UV-5R Dual Watch issue - Firmware N5R-20

[Starruby]

Firstly I'd like to thank many for the great advice which resolved the non-receiving issue after I put chirp images from a non N5R-20 radio onto new N5R-20 firmware radios!

The only other problem I have with these new UV-5Rs (N5R-20 firmware) is that the Dual Watch function doesn't work properly, not as with my other UV-5Rs and not as decribed in the manual ...

With Dual Watch enabled, the radio does appear to monitor both A and B, but remains on the selected channel as a priority for TX, irrespective of the MENU 34 setting (OFF, A or B). ie. TX does NOT default to the active channel. This is not the case with any other UV-5R radio I have played with. All others have defaulted to transmit on the channel that goes active, as described in the manual.

Any suggestions? I actually want the dual watch feature to function as published - it suits my application - or is this just another quirk/fault of this firmware version?

 

[KC9HI]

Firstly I'd like to thank many for the great advice which resolved the non-receiving issue after I put chirp images from a non N5R-20 radio onto new N5R-20 firmware radios!

The only other problem I have with these new UV-5Rs (N5R-20 firmware) is that the Dual Watch function doesn't work properly, not as with my other UV-5Rs and not as decribed in the manual ...

With Dual Watch enabled, the radio does appear to monitor both A and B, but remains on the selected channel as a priority for TX, irrespective of the MENU 34 setting (OFF, A or B). ie. TX does NOT default to the active channel. This is not the case with any other UV-5R radio I have played with. All others have defaulted to transmit on the channel that goes active, as described in the manual.

Any suggestions? I actually want the dual watch feature to function as published - it suits my application - or is this just another quirk/fault of this firmware version?

It seems that the dual watch feature is going through some sort of evolution. It is like BaoFeng is trying to obsolete menu 34 (TDR-AB).

TDR-AB on my BF-F8HP only has the settings A and B. OFF was removed. Setting TDR-AB to A or B is pointless because the setting always tracks the the display that has been selected by the [A/B] key. The selected display can no longer set by last received signal. It is solely up to the user to select the correct display to TX on. It appears that your works the same way even though the OFF settings remains.

I would rather BaoFeng kept the functionality of the OFF, A and B settings as they were and then added a 4th setting to invoke the new behavior. Something like...

OFF = forces A or B selection based on last received signal
A = always forces priority to the A display
B = always forces priority to the B display
USER = priority determined by [AB] key (the new method)

Jim KC9HI