Tytera TYT MD-380 New Fonts and Graphics

These new fonts are great compared to other default fonts.

These fonts make the screen less busy.

You can take a look at the "SHARED" youtube video

MD-380 setting.ini

Yes the file is setting.ini. The path for me with a default Windows 7 install is:

- C:\Program Files (x86)\MD_380\MD_380\SoftWare_EN\setting.ini

Note it is in the Programs folder so you will generally need to Administrator to modify.

I'm using MD_380 v 1.30. Here's what my setting.ini looks like:

[setup]
language=english
testmode=1
model=DR780
oemmodel=MD_380
oemindex=255
windowtext=CPS MD_380
readwrite=0
chcount=1000
zonecount=250

MD-380 Official Speaker MIC

Here is a picture of the three mics side-by-side.... Quality has its price...

Comment below if you have the model numbers or names.

TYT Tytera customer warning

TYT Tytera customer warning

How does that go again...you can paint a old taxi a new color, but it's still a taxi?.....something like that?

I HIGHLY suspect the new MD-390 is NOT a improved model, but the same exact guts from a 380 with a larger battery.

I have lost any faith in TYT to produce a decent product. I had also ordered a quad band mobile from them. We sent that pile of crap (well it LOOKED nice) back to them (on their dime). The receiver was as selective as a crystal diode set.

TYT tried HARD really hard to screw us, but we had Paypal on our side.Paypal got involved and found in our favor 4 times! It got to the point were we contacted TYT and demanded to know how they wanted their shit sent home.They finally gave us a number to use with DHL (their account). Meanwhile we got threats from Joey Pan and his boss "Sophia", they were extremely angry at Paypal for refunding us and told Paypal they could not do that! (they need to read their Paypal agreement).

Would we do business with TYT ever again? NOT ON A BET!

All I can say is this.....buy from a store thats going to back the sale.They are going to be your backup.Ask this question...."What is the warranty period on this product and does it include postage".If you deal directly with TYT THERE IS NO WARRANTY.TYT never wants to see that shit again.

Now if spending $200 on a radio is "Expendable" like fruit that's going to spoil, you are golden, but if you see this as a INVESTMENT..think again.I would love to hear from others that have needed parts support from TYT.You drop your MD-380 and crack the case, or break a knob or control.So far as we see it, the only thing you can get is extra batteries and belt clips.If you have a Motorola, Kenwood, Icom,Yaesu..getting parts is no problem.

MD380 out of band reception

I have worked out how to program out of band. I have been able to enter RX freq upto 498.000mhz.

Change this in the setup.ini

Original value is

freq2=[400-480MHz]

data2=00400048

Change to the following

freq2=[400-520MHz]

data2=00400052

The last two numbers determines the frequency.

You can then enter any freq from the keypad you like upto around 498.

My radio works really well.

The only problem is that when you program your radio using the software it will only only you to enter VHF 136 - 174.

If you ever want to go back to original just change the values in the setup.ini back to original

It's likely chirp can be used to program out of band. A chirp plugin already exist although I don't know how complete it is.  Just because the display says something it doesn't mean it will actually work.  I'm sure there are filters in the radio to attenuate signals outside the bands it was meant for.  This make the question now.  

How far out of band can the radio TX/RX effectively?

[setup]

language=english

testmode=1

model=DR780

oemmodel=MD_380

oemindex=255

windowtext=CPS MD_380

readwrite=0

chcount=1000

zonecount=250

password=0

readmodel=0

exeflag=0

exepassword=777777

languagemenu=1

jstdefault=0

voiceencrypt=1

timesetting=1

[FreqRange]

freq0=[136-174MHz]

data0=60134017

freq1=[350-400MHz]

data1=00350040

freq2=[400-520MHz]

data2=00400052

freq3=[450-520MHz]

data3=00450052

I am able to program upto 498 and it receives fine, once I go over 498, it seems very deaf.

You need to program the radio with a codeplug that already has all your channels you need except for the ones above 480Mhz. You then add the  extra out of band channels you need, write this to the radio, then you have to program each channel from the keyboard, you require above 480.

Make sure when you program the radio with the TYT software you set the DIGITAL or ANALOGUE before you write to the radio as you can not change this via the keyboard.

You can program from the keypad in a limited capacity.  It's really only useful in circumstances where you are modifying a channel.  There is no way to create a new channel.  To do it you must enable the option using the software first. Then it will appear under utilities.

