Hi everyone, I just bought myself a Motorola XPR 7550 and it still has firmware 2.4, what benefits would I get from upgrading to the newest firmware and would there be any downsides to it?
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XPR firmware
- Thread starter thecanadiangod
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Where did you buy the 7500? If i may ask and what's the price range as a I'm looking into getting one depending on the budget.
I'd agree with this. If you can stay with something that is still programmable with CPS 16 for the most part. Although I use 2.0 frequently, 16 still has it's plus's.
kayn1n32008
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Ebay, FB buy and Sell groups.
Expect to pay $300-$450 depending if it is a 7550 or a 7550e model, and depending on accessories included with it and what EID's are active.
That's where most of mine came from. Some from recommendation from others and personal direct sales.
Asunakiyori
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my two XPR7550e's came from ebay. one was 400 ish.. the other 350ish
I bought mine on eBay, I got it with a bunch of accessories for only 450 CAD. Which is an absolute steal. You can easily get one cheaper than that in the US
RadioGuy7268
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Before 'upgrading' Firmware, you should probably have an idea of what your radio needs to do that it's currently not doing.
If your radio is working fine for you as is, and you don't need things like RX audio leveling, then what's the purpose? If you want to have the latest firmware just to have it, then I'd agree that R 02.09.0001 is about as far up as you'd want to go. Above that requires you to move into CPS2, and then you get into needing SUM subscriptions.
Your biggest upgrade improvement would be to trade up into a 7550e - which actually has better receive sensitivity and some audio enhancements that you'll never get in a plain 7550.
If your radio is working fine for you as is, and you don't need things like RX audio leveling, then what's the purpose? If you want to have the latest firmware just to have it, then I'd agree that R 02.09.0001 is about as far up as you'd want to go. Above that requires you to move into CPS2, and then you get into needing SUM subscriptions.
Your biggest upgrade improvement would be to trade up into a 7550e - which actually has better receive sensitivity and some audio enhancements that you'll never get in a plain 7550.
RX Leveling would be nice, my only concern is that the HAM band will then become locked. I have heard past a certain version it becomes unusable
RadioGuy7268
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Not sure what that references - but the frequency band the radio is built with is still available in every version of Firmware.
I'm thinking that your 'HAM band' comment references the Wideband 25 kHz enablement - but that's a CPS Software-driven enablement, not driven by Firmware.
I'm thinking that your 'HAM band' comment references the Wideband 25 kHz enablement - but that's a CPS Software-driven enablement, not driven by Firmware.
APX8000
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As others have said, Firmware 2.09 and CPS 16.
Firebuff880
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So, I am not getting into the fray on the features in the later firmware packages, usually two or three a year. The 2.09 is vintage 2018. BUT if you really have R2.4 in this new boat anchor, you will have to find multiple versions of old firmware and CPS, walk it forward, and then make some decisions as to where you want to be long-term.
Every released package has release notes, and most of them are on learning.motrolasolutions.com.
kayn1n32008
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Unless you want 'talker alias'
