Receive Battery Saver Setup - Vertex Standard VXA-710 Spirit Operating Manual

Receive Battery Saver Setup

An important feature of the VXA-710 is its Receive Bat-
tery Saver, which "puts the radio to sleep" for a time inter-
val, periodically "waking it up" to check for activity. If
somebody is talking on the channel, the VXA-710 will
remain in the "active" mode, then resume its "sleep" cycles.
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 key, then press the
the Menu ("SET") mode.
Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select Menu Item
"3. Receive," then press the
Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select Sub Menu
Item "5. RX Save," then press the
Press the key again to enable adjustment of this
Menu Item.
Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select the desired
"duty cycle" (receive:sleep). The selections available
are 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, and ABS* or oFF. The
default value is ABS.
When you have made your selection, press the
key to save the new setting, then press the PTT key
repetitively until the radio exits to normal operation.
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receiver.
The setting of 1:5 will promote the greatest conservation
of battery capacity, but the receiver's response time to in-
coming calls will be slowed somewhat.
Note: The Receive Battery Saver feature does not operate
during Scan, Dual Watch, or Spectrum Scop Monitoring.
key to activate
key.
key.
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ANUAL
ABS: Automatic Battery Saver, based on activity on the
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