I'm seeing more and more covered jacks on newer radios.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: external speaker connection for the TS480


> Tom,
>
> I think they put that cover there to keep dust out of the radio.  Remember
> that in a car, you might hide the radio under a seat, and if you aren't
> using any of those jacks, you'd want to protect the radio from all the 
> dust
> and other detritis that might drift into it if it weren't covered.  On the
> other hand, they could have used a simpler method such as little rubber
> plugs for each of the jacks.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 21:45
> Subject: Re: external speaker connection for the TS480
>
>
>>    Howard:
>>
>> The plastic cover is on the front center of the main radio unit.
>>
>> You'll feel it just above what seems to be a round group of ventilation
>> holes on the center of the radio unit.
>>
>> Once you find it, put your fingernail in the crack at the top of the
>> radio,
>> and gently pull the cover towards you, and presto, it'll come off, and
>> there
>> will be the jacks.  There's an external speaker jack on the left, 
>> followed
>> by two data jacks.
>>
>> My XYL tells me that the cover says "Kenwood" on it.
>>
>> If you still can't find it, let me know, and I'll try another 
>> description.
>>
>> What puzzles me is why they put the cover there, and what purpose it
>> serves.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: external speaker connection for the TS480
>>
>>
>>> How do you find that littl e plastic cover?  I have been looking for itt
>>> for
>>> thirty months.  I can't find it!!!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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