(Note: I did not do anything to put the radio into programming mode.

When I powered on the radio, Windows detected the new device and started installing it. I then plugged in the USB cable and the radio.

The final window has an option to 'C' for 'Close' (not shown).Īfter it finishes installing, you get a folder with the short-cut to start the software. The middle button in the first three screen shots is the one you want - you can tell by by the 'N' that it is the 'Next' button. I installed the programming software first and assumed I would install the USB driver when I plugged in the radio. As you can imagine, I stuck with the first version. The other version was the opposite - English installation with a Chinese application. In this version the actual software is in English. I assume it is Chinese as my computer does not recognize the characters and displays gibberish. This version is the one that came on the CD which shipped with my radio. The first version, matching the screen shots below, has the installation steps in Chinese. I've encountered two versions of the software for the UV-3R (Amazon). It supports the UV-3R as well as radios from ICOM, Yaesu, etc. UPDATE 11-09-27: As an alternative to the UV-3R software, you may want to try CHIRP. UPDATE 11-10-25: There is now an updated version of the UV-3R software that was released with the UV-3R Mark II - The new software information is *** here ***. It adds the ability to update the FM Broadcast memories via the software. UPDATE 11-12-12: A new version (1.10) has been released under the UV-X4 model.

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