This is an excellent quality radio at a great price. It is well built with solid construction throughout. The default display color is blue and matches that of my Galaxy radio that sits next to it. Together they look super cool. The default display brightness is just right out of the box. No adjustments were needed. The speaker audio quality is very good, loud and clean even at max volume. The microphone audio quality is also very good. I've received good reports over the air. With a 12 amp power supply this radio puts out the advertised 10/25/45 watts. 45 watts is the default power level and the power level can be set for each channel. Programming this radio manually is very easy. The PL tones and off-set frequencies are easy to set. Once you get the hang of it the rest is a breeze. No need to use the software or data cable included. I use this radio for GMRS so I only programmed 30 channels leaving 170 channels for scanning other frequencies on UHF. Those other frequencies can be set to TX-OFF to prevent accidental transmissions on them. The scanning function is easy to start and stop. It also has a channel lockout setting. You can name each channel with up to seven characters. Overall, I can't find anything to complain about this radio. I'm very pleased with it. Retevis did a great job on the RT-9000D.