xtva console faceplate

[topcop1833]

All,
I revenctly picked up a Motorola XTVA, and wanted to install it in a console. I'm partial to Jotto Desk, but I've heard their XTVA faceplate is not so great. I was checking around to see if anyone had pics of an XTVA installed in a console (havis, troy, jotto) before I have one custom made for Jotto. Please post any pics of an XTVA you may have, thanks!

 

[fineshot1]

I have installed many of these along with the tpl rf amps in many vehicles but never inside a console,
only on the outside of a console with the mounting bracket.

I looked over the troy and jotto desk web sites and troy does not list a face plate for this and
neither does jotto desk. jotto desk does list a faceplate for an xtva charger but that is not the
same thing as an xtva holder unit.

Just out of curiosity - why would you want to install an xtva holder unit inside a console?
It seems to me it would take up a lot of console space when it could be mounted else where.

 

[Grondoline]

I have one installed in a Havis console, but the XTVA is so oddly shaped, that nothing really looks good. The closest fit in a Havis console is the C-EB40-MXT-1P. It might fit in other consoles as well if the width is 6.5". It will take up 4" of console space. I wish they could redesign the XTVA in a simple rectangular form factor like the old Convertacoms.

What you see in the picture is just plain angle brackets, so there are gaps, and I couldn't put screws in the right side because it didn't quite reach all the way to the edge of the track in the console.

 

[topcop1833]

grondo, thanks for the pic.

fineshot, as for why, i'm not sure. I've got some a faceplates, one for a radio, and one for a scanner. i like the finnished look using the plates, and getting one for the xtva will keep that going.

 

[ResQguy]

Troy's part number is FP-NTN8560-E and the cutout is contoured to the XTVA to cut down on the gaps, not squared off. Sorry I don't have a pic.

 

[fineshot1]

Troy's part number is FP-NTN8560-E and the cutout is contoured to the XTVA to cut down on the gaps, not squared off. Sorry I don't have a pic.

Thanks for pointing out my missing that on the faceplate list.

They do have it labeled wrong as "Motorola Charger NTN85".

I'll speak to them and have them change it to "XTVA" instead of "Charger"
as this is a misleading label. The Motorola NTN8560E is the holder unit.