Baofeng UV-5R Documentation

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The (Chinese) Radio Documentation Project34 ProgrammingSwitch to Channel (MR) mode with the key to test your new channel. If you wouldlike to name your channel you will need to do that from a computer. More on that in thesection called “Computer programming”.Duplex channelsThe following assumes you've set up a duplex channel in VFO mode on the upper dis-play, as described in Chapter 11, Repeaters, and that you're still in VFO mode.1. Save as you would a regular simplex channel, as described in the previous section.2. Press the key momentary to get into reverse mode.3. Save that again to the same memory channel just as in step one(1).Switch to Channel (MR) mode with the key to test your new channel. If you wouldlike to name your channel you will need to do that from a computer. More on that in thesection called “Computer programming”.Computer programmingThis section assumes you know where to get a hold of your software and how to installit, that you've already installed your software and that you know how to find out whatport your programming cable is hooked up to.Attaching the programming cableBefore attaching the cable, make sure your radio is turned off.To attach the cable, uncover the accessory port behind the rubber flap on the right sideof the radio body (see Figure 2.1, “Baofeng UV-5R, overview”), align the connectorsand push in firmly.Attach the USB (or DE9 in the case of standard RS-232) connector to your computerand start your programming software. You may now turn on your radio.Baofeng softwareBefore starting the software, follow the steps in the section called “Attaching the pro-gramming cable”.When you first open up the Baofeng programming software, it may default to Chi-nese. To change the language to English, go to the second rightmost menu. Thereyou will find a list of available languages, select English.When you start the Baofeng programming software you will be greeted by the Chan-nel Information window. This is where you enter the channel information for your