Hi Steve,
Your instructions were quite clear, and I was able to find the radio's sound
card in Windows. I was also able to play said sound card through my
computer's speaker by checking the "Listen to" box in the Recording Tab and
assigning playback of the card to the internal sound card. This exercise
proved to me that the card is working. Now, here's my question:
In the ARCP590 control program, there's a menu item that lets you tell the
radio that modulated input (which I read as your voice or some other audio)
can be sent to the radio via the USB port. With that set, can I send audio
through the radio from my computer? If so, do I key the radio with the same
transmit button I would if I were getting the input from the microphone, or
do I use the separate keying pins on the DIN plug as I would if I were
inputting audio from that DIN plug? I'm guessing I'll have to use the
latter, but I'm not sure. No big deal either way, but I'd just like to
know.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: October 23, 2015 12:00
Subject: 590 sound card
> Hi Steve,
>
> First, I'm very sorry for your recent loss. I hope all is going well with
> you and family.
>
> As for the 590 sound card, first thing is you need to download the virtual
> comm port driver from the kenwood site. This will install as a comm
> port number (whatever) based on what the OS sees. You can always go into
> Windows and change the number of the comm port if the number assigned
> doesn't suit you or your software.
>
> Be sure and follow the instructions and don't plug in the usb cable to
> the radio until you are supposed to.
>
> If using JAWS, you might want to go into JAWS first and tell it to use
> the onboard sound card of the pc. When the Kenwood USB sound device is
> installed, it may become the "default" sound card. Nothing wrong with
> this, but if JAWS is set to use the default card, you will loose speech.
> If you loose JAWS speech along the way, just unplug the USB cable from
> the radio.
> Speech should come back and you can figure out what the problem is.
>
>
> With this driver installed you can now use the USB connection for radio
> control and audio in and out at the same time, using whatever serial port
> number is assigned to the USB connection.
>
> What's next depends on what you want to do with the soundcard. Menus 64
> and 65 are audio in level and out adjustments. It will show up in
> Windows and also in various software packages as USB Audio, or something
> similar. You can give it a unique name within Windows if you have other
> USB audio devices on the computer and want to avoid confusion.
>
> Let me know if this wasn't clear, or if I can be of any other help.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
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