Kenwood TS-990S - Manual (Page 84)

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5 ASSISTING YOUR SMOOTH QSO
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RX DSP EQUALIZER
RX DSP Equalizer allows you to change the desired
sound quality by adjusting the frequency characteristics
of the received audio. The desired sound quality can be
selected from six types of RX DSP Equalizer profiles for
the main band and sub band independently. The custom
made equalizer characteristics can be configured for User
1 to User 3.
SWITCHING THE RX DSP EQUALIZER ON OR
OFF
Each time you press [RXEQ/SEL], you toggle the RX DSP
Equalizer between active and inactive.
[F1] [F7] [RXEQ/SEL]
[MULTI/CH]
[ESC]
SELECTING THE EQUALIZER CHARACTERISTICS
1 Press and hold [RXEQ/SEL] to open the RX Equalizer
screen.
The highlighted equalizer characteristics becomes active.
2 Press [ ] (F2) or [ ] (F3), or rotate the
MULTI/CH control to select the desired equalizer
characteristics.
■ AVAILABLE EQUALIZER CHARACTERISTICS
Effect Purpose
High Boost 1
High-pass frequency components are
emphasized. This configuration is effective
for audio that contains low-pass frequency
components.
High Boost 2
High-pass frequency components are
emphasized. This configuration provides
characteristics that halve the low-pass
attenuation level of High Boost 1.
Formant Pass
This configuration attenuates frequency
components outside the audio band, thus
providing legible characteristics.
Bass Boost 1
Low-pass frequency components are
emphasized. This configuration is effective
for audio that contains high-pass frequency
components.
Bass Boost 2
Low-pass frequency components are
emphasized. This configuration provides
characteristics that further emphasize the low-
passband, compared with Bass Boost 1.
Flat The flat characteristics
User 1
You can save your preferred frequency
characteristics as User 1, User 2 and User 3. The
default characteristic is “Flat”.
User 2
User 3
0
5
-5
-10
-30
-25
-20
-15
10
10 0 10 3 10 2 10 1
RX_OFF
RX_Hb1
RX_Hb2
RX_FP
RX_bb1
RX_bb2
RX _Flat
Frequency (kHz)
Receive Characteristics Curves
3 Press [ESC] to exit.
The selection of the characteristics of the RX DSP equalizer
is complete. Pressing and holding [RXEQ/RX] also closes
the RX Equalizer screen.
CUSTOMIZING THE EQUALIZER
You can customize the equalizer characteristics to
your desired characteristics. Also, such customized
characteristics can be stored as the User Configuration.
[F1] [F7] [RXEQ/SEL]
[MULTI/CH]
[ESC]
1 Press and hold [RXEQ/SEL] to open the RX Equalizer
screen.
2 Select the target equalizer to be adjusted.
3 Press [ADJ] (F4) to open the RX Equalizer
Adjustment screen.