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Astro Saber II to III
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:39 am
by Astrosaber
My Astro Saber Model II housing was starting to get bunged up, so I re-housed it into a Model III housing.
What do I need to do to enable a hot keypad for calling and paging IDs not in my list? I tried an archive search, but I’m obviously not searching on the right keywords.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:41 am
by Astrosaber
Anybody? Buehler?
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:48 am
by CTAMontrose
it need to have a model III codeplug for "unlimited" and all that.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:54 pm
by MattSR
Yeah - you will need to get the software in your radio upgraded to model III. One way requires some very illegal software, and the other is to send it back to motorola for an upgrade...
Cheers,
Matt
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:00 pm
by Astrosaber
Hmmm... I was told years ago that the II and III were identical except for the case - bummer.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:06 pm
by Fuel4300
I upgraded a model II to a model III a couple months ago. The model II comes with the keypad overlay (the buttons) for all 18 keys not just the 6. If you go from a model I to a model II the front shield is the same you just need to buy the keypad overlay from motorola for about $10.
When I upgraded the radio it already had a model III codeplug b/c I had also replaced the vocon so all I had to do was change the case.
So, yes, physically the only difference is the case.
In summary:
Model I to III - needs keypad overlay, LCD display, codeplug change
Model II to III - needs new case, codeplug change
Hope that helps,
Mike