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Tytera TH-8600 stuck in Channel Mode on 450.000

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K4MGZ

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I received a TYT TH-8600 in a raffle. I am having trouble getting the thing to work. When it comes on both bands show 450.000 on the display. When I try to use the key pad on the mic to enter a new freq, it will only accept 3 digit numbers starting with 0 or 1. I am guessing that it is trying to enter a channel number from 0-199. When I press the middle right button on the screen to switch to VFO, nothing happens. I'm not sure if this is a software glitch or what. I did flash the firmware file from TYT888.com successfully, but it had no affect and the radio is still locked in the same mode. I also tried doing factory reset a couple of time and that didn't have any affect either.

If you have any ideas on what to try or instructions on re-flash the software please let me know. I downloaded a file from TYT titled TH-8600 software, but it is in a .rar file and I am not sure how to write it to the radio.

Thank you.
 
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K4MGZ said:
I downloaded a file from TYT titled TH-8600 software, but it is in a .rar file and I am not sure how to write it to the radio.
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That's your programming software. You'll need that to set up the radio (plus a cable). Get a RAR extractor (I use WinRAR). Extract the files and then install on your computer.
 
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