Technical notes on a 2000 model 3 Watt Motorola phone.

Just in case anyone else finds one similar.
Picked up another 3 watt moto phone today.
It just happens to be one of the newer ones I have got my hands on.

It was produced in 2000.
It was last activated under verizon.
No verizon markings on the outside.
Just a Motorola label.
(ie) He bought it on his own.

I preformed a power consumption test.
Standby (keypad light on.) 200ma
Tx 120mw power 400ma
Tx 3Watt power 800ma.

One of the lowest current draw high power readings I have seen.
I guess lary's bag phone is using the same board design.
(He said his was using around 800 to 850ma.)

Ringer is painfully loud in the high setting.
It must be pushing 90db or more.
I had a residual ringing in my ears after setting it off to close
to my head when it was in the high setting.

To access test mode, you can't use the normal pin 20/21 jumper
On the db25 connecter, like the old bag phones.
It will not pay any attention to a pin 20/21 short.
It uses the same test mode access code that the newer moto phones use.
That being
[FCN] [0] [0][*][*] [8] [3] [7] [8] [6] [6] [3] [3] [STO]

(well.. I decided it had to, because I could not get the phone into test
mode, any other way.)

But the only problem is the phone doesn't have a store button.
I found (by trial and error) that the phone used a slightly modified
version.
That being

[FCN] [0] [0][*][*] [8] [3] [7] [8] [6] [6] [3] [3] [FCN] [RCL]

The software version is
A003
(2000 year, 03 month)

No vox capability.
It uses P scan instead of C scan.

The label is the strangest one I seen.
It does not follow the normal pattern of the other Motorola bag phone
labels.
The esn is the first 8 digits of the serial number.
There is a moderate chunk of Russian graffiti on the top right had side of
the label.
I will do the best to reproduce it.
(in big letters) CC[backward E]
(Below that.) rooKoMGB[backward R][backward E][backward N] Pooo[two backward
Ns]

Upon removal of the cover, I find the main board to be relatively small.
It looks like they used the same tech in it, that they use in the handheld
phones.
All components are SMDs (surface mount devices).
Even the DB 25 connector leads.

About 40% of the case is empty.
Why they didn't make the case smaller is anyone's guess.
The board has two big SMD audio amps (The loud ringer.).
RF connection is though a gold plated plug on the
main board going to a pigtail to the exterior jack.

From the chipset they use, I kinda wonder why they don't have
CDMA or TDMA capability on this unit.
A CDMA or TDMA RF chipset of that type would be more
readily available than the one they used.
Because they are using the same chipset design that a hand held phone would
use.

Board is copyright 1999 by Motorola.
Case is date stamped 2000 on the inside.

Where it was made.. NO idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the Russian graffiti may be a clue.
But I am pretty sure that it is NOT Libertyville, IL.

And I can't read Russian.

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> Just in case anyone else finds one similar.
> Picked up another 3 watt moto phone today.
> It just happens to be one of the newer ones I have got my hands on.
>
> It was produced in 2000.
> It was last activated under verizon.
> No verizon markings on the outside.
> Just a Motorola label.
> (ie) He bought it on his own.
>
> I preformed a power consumption test.
> Standby (keypad light on.) 200ma
> Tx 120mw power 400ma
> Tx 3Watt power 800ma.
>
> One of the lowest current draw high power readings I have seen.
> I guess lary's bag phone is using the same board design.
> (He said his was using around 800 to 850ma.)
>
> Ringer is painfully loud in the high setting.
> It must be pushing 90db or more.
> I had a residual ringing in my ears after setting it off to close
> to my head when it was in the high setting.
>
> To access test mode, you can't use the normal pin 20/21 jumper
> On the db25 connecter, like the old bag phones.
> It will not pay any attention to a pin 20/21 short.
> It uses the same test mode access code that the newer moto phones use.
> That being
> [FCN] [0] [0][*][*] [8] [3] [7] [8] [6] [6] [3] [3] [STO]
>
> (well.. I decided it had to, because I could not get the phone into test
> mode, any other way.)
>
> But the only problem is the phone doesn't have a store button.
> I found (by trial and error) that the phone used a slightly modified
> version.
> That being
>
> [FCN] [0] [0][*][*] [8] [3] [7] [8] [6] [6] [3] [3] [FCN] [RCL]
>
> The software version is
> A003
> (2000 year, 03 month)
>
> No vox capability.
> It uses P scan instead of C scan.
>
> The label is the strangest one I seen.
> It does not follow the normal pattern of the other Motorola bag phone
> labels.
> The esn is the first 8 digits of the serial number.
> There is a moderate chunk of Russian graffiti on the top right had side of
> the label.
> I will do the best to reproduce it.
> (in big letters) CC[backward E]
> (Below that.) rooKoMGB[backward R][backward E][backward N] Pooo[two
backward
> Ns]
>
> Upon removal of the cover, I find the main board to be relatively small.
> It looks like they used the same tech in it, that they use in the handheld
> phones.
> All components are SMDs (surface mount devices).
> Even the DB 25 connector leads.
>
> About 40% of the case is empty.
> Why they didn't make the case smaller is anyone's guess.
> The board has two big SMD audio amps (The loud ringer.).
> RF connection is though a gold plated plug on the
> main board going to a pigtail to the exterior jack.
>
> From the chipset they use, I kinda wonder why they don't have
> CDMA or TDMA capability on this unit.
> A CDMA or TDMA RF chipset of that type would be more
> readily available than the one they used.
> Because they are using the same chipset design that a hand held phone
would
> use.
>
> Board is copyright 1999 by Motorola.
> Case is date stamped 2000 on the inside.
>
> Where it was made.. NO idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I think the Russian graffiti may be a clue.
> But I am pretty sure that it is NOT Libertyville, IL.
>
> And I can't read Russian.

