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Matthew Chao <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:24:50 -0400
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Hey, Steve.  The jumper block's already installed; a friend at HRO 
whom I've known for years did it for me, bless him.

So, which is right-side up: the side with the tag, or the side 
without?--Matt, N1IBB.

At 05:04 PM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>Matt,
>
>The  extra audio cable isn't needed.  It's only for use if your radio
>doesn't have   another way of getting audio to the unit.
>
>Be sure you are holding it right side up.   Just from memory, I thought
>the  push button was in the lower left corner and not the upper right
>corner.
>
>   you will need to install the jumper block on the header before you do
>anything else.
>
>73, Steve KW3A
>
>On 7/17/2015 4:40 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> > Hey, Steve.  the toy has arrived.  It's a Signal USB 6PM.  It came
> > with three cables:  a USB, A DIN TO RJ45 cable, and a 3.5mm patch
> > cord.  The rear panel has the two connectors, plus a few female
> > connections.  The front panel has a pushbutton in the upper
> > righthand corner, and three knobs in a row with pointers.  Understand
> > where the two thicker cables go, but what about the patch cord?
> > Also, are the installation instructions on the CD?  Would like to do
> > as much of the install as possible, as my YL is technically
> > challlenged, hi, hi.  Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >
> > At 10:13 AM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >> OK  Matt,
> >>
> >> Since you don't have enough to read, be sure to  read about the
> >> data mode selection of the 480 and  how to set the DSP  filtering
> >> for data mode.    There is similar filtering in the 590, but  I
> >> don't do it this way so I'm not familiar with it's use.
> >>
> >> You would want to toggle your mode selection until you hear "L D"
> >> meaning lsb data.  Menu 45 toggles data filtering on and off, but
> >> you will have to read up on this  to figure it all out.
> >>
> >> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/17/2015 9:32 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>> Hi, Steve.  Thanks much.  The main page is a bit daunting,
> >>> indeed.  However, I will follow your suggestion and review these
> >>> articles.  The new toy is scheduled to arrive sometime
> >>> today.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>>
> >>> At 08:13 AM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>> Matt,
> >>>>
> >>>> A couple of days ago you said you couldn't make anything out of
> >>>> the hamradioandvision.com site I had suggested.    Since MMTTY
> >>>> is one of the programs you seem interested in, I've cherry
> >>>> picked 2  articles on that software from the site:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.hamradioandvision.com/mmtty-accessibility-vision/
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.hamradioandvision.com/mmtty-text-to-speech/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not sure there is  anything particular to Digipan on the
> >>>> site, but maybe if you dig deep enough you will find something.
> >>>> There is a lot of good info on the site for blind hams, but  I
> >>>> think the main page can be confusing.    You will also find
> >>>> references to  software that will give  options other than
> >>>> MMTTY and Digipan.
> >>>>
> >>>> Once you get your feet wet, go back to the site and poke
> >>>> around. Things that seem odd today may make sense later on.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >

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