Kenwood TS-990S - Manual (Page 7)

PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST QSO
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TRADEMARKS
• KENWOOD is a registered trade mark of JVC KENWOOD
Corporation.
• All other product names referenced herein are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Marks such
as ™ and ® are omitted in the text of body.
INDEMNITY
• JVC KENWOOD Corporation takes all appropriate measures
to ensure all descriptions in this manual are accurate; however,
this manual may still contain typographical errors (“typos”) and
expressions that are misleading. JVC KENWOOD Corporation is
entirely free from any responsibilities arising from any losses or
damages caused by such typos or expressions.
• JVC KENWOOD Corporation has the right to change or improve
the product specifications, etc., described in this manual without
prior notice. JVC KENWOOD Corporation is entirely free from any
responsibilities for any losses or damages caused by such changes
and improvements.
• JVC KENWOOD Corporation is entirely free from any
responsibilities for any failures, damages or losses arising from, or
in connection with, use of the transceiver with or connected to any
external equipment. Failures, damages or losses shall include the
failures, damages or losses that may occur at the PC connected to
the transceiver or in storage devices having memory area such as
a USB flash drive. JVC KENWOOD Corporation is entirely free from
any responsibilities for any secondary failures, damages or losses,
including but not limited to the loss or damage of data or data files
stored in these memories.
• JVC KENWOOD Corporation does not warrant that the quality and
functions described in this manual comply with your purpose of use
and, unless specifically described in this manual, JVC KENWOOD
Corporation shall be free from any responsibilities for any defects
and indemnities for any damages or losses. Selection and installation
of any external equipment shall be done at your own risk. You are fully
responsible for the use and effects of external equipment.
• JVC KENWOOD Corporation shall be free from any responsibilities
for any incidental losses or damages, such as missing
communications or call opportunities caused by a failure or
performance error of the transceiver.
YOUR QUERIES ABOUT EXTERNAL DEVICES
OR PC CONNECTED TO THE TRANSCEIVER
JVC KENWOOD Corporation are pleased to answer,
within the scope of corporate efforts we can provide,
your queries about your operation of this transceiver.
Please bear in mind that we cannot answer any and all
technical questions regarding methods of connection to,
configuration for and operation of any external device and
PC beyond our knowledge.
OPERATION OF THE OPTIONAL APPLICATIONS
This manual is dedicated to describe the operation of
this transceiver. Refer to the help texts supplied with the
ARCP-990 and ARHP-990 for details of operation of the
ARCP-990 and ARHP-990 software installed onto your
PC.
TREATMENT OF YOUR IMPORTANT DATA
There is always a risk of Losing your important data
by a transceiver failure, occurrence of an unforeseen
contingency, erroneous operation or faulty behavior of the
transceiver. The data, such as the operating information,
recorded audio, messages, configuration data, logs, etc.,
must be backed up as necessary by yourself and stored in
the external storage device such as a USB flash drive.
TROUBLESHOOTING
If you aware of a failure, read through chapter 18,
"TROUBLESHOOTING". {page 18-7}
Maintenance methods, troubleshooting, and a list of error
messages are described.
Prior to transporting the transceiver for after-sales
servicing, contact KENWOOD service center for
transportation.
ABOUT THE URL AND CONTACTS OF
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
The latest URL and contacts of JVC KENWOOD
Corporation at the time when this manual was written
are described in this manual. Due to changes of social
circumstances or the management environment, the URL
and contacts of JVC KENWOOD Corporation may change
from time to time. If you are unable to access the URL or
contacts, contact your dealer to determine the latest URL
and contacts.
NOTATIONS APPLIED TO THIS MANUAL
This transceiver has many user operations, such as those
for the main band and the sub band, keys and controls,
function keys and operations with connected equipment,
etc., as well as unique transceiver functionality. To clarify
and simplify the descriptions provided in this manual, the
following notations and writing conventions have been
used.
The captioned display images may differ from what
appears on your transceiver, due to your operating
environment, design changes, etc.
■ MAIN BAND AND SUB BAND
Following a key or control name, (M) or (S) is shown, allowing
you to distinguish on which band, either the main band or the
sub band, the key or control is to be used. If the band that
the key or control is to be used for is not specified as either
the main band or the sub band, the band is specified as "the
selected band" in this manual.
■ KEYS AND CONTROLS
The transceiver has many keys and controls. The notation
"key" is omitted from individual keys; however, the notation
"control" is not omitted, allowing you to distinguish controls
from keys.
■ LED AND DISPLAYS
On the transceiver front panel, there are LEDs that indicate
the status of the corresponding function as either active
or inactive. Information that appears on the main screen
or the sub screen is described as the "display". Refer to
chapter 2, "PANEL DESCRIPTION", for further details.
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