Baofeng UV-2501 User Manual

Summary of UV-2501

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  • Page 3: Tableofcontents

    I tableofcontents parti.Gettingstarted 1 chapter1.–gettingstarted 2 unpackingandinspecting 3 overviewofthetransceiver 4 chapter2.-basicuse 6 menufunctionsettings 6 frequencymodevs.Channelmode 12 programmingrepeaterwithoffset 13 programmingasimplexchannel 14 otherbasicfeatures 15 storinganfmradiostat...

  • Page 4: Appendixa.-Menudefinitions

    Ii uv-2501/uv-5001 remotestun 17 remotekill 18 turnonfunction 18 alarmfunction 18 dtmftransmitbycallkeysetting: 19 2tonetransmitbycallkeysetting 19 5tonesignalsetting 20 handheldmicfunctionkeysanddescription 21 appendixa.-menudefinitions 22 appendixb.-technicalspecifications 28 general 28 receiver 2...

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  • Page 7: Parti.Gettingstarted

    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 1 parti.Gettingstarted partonecoversthebasicsetupanduseofyourmobiletwo-waytransceiver. C hapter 1 g etting s tarted c hapter 2 b asic u se.

  • Page 8: Chapter1.–Gettingstarted

    2 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 chapter1.–gettingstarted before proceeding insure: • qualifiedtechniciansshallservicethisequipmentonly.Donotmodifytheradioforany reason. • useonlybtechsuppliedorapprovedaccessories. • turnoffyourradiopriortoenteringanyareawithexp...

  • Page 9: Unpacking And Inspecting

    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 3 unpacking and inspecting • pleasecheckthepackagingofyourradioforanysignsofdamage. • carefullyopenthebox,andconfirmyourreceivedtheitemslistedbelow. • ifyoufindtheradioortheincludedaccessoriesaredamagedorlost,immediately contactyourdealer. Whatʼs ...

  • Page 10: Overviewofthetransceiver

    4 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 overviewofthetransceiver uv-5001pictured.

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 5 1. Selector,mainknob 2. Transmitindicator 3. Functionkey 4. Callkey 5. Monitorfunction 6. Powerkey 7. Powerindicator 8. Volumeknob 9. Microphoneconnector 10. Fmradiofunctionkey 11. Exittheabsignalswitching,alarm function 12. Channelswitching 13....

  • Page 12: Chapter2.-Basicuse

    6 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 chapter2.-basicuse menufunctionsettings canbesetbymicrophonekeypad. Afterselectingthedesiredoptionbelow, pressingthe(fkey)willsavethesetting. 0. [fkey]+[0]:tdr–onenablestomonitorbotha/bfrequenciesatthesametime. Whenoff,onlythesel...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 7 withnoreceiveractivity.(30>300minutes) 7. [fkey]+[7]:wn-wide/narrbandwidthsetting. 8. [fkey]+[8]:abr-lcdbacklighttimesetting.Off/1-50seconds. 9. [fkey]+[9]:beep-turnskeybeepoff/on. 10. [fkey]+[1]+[0]:r-dcs-dcsreceivesetting.D023n-d754npositivese...

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    8 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 17. [fkey]+[1]+[7]:pri-sc-priorityscansetting.On/offturnon/offthefunction. 18. [fkey]+[1]+[8]:pri-ch-prioritychannelscansetting.Select000-199channelsmark withchatfronttopriorityscan. 19. [fkey]+[1]+[9]:sc-rev-scanrecoverysetting....

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 9 groupsignalcode/decodememory.Onlysetbypcsoftware. 25. [fkey]+[2]+[5]:emc-tp-alarmmodesetting.Alarm:turnonthealarmsound.Ani: sendalarmcodeandidcode.Both:bothabove. 26. [fkey]+[2]+[6]:emc-ch-alarmchannelsetting.Chwillappearinfrontofthe designatedc...

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    10 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 areblue,orangeandpurple. 35. [fkey]+[3]+[5]:tx-led-transmitbacklightsetting.Off:nobacklight.Coloroptions areblue,orangeandpurple. 36. [fkey]+[3]+[6]:mem-ch-savestheselectedchannel. 37. [fkey}+[3]+[7]:del-ch-deletesthechannelsele...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 11 45. [fkey]+[4]+[5]:ste-squelchtaileliminationattheendofareceivedsignal. Requiresbothradiostohavetheoptionon. 46. [fkey]+[4]+[6]:rp-ste-repeatersterequiresarepeaterwiththisfunctionon. 47. [fkey]+[4]+[7]:rpt-dl-rp-stedelaytime. 48. [fkey]+[4]+[8]...

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    12 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 frequency mode vs. Channel mode thesetwomodeshavedifferentfunctionsandoftenconfused. Frequencymode(vfo)-usedforatemporaryfrequencyassignment,suchasatestfrequency orquickfieldprogrammingifpermitted. Channelmode(mr)-usedforselecti...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 13 programming repeater with offset examplenewmemoryinchannel99: rx=146.850mhz tx=146.250mhz ctcsstone123.0 1. Changefrommenutomenubypressingthe[exit/ab]button. 2. Setradiotovfomodebypressing[v/m] channelnumberattherightwilldisappear. 3. Menu37 [m...

