So now, my impressions. Keep in mind I use this radio primarily for analog. I would have liked it to have capacity plus but we know it isn't possible for now.
- The radio is small and light but we all know that. I can put it in a pocket and forget about it; a lot of smartphones are bigger than this radio.
- I like that I can put more than 16 channels in a zone. But, you can only program 3 zones in total including the channel pool.
- IDs are limited to 4 characters for them to fit in the display; only letters, numbers and spaces are permitted.
- Channel names are also letters, numbers and spaces with a maximum of 12 characters.
- When I receive IDs thru MDC, it will display for about a second or two and go away.
- I would have liked for the radio to display the channel name when it is stopped on a channel during scan. Some will say the radio has to display the ID but here's how I would like it. When the radio is stopped on a channel during scan, it should display the channel name the whole time during RX apart from when the MDC ID is received for one ore two seconds. I suppose Moto could tweak that in a update?
- By having one programmable button, your options are limited. The short press can be programmed for an "action list". That action list can be set with 7 features maximum and not all actions are available; i.e. nuisance delete. You browse thru the action list after you short press the button and press + and -. So i had to program my scan on/off on the first feature of the action list and program the nuisance delete on the long press.
- Privacy is only basic.
I may be wrong but I think Moto could change/add display fonctions and more in the future.
- The radio is small and light but we all know that. I can put it in a pocket and forget about it; a lot of smartphones are bigger than this radio.
- I like that I can put more than 16 channels in a zone. But, you can only program 3 zones in total including the channel pool.
- IDs are limited to 4 characters for them to fit in the display; only letters, numbers and spaces are permitted.
- Channel names are also letters, numbers and spaces with a maximum of 12 characters.
- When I receive IDs thru MDC, it will display for about a second or two and go away.
- I would have liked for the radio to display the channel name when it is stopped on a channel during scan. Some will say the radio has to display the ID but here's how I would like it. When the radio is stopped on a channel during scan, it should display the channel name the whole time during RX apart from when the MDC ID is received for one ore two seconds. I suppose Moto could tweak that in a update?
- By having one programmable button, your options are limited. The short press can be programmed for an "action list". That action list can be set with 7 features maximum and not all actions are available; i.e. nuisance delete. You browse thru the action list after you short press the button and press + and -. So i had to program my scan on/off on the first feature of the action list and program the nuisance delete on the long press.
- Privacy is only basic.
I may be wrong but I think Moto could change/add display fonctions and more in the future.
