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Need Help fixing XTL5000 for VFD/EM

LowderK

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OK i have a XTL5000 VHF that i need updated from a W7 to a O5 head dash mount i have all the required equipment….. i don’t have the ability to do this …. i’m donating this to the emergency management in western oklahoma so he can have comms with the east texas panhandle for storms and fire management…. this is an actual xti5000 dash with W7 head from motorola i have the head bridge and 05 head and correct cable but when i install i get mantiance mode on screen …. i will pay shipping both ways this is a radio i bought new in 2005 maybe
 

radioopperator

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The city or county should have a radio shop with techs and the ability to do it. You don't have the skills or software to do it.
 

LowderK

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lol this western Oklahoma nearest motorola dealer is 135 + miles… it’s a used radio i’m donating to them and they really need the O5 head not a W7. not something that is new or anything else…. also it’s a XTL not a APX it’s way out of EOF
 

LowderK

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and not being a turd but i’ve been in the radio game since 1988 if there was something local i could goto don’t you think I would…..? they don’t even use P25 here all is DMR in western Oklahoma
 

MTS2000des

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Have you changed the C/P type in CPS first before swapping over the new head bridge, flex and CH head? It may come up in maintenance mode if the CH firmware is higher than the brick firmware, otherwise, it should push the host code into the CH and come up "normally" once this process is finished.
 
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