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    14 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 9. [v/m]returntomrmode.Channelnumberwillre-appear. Programming a simplex channel examplenewmemoryinchannel99: rx=446.000mhz ctcsstone123.0 1. Changefrommenutomenubypressingthe[exit/ab]button. 2. Setradiotovfomodebypressing[v/m] ...

  • Page 21: Other Basic Features

    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 15 other basic features storinganfmradiostationandscanning usepcsoftwaretoeditfmradiochannels.(softwarefmoption)pressmicrophone[*]keyto searchfmchannelsunderfmmode. Keypadlock-out holdthemicrophone[#key]for2secondsatstandbytoturnon/offthekeypadloc...

  • Page 22: Dtmfsignal

    16 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 dtmfsignal thisradiohasdtmfcoding/decodefunction.Usepcsoftwaretoinputcodeinformationdtmf signalsettingreceivedtmfsignalfirst.Afterreceivingthesamecodeasyoursetting,radiowill showthecodebydisplayandring.Thencanspeakduringeffectiv...

  • Page 23: Inspectfunction

    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 17 codes. Thenumericalkeys,aswellasthe ,and ,keyscorrespondtothematchingdtmfcodesas youwouldexpect.Thea,b,canddcodesarelocatedinthe , , and keys respectively(†). Tosenddtmfcodes,pressthekey(s)correspondingtothemessageyouwanttosendwhile holdingdown...

  • Page 24: Remotekill

    18 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 transmitfunction,onlythereceiver(lcdwilldisplayremotestuninformation).Onlyafter receivingtheoncodewillthetransmitfunctionreturn.Thisfunction’ssettingsarecontrolledby themasterid,andnotthereceivingstation.(remotestuncodeissetbypc...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 19 masteridmeansthefunctiononlyworksbysignalcodeandmasteridbothconfirm.Nocontrol bymasteridcodingformat:signalcode+#(patchcode}+informationcode.Controlbymaster idcodingformat:signal+#(patchcode)+masteridcode+#(patchcode)+informationcode dtmftransm...

  • Page 26: 5Tonesignalsetting

    20 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 5tonesignalsetting thisradiohasa5tonecoding/decodefunction.Youcanusepcsoftwaretoinputsignal informationcode.Set5tonesignal,thenafterreceivesame5tonesignalcodereceiveandturn ontheringfunctionanddisplaytheinformationcode.Speechate...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 21 handheldmicfunctionkeysanddescription 1 “menu”:functionkey 2 “up”:higherfrequency 3 “down”:lowerfrequency 4 “exit”:exittheabchannelswitch, alarmfunction 5 “*/scan”:scanningfunction 6 “#/lock”:keyboardlockfunction 7 “0”:number0 8 “1”:number1 9 “...

  • Page 28: Appendixa.-Menudefinitions

    22 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 appendixa.-menudefinitions 0 tdr transmitdualreceive on allowsmonitoringof2channels. Togglesbetweenfreqaandb. Ifsignalreceived,rxstaysonfreq. Off receivesonselectedchannel 1 step frequencystepsizesetup 2.5to25.Khz 2.5,5,6.25,10,...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 23 8 abr lcdbacklighttimer 1>50secs backlightduration=1>50 off backlightremainson. 9 beep keypadvoiceprompt on/off turnon/offkeypadvoiceprompt 10 r-dcs receive-digitalcoded squelch d023n>d754i squelchopenswhenproperdcscodeisdetected off nodcscoder...

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    24 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 18 pri-ch prioritychannel 000>199 channelselectedforpriorityscan 19 sc-rev scanresumemethod to (timeoperation)scanstopswhensignaldetected. Scanresumesafterapredeterminedtime. Co (carrieroperation)scanstopswhensignal detected.Sca...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 25 24 s-info autogroupdialing groupsignalcode memory 1>15 canonlybesetwithsoftware 25 emc-tp alarmmode alarm turnonalarmsound ani sendalarmcodeandidcode both bothoftheabove 26 emc-ch alarmchannel 000>199 specifiedalarmchannel 27 ring-t ringtime of...

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    26 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 33 wt-led standby-backlightcolor selection off selectdesiredcolor blue orange purple 34 rx-led receive-backlightcolor selection off selectdesiredcolor blue orange purple 35 tx-led transmit-backlightcolor selection off selectdesi...

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    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 27 41 ani-l anilength 3,4,5 lengthofaniidcode 42 rep-s repeateractivationtone 1000hz1450hz 1750hz2100hz audibletoneforrepeateractivation 43 rep-m repeaterforwarding mode off functionoff carri forwardafterreceivingcarrier ctdcs forwardafterreceivin...

  • Page 34: Appendixb.-

    28 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001 appendixb.- technicalspecifications general generalspecifications specification value frequencyrange(mhz) 65-108(rxonly) 136-174(rx/tx) 400-520(rx/tx) memorychannels 200 frequencystability 2.5ppm frequencystep(khz) 2.5k/5.0k/6.2...

  • Page 35: Receiver

    Visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp 29 receiver receiverspecifications broadband narrow band sensitivity ≤ 0.25µv ≤ 0.35µv channel choice ≥ 70db ≥ 60db intermodulation ≥ :65db ≥ 60db spurious rejection ≥ 70db ≥ 70db audio response + 1~-3db (0.3-3khz) + 1~-3db (0.3~2.55khz) signal to...

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    30 visitbaofengtech.Comandmiklor.Comfordownloadsandhelp uv-2501/uv-5001.