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XTS5000 Speaker mic

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pvchabot

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I have an xts5000 model 2 (analog vhf) that I bought off ebay. It has been programmed and functions correctly except that the speaker mic does not work at all. No audio and the PTT switch does nothing. I assumed that I had been given a bad mic so I bought another commander ii. Same problem.

I find it unlikely that I received 2 bad mics but possible I guess. The only other problem I can think of is the internal connection to the exterior connector. The programming cable works so it would have to be a certain pin that is damaged.

Is there anything else I should look at before I have the case replaced?
 

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I have an xts5000 model 2 (analog vhf) that I bought off ebay. It has been programmed and functions correctly except that the speaker mic does not work at all. No audio and the PTT switch does nothing. I assumed that I had been given a bad mic so I bought another commander ii. Same problem.

I find it unlikely that I received 2 bad mics but possible I guess. The only other problem I can think of is the internal connection to the exterior connector. The programming cable works so it would have to be a certain pin that is damaged.

Is there anything else I should look at before I have the case replaced?
Before you bought another mike, you should have tried your original mike on a different radio to tell which was bad. Several times I had a radio where the flex that connected to the acc plug was bad. I could have tried 100 mikes on that radio, & none of them would have worked.
 

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@N4KVE: Thanks. I will follow up on the flex cable possibility. Does Motorola sell replacement flex cables or am I stuck buying a new case?

@LosRio: The first was normal. The second was commander ii.


Is there really programming required to make a shoulder mic work with the radio?
 
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