Selecting Audio Source Input For Data Vox; Adjusting Vox Gain; Adjusting The Anti Vox Gain Level - Kenwood TS-890S Instruction Manual

8 TRANSMIT FUNCTIONS

Selecting Audio Source Input for Data VOX

The transmission status can be activated automatically when data
audio beyond a certain level is input from the ANI terminal of the
ACC 2 connector, (USB-A or USB-B) or LAN connector on
the rear panel of this transceiver in the SSB, FM or AM mode. This
function is known as Data VOX.
The audio source input that is activated with the Data VOX function
can be switched using the steps below.
1 Press and hold [DATA] to display the audio source
input screen.
2 Press F7 [D.VOX].
Pressing F7 [D.VOX] each time switches the Data VOX audio
source.
Setting Value Off (default)/ ACC 2/ USB Audio/ LAN
• "OFF", "ACC 2", "USB" or "LAN" is displayed to the right of
"D.VOX" at the top of the screen.
3 Press and hold [DATA] or press [ESC] to end the
process.
If this transceiver is left connected to an audio source
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such as a PC when Data VOX is configured to an audio
source input setting other than "OFF", this transceiver
may be placed in the transmission state by the signals
from the audio source.
When this transceiver is to be left connected to the audio
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source, set the Data VOX audio source input to OFF to
prevent transmission that is unintended.
Configuration Example
Transmission via PTT by modulating signals from MIC in the SSB
mode or transmission via DATA VOX by modulating signals from
a PC via USB Audio in the SSB-DATA mode.
Settings when DATA mode is OFF:
• SEND/PTT Front: MIC, Rear: Off
• DATA SEND (PF) Front: Off, Rear: USB Audio
• DATA VOX: Off
Settings when DATA mode is ON:
• SEND/PTT Front: MIC, Rear: Off
• DATA SEND (PF) Front: Off, Rear: USB Audio
• DATA VOX: USB Audio

Adjusting VOX Gain

VOX gain of the VOX function allows the VOX gain level to be
adjusted according to the loudness of the audio input from the MIC
connector or the noise in the surroundings.
VOX gain of the input data from the ANI terminal of the ACC 2
connector, (USB-A or USB-B) or LAN connector on the rear
panel of this transceiver can be adjusted in the Data VOX mode.
1 Press and hold [VOX] to display the VOX
configuration screen.
.
On the VOX configuration screen, the horizontal rows
represent the audio source input while the vertical columns
represent the setting item.
2 Press F2 [ ]/ F3 [
input (horizontal row).
Select the audio source input row to adjust from "MIC", "ACC
2", "USB" and "LAN".
3 Press F4 [ ]/ F5 [
8-2
] to select the audio source
] to select the "VOX GAIN".
4 Press F6 [–]/ F7 [+] or turn the [MULTI/CH] control
to adjust the VOX level.
Input signal from the audio source selected in step 2, and adjust
the level to activate transmission when audio signals are input.
Setting Value 0 to 10 (default) to 20 (1 step)
5 Press and hold [VOX] or press [ESC] to end the
process.
The VOX configuration screen ends when the transmitting
end is configured to a mode (non-audio mode) other than
SSB, AM and FM mode.

Adjusting the Anti VOX Gain Level

When the VOX function is ON, transmission may be activated by
the playback sound from the speaker in some cases in addition to
audio from the microphone. Speaker sound may be transmitted if
the speaker volume is configured to a high level. This function can
be used to prevent unintended transmission by configuring the anti
VOX level to adjust the lower limit for activating the VOX function
with respect to the playback sound from the speaker.
1 Press and hold [VOX] to display the VOX
configuration screen.
2 Press F2 [ ]/ F3 [
input.
3 Press F4 [ ]/ F5 [
4 Press F6 [–]/ F7 [+] or turn the [MULTI/CH] control
to adjust the sensitivity of the anti VOX gain.
Adjust the sensitivity of the anti VOX level so that transmission
will not be activated by the playback sound from the speaker.
Setting Value 0 to 20 (1 step)
• The smaller the anti VOX gain value, the more susceptible
the transceiver is to playback sound from the speaker.
• The default settings are as follows.
• Microphone: 10
• ACC 2: 0
• USB: 0
• LAN: 0
5 Press and hold [VOX] or press [ESC] to end the
process.
When a headphone is connected to the PHONES
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connector, the VOX function (transmission) will not be
activated by the speaker audio regardless of the audio
source and anti VOX level settings.
Anti VOX gain applies to audio sources other than Data
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VOX.
The speaker output level is compared with the ANTI VOX
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level for any input line.
] to select the audio source
] to select "ANTI VOX".