Well, that is strange. I had to redo all of my menus and stuff which I
thought basicly sucked!!! Glad yours worked better. One thing I
possibly didn't do was read the radio first. I'm not sure, but I have
to do the one in the car, so I'll try and pay attention. Well, I
thought you had to do a total reset per instructions, so that is what I
did as I don't think just the vfo or memory or pm reset would actually
do the update. Glad to know yours worked.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
On Wed, 21 May 2008, Steve
Dresser wrote:
> Butch,
>
> I successfully updated the firmware, although the update didn't quite work
> the way yours did.
>
> When I came to the part where I was supposed to do the full reset, I chose
> the wrong one, which worked anyway and had the additional benefit of leaving
> memories and menu settings unchanged. Being somewhat cautious, I decided to
> do the full reset anyway, which set everything back to factory defaults as
> expected. I then started the MC2A program, loaded my file with all the
> memories and menu settings, and wrote it to the radio. All my memories and
> menu settings came back, and I never had to use the exported file which I
> had created per your advice. I know I have the new software because I now
> have Menu 111, and I'm glad I was able to keep all my menu settings. Not
> sure why you got that marketing code error, but I thought you'd be
> interested to know that we got slightly different results. I don't know
> what will work for the rest of you guys, but you can't go wrong following
> Butch's instructions.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 13:46
> Subject: Re: another TMV71A installation question
>
>
>> Not sure what you need as far as assistance, but go here for the
>> software
>> http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/image/TM-V71_TM-D710_Main_V200E.exe
>>
>>
>> The link may wrap. Anyhow, when you run it, follow the instructions on
>> the screen. It will actually uncompress itself and create a folder and
>> you run the one in the folder. It will tell you to press the mem and pm
>> keys as you power up the radio. It won't speak at this point or make any
>> noise. Only way you'll know is if the software begins writing to the
>> radio when you hit enter on o.k. If you get an error, try again. Before
>> you do this however, run the software you used to program your radio and
>> read the data. Once you do this, bring down your file menu and go to
>> export. I saved mine as a hmk file. If you just save it and then try and
>> reload it after the firmware upgrade, you'll get some kind of market code
>> doesn't match error, so be sure and export first so you won't lose your
>> data. Even at that, you'll have to redefine your menu settings as these
>> don't appear to be saved. I made a list in my menu text file of the
>> things I change, so it isn't too bad.
>> 73s
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>>
>> On Wed, 21 May 2008, Anthony Vece
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Butch;
>>>
>>> Can you assist me updating the firmware?
>>>
>>> Also, in exporting the file settings.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:01 AM
>>> Subject: Re: another TMV71A installation question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Speaking of this radio, they just came out with a firmware update for
>>>> the
>>>> 71 and 710. The only improvement I see for the 71 is they have moved
>>>> the
>>>> mike sensitivity to the menu (111) so you don't have to have the
>>>> programming software to change this. Before you do this though, be sure
>>>> and export your data as you'll have to reload it. Just saving it as a
>>>> file won't work as you get this "invalid market code" b s. Also, and I
>>>> don't know why this isn't included, but none of your menu settings are
>>>> saved with this, so you have to redefine these as well. On many of
>>>> these
>>>> rigs, the audio, which is set at medium, is quite low.
>>>> 73s
>>>> Butch Bussen
>>>> wa0vjr
>>>
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