Advanced Operation; Receive Battery Saver Setup; Tx Battery Saver; Keypad/Lcd Illumination - Vertex Standard VX-110 Operating Manual

Advanced Operation

An important feature of the VX-110 is its Receive Battery Saver, which "puts the radio to
sleep" for a time interval, periodically "waking it up" to check for activity. This feature
significantly reduces quiescent battery drain, and you may change the amount of "sleep"
time between activity checks using the Menu System:
Press the [ F ] key, then press the [ M/V ( SET )] key to enter the Set mode.
Rotate the DIAL to select Menu Item #8 ("
Press the [ F ] key to enable adjustment of this Menu item.
Rotate the DIAL to select the desired "Sleep" duration. The selections available are
200 ms, 300 ms, 500 ms, 1 second, and 2 seconds, or OFF. The default value is 200 ms.
When you have made your selection, press the PTT key to save the new setting and exit
to normal operation.
When you are operating on Packet, switch the Receive Battery Saver OFF, as the sleep
cycle may "Collide" with the beginning of an incoming Packet transmission, causing
your TNC not to receive the full data burst. Likewise, during voice operation, part of the
first word of an incoming transmission maybe cut off during (normal) Battery Saver
operation.
The VX-110 also includes a useful Transmit Battery Saver, which will automatically lower
the power output level when the last signal received was very strong. With the Transmit
Battery Saver, the automatic selection of Low Power operation conserves battery drain
significantly.
To activate the Transmit Battery Saver:
Press the [ F ] key, then press the [ M/V ( SET ) ] key to enter the Set mode.
Rotate the DIAL to select Menu Item #9 ("
Press the [ F ] key to enable adjustment of this Menu item.
Rotate the DIAL so as to select ON (thus activating the Transmit Battery Saver).
When you have completed your selection, press the PTT key to save the new setting
and exit to normal operation.
Your VX-110 includes a reddish illumination lamp which aids in nighttime operation. Three
options for activating the lamp are provided:
Pressing any key (except PTT) causes the lamp to provide illumination for 5
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seconds, after which the lamp will automatically shut off.
Pressing the LAMP switch momentarily causes the lamp to provide illumina-
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tion for 5 seconds, after which the lamp will automatically shut off.
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