Vertex Standard FT-1000MP - Manual (Page 85)

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PERATING
M
ANUAL
O
PTIONAL
DVS-2 D
IGITAL
V
OICE
R
ECORDER
Advanced Features
r Get your microphone ready, and then press the
[MEMO] button (the yellow “REC” LED will blink).
r Now press the numbered key for the segment (or
segment pair) to record (only [1] or [2] for the 8-
second mode), and start talking (do not press the
PTT switch unless you want to transmit at the same
time you are recording).
The “REC” LED will stop blinking and stay on for
the recording period (4 or 8 seconds), and then turn
off. Also, the red LED above the numbered key you
pressed will come on (if this segment was previously
empty) and stay on, indicating this segment is now stor-
ing data.
To stop recording at any point before the selected
segment’s time limit is up, simply press STOP.
This is the preferred method, since it eliminates any
“dead time” remaining from your last-recorded word
and end of the time segment (which would keep your
transmitter unnecessarily keyed for a short period). In
any case, your message can not exceed the 4- or 8-
second limit.
Don’t worry if you didn’t have enough time to finish
your phrase, you can repeat the above steps to re-
record the same message - the previous message will
be overwritten (note that there is no “rewind” step re-
quired).
M
ESSAGE
M
ONITOR
(P
LAYBACK W ITHOUT T RANSMITTING
)
You can check the contents of a memory segment
or pair without playing it back over the air, just by press-
ing [MONI] followed by the appropriate numbered key.
The green “REC” LED blinks until you press the
numbered key, and then stays on during the playback
period. We recommend always using this to check the
results immediately after making a recording and be-
fore playing it back over the air. If you have recorded
several 4-second segments that you intend to com-
bine during playback, move the MESSAGE MODE
switch to the [2 x 8 SEC] position to hear how the seg-
ments sound when played back together. Note from
the table on the preceding page that, in the 8-second
mode, the [1] button plays back segments 1 and 2,
while the [2] button plays back segments 3 and 4.
M
ESSAGE
T
RANSMISSION
(“O
N T HE A IR ” P LAYBACK
)
After recording a memory segment, you can play it
back over the air by pressing the appropriate numbered
button. The green “PLAY” and red “TX” LEDs will both
light for a maximum of either four or eight seconds,
according to the setting of the MESSAGE MODE
switch.
Note! Normally, pressing a numbered message
key on the DVS-2 activates the MARK-V FT-1000MP
Field transmitter and sends the recorded message. If
you would like to disable PTT control from the DVS-2,
recall menu selection 4-7 and change the setting to
“OFF.” Now, transmission is only possible using the
microphone PTT or MOX switches.
Receiver Recording with the
MARK-V FT-1000MP
Field
As the DVS-2 uses only one receiver audio chan-
nel of the MARK-V FT-1000MP
Field, you can play
back recordings without missing real-time action
by pressing [A
u B] to set the two VFOs to the same
frequency.
With stereo headphones, this allows you to con-
tinually monitor signals on the sub VFO audio chan-
nel while playing back a recording on the main
channel.
Selecting Receiver Audio
As mentioned earlier, the DVS-2 can record audio
from either the Main or Sub receiver. To choose
the desired receiver, recall memory selection 4-6 and
pick either MAIN VFO or SUB VFO as the default
receiver.