KM4WLV
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Good afternoon everyone!
I got my TYT MD390 w/GPS about 2 weeks ago and I've been pretty happy with it. And as I do with every radio I get I sat down and dove into loading it up with all the channels/talkgroups I'd use, but I also test/try out the different features to see if there's any benefit in using them. Some folks aren't as familiar with programming radios, or struggle with understanding the difference between channels vs talkgroups, CTCSS/PL vs DPL, etc. You get the idea. And I've seen folks that get frustrated with it and wind up either returning or selling the radio out of frustration because they think they just can't get it, and here and there (and I'm sure some of you have seen) when someone comes into the forums either here or on other sites and asks for help they get chastised because they don't understand, including me when I asked somewhere about how to program a Monitor All talkgroup. I'm well versed in programming, that's just something I had never needed before.
So enough rambling, lol, on to my point. I searched here and via Google and didn't see any real detailed or step by step in programming this model portable. I've even sat down with a couple guys from my club to help them learn how to program these. I'm in the process of making out a step by step guide including screen shots/pics with each step. I'd like to do that here as well. I'd like to post it in the Wiki but wanted opinions on putting it in a thread here so not only could folks could see the instructions, but also give everyone a sort of "one stop shop" in case they have questions as well. So what do you guys think about this? I just thought as popular as these portables are it may help some folks out. Remember, we were all new to this at one point as well. If I do this my plan is to go part by part...... Conventional Programming, Talkgroup programming, Feature Options/Programming, and so on.
**To the Mods, if folks seem interested do you think we could set this up as a sticky?**
I got my TYT MD390 w/GPS about 2 weeks ago and I've been pretty happy with it. And as I do with every radio I get I sat down and dove into loading it up with all the channels/talkgroups I'd use, but I also test/try out the different features to see if there's any benefit in using them. Some folks aren't as familiar with programming radios, or struggle with understanding the difference between channels vs talkgroups, CTCSS/PL vs DPL, etc. You get the idea. And I've seen folks that get frustrated with it and wind up either returning or selling the radio out of frustration because they think they just can't get it, and here and there (and I'm sure some of you have seen) when someone comes into the forums either here or on other sites and asks for help they get chastised because they don't understand, including me when I asked somewhere about how to program a Monitor All talkgroup. I'm well versed in programming, that's just something I had never needed before.
So enough rambling, lol, on to my point. I searched here and via Google and didn't see any real detailed or step by step in programming this model portable. I've even sat down with a couple guys from my club to help them learn how to program these. I'm in the process of making out a step by step guide including screen shots/pics with each step. I'd like to do that here as well. I'd like to post it in the Wiki but wanted opinions on putting it in a thread here so not only could folks could see the instructions, but also give everyone a sort of "one stop shop" in case they have questions as well. So what do you guys think about this? I just thought as popular as these portables are it may help some folks out. Remember, we were all new to this at one point as well. If I do this my plan is to go part by part...... Conventional Programming, Talkgroup programming, Feature Options/Programming, and so on.
**To the Mods, if folks seem interested do you think we could set this up as a sticky?**
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