the button on my radio does that too, when i press it, it feels like its going to get stuck

OK... So when I power my XTS5000 on, and press the button on the side 5 times, it takes it into service mode. My question is while it is automatically scrolling through in service mode, I press the emergency button on the top. It takes me to a screen which looks like: 1 CSQ 25 *HZ (The asterisk is e...

The red button can be programmed for several different functions, but if it's unprogrammed you'll get the low-frequency "boop" when you press it. My preference is to use it for Nuisance Delete because it saves you having to fumble for the correct side button when you need to do the ND fun...

Can anyone tell me what is going on?

I press the red emergency button on the motorola xts 5000, it gives me a big fat BOOP, instead of the series of beeps and boops it gives me with my other radios.


is this an issue, or does it just need to be programmed?

thats a mobile command post from the staff officers, like a chief, or battalion chiefs truck.

anyway 3 laptops in the trunk is awesome

something happened to me in that manner of a public network, except i had to go back to that public network and click on 'forget' and go back and set mine up. i am on windows 7 now, and yes. networking IS garbabge

I have a XTS 5000 VHF. Which antenna would work better... the standard fat one thats 8 inches tall, which has the lettering 'motorola' on the side -or- 6 inches tall, much more skinny, lettering 'motorola VHF' i know both of them are vhf, but i was wondering which one would be better, the skinny one...

Ok, because I bought a adapter for the VGA port to suit the normal cables. But I haven't found any cables with a USB end yet.

That is a very nice set up!

This is amazing.

Yes, I did, with San Diego Fire-Rescue, on Medic 40, we were responding, all our code lights went out, except for the wig-wag headlights. It turned out to be something in the wiring board, either the wiring, shorted out, or grounding problems.

OK. So I have a Compaq Presario CQ56, and there is no serial port. Just the monitor out port, which is a female port. I want to buy a programming cable for my XTS 5000, but I noticed all of them are a female port as well. What kind of adapter do I need to make this work? I really want to program my ...