Chapter 4. - Working The Menu System; Basic Use; Using Short-Cuts - Baofeng UV-5R EX User Manual

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Chapter 4. - Working the menu system

For a complete reference on available menu items and parameters, see Appendix B, Menu
definitions.
If your radio is set to Memory (MR) mode. The following menu items will not take
any effect: STEP, TXP, W/N, CTCSS, DCS, S-CODE, PTT-ID, BCL.SFT-D,
OFFSET, MEM-CH, BAND

Basic use

1. Press the
key to enter the menu.
MENU
2. Use the
and
keys to navigate between men u items.
3. Once you find the desired men u item, press again to select that menu item.
4. Use the
and
keys to select the desired parameter.
5. When you've selected the parameter you want to set for a given menu item;
a. To confirm your selection, press
MENU
the main menu.
b. To cancel your changes, press
and it will reset that menu item and bring you out of
MENU
the menu entirely.
6. To exit out of the menu at any time, press the key.
and it will save your setting and bring you back to
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As you may have noticed if you looked at Appendix B, Menu definitions, every menu item
has a numerical value associated with it. These numbers can be used for direct access of
any given menu item.
The menu is also organized in such a way that the ten most common functions are on top,
and as can be seen in Figure 2.3,"Baofeng UV-5R EX, keypad", these are also printed on
the keypad so you don't have to remember them all.
The parameters also have a number associated with them, see Appendix B, Menu
definitions for details.
Procedure 4.1. Using the menu with short-cuts
1. Press the
key to enter the menu.
MENU
2. Use the numerical keypad to enter the number of the menu item.
3. To enter the menu item, press the
4. For entering the desired parameter, you have two options:
a. Use the arrow keys as we did in the previous section; or
b. Use the numerical keypad to enter the numerical short-cut code.
5. And just as in the previous section;

Using short-cuts

key.
MENU
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