Lew,
The manual is not correct. That has been pointed out before and will be
corrected.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/27/2013 5:02 PM, Lewis Phelps wrote:
I recently acquired a Kenwood MC-90 desk mic from a "for sale" list posted here.
It's a great microphone, but with a VERY low output level. Even with MIC GAIN cranked all the
way up to 60, it wouldn't move the ALC indicator unless I literally shouted into it. (Yes, I
had selected "FP-H on the mic setup.)
Then I found the following in the K3 Operating Manual, page 52:
For the front-panel mic only, tap [3] to turn on an additional gain stage. Use
this only with very low-output mics. An apostrophe will appear after the H ,
e.g. H ’ .
I rushed to try that. Result: "N/A".
But....while fiddling around trying to find out why the [3] button wasn't doing
what it was supposed to do, I more or less accidentally tapped the [7] button,
and the magic apostrophe appeared after the H. And most importantly, I now
have enough amplification for the Kenwood mic to be functional.
It would seem that there are only two explanations for this:
1. The manual is wrong.
2. Bad firmware.
Anybody know which answer is correct? I have no way to tell.
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