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Hooking MCD 5000 to an external speaker

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rvsmith12790

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I'm trying to assist a few of my local volunteer departments with a common issue. A few of them within the last year or two upgraded to the MCD 5000 deskset, against better judgement. Does anyone have any step-by-step, easy to understand instructions on how to hardwire these things to an external speaker so they can be heard from not just the office, but broadcast out into squad bays? I can't seem to find anything, and I'd rather not direct them to the private techs that'll charge $1k plus to come out and do it.
 
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Depends on what the MCD is hooked up to. If its hooked to a APX Consollette like most just take the logger port from the consollette to the AMP in the station. Installed many like that so far.
 
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An MCD 5000 just connects to a physical radio. Get the output form the radio and move one.
 
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