curious buddy, with that rig, is it possible to enter a tone, cause I was able to get away with doing a 0 0 0 star or pound which seemed to kick the tones back to their defaults.  but as far as the entry of the tones has been kinda off, and I have had to do an off camber type format to hear the pl tones and hope I got them.  I got the radio, but it didn't come with a programming cable.  as a result, I don't have a cable for that, the wouxon, or the Baufeng, all 3 of which I have.  also, my toshiba 64 bit doesn't quite like the idea of usb to serial, so not sure what to do there.
any ideas?
thanks
Brandon
On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> You aren't, that's just how this radio is. It talks a lot, but not for =
> the important bits. So, first thing to do is to start over. Hold down =
> menu and turn the radio on, then press menu again, up arrow once, menu =
> again. That *should* reset to factory defaults.
> 
> OK, now that that's out of the way=85
> 
> You can do this, but it's a bit hit and miss. To set the PL tone, you =
> have three options. Both transmit and receive tones, receive tones, and =
> transmit tones. Don't mess with both or receive at all, just don't. Only =
> set the transmit tone. Sorry, the radio's a couple floors away at the =
> moment, but I think it's the third tone set option as you scroll up. It =
> appears to default at 67.0 hz, so you hav to count up. The trouble is =
> that it remembers your last tone, so this really isn't very blind user =
> friendly at all.
> 
> The good news is that the software is sort of usable, just ignore the =
> buttons that all say "Command 1". Set up the software like this:
> 
> First, install the driver for the programming cable.=20
> 
> Next, in the TYT programming soft are, which I can send you if you don't =
> have it, you'll have to do the following each time you open it:
> 
> 1) Set the com port to match where your cable got installed, and
> 
> 2) In the setup menu, select "alternate GUI".
> 
> With alternate GUI, all the important fields speak, so you can type in a =
> channel number, transmit frequency, receive frequency, and select =
> transmit/receive tones, power levels, and bandwidth. Type in the next =
> channel name and do it all over. Once you ave things set up the way you =
> want, save your work, then write the file to the radio from the menu.=20
> 
> One of these days I'll get around to working up something that's =
> actually useful, but that should get you started.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 11, 2012, at 4:15 AM, Brandon Hennis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.  this is a rather major question for me, as I try to =3D
>> independently use any rig I get my hands on, especially if I am able =
> to. =3D
>> problem here in lies that I am now in posession of a TYT TH-UVF9 =
> Deluxe =3D
>> which appears to be a bit on the super super difficult side to =
> program.  =3D
>> for starters, the pl tones are not even close to simple to program, as =
> =3D
>> for some reason what I'm winding up with is a dcs code, not a ctcss =3D
>> code.  also, you can't enter numbers in there to get a pl tone =
> properly. =3D
>> have you guys been able to come up with some very detailed eyes free =3D=
> 
>> instructions on this, or may I just be wasting my time on the unit.  =3D=
> 
>> only reason I ask, is I want to make sure I got something I'm going to =
> =3D
>> use. the rig talks through most of the menus, except the tone code/dcx =
> =3D
>> code.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but appears I'm doing quite =
> a =3D
>> bit wrong based upon what I'm seeing here.  any ideas?  thanks,
>> Brandon=3D