I ran into the same problem with bent pins and thought it was just me and the CP fumble fingering the 
connection
Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 01:22
Subject: Re: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A


There should be a slot in the shell of the plug so there should be no way at
all you can plug it in the wrong way with out way more pressure than would
ever be needed.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A


> Tom,
>
> Look for some kind of raised marking on the plug which goes in to the
> radio
> and note which way it is pointing, at least I believe there is a dot or
> something, else, take some elmer's glew and mark the cable on the top,
> closer to the wire end and that way you can turn it to the proper
> position.
> You could also of course use a piece of dymo tape to mark the cable.
>
> Fred Olver
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:37 PM
> Subject: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A
>
>
>> Hi, Folks.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a full-proof way to correctly plug the programming
>> cable
>> for the TMV7A into the radio?
>>
>> For those of you with TMV7A's, who also do the software programming,
>> you'll
>> recall that the DB9 plug goes into the left corner of the radio at kind
>> of
>> an odd angle, and is very hhard to insert correctly.
>>
>> Today, I was doing some programming for one of my TMV7A's, and
>> inadvertently
>> bent a few of the pins on the plug.  I didn't think I had exerted that
>> much
>> pressure, but obviously, I was wrong.
>>
>> Fortunately, the XYL spotted the problem, re-straightened the pins, and
>> now
>> the cable works again.
>>
>> I simply an mooking for a safe way to insert that plug without causing
>> further problems.
>>
>> Fortunately, the plug on the programming cable for the newer TMV71A is
>> much
>> easier to use, due to the fact that it is very clearly keyed to go in
>> only
>> one way, and because the jack is a straight connection on the back of the
>> rig.
>>
>> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>