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CP185 unable to rename channels Error 1789

Thread starter jonatrfstore
Start date Mar 25, 2013

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jonatrfstore

Newbie

Mar 25, 2013

Hello,

I have a CP185 UHF model.

The radio came with 10 channels in it. I disabled all but two. I use this as a testing radio for myself at the shop.

I am having the darndest time renaming the channels.

I was successfull renaming the first but havent been able to since.

I get an error code of: 1789 Characters not allowed. Valid characters for name are "0-9,A-Z,*,#,-./,Space,".

Well I put a simple single character in as a name and I get that error message.

I had to format the HDD and I reinstalled this software but I am having the same problem.

Any ideas??