Pat:

Are you sure your rig is a TMV7A, and not a TMV71a right out of the box?

As far as I know, you can't get TMV7A's new any more--just used.

If you actually have a TMV71A, the firmware upgrading is pretty straight 
forward, and I can send you the instructions I have to accommplish it if 
you'd like me to.

Actually, I should probably check the firmware version I have on all three 
of mine--the one in the home shack, the second in our vehicle, and the third 
in the motor home.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PATRICK GORMLEY" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:40 PM
Subject: getting started with the tmv7a


>I got a surprise gift for Christmas a Kenwood tmv7a.  I understand that =
> there is a firmware revision to permit me to upgrade it to a tmv71a.  I =
> have the touchtone mic with it and apparently you can't program it from =
> that mic but I'm not sure.  The synthesizer in it is the vgs1.  It seems =
> to have a much better receiver in it than my ic2100H which if it will =
> fit can go in the car since my xyl tina is also a ham.  73- pat kk3f
>