Which key are you calling the m r key?  second from the bottom of the 
group of four?  I can't get mine to do anything but go into receive.
On 
Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Steve Dresser wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>