recording TX audio on XTL 2500

[marczg]

I want to be able to record the transmit and receive audio going in and out from an xtl 2500.
For the receiving audio I am able to tap into pins 21 and 14 to get the audio out into a recorder.
Is there a way to get the audio that the radio is transmitting also through a pin out or some other way to be able to record it as well?
any recommendations?

 

[APX7500X2]

In the software it has the below but that's as much as I know about it, No idea where it does its recording

 

[Firebuff66]

To use that you need the HKN6187A cable for the remote head
It plugs into the rear of the control head. The XTL5000 O5 has all of the audio processing in the control head not the radio so all the signals both transmit and receive are at the control head. The recorder out on the surveillance cable can be programed via CPS to provide both transmit and receive audio. So if you plug into the record when the radio is transmitting mic audio comes out and when the radio is receiving receive audio comes out, the audio level is fixed and independent of the volume control.

It needs to be a remote head

 

[lookforthe1]

is this possible in the xts?

 

[Firebuff66]

is this possible in the xts?

No it does not have the ability to do tx+rx

 

[marczg]

To use that you need the HKN6187A cable for the remote head

So the "Record Audio" option in the CPS "TX+RX audio" only comes out from this cable in a remote head configuration?
Does it need anything else for the audio, quality, sound etc. ?

 

[a417]

So the "Record Audio" option in the CPS "TX+RX audio" only comes out from this cable in a remote head configuration?
Does it need anything else for the audio, quality, sound etc. ?

That audio will be pretty clean (as long as your channel is correctly configured), but I always send audio thru a 1:1 isolation transformer.
YMMV.

 

[marczg]

To use that you need the HKN6187A cable for the remote head

what is size of the audio port? it doesn't look like a standard 3.5mm output.
Or is there another cable thats needed to attach to that output.

 

[a417]

what is size of the audio port? it doesn't look like a standard 3.5mm output.
Or is there another cable thats needed to attach to that output.

If you look at the HKN6187A, you will see that speaker audio will come out of a breakout plug on the wire, separate from the connector on the radio - yet in the same harness. If you want flat audio, your best bet is to get it off the accessory connector.

 

[Firebuff66]

what is size of the audio port? it doesn't look like a standard 3.5mm output.
Or is there another cable thats needed to attach to that output.

Its 3.5 and the audio level is fixed and independent of the volume control so it like flat audio. sounds very good