Re: Firmware update?

"toresteen" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:50:36 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.yaesu.vr-5000
Message-ID <[email protected]>

--- In [email protected], "n8lpq" <n8lpq@...> wrote:
>
> I have version 1.3. Can I update this ?  If so how? What does my 1.3 not do compared to the newer version.  How many upgrade versions are there? Thank you for you help
> Ed N8LPQ
>


The last version is 1.7 and it is only available from Yaesu.  It's actuly a HARDWARE upgrade as they REPLACE the EPROM with the new version.  You will have to send in your radio

It's expensive!  The cost in 2006 was $185 plus shipping - $35 for the CPU EPROM and 2.5 hours labor  @$70 per hour.

But it is worth it IMHO.