Batboard

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:28 am**

Any word yet on release of M5. I was told earlier this year, around the end of the year, we'll were here...

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:16 am**

Last known was first quarter 2005.

tpg

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:29 pm**

Is this another attempt at fixing the minitor III or is there a new feature set to be offered?

Mike

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:34 am**

"Entirely new product"

From my conversation, all new accessories, new pager, new receiver, new options...

We'll see when I rip the first one I get apart...

tpg

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:30 am**

I am predicting a narrow band capable piece of junk. We'll see.

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:13 am**

Let's hope not, eh?

You've got to wonder just what was wrong with the Minitor, or even the Minitor II.

Just like Motorola to take an excellent product and really F it up.

-M

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:22 am**

Easy. The technology in the Minitor II was so old, they couldn't sell it for an astronomical price. So, the next logical thing was to build a new piece of junk and sell it for twice the price. Duh

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:12 am**

I must say I am hoping for a pager that is capable of sel call scanning. I have to run two channels as fire is on one and medical paging is on the other.

RX is kind of in the pits when it comes to the III or IV however I do like this a little bit better as we are on the common paging channel of 152.0075Mhz and being so close to the cities (aka Mnpls/St.Paul) we get a lot of hospital digital and other pages.

In addition if the M5 only covers narrowband then it will be a piece of crap as we use M3's and M4's on a narrowband system right now and if anything there is about a 10% audio difference and nothing more.

God save the Queen and Motorola!!!

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:02 pm**

You really would need two receivers for that. If the pager is scanning with a single receiver, you will always have the chance of clipping the first tone and not having the pager alert.

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:03 pm**

Just got a Swissphone Quattrino; looks very sharp. Supposedly there are "400,000" of these in circulation in Europe per the salesman; "most used pager in Europe".

Unfortunately we changed our tone frequencies so I have to send it back

Feels heavy duty and is slightly smaller than a Minitor IV. The tones are programmable but the frequency is crystal controlled. I guess you can't change the frequency on these since its set from the factory in Switzerland!

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:50 am**

First quarter of 2005 is like the first 3 months??? for the production of the minitor V

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:39 pm**

You can buy the software/interface for the Quattrino from P&W.

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:03 pm**

M5 will do ASTRO.

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:49 pm**

Yes, I'm sure it will do facinator as well.

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:01 pm**

Anyone here an update on this?

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:32 pm**

Don't hold your breath.

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:23 pm**

Seems I recall someone asking or saying they'd love to read motorola's paperwork on it. Anyone know?

As for the M5, heard they're experimenting with the SV again, rx sens seems pretty good, also holds a charge for quite a long time, went two full dawy w/o a recharge recently.

Time will tell since this is a demo unit and no it's not a SV mode, not sure when those will be released though, if they even do.

Anyone know further on the SV issue?

Posted: **Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:09 am**

Wait, did you say you have a demo unit of the Minitor 5?, if so, can you like tell us what it has to offer, maybe send a pic in email? thanks. Mike
[email protected]

Posted: **Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:38 pm**

allplowed, can you please post a pic here of your MV demo unit?

Thanks!

Batboard

Minitor V

Minitor V

Minitor V

o/t but who wanted fascinator literature?