Hi Steve, well, I really wanted to do just that, take it there,
but too much else is going on so as you will see from another
email, I just mail ordered another chip from them. Should get
here next Wednesday. Besides, HRO wouldn't have been able to
diagnose the problem, I would have just opened up the rig there
and popped in another chip and it would have either worked or
not. Can do the same thing here. I have a friend who lives a
few miles away who has a 71a but I don't want to ask him to try
out my old speech chip in his rig though I am tempted to do so.
Jim WA6EKS.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:14:14 -0500
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
Jim,
If it were my radio, I'd just bite the bullet and take it to HRO.
Definitely a drag, but as you say, all roads point that way.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 13:07
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
Hi Steve, well I found out the local HRO has 3 SVG-1 chips so I
could either get the y l to take me there with the rig and try
it, or get them to mail me one and pay for chipping. But if I
take the rig there and find out the new chip doesn't work then I
could have them send the rig to Kenwood, maybe. Anyway it's a
serious drag either way you slice it. No, I don't intend to
take
the one out of the 480 just to test my theory. One other idea
would be to find a local ham with the same TMV71A rig and
pursuade them to let me try it in their rig, but no, I would
still have to end up dealing with HRO one way or another. Well,
thanks for listening, Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:56:45 -0500
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
Jim,
I wouldn't mess with the 480, especially if it works. It's
possible that
the chip is fine, and the problem is on the motherboard. I
think
you may
have to send the radio in to get to the bottom of this.
Happy New Year.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:38
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
Hi Steve, could be a possibility about bent pens, but it has
worked fine until a few weeks ago when it first went out and I
fixed it with a reset. I took a conservative approach when I
first took the lid off again a couple days ago by just tapping
it
and wiggling it a little. That seemed to make it come back. I
hesitate spraying any kind of contact stuff in the socket. I
plan to call HRO Oakland to see if they have any voice chips
before making the trek over there. Of course I could take the
other chip out of my 480 but don't want to tempt fate by doing
that. Thanks, and wishing you and yours a very happy and
healthy
new year, Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:46:48 -0500
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
Jim,
I've never had any problems with any of my voice chips, but with
the
exception of the one in my TS2000, I've always had sighted help
putting them
in.
The chip might be dead, but you might also have bent one or more
pins when
you reinserted it. In any event, it sounds like time for your
friendly HRO
doctor to check it out.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 00:28
Subject: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
Hello listers, I am writing regarding my recent intermittent
TMV-71A speech chip problems, it went out again yesterday. I
took off the top and tapped and wiggled the voice guide chip
whereupon it started talking again. However, today, it is dead
again. This time I turned off the rig and unplugged the chip
and
replaced it again. That didn't fix it. guess the only way to
check it out is to take it to my local HRO after finding out
they
have a voice chip in stock and trying a new one to see if that
remedies the problem or if it's in the rig itself. Has anyone
else had issues with the voice guide chip going out or being
intermittent? Jim WA6EKS
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