Although it IS legal to ask about it, Motorola may not do it and may get nosey. If you do try to get that flashed into your radio, Motorola security may get involved and start asking questions. If you send in a radio to the depot for service with one of these flash codes, they will only send it back with H35 and you have to buy any upgrades you want for the radio. You are probably better off not trying to get Motorola to flash your Astro Saber 'just like LAPD's'. This section will try and answer many of those related questions.įirst, the radio that the LAPD is using is the H04SDH9PW7AN. There seems to be a number of people interested in the Astro Sabers that the LAPD uses. The current list price for that item is $166US. This cable is made up of the following parts: Referenceīy the way, if you thing you can make yourself a cheap cable by just ordering part number 0960113A07, well, forget it. This cable is for the Astro Saber and Saber Si.

You may also want to take a look at the RKN4046A Flash/Service Cable. The programming cable for the XTS3000 and XTS3500 is the same as the other Jedi radios, RKN4035A, and its pinout can be found here. Take a look at the programming cable for the Astro Saber. You may also want to look at the Saber Page. Note that it is the same as the one for the mobiles, except for the available power levels and the 'H' at the beginning of the model number to denote portable.Ī listing of the flash upgrade options can be found here. Here you can find the Astro Portable model breakdown chart. The part number for the HHCH for the XTS3000 Vehicular Adapter (XTVA) may be PLN7737A (unconfirmed). Only keyloaders with a model suffix DX or later will properly keyload an Astro, while BX & CX (as well as DX) models will work fine with a regular Saber.įor keyloading, you use the same cable as a regular Saber, TKN8506, and the pinout is available here. The radio uses a third generation keyloader, there is a retro kit to upgrade the DES-XL key loader, and the data in and out pins are different. This causes problems since the center pin on the radio may not make contact and you will be transmitting into an open (bad).

There are some cheap adapters that have a recessed center pin on the female side. Be sure that you use a high quality adapter if you are going to convert from the SMA to something else. Most of this information is for the Astro Saber, but since the XTS3000 and its family are programmed by the same RSS, a lot of the information will be relevant for it too.Īll these radios use a standard SMA connector for the antenna.

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