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Baofeng UV-5R display frequency and channel name

BajaBandit

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I just started using chrip next to program my Baofeng UV-5R and I can only get the radio to display the frequency or the name but not both. As I toggle up and down on the channels either the name changes and not the frequencies or vice versa. I did change the setting in chirp so that it would display name on (A) and frequency on (B). can anyone help?
 

nd5y

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The UV-5R can't do that.
The top and bottom (or A and B) display lines are totally independent of eachother.
There is no way to lock the displays together so changing channels/frequencies on one display tracks the other display.
 

kny2xb

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I haven't used my UV5R or CHIRP in awhile, plus, I have only the Legacy version of CHIRP as I have an older PC

That said, I don't think the UV5R has this feature
I believe that the UV82 does
 
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