Tom,

Depending on how that foot switch is hooked into the circuit, you may have 
to use the actual PTT button on the mic.  You may have just been keying the 
transmitter, which might account for why there was no speech.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 18:45
Subject: TS480 firmware update continued


> Hi, all.
>
> I tried to find out my firmware version on my home shack TS480, but did 
> not
> get any voice read-out from the VGS1.
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> I used my Heil footswitch to activate the PTT on the mic, while
> simultaneously pressing the power on key and the NR key on the radio 
> control
> head.  The rig kind of turned on, and got silent, as if there may have 
> been
> something on the screen, but I got no voice read-out.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>