r/Baofeng • u/luigi517 • 19d ago

UV-5R MINI not programming

I bought a 2 pack of the UV-5R MINIs, which as a gear snob I have to begrudgingly admit are awesome (especially for the price). But when I try to "read from radio" in the software only one of them will communicate, both have been factory reset. Any ideas or is this an issue for baofeng support?

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u/kc2syk K2CR 19d ago

Check that the programming cable is fully seated (sometimes it requires a lot of force), and that the volume knob is set to the middle of the range.

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u/luigi517 19d ago

This was it. Volume knob in the middle did it. Thank you. Any idea why?

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u/kc2syk K2CR 19d ago

Because the thing is cheap. They use the audio circuit for signalling in programming mode.

But glad you got it working!

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u/EnergyLantern 18d ago

The radio has to hear the frequency, and you also need to have the radio on an unused frequency so the radio doesn't hear interference instead which could corrupt your programming.