Hi Richard,

Congrats.  I'm still new to this one, but can tell you that there is an 
external speaker jack on the main unit.  About 2 inches to the right of 
where the  cable from the remote head plugs into the main unit.   You will 
have to remove the small plastic cover that covers the speaker jack, and 2 
mini din jacks ( one is for  something like a tnc and the other is for 
connecting an amp).  If I remember right, you kind of squeeze the sides of 
the plastic cover and it will pop off.

73 Steve KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 4:07 PM
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
>