Thanks.  There is also an audio manual at the active elements website.

73, Steve KW3A

On 1/1/2016 2:36 PM, Mike Keithley wrote:
> The link to the SG MP3 manual iselvinsite.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/ts590sg.zip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Forst  <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, January 1, 2016 10:45 am
> Subject: TS-590sg first thoughts
>
>>
>>
>> Hi all, and Happy New Year.
>>
>> I heard from a couple of people off-list who were curious as to whether
>> I had gotten my 590sg, and what I thought of it.  Thought I would post a
>> few initial thoughts.
>>
>> It arrived on Tuesday, but I had second thoughts about pulling a VGS-1
>> out of one of my other radios, so I ordered one Tuesday afternoon, and
>> had it here before lunch Wednesday.    Installed it later that day, with
>> no problems, other than dealing with those 4 little screws that hold the
>> cover over the voice board.
>>
>> The SG seems identical in shape, size, and front and rear panel layout
>> to the older S version.
>>
>> It does have a powder coated finish compared to the older flat-smooth
>> finish of the S.   The powder coat, and some differences to accents on
>> the front panel are supposed to make it look more like a little brother
>> of the TS-990.    Probably the easy way for a blind person to tell the
>> difference between is to just feel the top or bottom cover:   slightly
>> rough texture is an SG, and smooth is a S.
>>
>> The menu structure, firmware, and control software are totally different
>> between the 2 versions.
>>
>> A cool feature is that when you enter menus, the first entry speaks
>> firmware version.   This makes it real easy to determine what firmware
>> is installed.
>>
>>    The radio has a additional (or at least different) roofing filter, is
>> supposed to have more dynamic range, and some tweaks in the DSP to
>> improve  RX slightly.  I'm not expecting a tremendous improvement in
>> what was already a fine radio,  just a few tweaks as science marches on.
>>
>> One cool thing blind ops will like is the ability to add 4 additional PF
>> keys to the front panel.  There are no additional keys, but you can
>> remap  the RIT, XIT, and Clear keys in the upper right hand corner to
>> act as PF keys.  Of course you lose the original functions of these keys.
>>
>> Also the multi channel knob now acts as a push button as well.  It can
>> also  act as a PF key.  It will actually perform one function while in
>> any mode other than CW.  Default is to adjust power level.  In Cw mode,
>> default is CW keying speed.  These can be changed in menus, but the
>> ability to push the knob in, turn to change a setting (like power), then
>> push the button again is pretty cool.
>>
>> I think another new feature is the ability to connect the Drive
>> connector  to a SDR receiver.
>>
>> I was  listening  a bit last night, but probably won't be on the air
>> with it until tomorrow.   I need to get my menus and settings
>> straightened out first.  There are now a total of 5 amp keying options
>> that I need to figure out.
>>
>>    I've not found a lot of accessible docs for this version, but  the
>> active elements site has an audio reading of the manual.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>