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Ease of setting up a MAXTRAC into a remote unit

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:54 pm
by Varhammer
It's been a long while I visited..

But, now I am hoping some of you more knowledgeable people can provide some guidance.

I would like to change my Maxtrac into a remote head unit and mount the body concealed and the head unit in the headliner of a Ford F-150 Raptor.
What materials do I need to assemble to provide to the shop to get this install done?

Any help is appreciated..

Larry

Re: Ease of setting up a MAXTRAC into a remote unit

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:49 am
by Bill_G
First thing on your list will be a time machine so you can go back a few years to get a non-Motorola separation kit that used to be sold. (big grin)

A quick browse of fleabay came up empty for a used one. Not that they were super popular to begin with, but they got the job done. If you pop the front panel off, you'll see what the challenge is - those two connectors to the main board with 20 something wires, and then the two separate speaker wires. You have to put a cable stretcher on those to remote the head from the body. The kit had finished panels to enclose the back of the head, and the front of the radio, with a convenient db25 connector so you could use any standard fully populated db25 serial cable. Motorola didn't make this. It was purely after market.

Re: Ease of setting up a MAXTRAC into a remote unit

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:47 am
by Will
Connectors to mate with the radio and control panel ARE available. You can make your own extension cable.

Re: Ease of setting up a MAXTRAC into a remote unit

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:03 pm
by mike m
Or you could pick up a GE/MACOM ORION remote mount like I did for this exact reason.

Along with the Windows software which is available on Yahoos GE ORION group it is a much more capable radio.