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VX-2500U Programming

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I picked up a small lot of VC-2500U radios (K66VX-2500U) which I assume based on the FCC ID are type"D". I grabbed them for GMRS use since the price was right. I understand that the CE52E is the correct program, and I have acquired a version 4.50. I managed to install it on my computer (Windows 10) and started to work through the software. I added 2 additional "groups" and expanded the number of channels in each group, however that's where my problem starts. It won't let me change anything on any channel but #1 in group 1. Am I missing something? Running in compatibility mode XP SP2/3 doesn't remedy anything.
 

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I figured it out. You have to double click the channel number on the far left side to "activate" that channel. I didn't figure that out until I built a XP virtual box and could see the channels greyed out below channel 1.
 
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