Will the Asian Xir cases fit the US XPR?

[KC2GSP]

I'm going to be in the market to replace the housing of my Motorola XPR7550 and I like the way the two-tone blue and black cases look of the Xir series radios which seems to be the Asian market equivalent??

Does anyone know if they will fit when I go to have it re-cased ?

 

[K2NEC]

That's an Intrinsically safe case and will not fit on a normal XPR

 

[PACNWDude]

+1 on above, that blue and black case is for intrinsically safe versions.....you want the plain black cases. On that note, the XiR and DP series radios share the same case as the XPR series. (XiR Asian market, DP European market, and XPR American market) Trbo.

Many online do not show Motorola markings, and ship with black electrical tape over those parts, but, once removed......have "Motorola" all over them. Would not trust for anything life safety related, but then any use case like that should be going Astro instead of Trbo anyway.

Have re-cased about a hundred Trbo series handhelds though, for corporate use......keeping many from the electronic waste bin.

 

[KC2GSP]

+1 on above, that blue and black case is for intrinsically safe versions.....you want the plain black cases. On that note, the XiR and DP series radios share the same case as the XPR series. (XiR Asian market, DP European market, and XPR American market) Trbo.

Many online do not show Motorola markings, and ship with black electrical tape over those parts, but, once removed......have "Motorola" all over them. Would not trust for anything life safety related, but then any use case like that should be going Astro instead of Trbo anyway.

Have re-cased about a hundred Trbo series handhelds though, for corporate use......keeping many from the electronic waste bin.

The housing will not physically match up to the xpr ?

 

[K2NEC]

The housing will not physically match up to the xpr ?

Correct. The Intrinsically Safe radios use different batteries which means the housings will not line up the same way.

 

[N4KVE]

Correct. The Intrinsically Safe radios use different batteries which means the housings will not line up the same way.

Make that different EXPENSIVE batteries.

 

[kayn1n32008]

Correct. The Intrinsically Safe radios use different batteries which means the housings will not line up the same way.

They also use different antennas as well.

 

[N4KVE]

They also use different antennas as well.

That’s the good thing. SMA antenna instead of MX [threaded stud] style. Some people buy these radios just for that.