Wouxun KG UV6D/Kenwood Speaker Mic Cable Problem

[CBnMo]

Hello all, I am trying to connect a Wouxun KG UV6D radio to a Rugged Radio, 2 way headset. I bought the Kenwood compatible cable. When I connect the cable to the radio, then connect the headset, the radio transmit light comes on, the radio keys up (there is no audio transmitted). I can not get the radio to unkey while it is connected, nor will it transmit audio while it is keyed up and connected. The Push to Talk button is on the headsets and is not pushed.

The info I can find, says the radio uses the Kenwood K1 connector cable (and Kenwood speakermic), the cable is marked as being for Kenwood. I sent back the first cables and bought another model of cable thinking perhaps they were advertised wrongly. The replacement acts the same way. (shipping is killing me by now)

The radio is the version with the SMA Male connector on the radio (for the antenna). It appears there are different versions available.

Am I doing something wrong or is there a radio setting for using the speakermic?

Is there another cable that I should be using instead of the Kenwood K1 connection?

Thanks in advance for any help !

Carl

 

[CBnMo]

Note: I have the VOX turned OFF, in the radio menu.

 

[baltimorecs]

There is no setting you have to change you just plug in the speaker mic. All of the speaker mics we use with the UV6D and U94 ptts that were made by TEA just work when plugged in. I also have some Chinese non branded speaker mics and those work fine too. The headsets we tested from Code Red Headsets did not.

 

[CBnMo]

They finally started working last night. The only thing we did different was turn the radios off, and then plug in the headsets, then turn the radios back on, with them plugged in. I'm not sure if this was the cure or just a combination of the planets being aligned ? If you still have the Code Red's, you might try to connect them, then turn radio on, if you haven't already?


Transmitt and receive works great now. With radio volume all the way up, headset volume all the way up, they are, ok loud enough. I believe they will be sufficient for a high noise area. I may try to change out the speakers later if they are not loud enough. Happy with them so far. These are the hearing protection style ear muffs with mike boom.