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NEXEDGE® NXDN^TM

Kenwood's award winning NEXEDGE® NXDN™ digital two-way radio system has been proven to deliver innovative and flexible mission and business critical digital conventional and trunked radio solutions to meet the most stringent demands of today’s radio system environment and provide users with a multitude of advanced voice and data features.

With over 1 million devices in use, NEXEDGE® is supported by a network of Solution Developers and is widely employed across a wide variety of mission, operation and business critical applications including public safety, military, security, transport, commerce and industry in over 160 countries, some of which can be found on our market sectors pages.

NEXEDGE® Generation 2
With NEXEDGE® Generation 2 (Gen2), the capabilities a NEXEDGE® system offers in terms of scalability, flexibility and performance is further enhanced including the capability to link 1,000+ sites or 24 networks. Click for further details on NEXEDGE® Gen2.

The remarkable Multi-Protocol NEXEDGE® NX-5000 Series
Designed specifically for mission critical users, the new NX-5000 Series hand portable walkie-talkies and mobiles offer users the ability to communicate in analogue, NXDN and P25 formats providing unsurpassed interoperability when it matters most alongside a host of user safety features. An NX-5000 Series radio automatically identifies a call signal – whether it’s NXDN (FDMA), P25 Phase 2 (TDMA) or FM Analogue – and transmits in the same mode received.

Enhanced Mixed Operation
Enhanced Mixed Zone allows any digital CAI and/or FM analogue to reside in the same zone. Zone scan automatically sets all users in the same zone in the same RX/TX mode.

Digital Technology	Flexibility	Future Proof
- Extended digital range	- Digital/Analogue Mixed Modes	- Fully scalable platform
- Improved digital quality	- Digital Conventional Systems	- Centralised system management
- Voice & Data capability	- Digital Conventional IP Networks	- Supported by application solutions providers
- Enhanced voice and data security	- Digital Trunked Systems	- Wireless Image System
- True 6.25 kHz NXDN operation for spectrum efficiency	- Digital Trunked Wide Area IP Networks	- Repeater Monitor App
- Generation 2 1,000+ sites / 24 network systems	- OTP Over the Air Programming	- Comprehensive range of hand-portables, mobiles, base stations and repeaters
	- Fast deployment	- ATEX/IECEx certified models
	- NXDN Multi-vendor Protocol	- Multi-protocol Analogue/FDMA/TDMA NX-5000 Series models

NEXEDGE NX-5000 Series TOP KENWOOD

ONE RADIO,
MULTI-PROTOCOL SUPPORT.

The NX-5000 Series offers unsurpassed interoperability for a wide variety of users as it supports three digital CAIs — NXDN, DMR and P25 (Phase 1 & 2) — plus FM analog in a single radio. Best of all, a desired CAI can be selected at will, giving you the freedom to migrate at your own pace — whether you are intent on going fully digital, undecided about which digital system to pick, or just wanting to maintain both digital and analog for a while. An NX-5000 radio can simultaneously support two digital protocols plus analog, offering the following combinations: FM/DMR/ NXDN, FM/NXDN/P25, and FM/DMR/P25.

The Enterprise Network Solution with cutting-edge digital technologies for scalable operation-critical communications

The NXDN air interface can fit into the very narrow 6.25 kHz bandwidth using FDMA technology. Ensuring spectrum efficiency, wide coverage and virtually unlimited scalability, it provides for nationwide expansion: Type-C TrunkingGen2 offers enhanced features, flexibility and performance, linking up to 1,000 sites or 24 networks.

An efficient, economical solution for dynamic businesses looking to upgrade their communications

For simple conventional communications, making use of existing infrastructure, DMR is an excellent, cost-effective solution. Being energy-efficient, it offers longer battery life. And thanks to 2-slot TDMA, it is possible to obtain 2 talk paths within an analog 12.5 kHz bandwidth, thus doubling the capacity. The NX-5000 Series supports Tier II conventional mode.

The established mission-critical protocol for first responders, with proven reliability and interoperability

This digital CAI ensures interoperability among public safety agencies. The NX-5000 Series is compatible with Phase 1 (conventional and trunked), and Phase 2 (trunked).

Automatic Call Identification

An NX-5000 Series radio automatically identifies a call signal – whether it’s NXDN, DMR, P25, or FM analog – and transmits in the same mode received. Setting your radio to Mixed Mode allows the radio to wait for a call in both digital and analog modes in a digital/analog environment. Moreover, the new Geographical Zone function allows these radios to operate in any mode – conventional or trunked – in the same zone.

