Kenwood TS-870S VS-2 VOICE SYNTHESIZER OPTIONAL, Continuous Multi-Channel Playback

11 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES

■Transmitting Messages (Manual TX/RX)

Use this procedure to transmit the contents of a message memory.

1 Select SSB, FM, or AM mode by pressing [LSB/USB] or [FM/AM].

¥The transmit and receive modes must be the same.

2Press [SEND] or Mic [PTT].

3Press [CH 1], or [CH 2], or [CH 3], or [CH 4] to play back the message in the respective memory.

4Press [SEND] again or release Mic [PTT] to return to the receive mode.

CONTINUOUS MULTI-CHANNEL PLAYBACK

You can also play back messages one after the other, in any order, to make longer messages. You could, for example, first play channel 3 followed by channel 1, then channel 4, then channel 2.

If the Repeat function is activated while playing back messages, the remainder of the selected messages are played back, then playback begins again from the beginning of the series of messages. The cycle repeats until you manually interrupt.

1Press [CH 1], or [CH 2], or [CH 3], or [CH 4] to begin playing back a stored message.

2While the first message is still playing, press another memory channel button ([CH 1], or [CH 2], or

[CH 3], or [CH 4]) to queue the next message.

¥For example, ÒAP 1 2 3 - -Ó appears while Messages #1, #2, and #3 are queued to play.

¥The same memory that was played back in Step 1 may be queued in this step.

¥To interrupt playback, press [CLR].

¥To toggle the Repeat function ON or OFF, access Menu No. 39 (REPEAT). The default is OFF.

ALTERING INTER-MESSAGE INTERVAL

The inter-message interval refers to the time period between each message, if only one message is played back, or between series of messages, if more than one message is played back.

Example 1:

Ch. 2 \ Interval \ Ch. 2 \ Interval \ ...

Example 2:

Ch. 3 \ Ch. 2 \ Ch. 1 \ Ch. 4 \ Interval \

Ch. 3 \ Ch. 2 \ Ch. 1 \ Ch. 4 \ Interval \ ...

Select the time interval between playbacks via Menu No. 40 (REP.TIME). The default interval is 5 seconds.

VS-2 VOICE SYNTHESIZER (OPTIONAL)

When equipped with the VS-2 Voice Synthesizer unit, the TS-870S can announce displayed information. A Programmable Function (PF) button must be assigned the VOICE function to use the Voice Synthesizer. Refer to ÒPROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION BUTTONSÓ {page 64} for more information.

When the VOICE PF button is pressed while an announcement is in progress, the announcement stops immediately. Similarly, changing the parameter that is being announced, such as tuning to another frequency, automatically halts the announcement. Frequencies are announced beginning with the 10 MHz digit and continuing through to the 10 Hz digit for VFO or memory channel frequencies. If the memory channel has no data stored, then ÒOPENÓ is announced.

In addition to frequencies, Menu numbers and their settings are also announced with a short pause

(100 ms) between the Menu number and the setting. Refer to the following table for the cross-reference between the displayed and the announced information.

VOICE SYNTHESIZER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Displayed	Announcement
OFF	"Zero"
ON	"One"
Numeral	The numeral is announced.
B	"Two" 1
C	"Three"
L	"Four"
H	"Five"
P	"Six"

1VS-2 announces "B" when you switch from Menu A to B via Menu No. 00 (MENU.A/B).

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