Field Programming the Kenwood TK-270 or TK-370 handheld

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Field Programming procedure for the Kenwood TK-270 or TK-370 handhelds. Press and hold (light) and (dial) while turning on radio. Hold until (SEL) appears on the display. Pressing (SCN) allows you to program the following 1. Monitor Key Off = off 1 = Monitor momentary 2 = Monitor Lock 3 = Squelch off momentary 2. Scan Key Off = off Co = carrier operate To = Time operate 3. Dial Key Off = off On = enable 4. TA key TA = talkaround RV = Reverse Off 5. Lo Key On Off 6. Priority None 1 = fixed 2 = selected 7. Fixed Priority Channel Turn selector to channel 8. Look back time A Turn selector to time in seconds 9. Look back time B Turn selector to time in seconds 10. Revert Channel 1 = Selected 2 = Last Call 3 = Last used 4 = Selected + Talkback 5 = Priority 6 = Priority + Talkback 11. Tx Dwell time Turn selector to time in seconds 12. Drop out delay Turn selector to time in seconds 13. Time out timer Turn selector to time in seconds 14. Tot Pre-alert Turn selector to time in seconds 15. Tot Rekey time Turn selector to time in seconds 16. Tot reset time Turn selector to time in seconds 17. Squelch Level Turn selector to Squelch 18. Beep tone On Off 19. Signalling And Or 20. Battery Save On Off 21. Selectable QT On Off 22. Clr to transpond On Off 23. Del/ Add On Off Pressing (Dial) allows programming of: DTMF 24. digit time Turn selector to time in milliseconds 25. inter digit time Turn selector to time in milliseconds 26. First digit time Turn selector to time in milliseconds 27. Rise time Turn selector to time in milliseconds 28. Rise time with QT Turn selector to time in milliseconds 29. PTT ID Off 1 = connect 2 = disconnect 3 = Both 30. Dial ID On Off 31. Connect ID 32. Disconnect ID 33. # of DTMF keys on Keypad 12 16 34. DTMF hold time On Off 35. Store and send On Off 36. D key assignment Turn selector to D or time in seconds for pause 37. Dtmf Signaling Off 1 = code squelch 2 = Selective Call 38. Intermediate Code OFF A B C D E F 39. Group Code OFF A B C D E F 40. Auto Reset time Turn selector for time in Seconds 41. Call Alert/ Transpond Off 1 = 2 = 3 4 5 42. Transpond On Off Pressing (TA) will allow you to program Frequencies Use selector to choose channel Press PTT Enter Rx frequency using: - the Selector Knob to change kHz; - the Selector Knob + (light) to change MHz. If no channel is Shown press the (LO) button. Press PTT Enter Rx CTCSS code Press PTT Enter Tx Frequency as above Press PTT Enter Tx CTCSS code Press PTT 1. Option Signal Off 1 = DTMF 2 = 2-Tone 2. PTT ID On Off 3. Add/ Del 4. Busy Tx 5. Clock frequency shift 6. Power Hi Low Repeat for the other channels (you've got a 32 channel radio, so it may take a while...) <end>

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