i am going to try to make sense out of all this, so bear with me. besides the previously discussed by the pager geek in this thread (relating to control head/radio firmware incompatibilities):
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... 33#p352433
there exists a "fracture" in the production of the XTL5000 mobile with the O5 control head.
the fracture occurs in July 2006.
from eCAT:
Dash to Remote
Converts an existing dash mounted XTL 5000 O5 mobile radio or an existing dash mounted XTL 2500 mobile radio to a remote mounted radio. Applicable to Low/Mid power models only.
***Due to the evolution of the O5 control head, please follow these guidelines when ordering a dash to remote retrofit kit:
1. If you are retrofitting XTL 5000 O5 or XTL 2500 radios that shipped AFTER 7/01/06 - order the H1818.
2. If you are retrofitting XTL 5000 O5 radios that shipped BEFORE 7/01/06 - you MUST ORDER the H1824. If you are retrofitting XTL 2500 radios that shipped BEFORE 7/1/06 - Please see the XTL 2500 price page.
that said - the majority of the XTL's out there in the used market (i.e. MINE) - are pre-july 2006 models that originally had early release firmware in them (host 2/3/4).
Couple of rambling points here:
- pre-2006 radios will work fine in dash configuration with the O5 head... however, they will not function correctly in remote config without new hardware. this is the configuration that i have been selling.
- pre-2006 radios will work fine in REMOTE configuration with the O5 head... as long as you are running pre-version 6 host firmware.
- the difference in the two kits above - the H1818 and H1824, is that the H1824 includes a new control head, and is $200 more than the H1818 kit ($525 vice $325).
HKN6169 remains the O5 standard remote cable (17 ft) and must be ordered separately (it's about $50)
HKN6188 remains the O5 remote head power/speaker cable ($20)
i have run across a LOT of part #'s from XTL's over the last year. some are still valid, some show new items replacing the old one:
for example, the remote mount housings i have are part # HLN1453. This part # has been superceeded by: HLN1468.
I have no idea what the differences are between the two.
remote housing part # HLN1471 (now at revision D) - appears to be both the remote housing and control head (probably part of the H1824 kit)
control head HLN1463 has been superceeded by HLN1468 (no idea what the differences are) - suspect that 1463 is the pre-july 2006 and 1468 is the post-july 2006 models....
so - it looks like that *if* you purchased or plan to purchase one of the XTL's from me, you are going to have to bite the bullet and buy the H1824 remote kit...
i need someone to call parts ID (who has time) and find out EXACTLY what part #'s are included in the H1824 retrofit kit.....
once that is done, perhaps I can figure out what configurations work... and which ones dont - and exactly what parts are required.
doug
