Vertex Standard FT-1000MP manual Message Recording Playback, No Function Segment

Advanced Features

OPTIONAL DVS-2 DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER

MESSAGE RECORDING	PLAYBACK
(FROM MAIN OR SUB RECEIVER AUDIO)	(ON THE AIR OF RECORDED RECEIVER AUDIO)

When used in this mode, the DVS-2maintains a continuous recording of the last (approximately) 16 seconds of audio from either the main or sub-receiver. This can be particularly helpful in picking out callsigns during a pileup, as you can replay the same recording as often as you like (until you record over it). The record/ playback process in this mode is analogous to an 16- second “endless tape” - that is, you can turn the re- corder on and off to record up to a total of 16 seconds of small segments of audio, or you can leave the re- corder running to get one 16-second segment. In any case, the recorder overwrites data more than 16 (re- cording) seconds old.

rTo start the receiver recorder, just press the [REC] button. The yellow “REC” LED will light (and stay lit).

rWhen you hear something you want to play back, press the [STOP] button (the “REC” LED will turn off), and then press the [PLAY] button. Now the green “PLAY” LED will light as recorded audio is played back through the main receiver audio chan- nel.

Note that if you record for less than 16 seconds, playback will start at the point you first started record- ing (no “rewind” necessary). However, if you record for more than 16 seconds, playback will begin at the point 16 seconds before you stopped recording. In either case, playback will repeat any recorded audio every 16 seconds.

To stop the playback at any time, simply press [STOP]. If you then press [PLAY] again, playback will continue from the point you stopped it.

Once you have recorded an incoming transmission from another station, you can play it back to them by pressing the [PLAY] button on the DVS-2, followed im- mediately by the MOX switch on the front panel of the MARK-VFT-1000MP. This can be handy if you wish to advise another station of an anomalous signal condi- tion, for example.

Note: Communications-privacy regulations may re- quire you not to divulge the results of a prior contact (or a receiving session) to a third party. Consult the regulations for your country to ensure full compliance with your countries regulations.

MESSAGE RECORDING

(FROM MICROPHONE AUDIO)

This mode allows the DVS-2to record either two 8- second messages or four 4-second messages of au- dio from the microphone, such as contest exchanges or station IDs. Each can then be played back, either in monitor mode (without transmission), or directly over the air. Note that the digital memory used in this mode is independent from that used for receiver recording (so you can store both types of memory without inter- fering with one another).

The 8- and 4-second messages share the same memory, so two 4-second message segments (1 and 2 or 3 and 4) can be combined into one 8-second mes- sage for transmission, as indicated in the following table.

MEMORY SEGMENTS & MESSAGE NUMBERS

Button	Segment(s) Used in Record/Playback
	2 x 8-second	4 x 4-second
Pressed
	Message Mode	Message Mode
1	Segments 1 & 2	Segment 1
2	Segments 3 & 4	Segment 2
3	No Function	Segment 3
4	No Function	Segment 4

Before you record for transmission, check that the [MESSAGE MODE] Switch is set for the size message you want to record, either 4-second or 8-second (see the table above and the Example in the next section for help with this decision). You do not need to press the PTT switch while recording a message, although you can, in which case your audio will be transmitted and recorded simultaneously.

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