Anytone AT 5000

[Shadetree Mechanic]

A disc capacitor donated a leg, I stuck it in the holes. Hold Function and turn it on to select HF mode. Afterwards, you can pull the white wire jumper out.

I already had the pin jumper to the left, might make a difference. Might not.

 

[CDX8412]

A disc capacitor donated a leg, I stuck it in the holes. Hold Function and turn it on to select HF mode. Afterwards, you can pull the white wire jumper out.

Thank you for that information and thanks for being an early adopter. It is always a crap shoot when buying a radio in its infancy. I’m sure Anytone will have firmware updates coming in the months ahead.

I’m trying very hard to not buy another radio that I don’t really need…but they are making it difficult.

 

[PaulRS]

A disc capacitor donated a leg, I stuck it in the holes. Hold Function and turn it on to select HF mode. Afterwards, you can pull the white wire jumper out.

I already had the pin jumper to the left, might make a difference. Might not.

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Original Amazon listing no longer shows up in a search, so any reviews are gone. Radio has been relisted HERE for $184.99 with $10 shipping. I may go for it now since you kindly posted the manual and band setting. Very helpful. I did notice that the manual for the Anytone and the Albrecht AE5900 are a bit different, even the buttons are labeled differently. Anytone did not define which key press is used for "back" in the menus, but the Albrecht manual says it's the EMG/MEM, which is the MEM/NB/ANL button on the Anytone. Is this what you found?

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Original Amazon listing no longer shows up in a search, so any reviews are gone. Radio has been relisted HERE for $184.99 with $10 shipping. I may go for it now since you kindly posted the manual and band setting. Very helpful. I did notice that the manual for the Anytone and the Albrecht AE5900 are a bit different, even the buttons are labeled differently. Anytone did not define which key press is used for "back" in the menus, but the Albrecht manual says it's the EMG/MEM, which is the MEM/NB/ANL button on the Anytone. Is this what you found?

It's the bottom left button to back out of the menu, can't remember what it says. Strange that they relisted it, still being sold by Anytone. Maybe my review was too revealing? I had updated my review with a link to this thread, then when I was waiting for the update to go through, it was unlisted... I can still see the listing through my orders, and my update never went...

 

[PaulRS]

It's the bottom left button to back out of the menu, can't remember what it says. Strange that they relisted it, still being sold by Anytone. Maybe my review was too revealing? I had updated my review with a link to this thread, then when I was waiting for the update to go through, it was unlisted... I can still see the listing through my orders, and my update never went...

I had saved the original listing in one of my personal lists. About a week ago, after your review posted, it showed "currently unavailable". Today a search for Anytone AT-5000 popped up the new listing. Yes, bottom left button seems to be the one for both versions to back out of a menu.

 

[PaulRS]

A disc capacitor donated a leg, I stuck it in the holes. Hold Function and turn it on to select HF mode. Afterwards, you can pull the white wire jumper out.

I already had the pin jumper to the left, might make a difference. Might not.

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Any luck figuring out how to get into the Tx power setting? Probably be less interested if this rig is stuck at 4W.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Any luck figuring out how to get into the Tx power setting? Probably be less interested if this rig is stuck at 4W.

With the white wire jumper in place, selecting HF will give you three power levels in the menu. High power will give you about 25w peak with a 7w carrier.

 

[PaulRS]

With the white wire jumper in place, selecting HF will give you three power levels in the menu. High power will give you about 25w peak with a 7w carrier.

OK, that's great. Did you see if this is also available when the band is set to HAM?

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

OK, that's great. Did you see if this is also available when the band is set to HAM?

I just checked, the three power levels are available in HAM mode.

 

[PaulRS]

I just checked, the three power levels are available in HAM mode.

Thanks for taking the time to check this out, really appreciated. I think this radio is going to fit my needs for a POTA setup when RVing perfectly.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Engineering Service Mode:
- Use at your own risk.
- Some settings need input from test equipment.
If you access a parameter that needs an input from test equipment and you have nothing hooked to the radio, the parameter is set to zero and you now have a door stop.


- Hold the knob and Mode button in while powering on.
The volume will be full blast static, briefly push power button to mute.

Good Luck

 

[PaulRS]

Anytone has published the manual and band setting to their website. It's in the CB Radio section. Link here. Interesting that the band selection no longer mentions the jumper wire J803, but now has different combinations of power up and button presses. You still need to move the jumper J802 to get the HF and HAM bands as well as the output power selections. Did not take a close look at the manual to see if there are any differences there compared to the version posted here by @Shadetree Mechanic. Radio is on order but won't be here for at least another week. Once I get it I'll see if the new band and power selections are as stated in this new document or if the wire jumper is still needed. No post yet for programming software.
Edit: Posted manual now has a pinout diagram for the microphone connector. Useful to build a programming cable if and when software is available.