My MD5 has survived a 1 metre knock from a counter-top onto a bare concrete slab. YOUCH! They’re a tough unit but not without inherent issues. These rigs can be programmed on the fly but are primarily codeplug radios.

Like all the chinese radios, the support is fragmented and left to the end user to interpret. In the case of Alinco, support files seem to reside with Remtronix.

Remtronix – Alinco support MD5XT (XEG)
Remtronix – Alinco support MD5T (EGP)
Remtronix – Alinco support MD500T

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See also the following info…
Alinco MD5 Programming Notes

Factory reset sequence:

  • Press and hold PTT and the next function button below it while turning the unit on.
  • If the reset screen does NOT display, then the codeplug has been set not to allow it. Modify the codeplug and find the option to allow reset to ON, reload the codeplug into the radio and then try the factory reset sequence again.
  • SCT Mode: Hold the hash (#) key and PTT down while booting.
  • Go >>HERE<< to download SCT3258 baseband / DMR codec firmware (V2.01.07BF at time of writing)
  • Go to Jason Reilly’s (SK) archived page for a lot of info.
  • To install Windows .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0) press Start and type “Windows Features” to install .NET Framework 2.x.

Below is the front panel assignments we settled on for Rob’s MD500T and Anytone 578 rigs.

-> Anytone/Alinco Function Key Layout

Below is a vid of changing timeslots on the fly… due to the re-jig of VKDMR in 2023. OK. So you didn’t write your own codeplug. Naughty naughty! Don’t you know you don’t learn nuthin by bludging, ripping off, plagiarizin and basically leeching from others? Tisk tisk. Well here at the WACRS, we totally understand. What’s more, the changes are not that bad which is why we gave you radioz that clowns the likes of you can easily make changes to.