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How to Change the Backlight Color
Perhaps you don’t like the default backlight color for the display screen of your UV-5R radio.
You can change it to a color that you prefer.
You must first hit the “MENU” key.
You can
change the backlight color for when you are in Standby Mode, when you’re receiving a
transmission, or when you’re transmitting.
After you have hit the “MENU” key you must then
do the following:
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To change Standby Mode color, hit the “2” key followed by the “9” key.
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To change receive color, hit the “3” key followed by the “0” key.
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To change transmit color, hit the “3” key followed by the “1” key.
Press “MENU” to select, after you have chosen which part you want to change the color
for. Then hit the up or down arrow to pick your desired color.
After you have done this, hit the “MENU” button to confirm and save your choice. Then hit the
“EXIT” button to exit the menu.
How to Add Frequencies to the Radio’s
Memory
With your Baofeng UV-5R, you can save various frequencies, power output, group signaling
information, bandwidth, and other information for several different “channels.” The ANI and S-
Code IDs of any given frequency can only be set with a specialized computer software. You
won’t be able to enter that information manually. You can only save channels when working in
Frequency Mode and have the upper frequency (the “A” frequency) selected.
To create a new saved channel, first ensure that you are in Frequency Mode by hitting the
“VFO/MR” button on the face of your radio. Then select your desired frequency by either
scrolling with the arrows towards it or by manually typing in the frequency with the
keypad.
If the frequency you’re interested in saving is a simplex channel, do the following:
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Press the “MENU” key.
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Press the “2” key followed by the “7” key. You’ll see the display read MEM-CH.
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Press “MENU” to select this option.
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Use the up and down arrows to then select the appropriate channel that you would like to store the
frequency as.
