Decode and better understand the Anytone D878UV screen

[@derekthwaytes4689]

Thanks for simple but useable explanation on the radio screen, Just obtained this radio and getting to grtos with it. 73 G1GDB

[@Raymazon]

Thank you. It's a great radio. Don't be frustrated if it seems confusing at first. We all went through that phase, and eventually it will make sense.

[@herksen]

Hi Ray. I just started playing with my Anytone, and I have to admit that, compared to for instance D-STAR mode, DMR has a really steep learning-curve… My D-STAR knowledge is totally useless in the DMR universe. Thanks for your great explanation. I learned a lot. Subscribed!! 73 de Robbert TA2/PA3BKL (aka TA2IX), the dutch guy, living (it up) in Istanbul Turkey!!

[@solidstrike165]

I've had just the opposite experience. My Icom ID-51APLUS2 has largely been ignored since acquiring it in 2017. But I have 3 878s I use quite often because DMR seems so much easier. Perhaps you could point me toward some learning resources for D-STAR? Thanks

[@JustMe619toby]

Good info. I'm in the San Diego area also but love the papa systems

[@raymazonhamradio]

Glad the info was helpful. If you hear me on the PAPA system, be sure to give me a shout. 73 Ray

[@VictorOmebije]

Im just learning Digital Radios and this video has a whole lot more explanation than many of the videos I've watched. Thank you so much for the explanation; I will always be checking in for more content.

[@raymazonhamradio]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate the feedback. It's rewarding to know it helps people to understand some of the confusing things with radio. I also started to post on my other KZbin channel because the KZbin algorithm seems to favor it. Probably because it is an older account.. Please take a look at it for additional radio posts. Thank you again. Check out: kzbin.infofeatured

[@K4RRC]

Nice video. I was in San Marcos on 10/11/2022 @ Stone Beverage. I’m a trucker and I have one of those DMR and a DStar radio. Very good explanation of the screen. Thank you. 73, K4RRC

[@raysiposs9822]

Thanks for the comment! I am happy it helped. If you are in the San Diego/So. Calif area often, be sure to check out some of the regional repeater systems like PAPA System. papasys.com. They have a DMR net on Monday nights at 8pm Pacific time on the PAPA Chat TG 31077. There is always something I learn from them. papasys.com/events/dmr-roundtable/

[@betterbprepared]

This is very informative. I just bought a D878UV from a friend and I am waiting to get the radio in hand. At least now I have a better understanding of the display and what I am looking at when I get the radio.

[@Raymazon]

Thank you. It seems overwhelming at first, but if you think of channels being stored in Zone files, it helps to get the idea of how it’s laid out. The programming software is also a challenge until you use it and realize that it really only needs input on a few menu pages once it is set up. I’ve been tempted to make a video on using the software, but I think there are some videos that do a pretty good job already. I’m not sure if it’s needed.

[@georgeprince6242]

Ray very informing about Anytone 878 explaining the difference between digital and analog WRMA548 Gmrs

[@raymazonhamradio]

Thanks for the comment George. I hope it wasn’t confusing. 🙂

[@JulietNovember9]

I just picked one of these up and this is such a great video to get me oriented. Was so lost before. Thank you! 73

[@craigedgemon5890]

Nice video.

[@TravisMurdock]

Thanks for taking the time to share this. KK7RKG

[@raymazonhamradio]

My pleasure! Glad it helped.

[@blackrazorus]

This is super-useful. Thank you so much for sharing it!

[@IU0RCK-ITA]

a step forward in understanding anytone ...great video 73 IU0RCK

[@raymazonhamradio]

Thank you. The Anytone can be confusing. I hope it will start to make sense for you. 🙂 73 Ray

[@davidk7dld542]

Great video, Ray. Informative and to the point. Thanks for sharing.

[@raymazonhamradio]

Thanks for the feedback David. I hope it helps. It was a challenge for me to understand the Anytone display in the beginning, so hopefully it makes it a little easier for you. 73

[@Orvulum]

CTCSS actually stands for "Continuous Tone Carrier Squelch" and PL stands for "Private Line"... It's a thing that Motorola came up with many decades back... DPL is "Digital Private Line", by the way.

[@Raymazonsolar]

You are correct. In this area we just refer to it as PL or DPL.

[@Raymazon]

General Electric also called it Channel Guard back in the day too. We mostly used Motorola radios heavily here so that became the name that stuck for us.

