Scott,

You do have an "all or nothing" option with menu 9, which turns announcement 
on or off (default is on).  If you turn it off, you can still use the PF key 
to have things speak.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Howell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 05:30
Subject: Re: VGS-1 Mystery


>I experienced the same thing and believe someone fell asleep when =
> developing this feature. In fact my only complaints with the speech is =
> the fact you cannot speed it up and you cannot set what things speak. =
> For example, when I adjust the filter I would rather not hear "shift =
> 600" blah blah.
> Otherwise, the voice is really great on this rig.
>
> On Jan 5, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Steve wrote:
>
>> BlankOk, got my TS-590 all installed.
>>=20
>> With the VGS-1, supposedly Menu 7 is supposed to change the announce =
> speed.=20
>> It varies from 1 to 4.
>>=20
>> However, on my unit, it changes pitch.  Do I have a defect, or is =
> announce=20
>> speed one of those things that's lost in the translation?
>>=20
>> Steve, K8SP
>> Lansing, MI
>