Kenwood TS-590S - Manual (Page 67)

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12 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES
• BT in Morse code sounds and “AP 1 –”
appears.
• To quit recording your message, press [CLR].
3 Press [MIC (CAR)], then rotate the MULTI/CH
control to adjust the microphone gain so that the
voice input level is not beyond the ALC level zone.
4 Hold [CH1 (REC)] and speak into your
microphone.
• Four channels are available for recording
messages. Press [CH2 (REC)], [CH3 (REC)],
or [RX/4 (REC)] in place of [CH1 (REC)], in
steps 3 and 4 to record the message on a
different channel.
• If Constant Recording is active, [RX/4 (REC)] is
unavailable for message recording.
5 Release the key when you have finished recording
your message.
• When the maximum recording time passes,
recording automatically stops.
• The contents of the channel is overwritten with
the new message.
• “WRITING” appears while the transceiver is
storing the message data to the VGS-1 flash
memory.
6 Repeat steps 2 to 5 to record a message on
another channel.
Note: Pressing [ ] cancels the recording in progress and
clears the memory channel.
MESSAGE PLAYBACK
You can play back the message in channel 1, 2, 3, or
4 to check or send them. It is also possible to make
a longer message by consecutively playing back the
messages of more than one channel, linking them
together.
You can even repeatedly send a longer, linked
message by using the Repeat function. To switch
this function ON, access Menu No. 56 and select “on”
(default is OFF). Then, select the repeat interval time
in Menu No. 57 (default is 10 seconds).
Note:
◆ Pressing [ ] cancels the playback in progress.
◆ The settings in Menu Nos. 56 and 57 are shared with CW
Message Playback described in “CW MESSAGE MEMORY”
{page 34}.
■ Checking Messages
1 Select SSB, FM, or AM mode.
• Select the same mode when you recorded
the message.
• Confirm that the VOX function is OFF.
2 Press [CH1 (REC)], [CH2 (REC)], [CH3
(REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)], depending on which
channel you want to check.
• For example, “AP 1– – –” appears while
playing back the message in channel 1.
• To interrupt playback, press [CLR].
• When Menu No. 56 is "oFF", pres and
hold the current playback channel key to
repeatedly play back the message saved
to that key (A display such as “AP 1111”
appears for the channel key you pressed.).
To cancel the playback, press any channel
key or [CLR].
3 To play back another message in sequence,
press the corresponding key ([CH1 (REC)],
[CH2 (REC)], [CH3 (REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)])
while the first message is being played.
• Repeat playback, by pressing and holding
the keys, does not work during consecutive
message playback.
• Up to 4 channels can be queued.
■ Sending Messages
1 Select SSB, FM, or AM mode.
• Select the same mode when you recorded
the message.
2 Press [VOX (LEV)] to switch VOX ON or OFF.
• If you switched VOX ON, skip step 3.
3 Press [SEND] or hold Mic [PTT].
4 Press [CH1 (REC)], [CH2 (REC)], [CH3
(REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)], depending on which
channel you want to use.
• For example, “AP 1– – –” appears while
playing back the message in channel 1.
• To interrupt playback, press [CLR].
5 To play back another message in sequence,
press the corresponding key ([CH1 (REC)],
[CH2 (REC)], [CH3 (REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)])
while the first message is being played.
• Up to 4 channels can be queued.
6 If you pressed [SEND] or Mic [PTT] in step 3,
press [SEND] again or release Mic [PTT].
■ Erasing a Recorded Message
1 Press and hold [CH1 (REC)], [CH2 (REC)],
[CH3 (REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)] to select the
message you want to erase.
• “AP n – –” appears, where “n” represents the
channel number.
2 To erase the recorded message, press and hold
the same key as in step 1 ([CH1 (REC)], [CH2
(REC)], [CH3 (REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)]) while
simultaneously pressing [CLR].
• A beep sounds and the message is erased.
■ Changing Inter-message Interval Time
For repetitive message playback, you can change
the interval between each series of messages.
Use Menu No. 57, and select the interval time in
the range of 0 to 60 seconds.