no, the software for that radio is only for memory control, no menu access. 
I wish it had menu access, but by counting clicks and stuff, you can do it, 
I managed with mine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Getting Started with Kenwood TM-G707A


> Hi John.
>
> If I were to take the radio upstairs and put it on the desktop computer,
> could I access the menus through the programming software and reset the
> menu for the dimmer button so that it would operate the speech?
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 06:29 PM 6/11/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>>have you got the manual from www.icanworkthisthing.com yet? if so, you'll
>>find there is a way in the menu to get the dimmer button to make the radio
>>talk and all, it's just a case of counting the clicks in the menu and
>>remember some menu options are not active, like in VFO, naturally the 
>>memory
>>channel lock out isn't, but you can figure those out and you should get it
>>going that way. I think they use the 25 pin connector because they deal in 
>>a
>>lot of commercial equipment and that's all 25 pin and dos software still.
>>Luckily the ham radio software is windows. My ham radio desk computer is
>>windows 98 and still going though I had 1 scare not long ago.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:22 PM
>>Subject: Getting Started with Kenwood TM-G707A
>>
>>
>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > I got the programming cable for the radio only to discover that the 
>> > laptop
>> > that I've been using to program radios has gone where all old Windows 
>> > 98
>> > computers eventually go...
>> >
>> > There doesn't seem to be a button that I can find that makes it speak,
>> > except for the BAND button, so I'm assuming there is some setup that 
>> > must
>> > take place.
>> >
>> > Keeping in mind that I live by myself, and that I do not have a reader, 
>> > is
>> > there anyway I can get this thing going, or is it time to press the old
>> > TW4000A back into service for a little while longer?
>> >
>> > Also, I notice that Kenwood is quite behind the times as their cable is 
>> > 25
>> > pin serial instead of USB.  Since I'll probably have to get a new
>> > computer,
>> > this might be quite a problem.
>> >
>> > Let me know if there is an easy way to get the '707 going, and if 
>> > anyone
>> > has a keychart, that would be helpful, also.  I've figured out a little 
>> > of
>> > it, but there is still more that I don't know than there is that I do
>> > know.
>> >
>> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Louis Kim Kline
>> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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>> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
>> >
>> >
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>