Jim
With My Orion Both female din plugs on the back are
8 pin . the 5 pin male plugs in and works fine on my
Orion In fact I am using the Juipter digital cable .
I did not take the Orion cable out of the plastic bag
. It seems to work fine
John
--- Jim Reid <jimr.reid@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am just into my second day now with the Orion. Today
> was the day to hook up the rig to the
> computer/soundcard
> to begin experimenting with the digital modes.
>
> Two little issues:
>
> 1. So, fetched the five pin DIN connector from the
> accessory
> pack which came with the Orion. Went around back to
> make the connections and..............what!??
>
> The AUX I/O socket is an 8 pin DIN receptacle,
> exactly the same
> as the one just below into which my remote tune
> knob
> is connected! I couldn't believe my eyes; got a
> flashlight
> to check again (as my eyes aren't that good anyway).
> Sure enough 8 pins, not 5. And the supplied cable
> would
> not plug in.
>
> So there goes the experiments with digital modes for
> now.
>
> My Orion is S/N 10C10512, and it definitely is
> equipped with
> a different DIN socket than that described in the
> manual for
> the AUX I/O and that of the DIN connector supplied
> cable.
>
> 2. When I push the TUNE button, all does as it
> should; BUT,
> upon releasing the TUNE, the rig goes "blank",
> that is no rcv,
> Must turn the power off, then back on, and all is
> well again.
> Guess I will avoid using TUNE until I learn what
> this is about.
>
> Otherwise, the rig is fantastic. Have used it both
> SSB and CW,
> lots to report, particularly vs. my RX-340, but
> this is not
> the note in which to do that. Anyway, only few
> hours of
> use so far.
>
> 73, Jim KH7M
>
>
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