PRO46 From: savage@viper.rtp.dg.com (Ed Savage) Subject: Re: PRO-46 Cellular Mod In article <2j9kij$sf3@insosf1.infonet.net> jebraun@ins.infonet.net writes: >Has anyone modified their PRO-46 to unlock the Cell bands? If so, which diode or diodes need to be excised? Anyway, here are the Pro-46 mods... --Ed Here is what I found for the Pro-46 mod -------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Following modification is intended only to restore contin- uous 760-1300 MHz coverage as originally provided by the design of the PRO-46 Microprocessor. 824-851, 869-896 MHz Freq Restoration : Tools Required: Fine-tipped soldering iron, desoldering wick, small Phillips screwdriver, small jeweler's type screwdriver, long-nose pliers, rosin core solder. (1) Remove the battery pack, battery door and Antenna. (2) Remove the four black screws from the back of the radio, then push upward on the bottom of the rear of the case, carefully swinging it upwards and removing it. (3) Carefully insert a small (jeweler's) screwdriver between the two boards next to the interconnect plug in the lower right coner. Gently pry the top board up to sparate it. and set it aside. (4) Unsolder the copper-coated plastic shield from the microprocessor and set it aside. ( CAUTION : Too much heat will damage the shield ). (5) Locate the two chip jumpers imprinted with "0" ,near the edge. carefully unsolder and remove both. Note: they are side-by-side below the microprocessor. (6) Solder one chip jumper across the two uppermost unsed solder pads (Closest to microprocessor). Soldering a jumper across the lower two pads (futhurest down from microprocessor), changes the 30-50 Mhz low band to 68-88 Mhz for foreign use. Note : Unused pads are almost straigth across from where the jumpers where originally installed. (7) Reversse steps 1-4; the modification is now complete. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Savage savage@dg-rtp.dg.com