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Does anybody know what the symbol above the z is in this radio , i have a monitor symbol there on mine , are the keys normally black or is this like some special model??

Don't know about the MCS or its keys, but that looks like the emergency alarm icon above the Z.

Hello All-
Speaking of strange mics, has anyone seen the previews for the new Fox TV series "The American Embassy"? In the preview that I saw one of the characters on the show had a strange Public Safety Mic, it was definitly Motorola however it didn't look like any public safety mic i've ever seen produced....It looked almost like a Standard Jedi mic with a UHF antenna, perhaps this is just a Standard Jedi mic with an antenna glued on for a prop??
Any comments,
Julian

Strange looking MCS, for sure. I'd be wary of bidding on it, it may in fact be a GM900 or MCS2100...I've never even seen black buttons in a North American parts list.

Todd

Looks to me like its an abreviation for Zone 1. I guess they didn't want to get creative with their alfa tags when they were naming zones. I agree its a very strange looking display.
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I guess I didn't look close enough, mine have that but its usually on the bottom when one of the function buttons has been enabled.

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what i was thinking was that they were replacment buttons b/c on the batlabs mcs2000 page for replacment button part#S all the buttons said black and not white.

While were on this subject anyone know where
J. Barkley get's his equipt. from ? He's sold tons of mostly late model equipt. on EBay usually untested and usually states he doesn't know what band it is, etc. An awful lot of equipt. that he's not familiar with ??

I bought a mcs2000 from him previously and didnt have any problems with it

The arrow above the Z should really be on the bottom of the display above the function button to indicate when that function is turned on. BUT, i think you gjuys are right about it possibly being from another country because the MCS2000 model 3's that I've seen have a row of function buttons on the top of the radio...

i talked to jbarkley and he said it may be that it is a ncontrol head from a different radio, will this effect anything or not.

I don't like the fact that the "MCS2000" sticker (top right corner of the radio) has been peeled off in the picture...

My experience with Joe and his equipment is mixed. A majority of what I have bought has been DOA or needs fixing. The rest appear to work correctly (XTS adapters, MCS 2000s, and W9 heads). Be very wary of any actual ASTRO equipment.

I wish he would power up everything and provide flashcodes as he has done in the past.

Presume when you are buying a radio from him, you are buying parts. At least his actual transactions and communication are always good. Nice to see an eBay seller actually improve over time. Though we need people like art5001/gulfview to give him some competition.