I need to install an XTL5000 radio and I cant remember which wires are which on the control head. I think the yellow wire is constant 12v, and the red wire is ignition 12v. Is that correct?
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xtl5000 control head wiring
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Other way around, red is constant B+, yellow is switched B+. Fuse both, of course, 4A.
Checking other sources Im hearing all kinds of answers. Some saying yellow to 12v constant, red to 12v ignition. Some are saying the other way around. And some are saying I have to use a Charge Guard or the battery will be drained. I will have to go right to the motorla dealer I guess and get it straight from the horses mouth.
jim202
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If you had access to the MOL site, you could download the install manual.
Bottom line here is unless you tie the small red wire to a hot +12 volts all the time, the radio will go into a funky state an pull about 700 ma from the heavy battery feed for the PA. You can use the yellow wire from an ignition feed to be able to shut off the radio when you shut off the engine.
I don't know why there is so much mystery to this simple radio. I use that term loosely as I am talking about connecting it up to power and ground. If the radio is a remote trunk mount type unit, you can't even mess up trying to plug the control cable into the head and the radio. The cable is keyed to the mating socket in both the radio and control head. It is also color coded for those simple minded people.
You will have more trouble trying to get the radio programmed the way you want it as there are so many options and sort of hidden check boxes in the software. It has taken me about 2 years to learn most of the tricks.
Relax and don't listen to anyone unless they deal with these radios all the time. Too many people on here have an expanded head to hold the hot air that fills it.
Thanks Jim.
The radio is a remote unit. Main radio will be mounted in the trunk and connected to battery. The remote head has 2 wires coming out of the back, a red and a yellow. What is the correct way to hook them up--as far as constant 12v and ignition feed. As far as the control cables are concerned, your correct that they are color coded so they are pretty straight forward- one from the main unit and one from the siren head. Its just the yellow and red power wires from the remote head that im not sure which goes where.
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jim202
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Would it hurt you that much to go back and read again what I already typed on how to hook up the yellow wire and the small red wire from the control head.
Not trying to be a problem for you, but the English language is all I know to explain it to you on how to connect the wires up.
cabletech
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To also help clearify, the small red wire (and on some radios the green wire), on the control head, supplies +12v for the back lites on the head and the small yellow wire supplies the keying of the radio thru switched ing. or constant +12.
This means, if you connect the yellow to switched ing, the radio will NOT POWER UP until you turn the key on.
This means, if you connect the yellow to switched ing, the radio will NOT POWER UP until you turn the key on.
Well Jim sorry to piss in your wheaties but I didnt understand your post thats why I kept asking questions. And to correct you the red wire is not a small red wire. The yellow are red are both the same size. The only simple answer I needed was which wire went to 12v hot, and the other to ignition.
Now would it hurt you that much to not answer any more of my posts because I dont need your sarcasm.
Thank you Ramal, you answered my question.
jim202
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Don't confuse the poor lad with another colored wire. He seems to be having trouble with just the 2 mentioned so far.
jim202
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Hey look your the one that can't understand what was said. The reason I said the small red wire, is the high current positive feed to the transmitter PA is also red, but a much larger wire.
Jim you obviously have the reading problem. If you will look at my posts Im only asking questions about the control head wires. I asked nothing about the main radio as I know where those wires go.
Lou Im calm and doing just fine. Its just when I get attacked and belittled by someone when Im asking a simple question that I go on the defensive. These forums are intended for people to share ideas and ask for help. When you ask a simple question then get put down by someone that feels they know more then anyone and looks down on someone that may not know, then we run into problems. Ive done anything I can over the years to help people out in these forums, and will continue to do so, without talking to them as if they are ignorant. But when you have to deal with arrogant people like Jim, I come up shooting.
loumaag
Silent Key - Aug 2014
Well, to be fair, he answered your question, in his first post. Then you asked the very same question again, so ...
You may call it fair, and you may have understood his answer, but I didnt understand his reply thats why I asked further. And the way he replied back to me was uncalled for. See it however you may, my question is now answered so I have nothing further to say.
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