wildbill0013
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does anyone know of a setting to brighten the backlight on a kguv 950 radio?
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quoted from another website:
"There are three menu items on the UV9D that affect backlight brightness. Turn the radio on, push MENU and use either the channel knob or the up/down arrow keys to navigate to menu 01. Make sure ABR is set to on. You have a choice of always on; always off, and on for a certain length of time in seconds, from 1 to 30. (I set mine to 30.) If you need to change the setting, press MENU while in menu 01, change the setting by scrolling up or down using the channel knob or the arrow keys, and press MENU again to save the new setting.
The second influence on backlight is power-save mode. This is menu 02, and I usually set this to OFF. It doesn’t seem to drain the battery any faster.
The third setting is backlight brightness. Scroll to BAR-LV (menu 27) and be sure the brightness is set to higher than 1. (I use the maximum of 5 and it does not seem to drain much faster.)
As to why your screen looks dim and hard to read, the UV9D screen is always lit. It never dims completely off. This is what you are seeing.
You simply accidentally changed one of the above parameters when you programmed your radio. If you are using the programming software, just look for Auto Backlight Time (ABR), Power Save Mode (SAVE) and Backlight Brightness (BAR-LV.) Change them to the ones I suggested above. It will be fine.
Chinese-made radios don’t always translate English well, and this is why the abbreviations sometimes make little sense."
"There are three menu items on the UV9D that affect backlight brightness. Turn the radio on, push MENU and use either the channel knob or the up/down arrow keys to navigate to menu 01. Make sure ABR is set to on. You have a choice of always on; always off, and on for a certain length of time in seconds, from 1 to 30. (I set mine to 30.) If you need to change the setting, press MENU while in menu 01, change the setting by scrolling up or down using the channel knob or the arrow keys, and press MENU again to save the new setting.
The second influence on backlight is power-save mode. This is menu 02, and I usually set this to OFF. It doesn’t seem to drain the battery any faster.
The third setting is backlight brightness. Scroll to BAR-LV (menu 27) and be sure the brightness is set to higher than 1. (I use the maximum of 5 and it does not seem to drain much faster.)
As to why your screen looks dim and hard to read, the UV9D screen is always lit. It never dims completely off. This is what you are seeing.
You simply accidentally changed one of the above parameters when you programmed your radio. If you are using the programming software, just look for Auto Backlight Time (ABR), Power Save Mode (SAVE) and Backlight Brightness (BAR-LV.) Change them to the ones I suggested above. It will be fine.
Chinese-made radios don’t always translate English well, and this is why the abbreviations sometimes make little sense."
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thanks for the reply concerning my display problem, the only thing wrong is that it is not my 9d radio i am having a problem with it is my mobile radio kg-uv950p radio. but thanks for the info for my portable.
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