Kenwood TS-590S manual Easy Updating of Firmware, Software: Enhancing Operating Pleasure

5 SOFTWARE: ENHANCING OPERATING PLEASURE

Hints and Tips

“What are the projections on the rear panel for?”

On the rear panel of the TS-590S, projections are placed near some connectors.

Figure 5-8 Projections on the Rear Panel

We have provided these guides to meet the demands from sight-impaired operators who wish to set up the transceiver without help from someone else. If two identical connectors are placed side by side, you can not tell them apart just by feeling them. The projections are provided so that the applications of the connectors can be easily distinguished.

These projections will allow a sight-impaired person to understand the positional relationship of the connectors and to connect cables easily by feeling the rear panel with their fingers.

Also, a transceiver is often placed on a rack and a user is sometimes forced to connect cables without seeing them. The projections will also help you in such a situation.

This careful attention is also part of Kenwood’s efforts for “accessibility improvement” based on “easy operation”.

Projections are provided near the following connectors: DRV, RX, ANT, ANT1, and ANT2.

5.12 Easy Updating of Firmware

The procedure of updating firmware is further simplified. Like the TS-480S that already incorporates this function, there is no need for removing the cover.

You have only to connect a USB cable or an RS-232C cable and run the update program on the PC. The availability of firmware updates is from time to time announced on Kenwood’s website.

Figure 5-9 Sample Screen Shot of the Updater

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