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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