APX8000 programming help?

[SirJ]

Okay from my understanding is that the radio works like this:
Zones than personality with channels with in the personality but my issue is when turning the channel knob it just goes from personality 1 to 2 to 3 etc no option to select the channels written in the frequency area of the personality.

I am confused, so I started making personality as channels but that’s a real PITA

 

[GTR8000]

You need to create the personalities and channels within the personalities first, then add them to the zones, not the other way around. After they are all setup in the personalities and zones, then you create scan lists, then go back to the personalities and assign the scan lists to them. It's pretty straightforward, you should not be having this much difficultly with it.

 

[SirJ]

You need to create the personalities and channels within the personalities first, then add them to the zones, not the other way around. After they are all setup in the personalities and zones, then you create scan lists, then go back to the personalities and assign the scan lists to them. It's pretty straightforward, you should not be having this much difficultly with it.

I figured it out there is a second drop down within the frequency options once I saw that I figured it out actually this is a better setup than the xts series! Thank you for responding

 

[SirJ]

Instead of making a new post I’ll ask here, you know how with the xts model 3 you can long press the keys 1-3 to set quick zones can this be done on the apx8k ?

 

[GTR8000]

MS01-MS13

 

[SirJ]

MS01-MS13

Is there a way to dim the brightness of the main display lighting?

 

[K2NEC]

APX 8000 Backlight

Having trouble, I have an APX 8000 and would like to have the front display backlight to stay on, any ideas? I can't seem to find any way to do it in the CPS.

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[SirJ]

APX 8000 Backlight

Having trouble, I have an APX 8000 and would like to have the front display backlight to stay on, any ideas? I can't seem to find any way to do it in the CPS.

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Well I've noticed that from display lighting off when pressing the button to turn it on the display lighting gets bright slowly so it has stages of different brightness levels.

 

[K2NEC]

That's because you have newer firmware. The older firmware radios are just high and low. The new ones slowly dim.

 

[KG4INW]

If you're asking for manual brightness control like with the TRBO radios, no, that's not an option with APX. Just the aforementioned full bright, always on but dim, or off all the way.

 

[SirJ]

If you're asking for manual brightness control like with the TRBO radios, no, that's not an option with APX. Just the aforementioned full bright, always on but dim, or off all the way.

Oh where is the always on dim setting I'd like to try it.
Yeah my radio has r17.1

 

[GTR8000]

Oh where is the always on dim setting I'd like to try it.
Yeah my radio has r17.1

The answer is in that other thread, and you can probably find many of these answers in the CPS help files, if you take the time to read and search. The "dim" setting is the default, by the way. If you have Permanent Front Display Backlight enabled and a button mapped to Light/Flip, pressing it toggles between full bright and dim (the top light goes off with the front display dimmed).