Baofeng Manual Programming

[from BuyTwoWayRadios.com]

 First Thing... charge your battery. Unlike some brands, Baofeng does not pre-charge the battery.
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 UV-5R Yahoo User-Group... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baofeng_uv5r
 Programming Manually... This is not covered in the owners manual, here’s how.

 To program repeater 146.960, minus offset, 103.5 Hz tone, low power level, into Channel #010
 * Turn on radio.
 * If in Memory Mode switch to VFO Mode (VFO/MR)
 * use VFO "A" only!
 * Select 5 KHz Step - (MENU + 1 + MENU) (Use the ▲ ▼ keys for 5K) (MENU + EXIT)
 * Enter 146.960 (The receive frequency)
 * Press [MENU] + 2 + [MENU] Use the ▲ ▼ keys to select Low Power
 * Press [MENU] + [EXIT] To accept and exit
 * Press [MENU] + 5 + [MENU] Use the ▲ ▼ keys to select Wide Bandwidth
 * Press [MENU] + [EXIT] To accept and exit
 * Press [MENU] + 1 + 3 + [MENU] Use the ▲ ▼ keys to select 103.5 Hz Tone
 * Press [MENU] + [EXIT] To accept and exit
 * Press [MENU] + 2 + 7 + [MENU] Enter 010 or Use the ▲ ▼ keys to select 010
 * Press [MENU] + [EXIT] This stores the Receive Frequency
 * Radio prompts that REC FREQ has been stored
 * Enter 146.360 (The transmit frequency)
 * Press [MENU] + 2 + 7 +
    [MENU] + [MENU] + [EXIT] Radio prompts that TX FREQ has been stored
 * Return to Memory Mode (VFO/MR)

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