Digital Recording System; Tone Quality Level Selection; Maximum Recording Phrase Selection; Automatic Recording - Kenwood TM-231A Instruction Manual

4-8. Digital Recording System
The optional DRU-1 (Digital Recording Unit) permits you to
manually or automatically record up to a maximum of 8
different voice messages for later playback. The automatic
recording function works in conjunction with the T.ALT
function.
You can select the desired recording mode by pressing the
DRS key. Pressing the key will step from DRS mode to Au-
tomatic DRS mode to normal mode. The differences in the
various modes are explained below.
DRS Mode: Recording and playback
Selectable tone quality level and or
number of phrases
DRS indicator lights in the display
DRS/T.ALT Mode: Automatic Recording
Both the DRS indicator and the
T.ALT indicators lit in display
Normal Mode: No DRS functions active.
The recording conditions are preset at the factory for the
following settings:
Tone Quality Level 1
Maximum recording phrase 8
Current Recording Phase number 1
4-8-1. Tone Quality Level Selection
1. Press the DRS key to select
the DRS mode. The display
will look light the display
shown in the figure to the
right.
2. Press the REV key. Each
time you press the REV key
the tone quality indicator
will advance, i.e. from 1 to
2 to 3 and then back to 1, RevStEP
etc. op)
Tone quality 1 will provide
the best audio quality, but
the shortest recording
time. Tone quality settings
2 and 3 provide longer
recording times but with an
associated decrease in
tone quality.
Tone Quality level
4-8-2. Selecting the maximum number of Phrases
1. Press the DRS key to select
the DRS mode. The display
panel will be similar to the
display at the right.
Maximum phrase
indicator
2. Press the SHIFT/AL key. Each time you press the key the
maximum phrase indicator will step one position, i.e. from
8 to 4 to 2 to 1 and then back to 8.
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