OST programming problems: TK-880 and -8180

[montyhouse]

Wanted to give myself the ability to use OST on the road. Tried on both my 880 and 8180, and neither are working properly. Am using Kenwood CDs KPG-49D v4.21 and KPG-92D (v1.0) for 880 and 8180, respectively.

880 Assigned key (tried both "B" and "MON") and get nothing when pressed and/or held for > 1 sec. No beep. No display. Nothing.

8180 Selected "Standard QT" for tone auto-populate. Assigned "triangle" key for OST. Wrote to radio and chose a channel. Was able to select a tone and verify that it was now the tone for that channel selection. 1) Even though the manual says to check "OST Status Memory" to save changes, my tone selection doesn't appear when I read back to my computer. The manual is also not super clear on what "Tone Off" does (its default is checked), but I assume it means that there's no ability to add a tone by programming via key assignment at the unit; regardless, the problem listed above exists regardless whether "Tone Off" is checked or not.

Thanks for any & all help.

 

[kd4efm]

OST does not write over what is in the FPU. That's ON THE FLY TONE EDIT, NON MEMORY RETAIN. (as in it only retains locally)

 

[ramal121]

Yes, OST is only a temporary user selection and can be disabled by a radio reset (ie writing to it).

Status memory will retain your selection on that channel with a power off/on. Otherwise OST is disabled on power off.

OST OFF allows the user to disable the OST function and revert to the QT/DQT that was originally written to the channel. Otherwise you are stuck in the OST list until the radio is reset.

No answer for the 880. Should work as you programmed. Maybe a firmware issue?