Hi Keith,
I have been busy and unable to respond to your question.  I had a 
TS2000 which I have replaced with a 746PRO.  I agree with all that 
has been said.  The PRO is less accessible than the 2000 - on its 
side, the Icom has what Icom calls triple register stacking - each 
band allows three keystrokes when you switch to it.  So, you can 
configure a 75 meter SSB setting, a CW setting and perhaps an AM 
setting.  Then you could "tab" through those settings and reach the 
desired mode or filter setting you would prefer.  The preset 
arrangement makes the receiver a bit easier to use.  And the filter 
settings are actually not hard to use.  As several people have said, 
many of the menu items can be set and mainly forgotten so a bit of 
initial help would be of benefit.
Bottom line, however is that the receiver, in my opinion is far and 
away better than the Kenwood.  What troubled me about the Kenwood was 
that the receiver had a rushy, watery synthesizer sound which is 
absolutely missing on the Icom, whose receiver really performs.
Hope this doesn't muddy your decision making!!
Pat, K9JAu At 03:10 AM 1/26/2008, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>     I'd like to hear from anyone who has a 746PRO.  How do you like it,
>and how accessible are the various functions?