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Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:56:34 -0400
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Hi Jim.

Great.  I probably could have figured it out with the info that John gave 
me, if I had any way of knowing how many numbers they skipped.  Man, talk 
about a tease.  Get a new radio, with a speech board, you're that close and 
you can't even use it!

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 07:50 AM 6/12/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Louis,
>I understand your frustration.  It was difficult to do the initial setup to
>get speech to work without help.In addition to what John says below, when
>counting clicks through the menu choices, note that some numbers are
>skipped.  So, to get to #18, it's *NOT* 17 clicks but fewer than that.  I
>have a list of which numbers are skipped but not with me at work today.
>Also, I did have to change the upper right microphone button to be the enter
>key.
>
>73, KY2D
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:27 AM
>Subject: Re: Getting Started With Kenwood TM-G707A
>
>
> >I didn't reprogram any buttons on that mic, just enabled the mic control, I
> > actually use the 4 buttons on the upper part of the mic a lot. Anyway, the
> > cancel button is the function button, right next to the tuning dial, and
> > in
> > that same column of 4 similar buttons, the OK is the one to the right,
> > then
> > is the band and dimmer buttons beyond that looking different than the 4 I
> > refer to. Menu 1 is the low beep, why not 0 I don't know but it's menu 1.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:50 AM
> > Subject: Getting Started With Kenwood TM-G707A
> >
> >
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> I apparently need a little more detail than the text manual that I have
> >> is
> >> willing to give.
> >>
> >> With respect to the menus, how do you know what menu you are starting
> >> with?  Which keys represent the ESCAPE and OK buttons?
> >>
> >> I keep hearing that you can set these if you can count.  What I want to
> >> do
> >> is set the Dimmer button to operate the voice, and program the PF key on
> >> the microphone for ENTER.  If I can change those two things, I can
> >> probably
> >> live with most of the other defaults.  I still think that not having a
> >> key
> >> that reads the voice right off the bat is pretty dumb.
> >>
> >> 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
Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
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Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753 

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