Lou:
Well, what you say certainly seems correct to me.
Fortunately, with the help of the XYL, I was able to save my cable, but
there were sure a few anxious moments there! (grin)
73 from tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: question on programming cable for Kenwood TMV7A
>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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>
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