Motorola R7 Regions?

[RES27CUE]

Is there a difference in regions for the R7? I've seen serial numbers going back to China and other areas outside of our region. I don't see any on selling pages coming from the states or Mexico. I see some R7's have white keys and some with blue keys. Are they made of different qualities and are they all programable with cps 2.0?

 

[N4KVE]

The R7 I just picked up from a friend came from England. But the first time it was turned on, & initialized was in the US, so it programs with US CPS. The only difference I notice is the wider coverage. 400-520, while the US models are 403-512. The extra coverage doesn’t matter to me, it’s just the only difference I’ve noticed. Great radio by the way. Real smooth RX audio. Barely sounds “digital robotic”.

 

[RES27CUE]

The R7 I just picked up from a friend came from England. But the first time it was turned on, & initialized was in the US, so it programs with US CPS. The only difference I notice is the wider coverage. 400-520, while the US models are 403-512. The extra coverage doesn’t matter to me, it’s just the only difference I’ve noticed. Great radio by the way. Real smooth RX audio. Barely sounds “digital robotic”.

Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure if they are all legitimate coming from different regions. I understand when new they base information from the network they are connected to on initial first startup. All of my other moto radios don't have Chinese stickers on the radios. I wanted to make sure if I purchase one it wasn't a knock off or that I would be able to program it. I understand that if it is set up for a different region it would use that regions cps.