Battery Level Indicator; Status Led; Side Key 1 - Call (Broadcast Fm And Alarm); Side Key 2 - Moni (Monitor And Flashlight) - Baofeng UV-5R Documentation

Status LED

Battery Level Indicator

When the battery level indicator reads
will start beeping periodically as well as flash the backlight of the display, indicating
that you need to change your battery or put your radio in the charger.
Status LED
The status LED has a very simple and traditional design. When you receive a signal it
turns green, when you transmit it turns red, and it's off in standby.
Side key 1 - CALL (Broadcast FM and
Alarm)
Press momentarily to start the broadcast FM receiver. Another momentary press
turns the broadcast FM receiver off.
Press and hold
Side key 2 - MONI (Monitor and Flash-
light)
Press momentarily to turn on the LED flashlight. Another momentary press turns
the flashlight off.
Press and hold
to the unfiltered signal.

VFO / MR -mode key

Pressing switches between Frequency (VFO) Mode and Memory (MR) mode.
Memory mode is sometimes also referred to as Channel mode.
To save frequencies to channel memory you must be in Frequency (VFO) mode.

A / B select key

The key switches between A (upper) and B (lower) displays. The frequency or
channel on the selected display becomes the active listening and transmit frequency or
channel.
Chapter 2. Getting to know your radio
the battery is depleated. At this point the radio
to activate the alarm function. Press
to monitor the signal. This will open up the squelch so you can listen
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again to turn it off.
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Broadcast FM will
be interrupted by
a signal received
on the active
VFO or MR.
If you don't want
broadcast FM to
be interrupted,
tune to an little
used frequency
or channel