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XTS5000 P25 audio mute issue

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Hey guys, Ive programmed my XTS5000 and have a bunch of P25 conventional stuff programmed. When I have the radio on scan, only the analog traffic unmutes, but not the P25. In order to monitor the P25 traffic, I need to take the radio off scan and park it on that channel. I have MDC disabled on that channel and have it set to digital CSQ. I'm scratching my head and my buddy has no ideas either. Also, I have the channel set to RX digital and I have the RX unmute rule set to the usual and unmute/or mute. What can i do here?
 
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Nacs set correctly, scan lists set correctly, is the muting condition And/or? Also is the tuning alignment good?
 
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Besides making sure the alignment is good. Whats the firmware version? If it's old, upgrade it. There was a firmware update to fix slow scan in P25. Also is the P25 a simulcast CQPSK or C4FM? Make sure it's the right modulation type.
 
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The F/W is 20.50.09
I have it set to and/or and the modulation is set to C4FM because it is a conventional P25 simulcast system, not trunking. I have the channel set to digital CSQ. When I have the radio set to that channel, everything comes in fine, only when it is scanning is the issue. It was recently aligned. Yes, I do have that channel included on a scan list and a scan list is asigned to that channel. You see what I mean??
 
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smorris said:
The F/W is 20.50.09
I have it set to and/or and the modulation is set to C4FM because it is a conventional P25 simulcast system, not trunking. I have the channel set to digital CSQ. When I have the radio set to that channel, everything comes in fine, only when it is scanning is the issue. It was recently aligned. Yes, I do have that channel included on a scan list and a scan list is asigned to that channel. You see what I mean??
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Set your digital modulator to CQPSK as was noted. This is needed since it's simulcast.
 
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smorris said:
OK, I thought CQPSK was only used for trunking. I also monitor another P25 simulcast and its C4FM. I'll switch it. Thanks
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You may have other issues as well, but to successfully scan LSM/CQPSK you have to have the digital modulator set to CQPSK (actually to take advantage of LSM/CQPSK while not scanning it needs to be set properly also, but you'd really only notice that on the fringe or overlap areas).
 
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Simulcast monitoring also requires a properly aligned radio. If the radio is out of alignment that will cause decode issues.
 
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