Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Anytone 878 handheld radio display screen.

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The popular Anytone AT-D878UV Plus radio is a great ham Analog & DMR radio, but understanding the radio's display screen for the first time can be very challenging. My ham friend and I found it to be confusing and overwhelming at first, and we wished that someone had a video to explain it. So we made this to help others in the same situation.
This video explains the common display icons found on the Anytone 878 screen, and what they mean. It will help you to better understand and use the radio for the first time.
The analog and digital DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) combination of features requires a new understanding of amateur radio operation-especially the DMR mode.
Please leave comments or suggestions below so that I know other areas of interest I may want to address in a future video.
73.
#anytoneD878UVPlus #Anytone878DisplayScreen #hamr #hamradio

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26 июл 2024

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@DaninVirginia 8 месяцев назад

Well done! I really appreciate the time and effort to put this vid together, thanks guys!!

@Raymazon 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! I appreciate that. I’ll be adding some more content soon-as soon as my schedule allows. It’s a challenging radio.

@EerieProductions1 4 месяца назад

I look forward to that, I’m only using it for analogue but still got to get my head around the settings, oddly the radio came with repeaters for the whole country built into regions, Im yet to figure it all out and plug it in to a PC, but it found the local repeaters with access in and out without me doing a thing wow @@Raymazon

@digitalanaloguehamradio 9 месяцев назад

Excellent description

@SantanderUsa Год назад

Well Done Ray, Nice cadence of speech, perfect clarity, message 1st and then the person (not the other way around), and incredible relaxing setting. You should be a Academic, well, I am pretty sure you are. Regards and 73.

@blackhatbushcraft Год назад

Very nice explanations. I definitely found this to be helpful. I have the AT 878ii plus on the way and can’t wait to get it programmed! Take care!

@llaymard Год назад

Thanks for putting this video together. I plan on purchasing the 878 and it was straightforward and easy to follow. It is complex and overwhelming when you first encounter the screen.😊

@Raymazon Год назад

Thank you for the feedback.

@alicewyan Год назад

Thank you, just got one and it's not the easiest to get started!

@Raymazon Год назад

Thanks. Let me know if there is something I can film to help explain it better.

@mxv2015 Год назад

Thank You, cleared up alot of questions about the clutter on the screen.

@Raymazon Год назад

I’m happy it helped you.

@LevyCarneiro 2 года назад

Very helpful. Thanks!

@Raymazon 2 года назад

I’m glad it was helpful. 73

@halsmith534 Год назад

I liked your video. Thanks very informative.

@Raymazon Год назад

Thank you!

@W5HSJ 8 месяцев назад

Excellent video Ray! I bought my AnyTone 878UV, Version 1…. With all due respect, I have had nothing but trouble trying to get my radio programmed for DMR hotspots, especially the SkyBridge Plus, not the new Mega. That is still a nightmare…. It would be wonderful if you could do this exact style video on what all “Configuration” boxes mean on a Pi-Star hotspot? I usually purchase RTSystems software for programming anything DMR, but the regular AnyTone programming software AND the RTSystems software for this 878UV still is a nightmare! I still can’t figure it all out…. I have gotten so frustrated with this handheld, I have resolved to just program it as an analog FM handheld, for both simplex and repeaters…. Please keep up the fantastic appreciative excellent work you’re doing Ray….73…. Mark W5HSJ. Corpus Christi, Texas.

@Raymazon 7 месяцев назад

Hi Mark. Thanks for the input. I don’t personally use a hotspot currently, but I asked around with some knowledgeable people (thank you Bob) and it was suggested that you can contact Bridgecom, or better yet, to do a search of the words MMVM offset. The feeling is that you have a hotspot “offset” setting that needs to be checked. It sounds like that would be the place to start. The radio is challenging because of the digital aspect. Analog is easy. Once you have the digital working, it should begin to make sense. Let me know if this helps. 73 Ray

@kchaney56 4 месяца назад

Thanks, I just got my 878, thinking I should "get into digital" and I am overwhelmed.

@Raymazon 3 месяца назад

Sorry for the delay in responding. The 878 and DMR is a handful to learn. Once you understand the programming, it gets a little easier. Send me feedback with what areas you are struggling with.

@kchaney56 3 месяца назад

@@Raymazon Thanks

@MyHonkytonkman Год назад

excellent thank you

@Daveyboygoeswild 2 года назад

Great video and a big help, I just picked up one, I resent it so lost everything, didnt know it didnt do ham mode out of the box. understanding the screen is a big help. Programming cable coming tomorrow so will unlock it then. Quicck question, how did you get to just 1 line for the screen (1 frequency desplay) how you run the radio if that makes sense

@Raymazon 2 года назад

Thanks for the feedback. There is a setting in the menu for turning on or off the various items displayed. I turn of the dual band receive feature for the single fequency/channel display. Look under Settings/Radio set/Display Func/Sub Ch Hide. That will hide the secondary channel display. Good luck! It’s a great radio.

@dangerous8333 2 года назад

Yours didn't come with a programming cable? 🤔 Mine did...

@xmj225jg5 Год назад

I m looking for the proper way to setup Digital Aprs , Ive seen several videos and each one is different in what boxes to be checked up or set up

@Raymazon Год назад

That’s a topic I should look into. I would be curious to know how popular APRS is with most users of that radio. Good suggestion.

@toddone2371 11 месяцев назад

Question for you. On my 878, when I press "menu" and then scroll down and press "zone", it brings up a list of zones programmed in the radio. One of my zones has a green "P" in front of it. What does that green "P" indicate ? Anybody got any ideas ?........

@Raymazon 10 месяцев назад

Can you send a screenshot of it? I’m not sure if you can in comments.

@toddone2371 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for your reply. It won't let me do that.

@Raymazon 10 месяцев назад

@@toddone2371 I just noticed it on one of the zones that I created. I'll do some research when I have time. I'm not sure what it represents.

@dangerous8333 2 года назад

Everyone talks about how difficult radios are and programming. Compared to fpv drones and 3d printing it's a breeze.

@tulenik71 Год назад

Depends. DMRs are the worst case, because they weren't designed for ham radio use, originally. In contrast, C4FM/Fusion or D-Star are using normal callsigns and are much more user friendly. Unfortunately, in my area, there is no Fusion nor D-Star repeater (or their behaviour is a bit strange), so I was forced to buy this radio. It is not that bad but I really don't like the way how DMR works. And from my own experience, FPV drones are a breeze :D

@n1kkri Год назад

Is your anytone a 878uv or one of the newer ones? if its a 878uv and you have firmware 1.25 or higher can you tell me if you can send Analg APRS messages. Thanks,

@n1kkri Год назад

I just put 1.27 firmware on my 878uv. It does work sending Analog APRS messages now. I guess the APRS/BT board is only needed for receiving APRS not transmitting.