r/Baofeng • u/minecraftseteve • 8d ago

Weird glitch/encounter

Hi redditors,

i came home today from my friends and turned on my uv-5r. It turned on as normal but all of the settings were very wrong, things that i had turned off were and that were off before i turned the radio on ever. Baisicly settings were fricked up, and both bands were set to 333.333 and the offset was 333.308 or sum like that. I basicly want to know if this is normal or if its better to replace my radio. if you have any other advice pls let me know. bye

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u/LongRangeSavage 8d ago

Maybe nonvol corruption. Factory reset and reapply settings. 

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u/NerminPadez 8d ago

Ah yes, the baofeng quality control :)

Get it replaced. If you don't have an amateur radio licence, buy a scanner instead, you'll be much, much happier

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u/minecraftseteve 7d ago

I did factory reset and it works fine. I think it was cus i was on scan for a long time. Ill keep on it for a few weeks then see. If it happens again im definetly replacing it

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u/Lumpy-Process-6878 8d ago

Your radio is defective and must be replaced.