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Larry Godek
Gloomy weather this morning so unlike Arizona weather.  Anyway the other day someone posted a note about Config:spkrs:2 for turning off the speakers.  Yep because of my hearing going down hill i run the K3 that way.  However, in that configuration only the SUB rx is disabled from  the speaker and not the main rx.  Now when i've got the headpbnes on, i can hear both rx in there but again, the main rx is still on the speaker.  Along the same lines, when i listen to JT-65 or WSPR or any of the digital modes i have to use the Aux rx as i never have gotten any audio from the main rx thru the "line out" jack.  I wouldn't think that is normal.  It's been this way ever since i bought the radio this past July and i've only done one upgrade software wise.  WHY?  With all the complaints i have read about i decided i wasn't going to do any software changes until things settled down.  Anyone have any ideas as to why the audio as i've described above is doing what it's doing?  It's not kil
 ling me other than curiosity wise and the idea that i'd like to have it working right.

Larry
W0OGH
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Re: Line out

Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2
Larry,

If your speaker is not getting turned off when you plug headphones in,
you probably have CONFIG:SPKR+PH set to "yes". Try changing that to
"no".

It is NOT normal for the main receiver to be absent from line out.
Make sure you are looking at the left channel (should be on the tip of
the connector). The main RX should be on the left channel, and the sub
on the right (ring).

    ~Iain / N6ML



On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:13 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Gloomy weather this morning so unlike Arizona weather.  Anyway the other day someone posted a note about Config:spkrs:2 for turning off the speakers.  Yep because of my hearing going down hill i run the K3 that way.  However, in that configuration only the SUB rx is disabled from  the speaker and not the main rx.  Now when i've got the headpbnes on, i can hear both rx in there but again, the main rx is still on the speaker.  Along the same lines, when i listen to JT-65 or WSPR or any of the digital modes i have to use the Aux rx as i never have gotten any audio from the main rx thru the "line out" jack.  I wouldn't think that is normal.  It's been this way ever since i bought the radio this past July and i've only done one upgrade software wise.  WHY?  With all the complaints i have read about i decided i wasn't going to do any software changes until things settled down.  Anyone have any ideas as to why the audio as i've described above is doing what it's doing?  It's not kil
>  ling me other than curiosity wise and the idea that i'd like to have it working right.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
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Re: Line out

Richard Ferch
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Larry,

There are two configuration options that interact with this:

1. If CONFIG:SPKRS is set to 2, then the internal speaker will only play
the left channel (main RX). To get both channels in the internal
speaker, you need to set this option to 1; but if you do this, the
external speaker jack will also supply combined mono audio to the left
channel only.

2. If CONFIG:SPKR+PH is set to YES and CONFIG:SPKRS is set to 1, you
will only get sound in the left channel of the headphones. If you set
this option to NO, the headphones will not be affected by the choice of
SPKRS (1 or 2), but when you plug headphones in to either headphone
jack, the speaker outputs (internal and external) will be muted.

3. The LINE OUT jack is unaffected by the above, or by the AF gain controls.

4. My experience has been that there is some variability among 3.5 mm
(1/8-in) phone connectors; some combinations of plugs and jacks do not
always seem to make reliable contact. If you are only getting output
from the right channel, it sounds as if perhaps the plug is not pushed
all the way into the LINE IN jack.

73,
Rich VE3KI

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:13 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:

 > Gloomy weather this morning so unlike Arizona weather.  Anyway the
other day someone posted a note about Config:spkrs:2 for turning off the
speakers.  Yep because of my hearing going down hill i run the K3 that
way.  However, in that configuration only the SUB rx is disabled from
the speaker and not the main rx.  Now when i've got the headpbnes on, i
can hear both rx in there but again, the main rx is still on the
speaker.  Along the same lines, when i listen to JT-65 or WSPR or any of
the digital modes i have to use the Aux rx as i never have gotten any
audio from the main rx thru the "line out" jack.  I wouldn't think that
is normal.  It's been this way ever since i bought the radio this past
July and i've only done one upgrade software wise.  WHY?  With all the
complaints i have read about i decided i wasn't going to do any software
changes until things settled down.  Anyone have any ideas as to why the
audio as i've described above is doing what it's doing?  It's not kil
  ling me other than curiosity wise and the idea that i'd like to have
it working right.

Larry
W0OGH
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Re: Line out

Richard Ferch
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 > If you are only getting output from the right channel, it sounds as
if > perhaps the plug is not pushed all the way into the LINE IN jack.
                                                       XXXXXXX
This should, of course, have read LINE OUT. Sorry for any confusion.

73,
Rich VE3KI
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Re: Line out

Don Wilhelm-4
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Also, you might want to check your cable with an ohmmeter - the comment
below caused me to recall a year at Dayton when I had to make up a cable
in the hotel room - went to Rat Shack and bought a couple stereo plugs.  
Darn if both of them were bad, no connection from the tip to the solder
lug, and these were new plugs.

73,
Don W3FPR

Richard Ferch wrote:
> 4. My experience has been that there is some variability among 3.5 mm
> (1/8-in) phone connectors; some combinations of plugs and jacks do not
> always seem to make reliable contact. If you are only getting output
> from the right channel, it sounds as if perhaps the plug is not pushed
> all the way into the LINE IN jack.
>
>  
>
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