Ow ya......forgot to mention that
it has nothing resembling a model number any where on it.

> Just in case anyone else finds one similar.
> Picked up another 3 watt moto phone today.
> It just happens to be one of the newer ones I have got my hands on.
>
> It was produced in 2000.
> It was last activated under verizon.
> No verizon markings on the outside.
> Just a Motorola label.
> (ie) He bought it on his own.
>
> I preformed a power consumption test.
> Standby (keypad light on.) 200ma
> Tx 120mw power 400ma
> Tx 3Watt power 800ma.
>
> One of the lowest current draw high power readings I have seen.
> I guess lary's bag phone is using the same board design.
> (He said his was using around 800 to 850ma.)
>
> Ringer is painfully loud in the high setting.
> It must be pushing 90db or more.
> I had a residual ringing in my ears after setting it off to close
> to my head when it was in the high setting.
>
> To access test mode, you can't use the normal pin 20/21 jumper
> On the db25 connecter, like the old bag phones.
> It will not pay any attention to a pin 20/21 short.
> It uses the same test mode access code that the newer moto phones use.
> That being
> [FCN] [0] [0][*][*] [8] [3] [7] [8] [6] [6] [3] [3] [STO]
>
> (well.. I decided it had to, because I could not get the phone into test
> mode, any other way.)
>
> But the only problem is the phone doesn't have a store button.
> I found (by trial and error) that the phone used a slightly modified
> version.
> That being
>
> [FCN] [0] [0][*][*] [8] [3] [7] [8] [6] [6] [3] [3] [FCN] [RCL]
>
> The software version is
> A003
> (2000 year, 03 month)
>
> No vox capability.
> It uses P scan instead of C scan.
>
> The label is the strangest one I seen.
> It does not follow the normal pattern of the other Motorola bag phone
> labels.
> The esn is the first 8 digits of the serial number.
> There is a moderate chunk of Russian graffiti on the top right had side of
> the label.
> I will do the best to reproduce it.
> (in big letters) CC[backward E]
> (Below that.) rooKoMGB[backward R][backward E][backward N] Pooo[two
backward
> Ns]
>
> Upon removal of the cover, I find the main board to be relatively small.
> It looks like they used the same tech in it, that they use in the handheld
> phones.
> All components are SMDs (surface mount devices).
> Even the DB 25 connector leads.
>
> About 40% of the case is empty.
> Why they didn't make the case smaller is anyone's guess.
> The board has two big SMD audio amps (The loud ringer.).
> RF connection is though a gold plated plug on the
> main board going to a pigtail to the exterior jack.
>
> From the chipset they use, I kinda wonder why they don't have
> CDMA or TDMA capability on this unit.
> A CDMA or TDMA RF chipset of that type would be more
> readily available than the one they used.
> Because they are using the same chipset design that a hand held phone
would
> use.
>
> Board is copyright 1999 by Motorola.
> Case is date stamped 2000 on the inside.
>
> Where it was made.. NO idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I think the Russian graffiti may be a clue.
> But I am pretty sure that it is NOT Libertyville, IL.
>
> And I can't read Russian.

Ow ya......forgot to mention that
it has nothing resembling a model number any where on it.