I found these simple instructions for disabling the internet thingie that everyone, sooner or later, turns on by accident...

DISABLING THE YAESU WIRESFUNCTION
Each time the WIRES DTMF tone is transmitted, the repeater mutes for several seconds and the first few words of the
user’s transmission are lost.
The WIRES function is turned ON or OFF by momentary pressing the 0 key on a
FT-60 handheld or left VOL knob on a FT-8800 or 8900 mobile radio. The
WIRES function can be disabled so that it can not accidentally be turned on
using the following steps:

FT-60 – See manual page 49
1. Press the F/M key then immediately press the 0 key to enter the menu
mode.
2. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 23 – INT MR.
3. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select a memory (d1
through d9) that is empty, i.e. it contains ••••••(six dots) = no tone.
4. Press the F/M key to store the setting.
5. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 21 – I NET.
6. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select INT.MEM.
7. Press the F/M key to store the setting.
8. Press the PTT button to exit the menu mode.
To re-enable the WIRESmode, select INT.COD in menu 21.


VX-170 & VX-177 - See manual page 48
1. Press the F/M key then immediately press the 0 key to enter the menu mode.
2. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 24 – INT MR.
3. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select a memory (d1 through
d9) that is empty, i.e. it contains ••••••(six dots) = no tone.
4. Press the F/M key to store the setting.
5. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 22 – I NET.
6. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select INT.MEM.
7. Press the F/M key to store the setting.
8. Press the PTT button to exit the menu mode.
To re-enable the WIRESmode, select INT.COD in menu 22.


FT-8800 / FT-8900 – See manual page 50 or 48
1. Press the SET key momentarily to enter the set mode.
2. Rotate the Main band Dial knob to select menu 15 – DTMF W.
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3. Press the Main band Dial knob momentarily then rotate the Main band
Dial knob to select a memory (d1 through d16) that is empty, i.e. it
contains ••••••(six dots) = no tone.
4. Press the Main band Dial knob momentarily to store the setting.
5. Rotate the Main band Dial knob to select menu 17 – INET.
6. Press the Main band Dial knob momentarily then rotate the Main band
Dial knob to select INT.MEM.
7. Press the Main band Dial knob for ½ second to store the setting and exit
the menu mode.
8. Rotate the Main band Dial while pressing and holding the left VOL knob to
select the same memory selected in step 3 above.
To re-enable the WIRESmode, select INT.COD in menu 17.

What the heck happened to just press the zero key???

Dang, that's a list.

And what of us with the other yaesu radios? Do we stand the chance to mess up too lol or are they to fancy

Good stuff, Dale. THe answer to the "press the zero key" question is that Dale's method makes it so that whether the internet key is activated or not, it still won't work, so no more accidental turn-on.

I think:confused:

Good stuff, Dale. THe answer to the "press the zero key" question is that Dale's method makes it so that whether the internet key is activated or not, it still won't work, so no more accidental turn-on.

I think:confused:
John, I "think" it works like this. You still get the WIRES mode icon, but because you've stored a "null" tone, it doesn't actually work and blank the repeater like it normally would. Will confirm later today.