motorola mocom 70 control head

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nick7542
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motorola mocom 70 control head

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hi guys: does anyone out their have a listing for the pin numbers (what each pin is for) on the back of the mocom 70 control head? any info would be helpful.
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There are several control heads listed in the manual I have. Variations include:
1, 2, or 4 channel
with or without dimmer
trunk mount or dash mount

There are two wiring methods depending on use, and the connectors are quite different. One connector (19-pin) seems to match the one on the radio; it has 16 small pins around the perimeter and 3 larger pins in the middle. I suspect this would be used for dash-mounts as it would plug directly into the front of the radio.

The other wiring uses an (approximately) 34-pin female terminal block, which you plug appropriately numbered wires into. The control cable from the radio has a 19-pin connector at the radio end and at least 19 numbered pins that plug into this terminal block on the back of the control head. For the most part, the socket numbers match the pins on the 19-pin connector, but the terminal block also provides connection points for ignition control, the loudspeaker, and the microphone hang-up box.

There are fold-out diagrams in the manual for both styles, but I'd need to know which one you have so you get the appropriate information.

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Re: motorola mocom 70 control head

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is it still possible to get the bulbs for the control head red/grn indicator?

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The bulbs are common #51 and cost about $1 each depending on quantity. Available from Mouser and several fleabay sellers.

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Re: motorola mocom 70 control head

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1 MIC
2 Mic LO
3 Speaker
4 Switched 12 volts to radio drawer
5 Speaker
6 Freq sel ground
7 F1 sel
8 F3 sel
9 F2 sel
10 F4 sel
11 Audio from radio to vol/squelch controls
12 PTT ref/ IGN switched
13 PTT
14 Squelch
15 Vol
16 PL switch
17 Power Ground battery -
18
19 Battery, from 5 amp fuse
20 IGN in
24 to PL switch
27 PL switch lo

two large pins Speaker
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