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COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi,
I would just go to HRO with the Radio and see if it is the Chip.
Maybe they can fix the problem with your radio.
Colleen, N8TNV;



----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]>
To:  [log in to unmask]
Date: Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 10:07:48 AM
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 com0500
> 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 com0500
>  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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