Radio Questions - Binatone

[jay83]

Hi guys,

at the moment my team run, Binatone Radios and the quality is good. My only problem i find is when i want to use something like Z comtac Headset or Z tactical ect you have to find a PTT for it and the only place i can find that does them is Airsoft World and i have had 3 of them and they all break and when i send them back to Airsot world i have to pay postage ect only to be told they dont see a problem with them. Its 100 % the PTT though because when i buy another they work its just how badly the PTT is made. So my two questions are this as i know nothing about Radios.

1) Does anyone know of another PTT that would work with the Headsets? Or another way round it.

2) If i brought say a kenwood radio would the channels still be same as my team? Or do i have to stay Binatone?

Any info you guys no would be awesome, thanks alot.

Regards

Jay

 

[jcheeseright]

as long as it's a PMR446 radio it'll work with the other radios your team have, so feel free to buy motorola, binatone, kenwood, icom, whatever, just as long as it's PMR446!

 

[clumpyedge]

rather than head sets have you tried in ear types? i use this and it works superbly and most people also then don't notice your wearing it.

 

[PT247]

Am an in the ear fan too.... Using a throat mic and a mate has sorted me some concealed hearing aid inserts which still give you ambient noise so you can hear the world in both ears still as well as the comms

 

[RR01]

So far as I'm aware from researching this for my Binatone radios, they are not set up to accept a remote PTT switch, as there are no contacts within the female socket to accept any input from a remote PTT. That is unless they changed the design within the last couple of years. Mine only work with a remote earphone & mic that used to belong to my old Motorola mobile phone, but I have to use the PTT button on the handset to trigger the mic.

 

[Baz JJ]

The Binatone uses a single 2.5mm TRS jack, which I believe is the same physically as the Motorola single pin except it is wired differently.

Why don't you buy a Z112 Peltor PTT which is a good PTT and rewire it by either opening it or by breaking the cable and junctioning the cable to accommodate the change in connections ?

Better still, get rid of the Binatone and buy a Motorola set that is compatible with the Peltor.

 

[Unrustle_Thine_Jimmies]

Binatones are compatible to external PTTs,I run one myself. Picky as fuck though with external sets. Better off Getting rid of it and getting something Compatible,like a Motorola,anything will do as long if it's PMR446

 

[Ian_Gere]

Not to put to fine a point on it, mate, but Belongs-in-the-bin-atone.

Motorola is the way forward, or Midland/Allen.

 

[Zak Da Mack]

I used to have binatones. Didn't even have them a year before they stopped receiving. Call quality was awful aswell. I'd recommend doing what Ian said and upgrade before they die on you.

I have just recently bought some factory refurbished midland g7s for about 35 quid. With a years guarantee aswell

 

[Ian_Gere]

I used to have binatones. Didn't even have them a year before they stopped receiving. Call quality was awful aswell. I'd recommend doing what Ian said and upgrade before they die on you.

I have just recently bought some factory refurbished midland g7s for about 35 quid. With a years guarantee aswell

Linky?

 

[Zak Da Mack]

Unfortunately, it's gone now, but there is another one for a little more, still a steal

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Midland-G7-XTR-UK-twinpack-licence-free-handhelds-two-way-radio-B-GRADE-/181271633691?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_SpecialistRadioEquipment_SM&hash=item2a34a19f1b

 

[jay83]

Ya i think thats the way to go, motorola it is, i was not sure they all worked together now that i know they work with binatone as well thats a done deal,

cheers guys.

 

[Ian_Gere]

B) Zak, it was the seller I wanted - can't afford new coms right now, but i'll look there when i can

 

[Zak Da Mack]

ok Ian, I'll ask my dad who he bought them from when I'm around his at the weekend. I love early Xmas presents

 

[Ian_Gere]

oh right, i thought that was the same seller, Zak doh!

 

[Unrustle_Thine_Jimmies]

Just be warned,some newer Motorola models are OEM by Binatone. I unfortunately do not know which particular models,but something on the low-mid range price wise. Just be wary.

 

[Baz JJ]

They have some sort of agreement for cordless phones and baby monitors but Im not aware it extends to PMR radios.

 

[Zak Da Mack]

oh right, i thought that was the same seller, Zak doh!

Just texted my dad for you. They are from the same seller

 

[Zak Da Mack]

Update: They arrived at the weekend. One worked perfectly, the other didn't even charge. Sent them back to see what they do with them...

 

[jay83]

if anyone has a motorrola they wana sell please PM me.