I currently have a Vx-4000v with remote head single deck and I would like to have a single head dual deck to add UHF. Can you mix a Vx-4000v deck and a Vx-5500u deck with a remote head or do you need to keep it all vx-4000's?
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VX-4000 / VX-5500 / VX-6000 dual deck
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Yes, you can mix them in any combination of models as long as both decks belong to a different band - L, V or U.
If I remember correctly lower band deck must be set as slave (or vice versa).
Correct ports for interconnection described in a manuals that come with remote adapter kits. In the Common/Hardware you have to set Dual Deck/Single Head and select a slave deck and proper bands and models before you start. The programming must only be done via connector at the remote head after everything is connected. Do not use deck side connectors. Read the Help files in CE49. The whole process is very confusing but it can be done. I did it last year, took me a while.
In the end you will not only have a dual band radio but also a two way cross-band repeater.
If I remember correctly lower band deck must be set as slave (or vice versa).
Correct ports for interconnection described in a manuals that come with remote adapter kits. In the Common/Hardware you have to set Dual Deck/Single Head and select a slave deck and proper bands and models before you start. The programming must only be done via connector at the remote head after everything is connected. Do not use deck side connectors. Read the Help files in CE49. The whole process is very confusing but it can be done. I did it last year, took me a while.
In the end you will not only have a dual band radio but also a two way cross-band repeater.
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