HRO doesn't fix radios that I know of, they may put a voice chip in now and 
then, more out of kindness than anything but they don't actually work on the 
radios other than that. If they try another voice chip and it doesn't work, 
it's going back to Kenwood. Hopefully there's something stupid wrong with 
the chip, the chip's cheap enough it's not worth getting that fixed. I've 
never had a radio with that chip so don't know much about it but have had 
radios with all the other chips and have yet to see a problem. I have always 
put my own chips in though and it would be hard for anything to happen to 
most of the connectors without you knowing it, I also have the digital 
recorder unit in the TS-2000 and had one in my TS-570 when I had that, I'm 
pretty sure I sold it with that unit in it, it would be too much of a pain 
to take it out and swap it to the TS-2000 but I never had a problem with any 
of them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.


> Hi,
> I would just go to HRO with the Radio and see if it is the Chip.
> Maybe they can fix the problem with your radio.
> Colleen, N8TNV;
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]>
> To:  [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 10:07:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>
>>
>>
>> Hi Steve, well I found out the local HRO has 3 SVG-1 chips so I
>> could either get the y l to take me there with the rig and try
>> it, or get them to mail me one and pay for chipping.  But if I
>> take the rig there and find out the new chip doesn't work then I
>> could have them send the rig to Kenwood, maybe.  Anyway it's a
>> serious drag either way you slice it.  No, I don't intend to take
>> the one out of the 480 just to test my theory.  One other idea
>> would be to find a local ham with the same TMV71A rig and
>> pursuade them to let me try it in their rig, but no, I would
>> still have to end up dealing with HRO one way or another.  Well,
>> thanks for listening, Jim WA6EKS
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:56:45 com0500
>> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> I wouldn't mess with the 480, especially if it works.  It's
>> possible that
>> the chip is fine, and the problem is on the motherboard.  I think
>> you may
>> have to send the radio in to get to the bottom of this.
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
>> To: <[log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:38
>> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>>
>>
>>  Hi Steve, could be a possibility about bent pens, but it has
>>  worked fine until a few weeks ago when it first went out and I
>>  fixed it with a reset.  I took a conservative approach when I
>>  first took the lid off again a couple days ago by just tapping
>> it
>>  and wiggling it a little.  That seemed to make it come back.  I
>>  hesitate spraying any kind of contact stuff in the socket.  I
>>  plan to call HRO Oakland to see if they have any voice chips
>>  before making the trek over there.  Of course I could take the
>>  other chip out of my 480 but don't want to tempt fate by doing
>>  that.  Thanks, and wishing you and yours a very happy and
>> healthy
>>  new year, Jim WA6EKS
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
>>  To: [log in to unmask]
>>  Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:46:48 com0500
>>  Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>>
>>  Jim,
>>
>>  I've never had any problems with any of my voice chips, but with
>>  the
>>  exception of the one in my TS2000, I've always had sighted help
>>  putting them
>>  in.
>>
>>  The chip might be dead, but you might also have bent one or more
>>  pins when
>>  you reinserted it.  In any event, it sounds like time for your
>>  friendly HRO
>>  doctor to check it out.
>>
>>  Steve
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
>>  To: <[log in to unmask]
>>  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 00:28
>>  Subject: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>>
>>
>>  Hello listers, I am writing regarding my recent intermittent
>>  TMV-71A speech chip problems, it went out again yesterday.  I
>>  took off the top and tapped and wiggled the voice guide chip
>>  whereupon it started talking again.  However, today, it is dead
>>  again.  This time I turned off the rig and unplugged the chip
>>  and
>>  replaced it again.  That didn't fix it.  guess the only way to
>>  check it out is to take it to my local HRO after finding out
>>  they
>>  have a voice chip in stock and trying a new one to see if that
>>  remedies the problem or if it's in the rig itself.  Has anyone
>>  else had issues with the voice guide chip going out or being
>>  intermittent? Jim WA6EKS