Customize Baofeng Radio Start Up Screen Image 5RM UV-17 More

Customize Baofeng Radio Start Up Screen Image. Make your own image appear when you turn on your Baofeng radio. This works with the new Baofeng 5RM, UV-17 pro, UV-5r, UV-17R, UV-21R, UV-5G Plus, DM-1701, and a few others. The boot up image will only stay on for a second or two but it is nice to customize your own HAM radio to be different from others.

[dvmdr]

I tried to customize the start-up screen image but it initially said "Failure". I am on the right port as verified by my PC's Device Manager. The resolution was 160x128 pixels in Bitmap (BMP) File format and 60KB size. What I did was to reinsert the programming cable to the radio, make sure it fits, then change the USB port, and it worked! Thank you for this, Sir. 73!

[anthonyjamieson]

Greetings from Colorado!
Thank you sir, my first go and it went without a hitch! ; very clear and concise instructions!

[jameskelly]

For those making comments that it gave them an error, I got this procedure to work:

Go into CHIRP-next and go to the radio settings, change the startup splash screen from the default Baofeng picture "logo" to "battery voltage". (Now when you start up the radio, instead of displaying a picture, it will simply say "Battery 7.8 Volts".)

Now follow the procedure he has outlined in this video to upload your bitmap to the radio.

Then exit the program and restart CHIRP-next. Change the setting back from "battery voltage" to "logo".

This worked for me, first time. If it's merely a coincidence and had nothing to do with the battery voltage setting, if you are still getting the error message, please reply to this comment so that others can see it.

[HoosierOrdnance]

Very helpful! Worked well and easy to follow!

[oDIRECTORo]

Thanks bud... I love random details like this.

[jm-shqr]

i wish i had one of these to try this out on

[mattmakesmachines]

Is there any way to customize the start up sound?

[mrgclips]

And how can you reset it to the original image? I've tried the full Reset, but didn't reset the picture.

[crabbycrouton]

i don't have the tools function in my CHIRP on Linux and can't download the .exe programming from Baofeng on a chromebook, do you know a workaround? thanks

[obelich]

Hi I have UV-5RM Plus and I want to connect to PMR Radio 462.713000 but is block you know how to unlock it :( i have try using the old style presing PTT + Monitor + VFO and Power but dont work :(

[rullirulli]

mine starts transferring on COM5 and then shows FAILURE... can you help me?

[Explorer_Camargo]

How do I edit frequency, it doesn’t work on my part.

[fondy]

Now if we could just figure out how to change the menu font color from red to white I'd be able to use my radio during the daytime 😂

[multiverse-rc]

i tried this but it came out garbled i did everything you said to do?? im lost

[adamdarby]

Anyone test the signal? Another channel said the 5rm has a very dirty signal?

[keithmatthews]

I saved an image of my call sign because I'm old and suffer from CRS.