[@DonzLockz]

Super helpful. Cheers 🍻🤠

[@joaquintall5180]

Ray, great video. I learned a lot from watching your video. What intrigues me is how you got to the display settings that you did. I got my code plug from our ARC guys. There are so many questions on programming using the CPS, that there is not enough space here to ask them all. One answer engenders another question. May I ask just one, please? Both my wife and I have the same 878uv radio. On my CPS, I go to comport/write to radio. When I transmit in DMR during our DMR net, my name, callsign come up on the [secondary] display when transmitting. Then shows [B] last call sign, [B] last group and [B] last caller] on the main display. However, when I turn the radio off and transmit again, NONE of this info shows up in the display on either radio. In my CPS these are the settings I have in the "optional settings": optional settings/display/last caller "both". call display mode "name based". display current contact "on". Yet I still don't see the info displayed on either radio, using this CPS on both radios. It's not saving the info somehow. Never had this happen before. Que pasa? What am I missing? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Vry 73 de Joaquin

[@raymazonhamradio]

Hi Joaquin, A suggestion worth trying. Do a radio reset. It sounds like perhaps the radio had a firmware update without a reset. Try the reset. If that doesn’t work, try a firmware update again, and then a reset. I spoke with a very knowledgable Anytone source about your situation, and the instability of what you describe sounds like a reset issue. Let us know how it works out so others can benefit too. 73 Ray

[@joaquintall5180]

Ray, you and your com-padre are brilliant! That was just what I needed to finish the job of updating the CPS and the Firmware on both H/T's. It is done and I have you both to thank for assisting me along the way. Muchas gracias Sr Grande! Vry 73 de Joaquin and Feliz Navidad

[@raysiposs9822]

That is wonderful news to hear. I’m happy it was an easy fix. Feliz Navidad Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@pavelkvi261]

Отличный обзор!

[@map2rick]

Thank you! 73

[@ManuelPinner]

The Time Format is on Military Time and Date format!

[@mpol701]

I use it scan commercial dmr systems but at times it doesnt icl up what I set up in zone, I put each freq in with cc and slot 1 then next location slot 2, yet what's coming up on my sds100 isn't always there on anytone, I've tried putting in as r t single or r tx differant spilt etc, a tx will come through showing this, uid and cc, but no voice, another time dobt even get the info come up despite talking away on my sds, it's very hit and miss, when goos it's excellent but when bad it's very annoying

[@joaquintall5180]

O.K. Ray, yet another glitch has surfaced. My display info has gone away, yet again. However, I checked into my local [Valley Center] DMR net this evening and another problem surfaced... Several of us are being "seen" by net control on net control's display, but not being heard. I transmit, the red light blinks, none of my info is seen on my display, I can't be heard while transmitting...BUT I am seen on other ham's display, as well as net control, to reiterate. No problems with analog at all on transmit. Now, more hams on the net are being seen by net control display, but not heard. Ideas???

[@hennero.3826]

Thank you. 🙂 I have a question though as I am a newbie and have received my new Anytone D878UV II Plus only yesterday, but I don't have a Windows PC to program it so I try to do that via the phone directly. Apparently the device has a means to use "AuRepeater A" and "AuRepeater B" to automatically activate an either positive or negative offset for repeater/duplex (instead of explictly entering this per individual channel). However - where in the channel settings do I define that I'd like to actually apply the "AuRepeater" concept for that channel? Or am I getting it wrong, and the "AuRepeater" setting in fact merely defines whether the offset is to be considered negative or positive, but its absolute value needs to be set explicitly per channel?

[@Raymazon]

I've never tried using the phone. I would strongly urge getting an old PC to program with. I'm a die-hard Mac user, so I get frustrated when radio programming requires a PC. I had a friend who was dumping an old Windows 7 laptop that works perfectly well for running the CPS programming software. There is a lot going on within the software for programing DMR and you want a screen that can clearly display the various settings. The repeater offset settings are really easy to set up once you are in the programming mode. I never use the AuRepeater functions. No need to. What you will discover is that after you load frequency assignments for channels (analog or digital), you then load this channels into Zones, kind of similar to files going into a folder. Files are the channels you create, and Zones are the folders. You can mix and match analog/DMR as much as you want. Most people will set Zones by geography, but that's up to you. The channel memories can be adjusted in the field on the keypad as needed, but it's only as a last resort because it takes several steps to do. DMR adjustments are even more involved, but can be done via keypad. The repeater offsets are typically loaded in per channel, so if you had a repeater freq and wanted to do talk-around, I would create a separate channel for that function rather that getting into the keypad. I still use the keypad for VFO operation, but you I get lazy and spoiled by having everything preset. Again, when you do it as DMR, the level of complexity goes way up. Find a PC. Trust me. 😉

