No problem, you got there in the end.
I’m happy to hear it wasn’t a case of them using HE encryption as that’s a whole different game to work around.
Talking of mixing up radio/caller ID and TG, at least the references are vaguely like you’d come to expect.
Now a PDTS (Chinese spec DMR Tier 1/2) radio typically refers to ‘groups and singers‘ which roughly translates to groups = zones/TG hybrid and singers = radio id/TG combined entry.
So in that case, TG801 Slot 2 equates to 801 as a singer entry in the contacts list, in most cases they all use slot 2 so you’re ■■■■ out of luck if you need slot 1 for any specific TG. Thankfully, they didn’t substitute colour code, ID on a channel preset refers to the radio ID of whoever’s using the radio.
That took me a month of bad translation, much foul language and barely resisting the temptation to commit acts of extreme predudice against those who sell such radios as ‘DMR‘ sets.
But I figured it out, a lot of grief was the W305/R700 hybrid ’DMR’ radio cellphone example I experienced before I bought a legit DMR set. It’s only saving grace is it makes a good repeater access unit when I can only really have a phone with me.
You dodged that kind of bullet I’m glad to say, and there are plenty of people who know Motorola setup stuff out there.