Top 20 Motorola CP185 (16 Channels) Two Way Radio - Page 5 Questions & Answers

You may be able to use a different base to charge the battery but chances are you may not be able to use the base with the phone since the base electronics are matched to those of the original phone and they will not match up.

Check that your CTCSS or DCS settings are the same on both radio's, or OFF. If they are not the same, you will have a problem communicating with them.

Go to Settings on your phone turn on device as you start your Bluetooth on your phone. They should find each other and pair automatically but if they don't, turn off the device and then on again then immediately touch "scan" on your Bluetooth setting on your phone. If a new device shows up after scanning under "available devices" touch the new device name and it should pair. Good luck!

Your radio needs to be turned off when on the charger, and be certain you are using a rechargeable Motorola battery. The charger will not charge AAA batteries or rechargeable style AAA batteries. If the light does not illuminate on your charger, try the radio in a different charger and see if it does. This will tell you if it is the radio or the charger. One further note, you should clean your charge contacts with a pencil eraser to insure they are making good connection.

Take the radios back to a very basic setting with all special features turned off. If the radios have a Qt filter check to see it is turned off, and set your Code to zero (off) on both units. Also, check to see your battery is good in both units. Trade the battery with a known good radio to see if the problem moves to the other radio, is a simple test.

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This is likely because your radio's battery has lost enough power that it cannot fully power the headset and the radio both. Or there is a component in the headset or radio which is getting overheated and will not function properly. Try the headset on another radio at the time of failure and see if it is still in failure mode on the other radio. Or try changing the battery to a fully charged battery and see if the headset then functions correctly. These test will help you determine which component is failing.

Since the radios are from a yard sale, the batteries are likely bad. Transmit takes a lot of power, likely more than the batts can produce. Assume the batts are good, 1) same channel, as you said: 8. BUT, the same code? You need the channel and code to match. If you transmit on one, is there a blinking indicator or small screen indicator that changes? If so, your radios do work. You need to program them exactly the same.

Your radio is liquid damaged and is not economical to repair. Sorry for the bad news, happens all of the time http://forums.radioreference.com/motorola-forum/187778-radius-cp200-orange-amber-light.html

Rechargeable batteries fail after a maximum number of deep-cycles. Letting the battery drain completely before recharging, will shorten it's lifespan compared to keeping it topped up frequently. Replacement batteries can be found on Ebay and elsewhere.

Battery is shorted. You need a new one.

Yes, there is a non-replaceable, rechargeable lithium ion battery in the H15 bluetooth wireless headphones. See page 5 (page 6 of the PDF) of the manual; it's available here: https://motorola-global-en-uk.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/544996/1353537428/redirect/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDk5MTE4MDMwL3NpZC9xSkJRV0htbg==/filename/H15_GB_EN_UG.pdf . I hope this helps. Cindy Wells

Batteries. Even on the charger, a shorted battery will cause this. Chargers do not have enough power to allow a radio to transmit.

This is radio communication category, not Bluetooth. That said, your battery or charging port is bad. For more answers, please repost in cellular.

The RMD has a set frequency list. Those are factory programmed and cannot be changed. Your baofeng can be reprogrammed to most frequencies. Critical! First, make certain both are in the same band: Uhf or Vhf. Make the list of frequencies you need both radios to use. If the RDM has it in the list, you are good to go! If it does not, and you must match the Bao, get a new radio. There are no mods or hacks for an RDM.

Check your programming. It sounds like you have chosen a code number in one radio and the other radio has code turned off (zero).

Assuming both are Uhf radios: http://www.batlabs.com/gp2000.html

battery, charger or charging port. No repair.

No idea, here is the pdf, for free! http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manuals/BTCarKit_User_Manual_E.pdf

from what i can find out its saying up to two miles range