When the LED is yellow, the Impress charger is DISCHARGING the battery. After the discharge is complete, the LED will turn red. To bypass the discharge cycle, put the battery in the charger. If it turns yellow, remove the battery for three seconds then put it back in. The LED should change to RED, indicating it is charging. When it is at 90% charge, it will flash green. Solid green means it is done.
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XPR7550 Codeplug Password
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When the LED is yellow, the Impress charger is DISCHARGING the battery. After the discharge is complete, the LED will turn red. To bypass the discharge cycle, put the battery in the charger. If it turns yellow, remove the battery for three seconds then put it back in. The LED should change to RED, indicating it is charging. When it is at 90% charge, it will flash green. Solid green means it is done.
Oh, ok. When I look at the label on the bottom of the charger, it says yellow means "see manual".
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My Impres charger decal says yellow is reconditioning.
You should let it recondition whenever the charger tells you to (indicated by the yellow) to maximize the battery's useful life.
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Generally, yes. But sometimes a full recondition/recharge can take 7+ hours, which is fine if you have several batteries. But if you only have 1 battery, you could need the radio before the charger completes the discharge/charge cycle. Also keep in mind should you pull the battery out, & insert it quickly to bypass the reconditioning stage, the battery will register a NON IMPRES charge, which may affect the battery warranty.
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Bypassing the reconditioning feature with Lion batteries has little to do with longevity of the battery. Different case with the NiMh, especially NiCad (are NiCad even sold anymore lol ).
Once a month (roughly) reconditioning establishes a new capacity that you can read with the radio by adding the BATT menu function.
Because the radio knows what the capacity of the battery is during the batteries life span. The Fuel gauge/battery meter on the display can more accurately reflect current status of the battery. Also it may or maybe not, figure in the capacity of the battery when the low battery beep begins.
If a person continually bypasses the (yellow) reconditioning, I would actually call it RECALIBRATION mode when using LiOn batts. The battery meter on the radio may not display, and is the case with XTS and APX radio's.
If the battery is needed in a hurry you can bypass the reconditioning mode and it will NOT effect warranty of the battery.
We bypass batteries all the time for batteries in an emergency box. The reconditioning mode in this situation can be a real pain, when the battery wants to recondition at the worst time.
Motorola did add a switch to the new IMPRES 2 chargers so you can disable reconditioning. But it is not recommended to be switched off on a normal day to day basis. As mentioned earlier you will loose the battery meter and capacity will be incorrect at least with XTS and APX don't mess with TRBO radio's un sure about them.
Once a month (roughly) reconditioning establishes a new capacity that you can read with the radio by adding the BATT menu function.
Because the radio knows what the capacity of the battery is during the batteries life span. The Fuel gauge/battery meter on the display can more accurately reflect current status of the battery. Also it may or maybe not, figure in the capacity of the battery when the low battery beep begins.
If a person continually bypasses the (yellow) reconditioning, I would actually call it RECALIBRATION mode when using LiOn batts. The battery meter on the radio may not display, and is the case with XTS and APX radio's.
If the battery is needed in a hurry you can bypass the reconditioning mode and it will NOT effect warranty of the battery.
We bypass batteries all the time for batteries in an emergency box. The reconditioning mode in this situation can be a real pain, when the battery wants to recondition at the worst time.
Motorola did add a switch to the new IMPRES 2 chargers so you can disable reconditioning. But it is not recommended to be switched off on a normal day to day basis. As mentioned earlier you will loose the battery meter and capacity will be incorrect at least with XTS and APX don't mess with TRBO radio's un sure about them.
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Speaking of reconditioning, what can I do to 'fix' a battery that apparently will not reset the Impress system even after a full reconditioning cycle?
My XPR7550's battery continues to charge fully, but when checked in the radio's menu continues to display the red "Recondition Battery" message.
I know for certain it is not the Impress charger because it works just as expected when charging a brand new battery. I've also tried reconditioning
the stubborn battery with another Impress charger.
For my latest attempt I actually allowed the battery to become fully discharged by leaving the 7550 on until it shut itself down due to an exhausted battery.
After going through a fully recondition/recharge cycle, the battery still provides ~12 hours of operation,
yet still displays the same error message "Recondition Battery"...
My XPR7550's battery continues to charge fully, but when checked in the radio's menu continues to display the red "Recondition Battery" message.
I know for certain it is not the Impress charger because it works just as expected when charging a brand new battery. I've also tried reconditioning
the stubborn battery with another Impress charger.
For my latest attempt I actually allowed the battery to become fully discharged by leaving the 7550 on until it shut itself down due to an exhausted battery.
After going through a fully recondition/recharge cycle, the battery still provides ~12 hours of operation,
yet still displays the same error message "Recondition Battery"...
I just installed the new LCD screen, and that appears to have fixed the issue with the alternating lines.
As for the battery issue, I did have one Impres battery that was fully drained and read zero volts on my voltmeter and when I inserted it into the charger, the yellow LED came on.
As for the battery issue, I did have one Impres battery that was fully drained and read zero volts on my voltmeter and when I inserted it into the charger, the yellow LED came on.
New Problem
It seems that for some reason the radio isn't showing zones. Instead, it's treating all the channels as if they are in one zone. It recognizes the scan lists that each channel is entered into, but won't see the zones.
It seems that for some reason the radio isn't showing zones. Instead, it's treating all the channels as if they are in one zone. It recognizes the scan lists that each channel is entered into, but won't see the zones.
You need to turn off the keypad in CPS then it will show it as zones.with keypad on it acts as a channel quick entry
Gotcha. That fixed it.
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Or change it to "Channels in home zone", still have your zones working correctly and be able to jump to any particular channel in that zone by pressing the channel number from the keypad.
I read someplace that if I took a locked radio to a dealer/service tech, they can for $50 buy me an unlock code from Motorola.
Is that code good more than once?
If this is true, is anyone willing to buy me the code for my radio on my behalf?
Is that code good more than once?
If this is true, is anyone willing to buy me the code for my radio on my behalf?
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This should work for you. I have had to do this before as well.
Hey buddy I am going threw the same problem bought a radio on eBay and the code plug is also password protected the CP version is 14.00.13 and the firmware is 2.09.00.001 on the radio. my CPS software is 16.0 is it possible for you to email me a blank Codeplug Hectomilan@gmial.com thanks I’m new to all this I am slowly learning I love it so far !
Please reread the entire thread. You will need the current or newer firmware file in order to recover the radio. A codeplug will not help you. TT
Got it thanks!!!
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