It is the same radio as the 701, I mean exactly the same, only 
difference is the control head.  I will send you the menu changes I've 
made which will help as it redefines some microphone buttons, a for 
example is speak frequency and d is the enter key.  Might be simpler if 
I talked you through it on the phone some time with me in front of my 
rig.  Here are my changes, write me privately at [log in to unmask] 
and we can get together on the phone if you want.

Here are the things I change in my radios.
I thought this was a menu choice, but it is not.  To mute or attenuate 
the band you're not using press function low to turn this mode on or 
off.

009 Note 1 CON.REC Conversation recording OFF/ ON OFF 79
changed to on
111 new in version 2 of firmware.  sets mike sensativity. medium is 
default. I had previously set these to high which had to be done via the 
computer program before this.

201 RECALL Memory channel recall method ALL/ CURRENT ALL 34
changed to current
202 Note 3 L.OUT Memory channel lockout OFF/ ON OFF 44
haven't locked anything out yet.
403 Note 2 RPT.MOD Repeater mode CROSS/ A-TX/ B-TX CROSS 81
left this in cross mode.
405 Note 2 RPT.ID Repeater ID registration Up to 6 characters  82
set my call on the one in the house.
406 Note 2 ID.TX Repeater ID transmission OFF/ MORSE/ VOICE OFF 82
changed this to morse in the house
501 BRIGHT Display brightness OFF/ 1 ~ 8 8 62
changed this to 4.
507 PF1 PF1 key programmable function value See reference page FR.BAND 
66
508 PF2 PF2 key programmable function value See reference page CTRL 66
509 MIC.PF1 Microphone PF1 key programmable function value See reference
page A/B 66
this is the delta or Dkey, bottom right. changed to enter
510 MIC.PF2 Microphone PF2 key programmable function value See reference
page MR 66
511 MIC.PF3 Microphone PF3 key programmable function value See reference
page VFO 66
changed to vgs for recorder, this is the bravo or b key.
512 MIC.PF4 Microphone PF4 key programmable function value See reference
page CALL (K/ M4 types)
1750 (E types) 66
this is the a or alpha key, changed to voice.
514 SC.RESM Scan resume method TO/ CO/ SEEK TO 43
changed to co for carrier
516 APO Auto Power Off time OFF/ 30/ 60/ 90/ 120/ 180 (minutes) 180 67
521 AUTO.PM Automatic PM entry OFF/ ON ON 41
changed to off in house
This isn't a choice unless you have at least one pm channel defined.



73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On 
Tue, 
27 Jan 
2015, Matthew Chao wrote:

> Hi, Butch.  I have the TM-D710, which I think is the follow-on to the
> 71a.  If so, any idea on how I set and enter repeater frequencies
> into the rig's memory channels and set the PL's?  Thanks in
> advance.--Matt, N1IBB.
>
> At 01:18 PM 1/27/2015 -0800, you wrote:
>> That is the way I remembered that one.  I was thinking there was another
>> model bbetween the 7 and 71, but don't remember it, as I recall it
>> didn't talk well if at all, it wasn't around long.  The 71 is one very
>> nice and good radio.  If it had 220, that would be cool, although no 220
>> here, really nothing much here except me and my own repeaters.  I think
>> I have a 7 I suppose I could sell to a blind person,  not sure what it
>> would be worth and I'd have to dig for it, still in a box I brought back
>> from Vegas.  I liked the 707 well, think it used the vs3, but as I
>> recall the pl tones did talk, not sure about that.  Only thing I had
>> against that radi was it was one band at a time, but again, a very good
>> radio.  The 71 is also very easy to open up for those interested in such
>> things.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>>
>>> Butch,
>>>
>>> You are correct.
>>>
>>> Early runs of the V7A up through a serial number that I forgot long ago
>>> had a display that would fail.
>>>
>>> I owned one of those units for a few years. For some time, Kenwood
>>> would replace the control head free of charge, but they no longer do that.
>>>
>>> That problem aside, the TMV7A is very reliable, but the voice feedback
>>> in its menus is more like that in the TS570 or TS2000, since it uses
>>> the same voice chip as those radios.
>>>
>>> As I said above, the radio is very reliable. I bought mine used from
>>> Anthony, W2AJV, who is on this list, in either 2003, or 2004. I sold it
>>> to a local sighted ham after I bought my TMV71A in 2008. He still
>>> checks into our local nets with it every week.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>>
>>>
>
>