reviving an old thread here.. I'm setting this radio up for a friend using the software. I don't see any options for locking the keypad/mic buttons. He apparently has it mounted next to his knee in his jeep and is constantly changing settings. Is there way to lock the keys like there is on most HTs (and my Wouxun KG1000G)?
The "Vice-Machine Display" option under the Function Setup offers three options: Frequency/Channel, Battery Voltage, and Off. It seems that the only way to disable "dual watch" is to set this to "Off"?
If scanning both the A and B channels, does the "Revert Channel" option under the "Information of Scanning Channel" tree determine the behavior when a signal is detected on one of the channels? If so, would the "Last Called" selection cause the next transmission to go to the channel that received most recently? If so, what is the difference between that choice and "Selected+Talkback"?
I am currently at my "opened" Anytone AT-779UV in the house, programmed for GMRS (but with more options), with Firmware 2.26 (my Radioddity DB20-G programmed for "locked" GMRS with firmware 2.30 is in the car right now), so my comments are based upon my playing with this Anytone.
1) Holding down the FUN key for a few seconds will LOCK the keypad/mic buttons (one beep). Let me know when you figure out how to UNLOCK it!?! hahaha. Of course, holding down the FUN key again for a few seconds toggles this feature (two beeps).
2) I believe you are referring to Menu 19: DSPSUB, which has these 3 choices of settings. You can get to this without the software by pushing the FUN button once and then scrolling through the Menu with the V/M (Up) and MAIN (Down) buttons. You then change the settings using the Up (Arrow) and Down (Arrow) buttons and when you are happy with your settings, push FUN again to exit this mode.
Since I have one also in my car, now I tend to manually insert a new channel into each machine (including an alphanumeric name) and also add it to the codeplug, to save the hassle of unscrewing it from the cup-holder mount in my car and bringing it upstairs to program.
I am still hoping that someone like @WyoJoewill find a better solution for us! He is the one who told me that I could use the updated Radioddity firmware and programming software for its GM-30 in my clone, the Pofung P15UV, which I originally purchased to be able to scan for tones. I subsequently gave it to my 10 year old grandson, in place of his FRS Motos.
I now use instead the TYT-UV88 which is another GM-30 clone, but it is a ham radio that can also be opened to GMRS, MURS, etc and even can use CHIRP to copy/paste program and then refine the programming with its own programming software.
I have the AT-778UV. Maybe my setup can help? The MIDX23-50 channels are Midlands extra channels. There's a ton of videos on YouTube that are incorrect with channel spacing. FCC ruled out wide band (25khz) on GMRS. You can reference my code plug data from website below.
Hi.. I'm hoping someone can help me out with the Radioddity version 2.0.2 programming software for the DB20-G mobile radio. I'm assuming its basically the same software for the Anytone listed on here. The DB20-G is setup for 400-490mhz and 136-174mhz, as is the program. My problem is that I cant highlight the CH option on the left side of menu. The other options open up a popup menu. Also, I can enter a gmrs freq in ch.1 but will not let me add a tone.. Not sure if I am missing something?? Thanks...
Hi.. I'm hoping someone can help me out with the Radioddity version 2.0.2 programming software for the DB20-G mobile radio. I'm assuming its basically the same software for the Anytone listed on here. The DB20-G is setup for 400-490mhz and 136-174mhz, as is the program.
Hi.. I'm hoping someone can help me out with the Radioddity version 2.0.2 programming software for the DB20-G mobile radio. I'm assuming its basically the same software for the Anytone listed on here. The DB20-G is setup for 400-490mhz and 136-174mhz, as is the program. My problem is that I cant highlight the CH option on the left side of menu. The other options open up a popup menu. Also, I can enter a gmrs freq in ch.1 but will not let me add a tone.. Not sure if I am missing something?? Thanks...
I found this new gmrs radio the other day and i think the retivis ra-25 might be a clone of this radio. I looked at both of the fcc id's and i couldn't find retivis but i did find the anytone fcc id. It's part 15B and part 95E. looks like a pretty good radio. At least its a lot cheaper than midlands. what do you think?
I now have the Retevis RA25and the Anytone At-779UV. As far as I can tell, they are pretty much the exact same radio. I have a programming cable that works for both, although I could not open the download for programming the Anytone. As has been said, without using a PC, you cannot change the factory settings, not even the PL tones, because you cannot get to those menu items. I assume that they locked the radio to narrowband on all channels because it was easier than tweaking the hardware to set the "new" GMRS "wide" setting of 20khz, vs the standard wideband of 25khz. I have let both companies know about these problems that make these radios useless. The engineers certainly dropped the ball on this radio. Perhaps they should consider reaching out to the largest GMRS users site in the USA for input:)
You do know that with chirp you can set any radio to do what you want, I set all my radios up with chirp and put the changes in at that site, if you got a retevis hand held radio this is the same as a baofeng 5rv and will do the same setting. And you can also set the setting not to tranmitt on the channels you don't want them to and also to skip the ones that you don't want in the scan. then save these setting for other radios that way they are all the same way you want. Have fun with them as long as you are not over 50 watts out you will be ok, If you follow all the rule out there you will be buying just the radio that they want you to and leaving out really good one that you could be using.
You do know that with chirp you can set any radio to do what you want, I set all my radios up with chirp and put the changes in at that site, if you got a retevis hand held radio this is the same as a baofeng 5rv and will do the same setting. And you can also set the setting not to tranmitt on the channels you don't want them to and also to skip the ones that you don't want in the scan. then save these setting for other radios that way they are all the same way you want. Have fun with them as long as you are not over 50 watts out you will be ok, If you follow all the rule out there you will be buying just the radio that they want you to and leaving out really good one that you could be using.
Can you elaborate (minutest details preferred)? I have 2 of the Retivis 76 and am programming two 5R for a buddy. I noticed when if finally got them to read/write on Chirp, definitely hit & miss, the 5R scans weather channels along with the rest.. obviously not optimal. Also, I set up some channels he won't be permitted to TX so curious on that as well.
Looking for my first mobile radio, do you think this is a good radio to start with or is it too limited? I am about 7 miles away from my local repeater and can hit it with the btech gmrs v1 perfectly fine.
Some people get a magnet mount antenna for the vehicle and connect their handheld radio to it using a cable adapter and used a speaker microphone plugged in to it as well. The advantage is you can get away with just one radio for portable or mobile use. One other thing when you leave the vehicle you can take the radio with you so potential thieves won't have anything to steal.
The AT-770UV is factory locked to GMRS/FRS channels, no repeater offset or PL. Turn off the radio, hold down V/M and turn it on. Set mode to the bands you want, turn off then it's ready to be programmed. It can be programmed (cumbersome method) on the dash itself, but using the software download (version 2.0) from the anytone.net site is the best way to go. As most Chinese-made software, it's not very friendly but usable.
I started with the AT-779U and it is compatible with chirp. With 15 (advertised as 18) Watts, it worked really well. speaker wasn't very loud but still for what it is, a very decent little radio. I wanted a louder speaker and mic controls so I upgraded to the UV model. The U did not need to be unlocked but the UV does. It does have many modes to chose from and the GMRS mode is really more FRS, however it does have a commercial mode for ISM and GMRS which is programmable. I opened mine up to use both licenses.
I just received the AT-779UV and played with the programming software for a little while. I was able to add channels beyond the 30 that come programmed, and I was able to change the PL tones as well. Besides the "open" (no tones) repeater channels that were included, I added 16 additional repeater channels, this time with "travel" tones on the first 8, and custom tones on the second 8.
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