VM900 Viking Head mic pinout

[radio223]

Anyone happen to have a service manual for the EFwood Viking head showing the mic pinout? It's a different 12-pin connector than the Lightning head. Not sure if the pinout is the same...

Thanks!

 

[jonnyboy2221]

To my knowledge they are the same pinouts. I know the RF-guys don't have a separate cable for lightning and kenwood VM but I have never tried to program one of the kenwoods either. The 5 heads I have are all EFJ. I will reach out to a buddy of mine that owns both and see if he knows of any difference in the two.

 

[jonnyboy2221]

Direct from my buddies mouth lol. Correct. It is a different connector. If you're trying to make a programming cable, one doesn't exist. Vikings program via direct USB. If you're trying to use a Viking head on a 5300ES, you need the special firmware and PCC to do it, and you'll have to program it with a regular Lightning or standard head, then switch it over after programming.

 

[xpr8300]

All of the vikings we have had all had a micro USB dongle on the rear accessory connector. A standard cell phone charger cable was all that was required to program it.

 

[radio223]

Thanks for your replies. Regarding programming, that's my understanding too, that all the new radios using the Armada software use the micro-USB cable/port.

I was hoping to verify the KVL pinout, since I think non-over the air keyloading can still be done the 'old-fashioned way' with a Moto KVL using the mic port, at least Efwood seems to have a cable for that.