Gary, did you download any of the stuff from
http://www.icanworkthisthing.com the keychart and quickstart guide are
invaluable.
Fred N9bso
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: TS2000 help
> That's exactly how I feel Steve. I'm going from the 440 to the 2000.
> It's
> like night and day. I got the rig after hearing so many good things about
> it on the list. I just wish there was someone close by me that also had
> one.
>
> Gary, N5GD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>
> Seriously John, I think you may have had a 570 prior to the 2000. I had
> upgraded from a 430, so it was like going from a skateboard to a
> Corvette.
> I didn't know what the rig was supposed to do, much less how to do it. I
> found the manual intimidating and got myself jammed up a few times early
> on
>
> that nothing short of divine intervention or reset would cure
>
> Live and learn.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>
>
>> lol, even if that was literal, I think I'd die looking for the problem.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>
>>
>>> You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. Sure if you can figure it
>>> out
>>> no
>>> need to reset. To me the reset is like a parachute. I'd rather jump
>>> than
>>> figure out why the plane is full of smoke.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:09 PM
>>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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