Disadvantages
NX5000 are pretty good radios, but they have a lot of disadvantages, including problems, bugs, underdeveloped things, etc. For some reasons, JVCKENWOOD Corporation prefers not to talk with their customers directly, not to collect bug reports, and behaves as if they are the only ones on the market. Due to these reason most of found and confirmed issues remains unresolved for years (!). Sadly, but all looks like most of them will never be eliminated :( If you are a potential buyer of NX-5000 radios, always remember this! Assess all risks and carefully read all of the information below before purchasing.
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Issue
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Importance
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Status
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Note
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Weak and not good at all modulation in analog mode (poor frequency response)
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Missed pre- and de-emphasis control
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High
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Not resolved
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Non-working Equalizer in Analog mode
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Strange scan behavior in DMR - lands on any CAI activity (GID, CC, etc. are ignored)
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High
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Not resolved
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Not yet fixed even in 2.50 firmware
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Missed Zone sort/arrangement
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High
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Not resolved
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Missed Channel sort/arrangement
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High
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Not resolved
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Incompatibility with Quantar in P25 mode
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-
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Not confirmed
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Missed ADP/RC4 Encryption for APCO25. Actually it means no ability to talk with Motorola radios when ADP is used!
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High
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Not resolved.
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6-digit password limit for Bluetooth
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Middle
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Not tested until 1.xx
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Missed data export in FPU. You cannot export your data for usage outside of FPU.
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Lockups in DMR and P25
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High
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Probably fixed
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Strange scan behavior in P25 - lands on any CAI activity (GID, NAC, etc. are ignored)
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High
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Resolved
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Fixed in FW 2.40/2.50 or something
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Not human-friendly recording file names (no tags, etc.)
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Broken RX AGC. It clips (distorts) signal when turned on. Absolutely unusable feature for now.
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High
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Not resolved
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Identical radio tuning from factory - all radios are the same, but not unique
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Very strange thing that never seen before
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Absence for support for end users (only via slow and worse educated dealers)
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High
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Not resolved
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Missed online support resource (like MOL) with files and documents for end users
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High
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Not resolved
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Soft plastic used for case and glass (very easy to scratch)
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Spontaneous radio reboots
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High
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Probably fixed?
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Not confirmed yet - need more reports
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Missed descriptions / detailed release notes files
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Kenwood style. They hate documenting.
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DMR RC4 / Enhanced Privacy
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Middle
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Implemented
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New feature (not an issue)
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DMR Auto Slot Select (the same thing as Hytera pseudo-trunking)
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Middle
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Implemented
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New feature (not an issue)
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Missed Low Band mobile radios
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Can be announced later in '18
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Missed 100/110W VHF/UHF mobile radios
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Low
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Not resolved
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Can be announced later in '18
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Most of radios and accessories are out of stock and available only on 2 mo. BO
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High
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Not resolved
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Kenwood says that they have many orders
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Missed Status/Group Status/Individual Status features in P25 Conventional
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Promised in UM, but not implemented
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Missed Short Message service in P25 Conventional for both Group and Individual
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Middle
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Not resolved
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By design
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Missed Page (Paging) feature for P25 Conventional
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Middle
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Not resolved
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Standard Motorola feature, but missed here
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Inconsistent menu UI for DMR/P25 - the same features accessed by different ways
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Middle
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Not resolved
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By design
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All published above information is valid for NX-5000 system release (firmware + KPG-D1N) version: 2.40
This is not a comprehensive list. This is a list of known problems to our team and neighborhood at the moment. The list is "live" and is updated as new information becomes available. Feel free to report about new issue or update existing information. Just drop us a few lines via Feedback form.
And one more thing. This is not a lack or disadvantage as such, but this is thing to take into account - birdies. They are common to all modern radios and make impossible to work on a number of frequencies. Just make sure that among them there are no your working frequencies:
- 144.0000
- 147.4560
- 153.6000
- 172.0325
- 172.8000
- 384.0000
- 403.2000
- 422.4000
- 432.0000
- 441.6000
- 460.8000
- 480.0000
- 499.2000
- 518.4000
- 864.0000