[arm-allstar] Baofeng 888 programming problem

[Chris Souleles]

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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