I setting up a Kenwood NX 5700 radio with a single RF deck and dual heads. My fleet guys installed it and turned on the radio and it has a firmware mismatch. I am setting it up for the first time and going to install the firmware update to proceed through the process. The instructions tell me to set all the dip switches to the ON position on both the heads and the deck. I have done this and now neither of the heads turn on. However, it I set the dip switches back to the configuration given for the dual head and single deck, everything turns on fine. My question is do all the dip switches need to be set to the ON position to load the firmware update? If so, any ideas what might be going on with my radio that wont power up with all the dip switches set to the ON position?
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Kenwood 5700 Firmware Loading Question
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Perfect, Thank you guys for your help!!
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