I too, like others on this list have a TMV71 and like it a lot, never had 
any trouble programming it or changing the menus.
Albert WA7FXB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Tmv-71a is still a great radio


> Ah sure, that splains everything!  seventy trees, Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Pat Byrne
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Tmv-71a is still a great radio
>
> Jim,
> It's the recent full moon.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 11:05 AM 12/4/2012, you wrote:
>>Hey not to worry, it's a terrific radio.  I've had mine for a
>>couple of years and this is the first time it decided to not talk
>>to me.  I'm not giving up on it.  Jim WA6EKS
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: KK4AHX Darren Duff <[log in to unmask]
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Date sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 05:15:39 -0500
>>Subject: Re: Programming memories on the Kenwood 71a
>>
>>Not good news as I just ordered my kenwood! Bad voice chip
>>maybe??
>>
>>
>>
>>73.
>>Darren Duff.
>>amateur radio station KK4AHX.
>>
>>Vice President,
>>Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
>>http://www.cherokeehams.com
>>
>>Cherokee County ARES.
>>http://www.cherokee-ares.org
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: For blind ham radio operators
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:33 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Programming memories on the Kenwood 71a
>>
>>Hi, this is for any users of the Kenwood TMV-71A.  On Monday, I
>>turned on my
>>Kenwood 71a and it wouldn't speak to me.  Must have been
>>something I said.
>>I tried to console it but nothing doing.
>>So, I got mad and wouldn't talk to it either.  Seriously, I did a
>>full reset
>>and behold, the voice came back.  I programmed in a frequency and
>>tried to
>>put it in a memory and that's when I started having issues.  I
>>couldn't save
>>memories.  I even followed some directions I had written
>>previously.  I
>>finally got one to stick but the voice said something like
>>channel 1 of 9.
>>I have never heard it say that before and there are way more than
>>9 memories
>>available.  I thought I knew how to save memories but I guess
>>not.  My menu
>>file is somewhat confusing even reading it on the braille display
>>of the
>>Apex.  I wonder if any of you guys, and girls, has ever sorted
>>out that
>>stuff into a more usable file either for speech or braille users,
>>whatever
>>more usable might mean to people.  Anyway, I am still baffled
>>about the unit
>>not talking.  Just turned it off a couple of days ago, then on
>>today and no
>>speech.  Guess I ignored it too long.  Thanks for any advice.
>>Jim WA6EKS