I'm looking to split an APX6500 (O5 head) from a dash mount to a remote mount. Does Motorola provide a kit to do this or do I have to buy each part separately? Are the XTL and APX TIB/CHIB interchangeable as long as they are meant for the O5 head?
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XTL control heads will not work. Have been down this path myself. Look for apx_control_heads_ds.pdf online.
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Electron Wrangler
The part you want is H1921A
The control cable is separate.
The control cable is separate.
Newer O5 heads (Even the light grey ones that say XTL5000 on them) will work on an APX. Some of the older ones after flashing will come up with "unsupported CH" and not work.
SOURCE: I have a bunch in service. Took the head off an old XTL and put it on the APX and let the APX flash it to its appropriate firmware version.
I guess all those O5 grey heads we used on multiple 6500 and 7500 radios must have been a hallucination, along with the 2 M5 (XTL2500) heads we modified which worked just. fine.
My organization went with E5 control heads for APX6500 mobiles, so it was:
Mounting Kits/DEK BOX/Multiplexers:
1 H1930A E5 CH
1a G90AC ADD: No Microphone Needed APX
1b GA01755AA Add: E5 Remote CHIB
1c G142AD Add: No Speaker APX
1d GA01282AA Add: No Remote TIB
1e GA01301AA Add: No Pwr Cbl
1f GA01297AA Add: No Accessory Cable
1g G628AC Add: Remote Mount Cable 17 ft APX
I would recommend that you get with a Motorola Sales rep, for specific parts needed. In my case it was about $610 each for single remote head parts kits for APX6500 mobiles (I was expecting about twice that though being the big /\/\).
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