Kenwood TS-590SG Instruction Manual page 8

CONTENTS
COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS .................................60
EXTERNAL AUDIO SETTINGS .......................................61
Selecting a Data Transmission Line .........................61
Audio Level Settings ................................................61
SELECTING THE AUDIO SOURCE FOR TRANSMISSION
IN DATA MODE ..............................................................61
CHANGING THE SIGNAL FOR THE COM TERMINAL .....61
CONTROLLING THE TS-590SG FROM A PC ..................61
REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE TS-590SG ON THE
NETWORK .....................................................................61
OPTIONAL VGS-1 VOICE GUIDE & STORAGE UNIT .........62
RECORDING MESSAGES ..............................................62
MESSAGE PLAYBACK ...................................................62
Checking Messages .................................................62
Sending Messages ...................................................62
Erasing a Recorded Message ...................................63
Changing Inter-message Interval Time ....................63
Changing Message Playback Volume ......................63
CONSTANT RECORDING ...............................................63
VOICE GUIDE ................................................................63
Voice Guide Announcement Volume .......................66
Voice Guide Announcement Speed .........................66
Voice Guide Announcement Language ...................66
EMERGENCY CALL (K TYPE ONLY) ..................................66
CROSSBAND REPEATER .................................................66
OPERATION ...................................................................66
DX PACKETCLUSTER TUNE ..............................................67
SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II ..............................................67
SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II DIAGRAM .........................67
PREPARATION ..............................................................68
STARTING SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II OPERATION ....68
POWER ON MESSAGE ......................................................68
CHAPTER 13 CONNECTING PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT
TERMINAL DESCRIPTIONS ..............................................69
COM CONNECTOR ........................................................69
ACC2 CONNECTOR........................................................69
REMOTE CONNECTOR ..................................................70
EXT.AT CONNECTOR (FOR AT-300) ...............................70
MIC CONNECTOR ..........................................................70
CONNECTING TO DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ..71
CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER....................................71
CONNECTING TO A TNC ................................................72
CONNECTING TO RTTY EQUIPMENT (FSK) ..................72
CONNECTION TO THE LINEAR AMPLIFIER ......................73
CONNECTION TO THE TL-922 .......................................73
CONNECTING A TYPICAL LINEAR AMPLIFIER ..............73
ANTENNA TUNER .............................................................74
COMPATIBLE TRANSCEIVER ............................................74
DX PACKETCLUSTER TUNE ..............................................75
CROSSBAND REPEATER ..................................................75
CHAPTER 14 INSTALLING OPTIONS
REMOVING THE BOTTOM CASE .......................................76
VGS-1 VOICE GUIDE & STORAGE UNIT ...........................76
SO-3 TCXO .......................................................................77
REFERENCE FREQUENCY CALIBRATION .........................77
MB-430 MOBILE BRACKET ..............................................78
PRECAUTIONS ..............................................................78
CHAPTER 15 TROUBLESHOOTING
GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................79
SERVICE ........................................................................79
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SERVICE NOTE ..............................................................79
CLEANING .....................................................................79
FIRMWARE UPDATING .....................................................79
ABOUT FIRMWARE UPDATING .....................................79
VERIFYING THE FIRMWARE VERSION .........................79
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................80
MICROPROCESSOR RESET ..............................................83
INITIAL SETTINGS ........................................................83
VFO RESET ....................................................................83
FULL RESET ..................................................................83
OPERATION NOTICES .......................................................84
DC POWER SUPPLY ......................................................84
INTERNAL COOLING FAN ..............................................84
INTERNAL BEATS ..........................................................84
AGC ...............................................................................84
60 m BAND OPERATION ...............................................84
CHAPTER 16 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ................................................85
CHAPTER 17 SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS ..............................................................86