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Help With Motorola Xts 5000
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You got a pair of XTS5000s at a garage sale? 
WTF?
Anyway,.... you will need the software and cable if there isn't a menu in the screen named FPP.
WTF?Anyway,.... you will need the software and cable if there isn't a menu in the screen named FPP.
I was thinking the same thing. Must be shopping in the wrong places. But then we don't have to run the serial numbers
ya why?? Im not all that familiar with them.. they look pretty cool are they any good? Now I know why he sold them to me cheap... I gotta get some kind of cord. I was just gonna use them for snowboarding keep in my backpack and give one to my buddy and we could talk if we loose each other. Would they work for something like that?
You'd be better off using GMRS or FRS radios for that type of stuff.
XTS5000s are usually only found at yard sales and flea-markets when they are stolen. Just curious, are the serial number stickers still on the radios? What do they do when you try to talk from one radio to the other? Do the displays match on each radio when you change the channels? What are the model numbers?
XTS5000s are usually only found at yard sales and flea-markets when they are stolen. Just curious, are the serial number stickers still on the radios? What do they do when you try to talk from one radio to the other? Do the displays match on each radio when you change the channels? What are the model numbers?
jim202
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In order to program them, you would need the software from Motorola. This costs about
$325.00. then you would need a programming cable for about another $180. Don't
forget the computer to run the software on.
next you will need to know how to work your way through the software. By the way,
they call it RSS for Radio service Software. The newer versions are called CPS.
I would be real careful with playing around with those radios on what ever channels
the are on currently. Hard to tell what public safety agency those came from. If they were
laying around for any length of time, the batteries should be stone dead. You didn't indicate
that you had the chargers to go with the radios.
I use those radios all the time and respect what they do.
Jim
$325.00. then you would need a programming cable for about another $180. Don't
forget the computer to run the software on.
next you will need to know how to work your way through the software. By the way,
they call it RSS for Radio service Software. The newer versions are called CPS.
I would be real careful with playing around with those radios on what ever channels
the are on currently. Hard to tell what public safety agency those came from. If they were
laying around for any length of time, the batteries should be stone dead. You didn't indicate
that you had the chargers to go with the radios.
I use those radios all the time and respect what they do.
Jim
MOTOROLANUT
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Army CID anyone?, Theey are nice radios but very expensive when you add all the goodies to program them. Better off selling then and getting FRS radios...
Army CID anyone?, Theey are nice radios but very expensive when you add all the goodies to program them. Better off selling then and getting FRS radios...
GKENY044
Member
Nope their junk give ya a 100 bucks for em
jhooten
Member
My price on MOL for the USB cable this week was $234 and the RS-232 cable was higher.
ecps92
Member
And the "Red Light" didn't go off in your head? Hmmmm
VHF ? UHF?? 700/800 ??
What do the Displays show on Ch.1 when you try to talk to the other radio
VHF ? UHF?? 700/800 ??
What do the Displays show on Ch.1 when you try to talk to the other radio
Tell you what, I have a pair of Brand new FRS radios sitting right next to me... Even trade. Much smaller and lighter so they won't make that much weight in your snowboarding bag
Im down. How far do they go??Ya they prob are "hot" they way that you guys are describing them lol. You guys make it seem as though I came across the best radio's ever lol. Like I said I just wanted them for snowboarding. And ya the Batt are dead. except one and I do not have a charger the guy said all I gotta do is buy a charger but like I said the way you guys are describing them the charger prob cost a butload too huh. Like I said I have two of them and the plastic is still on the little face thing. and I got 4 Batterys. all dead except one. The dude said I can talk like 5 miles with them? Is that true?
Serial #'s
If the plastic is STILL on the face of them, they may have been stolen BEFORE they were EVER programmed!
Might be info in them saying who MOTO sold them to.
No ome has told you yet what ONE of those radios cost NEW with all of the Motorola trunking options (like Omnilink) and then, if it has the scramble option, geez....
Without the scramble board in ours, we paid right $5,000 EACH for them. And, that was on State bid pricing.
Steve/KB8FAR
You never answered the question about the SERIAL NUMBERS. You know. Are they STILL on the radios?
If the plastic is STILL on the face of them, they may have been stolen BEFORE they were EVER programmed!
Might be info in them saying who MOTO sold them to.
No ome has told you yet what ONE of those radios cost NEW with all of the Motorola trunking options (like Omnilink) and then, if it has the scramble option, geez....
Without the scramble board in ours, we paid right $5,000 EACH for them. And, that was on State bid pricing.
Steve/KB8FAR
fire4117
Member
Why don't you take a few pictures of both of them and show us what the stickers on the back say as well.....
MaizeBlueFlyover
Member
Umm... I think you guys are being strung along here. What do you think is more possible, he bought 2 brand new XTS5000 radios at a garage sale or wanted to see how excited he could get people?
fire4117
Member
That's why I asked the question.... notice the join date of the poster......
Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
While there are tons of people who like to troll RR members and forums, there are also tons of XTS5000s and other high-end radios that have been 'falling off the back of trucks' lately. IIRC the Army just lost an entire pallet or two of them.
Just check out eBay right now, there are tons of 123ABC1234 and other "no sticker on back" radios flooding the market right now. That's really frustrating to me, because you know they have to be either stolen or parts radios, and they're so tempting but you'd be pretty much guaranteed to get in gack if you ever had to send those off for repair.
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