Yaesu FT-1000MP Operating Manual page 68

Operation
Message Recording
(from Main or Sub Receiver audio)
When used in this mode, the DVS-2 maintains
a continuous recording of the last (approximately)
16 seconds of audio from either the main or sub-
receiver. This can be particularly helpful in picking
out callsigns during a pileup, as you can replay the
same recording as often as you like (until you
record over it). The record/playback process in
this mode is analogous to an 16-second "endless
tape" -that is, you can turn the recorder on and off
to record up to a total of 16 seconds of small
segments of audio, or you can leave the recorder
running to get one 16-second segment. In any
case, the recorder overwrites data more than 16
(recording) seconds old.
To start the receiver recorder, just press the REC
button. The yellow REC LED will light (and stay
lit).
When you hear something you want to play
back, press the STOP button (the REC LED will
turn off), and then press the PLAY button. Now
the green PLAY LED will light as recorded audio
is played back through the main receiver audio
channel.
Note that if you record for less than 16 sec-
onds, playback will start at the point you first
started recording (no "rewind" necessary). How-
ever, if you record for more than 16 seconds,
playback will begin at the point 16 seconds before
you stopped recording. In either case, playback
will repeat any recorded audio every 16 seconds.
To stop the playback at any time, simply press
STOP. If you then press PLAY again, playback will
continue from the point you stopped it.
Message Recording
(from Microphone audio)
This mode allows the DVS-2 to record either
two 8-second messages or four 4-second mes-
sages of audio from the microphone, such as
contest exchanges or station IDs. Each can then
be played back, either in monitor mode (without
transmission), or directly over the air. Note that the
digital memory used in this mode is independent
from that used for receiver recording (so you can
store both types of memory without interfering
with one another).
The 8- and 4-second messages share the
same memory, so two 4-second message seg-
ments (1 and 2 or 3 and 4) can be combined into
one 8-second message for transmission, as indi-
cated in the following table.
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Memory Segments & Message Numbers
| Segment(s) Used i
Button
Pressed 2x8-second | _.
— Message Mode |.
1 Segments 1 & 2 Segment 1
2 Segments 3 & 4 Segment 2
3 no function Segment 3
4 no function Segment 4
Before you record for transmission, check that
the MESSAGE MODE switch is set for the size mes-
sage you want to record, either 4-second or 8-
second (see the table above and the Example in
the next section for help with this decision). You do
not need to press the PTT switch while recording
a message, although you can, in which case your
audio will be transmitted and recorded simultane-
ously.
© Get your microphone ready, and then press the
MEMO button (the yellow REC LED will blink).
© Now press the numbered key for the segment
(or segment pair) to record (only 1 or 2 for the
8-second mode), and start talking (do not press
the PTT switch unless you want to transmit at
the same time you are recording).
The REC LED will stop blinking and stay on for
the recording period (4 or 8 seconds), and then
turn off. Also, the red LED above the numbered key
you pressed will come on (if this segment was
previously empty) and stay on, indicating this seg-
ment is now storing data.
O To stop recording at any point before the se-
lected segment's time limit is up, simply press
STOP.
This is the preferred method, since it eliminates
any "dead time" remaining from your last-re-
corded word and end of the time segment (which
would keep your transmitter unnecessarily keyed
for a short period). In any case, your message can
not exceed the 4- or 8- second limit.
Don't worry if you didn't have enough time to
finish your phrase, you can repeat the above
steps to re-record the same message - the pre-
vious message will be overwritten. (Note that
there is no "rewind" step required).