[@hennero.3826]

@@Raymazon Thanks for taking the time to answer elaborately. Yes, I trust you - it obviously makes very much sense to find a PC to do the programming, however I have not yet given up finding a solution to do this using my Linux systems. I tried QDMR, but this is of course something generic and does not support all these little details that the Anytones config allows to adjust. Next thing to try is running Anytone's CPS on Wine ... Btw, I meanwhile also think it makes sense to not use the AuRepeater functions and to set the Rx/Tx freq explicitly (this is of course supported by QDMR).

[@Raymazon]

@@hennero.3826 Please let us know what you finally end up doing to solve the issue. I think the limiting factor is that Anytone only makes the CPS software as a PC program. I wish they’d support Mac. They’d be way ahead of the others if they did. I look forward to hearing what you do.

[@hennero.3826]

@@Raymazon Unfortunately I do not really have the solution I would have preferred. Meanwhile I tried to run Anytone's CPS using the Wine software on Linux, with the following disappointing results: 😕 With one Wine version the CPS did not run at all, with another the application started, yet it could not connect to the serial port although I configured the symbolic links on OS level for the /dev/tty... to map them to Windows COM ports. I assume for those that need to uses the device's DMR functionality and depend on CPS the most efficient solution is what you recommended (to find a PC/laptop with Windows). Maybe for what I am planning to use th device for, I will not necessarily need CPS although it would have been rather convenient. For the time being, I do not need much more than configuring a few FM channels. For this, QDMR will do.

[@Raymazon]

@@hennero.3826 Thanks for the update. Fortunately a lot of people are dumping old PC laptops, so getting one for (almost) free can happen if you put the word out there. The old laptop I got has a battery that holds very little charge, making it almost worthless, but works perfectly well for programming radios. The CPS software PC port assignment on the laptop was the only thing I had to sort out. I followed the CPS how-to instructions carefully and it came right up. I didn’t have any other issues after that. I’ve been thinking of doing a video on using the software. If I can find the time, I may try making one. 73 Ray

[@phil1551]

(8:39) you can flip flop between primary and sub band by using the P1 button. My P1 button activates the FM radio. Is that a setting I need to change, if yes what is it, and if no then how do you flip flop between top and bottom? Thanks in advance.

[@raysiposs9822]

The buttons are software programmable inside the radio Settings menu, under Key Func. Scroll through the list to find the button you wish to re-program for another function. You can assign it to various different functions. Hope that helps. 73

[@sweetsweet-wi1ih]

Will this radio scan local transmissions in my area and find color code and talk groups automatically?

[@Raymazon]

It depends on what you mean by scanning local transmissions. You can scan a frequency spectrum like 445.000-449.975 mhz while in the VFO mode. You can find the Talk Group by putting in a frequency and going into Digi Monitor mode and any transmissions heard will display the talk group. I can’t recall if the Color Code is also displayed in that mode, but I think it is. I’ll have to confirm that.

[@raymazonhamradio]

I checked further and the color code doesn’t display the specific Color Code in Digi Monitor, but it does hear radio traffic even if the CC is not set properly. I assume you’d just have to find it manually, trying one at a time, if you wanted to transmit. Hope that helps.

[@greenbean78]

will this radio pick up 160 Mhz also will it do GMRS thanks

[@sethlawrence2226]

Will the radio automatically put out my call sign?

[@raysiposs9822]

In DMR mode it will if you have registered to get an ID number, received an ID number, and programmed the radio with it. The ID number is connected to your call sign in a master database. The radio transmits the ID number, (assuming you programmed the radio with it), and that ID number converts to your call sign. The radio contains a database of those numbers and call signs. So does the server. It happens seamlessly and automatically. So yes, it does transmit your call sign via an ID number, and the database file in the radio reading that number. That's also why you want to periodically update the "contact list" for the radio to keep adding the newly registered numbers in the system. Does that make sense?

[@ManuelPinner]

I have the Alinco DJ-MD5X, works just like the any Tone, but much better Quality,