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TK3140 and fire tone outs?

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Hello all. I'm having mountains of trouble trying to get my TK 3140 to alert to fire tones. I have check all the settings, and I know I have the tone frequencies correct, Yet I still can't get it to sound an audible alert to the tones.

Any suggestions?
 

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Are you sending short tones or anything other than a 1sec-3sec sequence?

Do you have the option signal set too 2 tone X on main screen?

Is your alert tone set properly in the edit>optional features>optional features 2 tab?

Is your rx frequency set properly?
 
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All of that stuff is set correctly. Now what exactly does this alert sound like? Does the screen light up, or does it just sound an audible alert?

I've had a VX 180U alert, but never a kenwood, so I don't know what to look for.

Are you sending short tones or anything other than a 1sec-3sec sequence?

Do you have the option signal set too 2 tone X on main screen?

Is your alert tone set properly in the edit>optional features>optional features 2 tab?

Is your rx frequency set properly?
 

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Are you talking about receiving the tones? As in using your radio as a pager? If so look under optional features, signalling, and select "AND" assuming you have the correct tones programmed and the decode format correct.
 
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iI'm just using it for rx only, So yes, I'm using it like the minitor V that I decided to get rid of.

Are you talking about receiving the tones? As in using your radio as a pager? If so look under optional features, signalling, and select "AND" assuming you have the correct tones programmed and the decode format correct.
 

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Is this the same one I set up for you? It should beep and the led will flash green and red. Had you told me that I would have set it up as a dedicated pager. You can switch the signaling type to "and" which will unsquelch the receiver only when a call is received.

I do not use any vertex standard products so it is not a ground for comparison.
 
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Is this the same one I set up for you? It should beep and the led will flash green and red. Had you told me that I would have set it up as a dedicated pager. You can switch the signaling type to "and" which will unsquelch the receiver only when a call is received.

I do not use any vertex standard products so it is not a ground for comparison.


Yes it is the one you set up for me. Doesn't seem to be working. Most likely because the tone information I gave you was incorrect. I'm going to see what I can do about getting the correct tone information and see if I can get it to work using the settings that you set up for me.
 
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