Baofeng UV-5R

Baofeng UV-5R

The (Chinese) Radio

Documentation Project

http://radiodoc.github.com/

Lennart Lidberg

The (Chinese) Radio Documentation Project

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Baofeng UV-5R: The (Chinese) Radio Documentation

Project: http://radiodoc.github.com/

by Lennart Lidberg

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Table of Contents

Preface .................................................................................................... vii

I. Getting started ......................................................................................... 1

1. Initial setup .................................................................................... 3

What's in the box ........................................................................ 3

Assembly .................................................................................. 3

Antenna ............................................................................ 3

Belt clip ............................................................................ 3

Battery .............................................................................. 4

Charging and battery maintenance .................................................. 4

Charging ........................................................................... 4

Battery Maintenance ............................................................ 5

2. Getting to know your radio ............................................................... 7

The main display ........................................................................ 8

Battery Level Indicator ........................................................ 9

Status LED ................................................................................ 9

Side key 1 - CALL (Broadcast FM and Alarm) ................................ 9

Side key 2 - MONI (Monitor and Flashlight) .................................... 9

VFO / MR -mode key .................................................................. 9

A / B select key .......................................................................... 9

Band key ................................................................................. 10

Numeric keypad ........................................................................ 10

Pound key ........................................................................ 10

Star key ........................................................................... 11

Menu and function keys ..................................................... 11

Accessory jack .......................................................................... 11

3.