[arm-allstar] Baofeng 888 programming problem

[Josh W4ZZK]

I can CONFIRM that this does work with older BF888s.
Go to CH 10, hold in PTT and Monitor (Button right below PTT) and hold
these while turning on.  The radio will say "OFF" .
If you want to reverse this and turn voices back on, just repeat this
procedure.
Give this a try before marking the BF888s off your list.

Josh W4ZZK

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:52 PM, "Chris Souleles via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I just received a couple BF888s.  I ran into the problem where the voice
> prompt would not turn off via the SW.  As noted by Doug the selection would
> not stick.  However, there is the ability to turn it off manually.  Put the
> radio on channel 10 and press PTT and Monitor together and then switch the
> radio on.  When I did this it cancelled the voice prompts.  Don't know if
> this will work on all BF888s, but it worked on mine.  Chris - W6CS - 73.
>
>       From: Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:44 PM
>  Subject: [arm-allstar] Baofeng 888 programming problem
>
> I want to point out that there is a potential programming problem with the
> Baofeng 888 that has cropped up. On certain radios while the frequencies
> can be programmed the voice prompts cannot be turned off. In a recent batch
> of 20 fully 10 could not be programmed to turn off the voice prompts. There
> is a selection there and it can be checked but it does not stick. It is
> imperative that voice prompts be turned off if these radios are used as a
> node radio (connected to the FOB) as these prompts will go out over the
> air. Because of this I would recommend not buying the 888 as a node radio
> at this time unless you want to take a chance that you might get one that
> works. DO NOT use one as a node radio that you cannot turn the voice
> prompts off. No one wants to hear that on a multi-node connected Allstar
> network. A better choice at this time might be the UV82 which is a better
> radio and dual band. Modification details for the UV82 are on the
> hamvoip.org web page.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
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