Can I use a USB to the mic connection on the control head or would I need a different one. Images attached below for both the cables I found.
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XTS 2500 programming
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I’m using as a base station so it will be sitting on my desk.
Save some money and build yourself a cable. You already have the rear speaker/ign connector. Source the 4 pins needed and use any usb cable you have laying around. Strip. Crimp. Insert. Re-assemble rear connector. Enjoy!
Concur, it's pretty easy to build a programming cable for the rear accessory port. I had the pins in a drawer in the shop and was able to use a left-over ignition sense/speaker connector to whip one up; took about half an hour and saved me nearly $100.
If the OP has only the one radio, he can leave it connected to the radio and reprogram whenever the mood strikes him.
I'm new to Motorola mobile radios so if I can use the front port to program the radio that would probably be the best thing for me.
You can do that, but building your own cable would be more complicated; a standard microphone cable doesn't have all of the necessary connector pins, and soldering your own connector would be tricky, if you can even find just the connector.
If you make a rear accessory port USB programming cable, just make it long enough to reach out from behind the radio; leave it connected and simply plug in whenever you need to program the radio.
if you're determined to do it through the mike port, you would have to buy a cable on eBay, which will cost you anywhere from $30 to $50 or more.
I bought one from amazon. And yes that was probably a stupid move but if it doesn't work the ill try to do the rear accessory cable.
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