Disabling The Busy/Tx Led; Battery Utilization Monitor; Automatic Power-Off (Apo) Feature - Yaesu VX-5R Operating Manual

Further battery conservation may be accomplished by disabling the BUSY/TX LED. Use
the following procedure:
Press the [ F/W ] key, then press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR ] key to enter the Set mode.
Rotate the DIAL to select Menu Item #17 ("
Press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR ] key to enable adjustment of this Menu item.
Rotate the DIAL to set this Menu item to OFF (thus disabling the BUSY/TX LED).
Press the PTT key to save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
The VX-5R includes a timer circuit which can be used to monitor the elapsed time since your
radio's battery was most recently charged. This can serve as a handy method of anticipating
when you will need to re-charge the battery.
To monitor the elapsed time since the timer was last reset,
press and hold in the [ 6 ( RP ) ONT ] key. The display will
now indicate the number of hours and minutes of Operating
(Receive + Transmit) time (the display shows Receive Time
[ ] and Transmit time [
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recently turned the transceiver on).
To reset the timer to "Zero" after charging the battery, press and hold in the [ F/W ] key, then
press the [ 6 ( RP ) ONT ] key, while the operating time is being displayed; the timer will reset to
indicate [ ] [
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The APO feature helps conserve battery life by automatically turning the radio off after a
user-defined period of time within which there has been no dial or key activity. The avail-
able selections for the time before power-off are 0.5/1/3/5/8 hours, as well as APO Off.
The default condition for the APO is OFF , and here is the procedure for activating it:
Press the [ F/W ] key, then press the [ 5 ( AP ) ICO ] key to enter the Set mode at Menu #16
APO
(" ").
Rotate the DIAL to select the desired time period after which the radio will automati-
cally shut down.
Once you have made your selection, press the PTT key to save the new setting and exit
to normal operation.
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