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RIGblaster
plug & play
Owners Manual
Revision 1.4
Oct 2008
Thank for purchasing a RIGblaster plug & play. The plug & play is designed to be
absolutely as easy as possible to set up while still providing full compatibility with each
and every ham radio sound card software program.
Unlike the other RIGblasters, the plug & play is designed to work only through a radio’s
rear panel data jack or auxiliary connector. This it makes it easy to plug in but there are
trade offs due to the design of various radio manufacturer’s data and auxiliary jacks.
If your data jack was designed to work the way you might want, you will be pleased with
the operation of the RIGblaster plug & play. West Mountain Radio did not design the
data jack on your radio, therefore we do not control how that system operates. We only
take sound in and out of the jack and control PTT through the jack.
Some jacks support operation on all modes and on all the bands that the radio may
provide, some do not. Some jacks may mute the microphone whenever PTT is
activated through the jack or they may leave the mic hot when using the jack. Your jack
may not function at all unless you turn it on from the radio’s menus or controls. Other
RIGblasters connect through the mic jack so we can control switching between the mic
and a computer. The RIGblaster plug & play cannot. If your radio’s data jack does not
function the way you wish a RIGblaster plus or pro is the solution.
We are sure that if your radio’s rear panel jack works the way you wish, the RIGblaster
plug & play will provide many hours of amateur radio enjoyment.
