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orion control head interchange?

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thecircusbear

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two questions.

1> Can the control heads for the orion (specifically D2HHG7) be interchanged from the scan head to the system head freely? Or is it bound to its original model number? (the g7 model being the scan control head)

2> Can the Orion accept M7100 control heads freely?

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1) Yes, but you may need to reprogram the personality and write the head file. (It's been a while, but I do know they can be swapped).

2) Yes...at least in remote mount, not sure if there is a bracket difference on dash mount.
 

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You can mix and match at will... Always could.

System (16 button)
Scan (4 button)
Handheld Controller (16 button surveillance 'head')

Ditto with M7100 and J725m radios.

Plus, in a dual-control configuration, you can have a system as one head, and a scan (or HHC) as the other. No restrictions.
 
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