Richard,

Congratulations on the new radio.  The beep volume adjustment doesn't change 
the speed of the CW feedback, and as far as I know, there is no speed 
adjustment for CW feedback.  You won't damage anything by connecting an 
external speaker to the headphone jack on the right side of the control 
head, but you won't like the way the speaker sounds because it will be low 
level and distorted.  You'll get much better results if you use the external 
speaker jack on the front of the radio.  You can then use the headphone jack 
for its intended purpose, at which time the external speaker will be muted. 
I've had my 480 for about five years, so feel free to ask if you have any 
questions.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 16:07
Subject: ts480 questions


> Hi everyone;
> Finally got my ts480 on the air.  Had a bit of trouble with the mb480 =
> but that was probably because I'm all thumbs.  Haven't figured out a =
> number of things but the synthesizer is quite amazing.
> Briefly, it looks like there is a menu option to change the volume of =
> the beeps, does this also change the volume of the  cw for ssb am etc.  =
> Is there an option to vary the cw speed of the options that give you =
> info in cw rather than voice?
> Secondly, is the "headphone jack" on the right side of the head also =
> usable for an external speaker?  The internal speaker has to go.  Any =
> suggestions concerning a small speaker with decent sound?
> Finally are there some other settings to change when listening to am or =
> foreign broadcast?  I'm just getting started with this radio but am just =
> didn't sound right.  Do you have to manually change the band width?
> Thanks
> Richard
>