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Enabling Channel announcement on XTS 5000r

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matthewll14

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Hi I was wondering if I can enable Channel announcement on my XTS 5000r on Astro 25 Portable CPS 20.01.00. I have never actually programmed a radio in CPS before so is this something if I do wrong I can brick my radio or screw something up?
 

ExpatLMRGuy

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Hi Matthew,

First and foremost, you will have to download the voice files (at least my CPS version did not come with them in the package). I'm not sure where you can get these files, however you can probably find a good zip file on google or ask Motorola?

You can get creative with these sounds ;)

Once you have the voice files downloaded and unzipped, follow these steps.

  1. Open CPS and read your codeplug
  2. Click the Radio Ergonomics Configuration menu
  3. Select Voice Announcements dropdown menu
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  4. Select Voice Announcements List. (This list will allow you to add (+) the sound files you downloaded to the codeplug.
    1. Once these are all added, select the Voice Announcement Wide menu.
  5. Pair the dropdown menus to their corresponding sounds.
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Once you have finished, write or clone this to your radio(s) and test it out. You can write this to your radio by navigating to the top menu item labeled "Device" and "Write Device".

This should not brick your radio, as this is an ergonomical change and not system related.

Lastly, you can also add the voice files to your Zones in Zone Channel Assignment:


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Good luck!
 

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Wrong CPS. He was not asking for APX. He was asking for Astro25 CPS how to do it.
 

chrismol1

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You make the voice files and upload them into CPS. Check the Help Files will explain it all. I used an online converter and compress them. At one point I had used the dispatchers voice recording when they a unit calls them. So it would say "Sheriff's Dispatch" in the dispatchers voice haha
 

matthewll14

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You make the voice files and upload them into CPS. Check the Help Files will explain it all. I used an online converter and compress them. At one point I had used the dispatchers voice recording when they a unit calls them. So it would say "Sheriff's Dispatch" in the dispatchers voice haha
hahahah well now actually I cant even get into my radio because the code plug is password protected after I bought it off someone upon asking them they did no know the password. any suggestions and since we know I am not talking about the APX series will this brick my radio?
 

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Adding voice announcement files will not brick your radio. However, you'll first have to deal with the password lock issue.
 

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hahahah well now actually I cant even get into my radio because the code plug is password protected after I bought it off someone upon asking them they did no know the password. any suggestions and since we know I am not talking about the APX series will this brick my radio?

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