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
Ease of setting up a MAXTRAC into a remote unit
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Re: Ease of setting up a MAXTRAC into a remote unit
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.
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
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
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.
Along with the Windows software which is available on Yahoos GE ORION group it is a much more capable radio.