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MCS2000 Missing MDC options
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That radio is nearly 30 years old.. not worth the effort to even try You would have to hex edit the software or use Depot and that is no guarantee it would even work. There are other radios that have it that would be newer and not even need any changes
The Jedi series of radios, and the MCS in particular, are some of the best radios Moto made. There's a reason they hold their resale value.
To answer the OP: the easiest way to change your flashcode would be to use FDBTool to update the FDB (feature descriptor block) to include the desired features. This does not require depot or a re-tune.
Resale value?? Yea because you can buy HT1000's and MCS for under $100 they are dinosaurs
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An XTL5000 is a miles above an MCS in performance. And they all do MDC encode/decode out of the box.
I can't argue with that, but I try and avoid the "buy a new radio" advice to most people when there are direct answers to the questions they're asking. It's not like he's trying to use a Maxar or something for pete's sake. I keep a few MCS radios on hand since they're great analog rigs.
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