CDM dual-control heads cancelled as of today

Post by **escomm** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:38 pm

Guess they couldn't iron the issues out.

FDC_100 · Post by **FDC_100** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:37 am

What do you mean canceled?? They don't sell quick mounts anymore??

Post by **escomm** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:47 am

The dual control head kits are NLA. Kits affected: RLN5682, RLN5898, RLN5899A, and RLN5900.

wkr518 · Post by **wkr518** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:29 pm

escomm wrote:The dual control head kits are NLA. Kits affected: RLN5682, RLN5898, RLN5899A, and RLN5900.

Back to ordering them directly from QuickMount/Valley Industrial.Motorola pulled their branding from them only.
I had 5 on order for 3 months,so now I know why they were backordered so long.
Figures.........
Wayne

JD · Post by JD » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:42 am

Valley Industrial said there is no problems with the units. Why is Motorola no longer offering them ?

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:28 am

not surprised at all.

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:44 pm

The only problem with QuickMount's is the hokey rear metal housing that doesn't engage very well. Other than that, they work just fine. Make sure you never program one through the mic jack!

Batwings21 · Post by **Batwings21** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:08 pm

I don't understand why M didn't just use there own housing for the remote mount cdm's. That would have gotten rid of the crappy housing and made the units more reliable and weather resistant than the valley ones.

JD · Post by JD » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:31 am

I have heard that Mototorla was having a problem with the radios shutting down intermittantly. I have several in use, I have had this happen to me.

What I think the problem was that I had the control unit and radio connected to the main battery disconnect switch. I had the CDM programmed for on/off and follow ignition. I changed to follow ignition only and have not had a problem since.

Also, when I was having this problem, Valley told me to connect their unit directly to the battery, have constant A+ to it. I did this, the radio would not turn on at all. I swiched the A+ back to the main battery on/off switch and guess what, works every time.

Any one have a theory why ???

Rayjk110 · Post by **Rayjk110** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:09 am

Because it's Motorola.

wkr518 · Post by **wkr518** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:14 pm

FDC_100 wrote:What do you mean canceled?? They don't sell quick mounts anymore??

Motorola requested that QM fix the locking up problems.QM said it was a software issue."M" got letter from QM saying they will not fix the issue."M" pulled QMII from its distro channels.I have found QM none too easy to work with for technical problems with its products.But what else is there out there for dual control heads for CDM? Stuck with QM then.

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:30 pm

QM's tech staff is very helpful.

I found the main problem with intermittent operation is the modular connector. The rubber hood that covers the mod connector places strain on the mod connector and will unseat pins. Pull the jackt back (or remove it) and you won't have a problem.

n1pfc · Post by **n1pfc** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:46 pm

jim wrote:The only problem with QuickMount's is the hokey rear metal housing that doesn't engage very well. Other than that, they work just fine. Make sure you never program one through the mic jack!

I'll have to agree with you on this one. Years after the installation still have to randomly go back to customers that state the display does random things, only to find the exact problem you're describing causing it.

Kurt