unlocking handheld UHF radios
Submitted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 17:33
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baldman
Hi all,
I have recently purchased a number of handheld UHF radios of e-bay,
While most of them work quite
well there are 2 of the radios that are locked to a specific channel which cannot be changed.
Can anyone shed some light on how I can unlock these radios.
One is a Motorola Talkabout T 5539 which is locked on channel 4 and the other is a Digitor T-584 which is locked on channel 15.
I can communicate to each of these radios from the car mounted unit on their respective channels.
We are taking some of the boys from my son's footy team away camping and we wanted to be able to have some sort of communication between cars.
cheers
Reply By: DIO - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 18:07
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 18:07
Think I'd be checking back with who ever it was you purchased them from. I did a search for Motorola Talkabout T 5539 and came up with ZERO. Sounds like you might have some 'duds'.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:25
Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:32
Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 18:19
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 18:19
Digitor is a Dick Smith brand. Call their Customer Support on 1300 660 054.
Give them the model number. See if there is a Catalogue number on the back somewhere, maybe under the batteries, a single letter D followed by 4 numbers (not T-584, but that may help them).
They may also have some clues on the Motorola as that brand of handheld UHF is sold thru DSE stores too.
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:26
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:26
if there like the gme just push the button with a key on it and hold it down till it beeps
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Reply By: baldman - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 16:50
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 16:50
Hi all, the radios are imports that are not supported by Motorolla Australia.
It is going to be to much hassle to unlock them so we have sorted them out and the channel that the majority are on is the one we will use.
My understanding is that channel 15 would be an acceptable channel to use.
cheers
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