APX had and intermittent problem with the audio, it seemed to be pulsing or buffering almost. The XTL can be placed bacon and it doesn't do it and the APX can be put in a different rig and it doesn't do it. The only time I have been able to get it to do this buffering or pulsing is when it is in the one rig. Over the weekend it got to whereat was doing it constantly. TO begin with it only seemed to do it when the mechanical siren was being activated and has since gotten worse. Today I moved the radio to a different rig and it is not doing it at all. It will do it now with or without the engine running. Could it be some sort of interference from another electronic device? Thanks in advance!
 

Zbizzle911

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Are the xtl and apx the same frequency band?
Yes they're both 7/800mhz. The XTL was installed at the factory when we had the truck built. I used the same wires/mounts so all I did was literally unplug the head and radio and plug up the new one. I also sent the radio to be Aeroflexed when it first started messing up ( a few days after putting it in) and everything was fine according to the guy who tested it. It seems to just be the channel announce and inbound audio, the TX audio seems crystal clear on other radios.
 

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The pinout on the accessory plug on the control head should be the same for an xtl and an apx. I'd check the speaker pins on the new control head to make sure one isn't recessed or damaged. If it is, RMA it back to Motorola. Like you said, if you put the xtl back in, everything works fine so that kind of rules out wiring.
 

Zbizzle911

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The pinout on the accessory plug on the control head should be the same for an xtl and an apx. I'd check the speaker pins on the new control head to make sure one isn't recessed or damaged. If it is, RMA it back to Motorola. Like you said, if you put the xtl back in, everything works fine so that kind of rules out wiring.
Thanks for that. I will check it out.
 
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