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
> > Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
> >
> >

Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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