Are you in Chanel mode when you program it?
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From: "Zach Shifflett" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:39 PM
Subject: uv5r plus


> Well, now that I've gotten my call sign, I've made the sad discovery
> that my uv5r plus doesn't seem to want to program in repeaters+.
> I have followed the steps from the eyes free guide, but alas, the
> channels don't seem to work correctly.
> I get all the right prompts, and the channels seem to have programmed
> in correctly, but then when I go into channel mode to check that
> they're working, they default back to 136.05.
> I had my wife help with the programming as well, just to make sure I
> wasn't making any obvious errors, and she got the same results.
> The channel appears to be programmed in right while I'm still in
> frequency mode, but when I go to channel mode, it's invariably 136.05.
> This is for simplex and repeater channels, in both vhf and uhf.
> I've checked that tdr is off and that I'm in a as opposed to b countless 
> times.
> I've reset the radio to factory defaults and set up everything from
> scratch, but the problem persists.
> I hope I can get it fixed and that I didn't get a lemon.
> Has anyone ever seen this with the uv5r?  My next step is to hit up
> the baofeng yahoo group, but I hesitate to do that, as I already get
> hundreds of emails per day.
> Thanks for all the congrats on my callsign, and any advice.
> 73
> Zach, kk4ruz