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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:09:25 -0500
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Isn't it more worth while to figure out what you did rather than reset the 
radio all the time? I've never reset my radio that I can recall. Not since 
my old TS-450, and I did figure out later I accidently put it in split and I 
think I only did that once.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: TS2000 help


> Gary,
>
> There are 2 modes of reset:  one  blows it all away to factory defaults.
> The other leaves menu settings and memory  channels intact while   only
> resetting  internal radio stuff.
>
> One mode uses the a=b button and the other uses the a/b button. 
> procedure
> is the same, just use one button or the other.   It's been so long since
> I've done it here, I forget which is which, but obviously whatever you did
> was the  one that preserves menus.
>
> hope it solved your problem.  In the next few weeks, the reset is your 
> best
> friend, so get to know him.   BTW, before storing a lot of frequencies, 
> you
> should get the mcp-2000 program to back stuff to the pc so you can get it
> loaded back if a full reset is needed.
>
> The one reset is a full and the other one is called a partial.
>
> 73, HNY, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>
>
>> Thanks Steve, pressing the A=B button a second time did it.  However, it
>> didn't change some of the settings that I had previously changed.  Such 
>> as
>> the beep output level and a few more.  Wasn't that supposed to put
>> everything back to the factory settings?  Any way after that it will now
>> tune on all bands again.  How do you get the voice to read out the  S
>> meter?
>> Thanks for your help and I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions as I go
>> on
>> trying to learn the radio.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:33 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>
>> Congrats, hope it works well for you.    If you have the sub rx on, maybe
>> you have switched control to it and the tuner does notwork  on the sub.
>>
>> Anyway, to reset you need to push the a=b button a second time.   After
>> doing what you have already done, there is a message that comes up on the
>> display asking if you really want to reset.   If you  press the a=b 
>> button
>> again within a few seconds  the reset is completed.   If you do nothing,
>> the
>>
>> reset is aborted and
>> everything stays  as it was.
>>
>> Have fun, Steve KW3A
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gary Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:11 PM
>> Subject: TS2000 help
>>
>>
>>> Okay, the rig came in the other day and I had a sighted friend help me
>>> set
>>> it up and he showed me enough to get me started on HF and everything
>>> worked
>>> great.  So I started exploring which buttons did what.  Now I can't get
>>> the
>>> rig to tune on any band.  The receiver seems to be working fine, it just
>>> won't tune.  I tried pressing the A=B button as I turned the radio on to
>>> do
>>> a complete reset but that didn't appear to do anything.  Is there 
>>> another
>>> way to reset the radio?  Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> 73, Gary, N5GD
>>>
>> 

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