I have an APX8500 that was ordered with a O5 control head. My Chief did not like how it was mounted as it was mounted low on the floor and the display was hard to see. He oredered the O3 handheld control head thinking it would be plug and play. However, the O5 has a red Motorola cable and a blue Cable, and the O3 only has the blue. I assume the red is a power for the head as the radio unit itself only has the blue cable plugged in. Just looking to see if this is something that need to go back to the installer to run another wire or someting we can do in the station.
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Changing out O5 to O3 control head
- Thread starter jimgoss
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mikegilbert
MHz so good
The 03 only needs one cable, and is powered via the TIB on the radio brick. The speaker comes off the trapezoidal connector on the back of the 8500.
So I can just leave the red multi pin cable alone and just use the blue? I’m have to give it a try. Thanks for the info.
No sorta. The red one can float. The blue one will do no good as you have no way to connect the O3 head to the blue cable from the O5. The O3 head requires a different control cable - PMLN4958. Also when using the O3 control head ignition source needs to go to the rear of the deck and requires an HLN6863 iginition cable kit. You will also plug your speaker into this cable that was plugged into the O5 control head red cable. Simple solution but you need more than just the HHCH.
