Kenwood TS-480 manual VFO mode, direct frequency entry, Memory channel, Variable Voice Guide speed

6. VFO mode, direct frequency entry

Let us say you are operating at 7.033MHz and in VFO mode you press the PF key, the Voice Guide will announce “VFO”, “A” or “B”, and 7.033.00. If you use the key pad to input ENT, 2, 1, 1, 9, 5, ENT, you will hear each key announced – “Enter”, “2”, “1”, “point”, “1”, “9”, “5”, and finally “Enter”. On confirming with the Enter key, you will hear a beep to indicate “T” and then the input frequency will be read out. Note that in memory channel mode you can also specify channel number for frequency entry.

7. Memory channel

Let us imagine that the last memory channel you used was 89. Selecting memory channel mode from VFO mode will cause the Voice Guide to announce “Channel”, “89” and the stored frequency. Selecting memory scroll mode from VFO mode will cause the Voice Guide to announce “Memory in”, the channel number, “Blank” if the channel is unused or the stored frequency if it is in use. To store a frequency in a memory channel, pick the desired channel and once again press QMI; you will hear a beep to indicate “T” and the data will be written to the memory channel. It will return to VFO mode when the write has been completed. With quick memory mode, you can call up a stored frequency with QMR and the Voice Guide will announce “Quick Memory”, the channel number and the stored frequency.

8. Variable Voice Guide speed

With Menu #16 you can adjust the speed (5 levels) of the Voice Guide to suit your preference. The factory setting is level 1. Note that as the speed increases, the tone of the voice changes.

9. S-meter level

By assigning the Voice2 function to a PF key, you can hear the S-meter level being read out, according to the table below. (After operating PF(VOICE2))

Meter level	Voice guide	Meter level	Voice guide	Meter level	Voice guide
0	S0	7	S5	12	10dB
1 – 3	S1	8	S6	13 – 14	20dB
4	S2	9	S7	15	30dB
5	S3	10	S8	16 – 17	40dB
6	S4	11	S9	18	50dB
				19 – 20	60dB

Other features

This is not connected with the Voice Guide, but the TS-480 is also equipped with a feature that has proved popular on previous models – namely, it issues a beep that serves as an SWR alert when an error is detected in Morse mode with AT tune.

Also, the TS-480 offers a range of beep functions to facilitate operations. These include issuing an “end stop beep” to mark an end stop for options, differential beeps to distinguish between ON and OFF when toggling a key, or to distinguish between configuration mode and completion when adjusting TX output, etc.

Note:

For those people who do not require the Voice Guide, it is possible to disable it by simply turning the volume to OFF. Just proceed to menu #15 and select OFF.

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