MINITOR IV

copduo · Post by **copduo** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 8:37 am

ANYBODY IN BATLAND HAVE ANY INFO ON A MINITOR IV PAGER ??? I HEARD RUMORS OF A RELEASE DURING FDIC @ INDY IN APRIL 2002.

Post by **firemed9** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 9:11 am

i heard rumors but nothing solid.

cfdeng3 · Post by **cfdeng3** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 3:51 pm

I think they need to work out software bugs in the Minitor III first!!

Ray D. O'Mann #2 · Post by **Ray D. O'Mann #2** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 6:05 pm

WHO is coming out with a Minitor IV? Who makes them now? Motorola doesn't make them (and I think THAT is fairly obvious) Other than the fact that they are synthesized, what a piece of crap. Ask any firefighter which one they prefer...the MII or MIII.

gafd6913 · Post by **gafd6913** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 6:32 pm

I think they should start making the one's and two's again. I maintane a fleet of ones at my FD. We also have II's and III's. The few that have III's say that there real good - for skipping across the lake

Bootman · Post by **Bootman** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 6:53 pm

From what I've heard I thought motorola was getting out of the pager business altogether. They have dropped most lines. Hopefully they will keep the Minitor line going...

Post by **alex** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 8:33 pm

From what I hear - they are out of the alpha paging business, and are going to be sticking with the Minitor Market. Go back through the board and see - this has been discussed. I'd try and find it, but not sure where it would be hiding.

-Alex

EC-7 · Post by **EC-7** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 9:09 pm

Here's the link for M getting out of pagers.

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http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... forum=1</A>

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JAYMZ · Post by **JAYMZ** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 3:45 am

I heard some rumbling about a possible Minitor 4 in the concept phase but that it wasn't expected to go any further than that. And to reply to the preference of a MII or MIII....I carry a MII but use a MI as my in house alert, it's the only sound that will wake me up in the middle of the night(or day if I'm on midnights). The MI I have I could swear is older than my father, I've only had it 9 years.

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 7:38 pm

I think they should just go back to the old 120 volt tabletop alert monitors! They can receive anything at all from across the country!

Ett1033 · Post by **Ett1033** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 5:37 pm

I heard from a pretty reliable source that the Minitor line is being assigned to the 2-way division. And yes, they have started working on the minitor IV.

Nand · Post by **Nand** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 6:10 pm

cfdeng3 · Post by **cfdeng3** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 5:34 am

I know for a fact from Motorola they will be releasing the IV in April. They told us this on the phone a few weeks ago! It will be very similar to the III but will have the following additional things fixed or added:

voltage issues fixed
better water resistance
new knobs
and i can't remember the few other minor changes

Motoroly · Post by **Motoroly** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 5:42 pm

Been reading some of the post on the Minitor 3. Unit has had a lot of probs with it! Don't know about anyone else, I can even get a shematic on it! Can order the case and such, but no internal parts! What's up!

Anyway, been using and selling the Sceptar for roughly 5 months and no probs! Read some earlier post on these folks making the Minitor 3. May be true, but all I know is this Sceptar works! Just trying to help a few depts. out there!

FF CARTER 4687 · Post by **FF CARTER 4687** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 8:00 am

I have a Minnitor III 2-channel SV and a bout the only thing i like about them is the SV and the vibrate option! I think the Minitor II has a lot better recieving than the Minitor III(at least in my area it does) I think now would be a great time for Motorola to come out with a Minitor IV!

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 11:08 pm

So, what happens to all of us users who have been told for over two years that a fix is coming for the function switch problem?
Both my dealer and Motorola have said that they are still working on the issue.
We have been patient. Yes they gave us the cheezy little nylon cases, but i still find my pager on the wrong channel at times.

I just hope they don't think that we will just forget.

I won't.

phantom · Post by **phantom** » Sun Mar 31, 2002 5:41 pm

There was a memo sent out 2 or 3 years ago to address the M3 issues. If I recall it went something like:

If the pager will not receive low paging frequencies: Change the frequencies being sent.

If the pager doesn't alert in scan: Remove scan.

If the pager doesn't store voice pages for SV models: we're working on it

If the channel selector knobs are loose: "Check them often."

Then they came out with the cases to solve the problem of the selector knob. I wonder who the brain child was for that solution!!!

As for the Minitor 4? Maybe, but I really hope they redesign the receiver and come away from the old "NEC" pager design. Any pager geeks remember the NEC Exec? Look familiar?

ph

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