ok, thanks for the information.  I couldn't find the "good button lay out"
on Icanworkthisthing.com  I found one that laid out the buttons for the mic.

Anyway, the dimmer button: do you change that setting so it is the voice
button in the menu's?

Brian, k5in
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: restting the tmg707a


> There's a very good button lay out on www.icanworkthisthing.com though
> yours
> is just about as good, a note though, that brightness button can also be
> the
> button to read the frequency, mine is set up that way. Also, 1 MHz is the
> center of the tuning dial.  I love my TM-G707A, I've almost had it 3 years
> now and actually I got rubber feet from radio shack and stuck them on the
> bottom of it so it sits on my desk,  1 of the best ideas I ever had. A lot
> of the older 2 meter mobiles had that from the factory, I have no clue why
> they stopped that since most people that have a base setup on UHF/VHF have
> mobile radios to use for it. Base equipment is so few and far between and
> expensive it makes sense but I didn't mind doing it my way either.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K5IN" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:36 PM
> Subject: restting the tmg707a
>
>
> Hi,
>
> First, press and hold the memory button while turning the rig on.  It
> would
> appear you should hold the memory button in for a count of about 25 to 30?
>
> Second, I wasn't able to find a button lay out for the front of the radio
> so
> I will give it a run myself.
>
> These of course are multi function buttons but the basics are what is
> needed
> to get started!
>
> Top left of the radio is call.
>
> Second down on the left is vfo and third down is memory!
>
> Across the bottom front of the radio:
> function,
> is the first button.
>
> Second button, tone, ctcss and low beep is no tone.  In order to set the
> tone press the function and hit the button right next to it and turn the
> vfo
> to select the right tone.
>
> Third button, is reverse but if you hit ufnction and then hit it you have
> offsets.  Low tone is simplex, next tone is plus and third beep is minus
> offset.
>
> Fourth button, Power output.  Low tone is high, next is medium and third
> beep is low power.
>
> Fifth button, selects the band.  First beep is 118mhz which is a low tone,
> second beep is well, better wait on that and the vs3 will tell you anyway.
>
> 6th or right hand most button across the front: low tone is brightest
> display, next is medium, third beep is low display fourth beep is extra
> low
> and finally shuts the display back lights off.
>
> Top right button, power on and off.
>
> Second button, "PM" useless for now!
>
> 3rd button, menu.  While trying to select something in menu's or to select
> a
> pl tone or ctcss hit the power out or fourth button across the bottom
> front
> to select the pl tone or go into the menu items.
>
> I know this is crude but hopefully it will help someone.  I was totally
> loston this radio until one or two of the members on this list helped me
> out
> and I thought I would share my new knowledge.  Yes, the radio as most of
> you
> know does speak the pl tone selected!