Xts2500 ch. announcement

[firebell9137]

I have an motorola xts2500 vhf. Using the depot software and it's not letting me select the channel announcement. It gives me the glasses. Nor does it let me select it as an upgrade in flash. Also, someone is telling me that only the xts1500 and xts5000 can do channel announcements. Is that true?

 

[nsradio]

The XTS2500 will do channel announcement. You need to have the Q446 option in the flash, otherwise you will see the options but it will not let you select it in Radio Wide.

 

[firebell9137]

The XTS2500 will do channel announcement. You need to have the Q446 option in the flash, otherwise you will see the options but it will not let you select it in Radio Wide.

Ok what flashcode does it need to be? Can i make it from the depot create codeplug? It doesnt give me an option for the Q446 in the features box.

 

[chrismol1]

Don't listen to that "someone", they don't know squat. Go to menu, View, Options, channel announcement options and check read/write voice files, close codeplug if you have it open, reopen the codeplug and then the Channel Announcement checkbox under Radio Wide

If you have anymore questions, use the menu, Help, CPS Help Topics, 3rd topic down, CPS user productivity tools, open that up and the 2nd one down will be Channel Announcement Feature, there it will tell you everything about it

 

[firebell9137]

Don't listen to that "someone", they don't know squat. Go to menu, View, Options, channel announcement options and check read/write voice files, close codeplug if you have it open, reopen the codeplug and then the Channel Announcement checkbox under Radio Wide

If you have anymore questions, use the menu, Help, CPS Help Topics, 3rd topic down, CPS user productivity tools, open that up and the 2nd one down will be Channel Announcement Feature, there it will tell you everything about it

I did all that actually. Theres no options of that in my flash/upgrade radio

 

[KE4ZNR]

I did all that actually. Theres no options of that in my flash/upgrade radio

Don't use Depot to do CA. You should use regular CPS to do CA.
Never use Depot to do routine radio changes that normal CPS can handle.
Read over the Help section in regular CPS as it contains info on what type of files will be accepted for conversion to CA files.

If your CA files deviate in the slightest from what is listed above then there is a good chance it ain't gonna work.
XTS CA is very picky and not worth the effort IMHO.
It has improved some in the APX line but is still more pain than what it is worth.

 

[firebell9137]

Don't use Depot to do CA. You should use regular CPS to do CA.
Never use Depot to do routine radio changes that normal CPS can handle.
Read over the Help section in regular CPS as it contains info on what type of files will be accepted for conversion to CA files.
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If your CA files deviate in the slightest from what is listed above then there is a good chance it ain't gonna work.
XTS CA is very picky and not worth the effort IMHO.
It has improved some in the APX line but is still more pain than what it is worth.

Ok i wont worry about it. Thanks for your help/advice.