The chirp plug-in is available via github from travisgoodspeed. It's part of the 380usbtools package.  It's incomplete and can only do the analogue programming.  Furthermore it requires a manual read/write to the radio currently.

TYT MD-380 DMR UHF $129

TYT MD-380 DMR UHF HT Radio for MotoTRBO
$199.99 - $129

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Model Number: MD380

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TYT MD380 DMR HT - Firmware Upgrading Guidelines

TYT MD380 DMR HT - Upgrading Guidelines (V1.0.0)

Run ‘DMR Upgarde Setup vx.xx.exe’ to install the upgrading tool.

Install the USB driver if not already installed.

Then run the upgrading software tool, then

1) Open the upgrading object file (the firmware update .bin file);
2) Connect the radio to the PC by the programming cable;
3) Press the PTT & TopKey and then power up the radio;
4) Click ‘Download upgrade file’ button to start upgrading;
5) Wait and until the PC reminde Success or Failure (about 1minute);
6) Power Off the radio. hen run the upgrading software tool, then

TYT MD380 radio LED blink lights

There is a single LED indicator on the top front of the radio that is used to indicate the radio’s status as follows:

• Green: Received signal present
• Orange: Radio is scanning
• Red: Radio transmitting

The LED blinks orange while scanning. An orange LED does not indicate that there is activity on a channel. Solid green LED means activity on a channel.

This is not an amateur radio. Commercial radios scan more slowly than amateur radios.

It seems it see rf on the channel scanning light turns orange but does not switch to actvate channel.

If I quickly go through channels I usually find the active channel.

Now if I don't have the particular group code in radio and there is rf activity on channel orange light is lit but I'm not decoding any info. Scanning is basically seems useless at this point.

STM32F Device in DFU Mode

DM-380 Interface
STM32F Device in DFU Mode
Connector	Function USB	Function Acc	Colour	Kenwood Pin	USB Pin	MPU Pin	MPU Function
2.5mm Sleeve	GND	GND	BLA	6	4	-	-
2.5mm Ring	D-	-	WHI	6	2	32	PA11
2.5mm Tip	-	SPK	-	1	-	-	-
3.5m Sleeve	-	PTT	-	4	-	-	-
3.5mm ring	-	MIC	-	2	-	-	-
3.5mm Tip	D+	-	GRN	N.C.	3	33	PA12

MD-380 motorboat sound

When I transmit with a MD-380 and a rubber-duck antenna, there is a "motorboat" sound on my transmit audio when using a Retelvis speaker mic.  I opened the mic and observed that they are not using a shielded mic cable.  When I transmit into a dummy load or an outside antenna the "motorboat" sound is gone.

Has anyone been able to fix this RF into audio problem and what speaker microphones do not have this problem?

The problem goes away when you use the proper mic for it... such as the following unit.

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North America - USA 🇺🇸 / Canada 🇨🇦 Amateur Frequencies
A shared discussion about North America Frequencies.
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Tytera MD380 USB to Cable Pinout Diagram

Tytera MD380 USB to Cable Pin out Diagram:

Plug Diagram:

GND (USB 4)to 2.5mm plug Sleeve/Shield
D+ (USB 3)to 3.5mm Tip
D- (USB 2) to 2.5mm Ring
+5 (USB 1)N.C.


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https://groups.io/g/DigitalHamRADIO

Amateur Radio Users Support Group
https://groups.io/g/AmateurRadio 

North America - USA 🇺🇸 / Canada 🇨🇦 Amateur Frequencies
A shared discussion about North America Frequencies.
https://groups.io/g/Frequency


Radio Scanners
https://groups.io/g/Scanners
Whistler Scanners [Whistler, Uniden]

Tytera MD-380 v. CS-700

Why in the world would you recommend the CS700 over the MD380? The MD380 already offers more features than the CS700 and it's only been out for two months. CSI promised front panel programming for the CS700 in January 2014. Still not here. The MD380 does it out of the box. Nuisance delete just started working on the CS700, only 18 months after the feature was supposed to be fixed. I works now on the MD380. The MD380 has a battery eliminator available right now. CSI hasn't even contemplated offering a battery eliminator for the CS700. The MD380 uses a standard female SMA connector on the radio, so that hams can use any number of the thousands of SMA antennas available. The CS700 uses a male SMA on the radio, which is also a standard, just not for amateur radios.