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XTS2500 FPP setup with CPS

Echo4Thirty

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The features can be found on the Ackerdam flashcode encoder, select XTS5000 and you can see all of the available options. As for the model II to III conversion, yes you can physcially swap the keyboards and housings but the radio will still think its a model II and the extra buttons will not work.

There is a method to convert it, but it requires software and methods not discussed here.
 

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question: i have a xts 5000II coming and need to know if i can take an 800mhz xts5000 III and switch the keypad into the xts 5000II.
were can i find all the features list. i'm interested what Q99 does. thanks
You can switch it physically, but anything past the original II buttons will not work unless you use a particular piece of software that is not allowed to be discussed here. You can use this public website on the feature set list question.
 
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