Separately? Yes. At the same time - ie select a zone position to scan both at the same time? Not that I'm aware of.
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Unication *New* G4 and G5 pagers/ somewhat limited scanner
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Separately? Yes. At the same time - ie select a zone position to scan both at the same time? Not that I'm aware of.
Correct at the same time.
I thought I had seen somewhere this was supposed to be possible in a future firmware release.
I thought I had seen somewhere this was supposed to be possible in a future firmware release.
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What is the right way to set up the G5 to alert on two tone pages sent on a p25 talkgroup?
I understand the alternatives, but this is what I have to work with today. The analog simulcast signal is nearly not hearable, byt the p25 is solid, and would like to use it since there is little hope of anything else at this time.
What is the right way to set up the G5 to alert on two tone pages sent on a p25 talkgroup?
I understand the alternatives, but this is what I have to work with today. The analog simulcast signal is nearly not hearable, byt the p25 is solid, and would like to use it since there is little hope of anything else at this time.
Just experienced it for the first time. I turned it on and immediately experienced horrendous audio. The 3 button reset didn't fix it.
I'm no expert but I didn't think you could do two tone on p25? There's too much compression to guarantee the tones will be sent with the proper 'resolution' to be decoded..
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In regards to the audio problem, while driving home from work my G5 was in ' audio failure '. I pulled over and did the 3 button reboot (twice) with no change. I then did a battery pull reset and this corrected the problem (for now). I can't put into words how frustrating this has become. When the unit is working properly it truly is a great monitor-scanner. Ugh . . .
In regards to the audio problem, while driving home from work my G5 was in ' audio failure '. I pulled over and did the 3 button reboot (twice) with no change. I then did a battery pull reset and this corrected the problem (for now). I can't put into words how frustrating this has become. When the unit is working properly it truly is a great monitor-scanner. Ugh . . .
I did start another thread for the audio problem. (To declutter this thread.)
http://forums.radioreference.com/showthread.php?t=339805
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I've had the G5 for two days and I'm having the degraded audio issues as well. Three button reset dId NOT fix the problem. Reprogrammed with the PPS and it worked (didn't have screwdriver for a battery pull). Unless a fix is found quick, this is pretty much useless when mobile. I can't pull over for battery pulls or reprogramming wit a laptop just to hear the audio. The RX on it is fantastic "when it works."
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I can have no decode because of no signal strength on analog...
Or maybe some decode on p25.
PLEASE enable this for me to try. Even if I need to do something secret to enable it.
Trust me Guys I am working on the audio issue all data points help so I appreciate your input. Also addressing the QCII over p25 we do not currently support it. The reason we went with the alerting scheme the we did is we wanted something that was just as reliable as QCII over analog. P25 being modulation based it causes any tone sent over that system to change the frequency a bit and can cause missed pages this is even apparent in current implementations of QCII over P25. We are working on other ways to alert over P25 so that you have multiple options. I cannot currently comment on what those are but know that we are working on them.
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Dave I got in my car and turned on the G5 just now. Muffled low audio from the start. Went to do a battery pull and still had the unit on. As I started loosening the two screws in the back the audio corrected and the muffling went away. Don't know if this helps or not.
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It definitely helps my friend this is an issue that i have been chasing for a while and I think we are getting closer to resolving it.
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The reception on this is fantastic on trunked systems and the portability is what really peaked my interest. I will say that on the Miami-Dade P25 system this unit is keeps up with my XTS and APX. This is system is Harris' flavor of LSM and it is horrible on a scanner mobile. G5 is following like a champ.
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David, somewhere in this thread I think you mentioned you had big customers who were not reporting the audio problem. Any chance those users are using in a multicast and not a simulcast environment? I was just thinking that my problems were on Motorola simulcast systems, and same with someone else I know. If the big customer is a statewide system, they might not have as many simulcast areas as local city/county systems.
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Supposedly they have a bunch of them on Simulcast systems in Michigan, but it's possible the users are parked on a VHF channel for paging purposes and then switching to a P25 channel to monitor the actual radio traffic after tone out.
I hate to say I have not had the muffled audio problem, because I don't want to jinx mine. 
However, I also haven't "pulled the battery", and my battery was already installed when I received mine. Is there by chance any correlation between removing the battery and the audio problem? Just wondering if it's a physical problem due to something being pushed up close to the speaker, or pressing on the speaker, that's worse due to heating or battery placement.
Back to lurking.
However, I also haven't "pulled the battery", and my battery was already installed when I received mine. Is there by chance any correlation between removing the battery and the audio problem? Just wondering if it's a physical problem due to something being pushed up close to the speaker, or pressing on the speaker, that's worse due to heating or battery placement.
Back to lurking.
I've only had my G4 for a couple days and have been quite impressed with it's performance on our regional P25 Phase 1 trunked system. I should have purchased one a long time ago rather than dealing with the choppy audio from my PSR-500 or PRO-668.
I'm curious if there's a correlation between the audio problem and volume levels. I typically listen at levels 25-35 around the house. In the car, I have it at 45-55. I ran it for over 8 continuous hours on a fairly busy dispatch talk group in varying temperatures (60's to 80's) and did not have any audio issues yesterday.
I'll be bringing it to work tomorrow but the volume will continue to be low. As a dispatcher and call taker, we must keep background noises to a minimum. I have a 10 hour shift so it'll stay on for most of that time. I'll have access to a Motorola APX 6000 to compare performance. I'll also be checking for any audio issues.
I'm curious if there's a correlation between the audio problem and volume levels. I typically listen at levels 25-35 around the house. In the car, I have it at 45-55. I ran it for over 8 continuous hours on a fairly busy dispatch talk group in varying temperatures (60's to 80's) and did not have any audio issues yesterday.
I'll be bringing it to work tomorrow but the volume will continue to be low. As a dispatcher and call taker, we must keep background noises to a minimum. I have a 10 hour shift so it'll stay on for most of that time. I'll have access to a Motorola APX 6000 to compare performance. I'll also be checking for any audio issues.
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