I think Kenwood did that deliberately so they would get to either sell a
lot of replacement cables or service a lot of radios. This looks like it
was engineered to cause trouble.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 11:24 PM 7/24/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> The only thing I can find on the plug is a little groove that is cut out
>of one part of the very base of the plug, but I could never quite tell which
>way it is supposed to be facing--up, down, to the left, or to the right?
>
>It's just really awkward, especially too when you consider that the jack on
>the rig is at such a weird angle!
>
>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:22 PM
>Subject: Re: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A
>
>
> > There should be a slot in the shell of the plug so there should be no way
> > at
> > all you can plug it in the wrong way with out way more pressure than would
> > ever be needed.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A
> >
> >
> >> Tom,
> >>
> >> Look for some kind of raised marking on the plug which goes in to the
> >> radio
> >> and note which way it is pointing, at least I believe there is a dot or
> >> something, else, take some elmer's glew and mark the cable on the top,
> >> closer to the wire end and that way you can turn it to the proper
> >> position.
> >> You could also of course use a piece of dymo tape to mark the cable.
> >>
> >> Fred Olver
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:37 PM
> >> Subject: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi, Folks.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of a full-proof way to correctly plug the programming
> >>> cable
> >>> for the TMV7A into the radio?
> >>>
> >>> For those of you with TMV7A's, who also do the software programming,
> >>> you'll
> >>> recall that the DB9 plug goes into the left corner of the radio at kind
> >>> of
> >>> an odd angle, and is very hhard to insert correctly.
> >>>
> >>> Today, I was doing some programming for one of my TMV7A's, and
> >>> inadvertently
> >>> bent a few of the pins on the plug. I didn't think I had exerted that
> >>> much
> >>> pressure, but obviously, I was wrong.
> >>>
> >>> Fortunately, the XYL spotted the problem, re-straightened the pins, and
> >>> now
> >>> the cable works again.
> >>>
> >>> I simply an mooking for a safe way to insert that plug without causing
> >>> further problems.
> >>>
> >>> Fortunately, the plug on the programming cable for the newer TMV71A is
> >>> much
> >>> easier to use, due to the fact that it is very clearly keyed to go in
> >>> only
> >>> one way, and because the jack is a straight connection on the back of
> >>> the
> >>> rig.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>>
> >
>
>
>
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