MARS CAP mod - How did you do the MARS CAP mod?

caveat actor. youtube has videos; they're pretty much all the same method. pop off the round black rubber plug under the battery, hold HT upside down while you *very* carefully chip off the surface mount resistor with something appropriate e.g. a tiny flat-tip jeweller's screwdriver. (upside down so the smt falls out of the casing). put the rubber plug back in, re-attach the battery pack. 3-finger salute (hold down the back/disp/band keys at the same time) while you power it on again, to hard-reset the radio. congratulations! note: this is irreversible and voids your warranty. it may also be illegal, depending on your jurisdiction. perform the modification (or not) at your own risk.

Yaesu VX-8DR CAP/MARS GMRS FRS Mod

http://youtu.be/tEKPEVwWwEo