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Thanks for the info. guys. I pretty much knew I had a dud the second it didn't key up.
I was just hoping on the outside chance that there was some oddball software config that needed to be set.

The radio is pretty new (~4 months) and I put the cover over the contacts when I first got it and they ...

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I have an XTS1500 issued to me by work,
I have purchased my own Remote Speaker Mic (McKay Products MK-4FM-3202) off e-bay. The item was sold as a new surplus item & still had all tags / stickers attached on arrival.

After getting the thing connected I have speaker but no mic. Pressing the mic ...

Since the Minitor II charger is UL approved as an assembly, you really should not use anything else but the Minitor II transformer from Motorola. I hate to see the fire fighters home to go up in smoke because of a faulty pager charger.

Minitor II charger transformer part number and price from ...

Subject pretty much sums it up.
I have a few good charging bases but all the wall wart cords have shorts in them. Looking for a good cheap replacment w/o having to "Go Moto".
All help appreciated.

Thanks.

It may be a damaged display board or shorted wiring in the front panel makes the radio logic think it is in scan mode. Inspect the front panel and connector for bent pins, shorted wires etc..

We have a winner!

Apparently when I - ahem - crammed all the wiring back into the head, it bent one of ...

k2hz - chanel will change & radio chirps like "normal" then display continues to flash.

As I am still in the process of mounting - I didn't try grounding the mic. Will try this tonight. May also pull the display board and make sure that I didn't pull a wire loose somewhere when adding my backplate ...

Thanks for the replies thus far. I was in a pretty foul mood last night when I posted so I wasn't thinking clearly and thus probably didn't post enough info.

The control head only has the monitor button no scan or (select I think is the 3rd) and AFIK it was not programmed to scan.

I have double ...

O.K. need some help - badly. Radio N00b here.

Maxtrac 300 6ch VHF Low Band.
Model: D51MJA97A3AK
Logic Board: HLN5172A

I have been working on a remote install kit for this radio for a couple of weeks now and suddenly the radio has developed a problem (I swear I didn't lat any of the magic smoke out ...

O.K. - Forgive me if this was covered somewhere - I searched till I was blue in the face and couldn't find it.

Anyone have any good (i.e. cheap) alternatives to the Quick Mount kit for remote install of a Maxtrac 300 ?

I have a VHF Low Band 6ch w/ 5 Pin Acc. connector model.

I had access to a ...