INTUITIVE DISPLAY & OPERABILITY:
PORTABLES

Two configurations to choose from

Choose between two portable configurations – one without a numeric keypad and the other with numeric keypad (16-key model). Both styles feature the 4-way Directional-pad (D-pad) and 2-position lever switch.

Full-color, 1.74-inch color LCD 

A 1.74-inch (240 x 180 pixel) 65,536-color Transflective LCD, capable of displaying a multi-line text and colored icons, can be viewed clearly in direct sunlight or in the dark, even while wearing polarized sunglasses.

INTUITIVE DISPLAY & OPERABILITY:
MOBILES

Full-color display and more 

Integrated luminance sensor on a 2.55-inch (154 x 422 pixel) 65,536-color TFT display automatically adjusts the brightness of the backlight. On the screen, text data is shown in multi-line, as much as 5 lines.

Detachable front panel

The front panel can be removed and used as a remote controller. Also the Featured Panel and RF Deck can be purchased separately to create Multiple Configurations.

• Basic Model
• Detached front panel used as a
  remote controller.

RENOWNED KENWOOD AUDIO

Clear Communications Even in
Noisy Environments.

In addition to sophisticated sound analysis and optimization technologies, these radios feature Active Noise Cancelling based on leading-edge digital technology to offer clear communications even in very noisy environments.

TOUGH & ROBUST

MIL-STD Environmental and Ingress Protection Standards 

During the development stage, NX-5000 Series radios go through a number of stringent tests as shown below. As a result, the portable radios complying with IP67/68 immersion standards offer max. 2-hour protection at a depth of 1 meter*, while the mobile radios comply with IP54/55 dust/water ingress protection standards.

NEXEDGE dPMR Hand Portables, Mobile Radios, Repeaters

Kenwood NEXEDGE® mid tier hand portable, mobile radios and repeaters can be adapted to operate as dPMR units meeting with ETSI Standards TS 102 658 Modes 1 & 2*.

Kenwood NEXEDGE® dPMR equipment offers many of the features and benefits of NEXEDGE® NXDN including outstanding voice quality, extended range, spectrum efficiency and increased security, in an open standard, ETSI compliant multi-vendor format.

In addition, NEXEDGE® dPMR capabilities can be further extended to include multiple user groups by employing the following repeaters: NXR-710E, NXR-810E

To find out more about how NEXEDGE® dPMR be put to work for you, please contact an authorised Kenwood Communications reseller.

*dPMR Modes 1 & 2

dPMR Mode 1: The general purpose peer to peer application of dPMR for all forms of licensed PMR use. Mode 1 is part of the ETSI standard TS102 658.

dPMR Mode 2: The standard licensed PMR version that includes all base station and repeater functionality. Mode 2 is part of the ETSI standard TS102 658.

More about dPMR

dPMR is a narrowband 6.25 kHz, 100% digital FDMA radio protocol for easy and rapid deployment utilising reliable low complexity technology.
The FDMA protocol specified in TS102 658 ETSI standard complies with the European Harmonised Standard EN301 166-2 for use in 6.25 kHz channels.

dPMR, an ETSI compliant, multi-vendor open standard

The dPMR Association was founded in 2007 to provide a forum for all interested parties who wished to support the latest digital PMR technology. The association's membership includes equipment manufacturers, chip manufacturers, protocol and software developers and system developers.
There are currently various equipment manufacturers with devices approved for dPMR operation and compliant to ETSI standards.

dPMR Functional Levels

dPMR Mode 1: A general purpose peer to peer application of dPMR for all forms of licensed PMR use. Mode 1 is part of the ETSI standard TS102 658.

dPMR Mode 2: A licensed PMR version that includes all base station and repeater functionality. Mode 2 is part of the ETSI standard TS102 658.

About dPMR technology

Both the FDMA (Frequency Divided Multiple Access) radio protocol employed in dPMR and the other widely adopted protocol, TDMA (Time Divided Multiple Access), deliver a 6.25kHz narrowband channel capability. The key difference between the two protocols is that the FDMA protocol presents 'true, always double capacity' 6.25kHz  narrowband spectrum efficiency rather than the 'equivalent' 6.25kHz  narrowband achieved by TDMA through creating two 6.25kHz equivalent channels from a 12.5kHz channel when a repeater is used to synchronise the time slots.

dPMR radios employ industry standard DVSI AMBE+2™ vocoders which converts an analogue audio signal to a digital signal while reducing unwanted interference such as background noise and acoustic echo to provide better voice quality and clarity.

Digital modulation protects dPMR radios from being easily monitored by an analogue receiver and an inbuilt 15-bit digital scrambler adds further to the resulting enhanced security.