Kenwood TS590SG User Manual

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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 fi rst 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].

•  To adjust the input and output levels for the 

Mic Gain and Speech Processor, adjust 
them in sending the messages. (The levels 
for the Mic transmission and voice message 
transmission are stored separately.) 

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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.

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For repetitive message playback, you can change 
the interval between each series of messages.  
Use Menu No. 63, and select the interval time in 
the range of 0 to 60 seconds.

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 Turning 

the 

AF control does not change the volume 

for the message playback.  To change the message 
playback volume , access Menu No. 07 to select 
the playback volume level from “1” to “20” or “oFF”.

By utilizing the digital recording capability of the 
VGS-1, you can confi gure the VGS-1 to store the last 
30 seconds of communications (transmitted signals 
and received signals when the squelch opens).  You 
can play back the last 30 seconds of communications 
to confi rm what has been heard.

To activate the Constant Recording function, access 
Menu No. 61 and select “on” (default).  “

” appears 

and the transceiver starts recording the signal in the 
background.  When you press and hold [RX/4 (REC)], 
the VGS-1 stores the last 30 seconds (maximum) of 
the reception audio signal to the fl ash memory.  While 
writing the audio signal data to the fl ash memory, 
“WRITING” appears.

To play back the stored reception signal, press [RX/4 
(REC)].  To quit, press [CLR].

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  While Menu No. 61 is ON, you cannot use channel 4 (RX/4) 

to record and playback a voice message.  However, the 
message in channel 4 is not erased.  When the Constant 
Recording function is turned OFF (Menu No. 55 is OFF), you 
can playback the message on channel 4.

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 While 

“

” is not displayed, such as the VGS-1 is playing 

back a message or the Voice Guide function is working, the 
Constant Recording function temporarily pauses.

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  When you record a new message to the VGS-1, the 30 

second Constant Recording buffer is cleared. 

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  You cannot transmit a stored audio signal that is recorded 

with the Constant Recording function. 

When the optional VGS-1 is installed, each time 
you change the transceiver mode such as VFO A/ 
B or Memory Recall, the transceiver automatically 
announces the new mode.  In addition, you can 
program each [PF] key which makes the transceiver 
announce the displayed information by pressing it.  

The tables below indicate the transceiver 
announcements when the settings are changed.  
Additionally, pressing the [PF] key will perform specifi c 
announcements depending on whether VOICE1, 
VOICE2, or VOICE3 is selected.

•  When VOICE 1 auto announcement is ON (“1” or 

“2”) (Menu No. 11), the transceiver settings are 
automatically announced any time the settings are 
changed.

 

1:  The frequency is announced in changing the  
memory channel.

 

2:  The Memory Name is announced when the 
memory channel is changed. (If a Memory Name is 
not set, the frequency is announced.)

• Pressing 

[PF] will announce the currently displayed 

settings.

•  During a voice announcement, pressing [PF] will 

cancel the announcement.

IF fi lter selection 
(High Cut)

“High” + Setting value

1

IF fi lter selection 
(Low Cut)

“Low” + Setting value

1

IF fi lter selection (Width) “Width” + Setting value

1

IF fi lter selection (Shift)

“Shift” + Setting value

1

Tone frequency 
selection/ when tone ID 
scanning is complete

“Tone” + Setting value

1

CTCSS frequency 
selection/ when CTCSS 
ID scanning is complete

“CTCSS” + Setting value

1

NR1 level setup

“NR1” + Setting value

1

NR2 level setup

“NR2” + Setting value

1