Tx Power Setting - Pro-Tronik PTR-6A User Manual

7 SYSTEM MENU
2 CARACTERISTIQUES
7.2 SETTING THE EMITTING POWER
Your transmitter offers adjusting its transmission power. This allows for example to reduce power consumption if you fly
short distances (indoor flight) or to perform a range check without having to move away your model disproportionately.
SETTING PROCEDURE
1/ maintain ENTER button pressed and turn the transmitter on
2/ Once in the SYSTEM menu, press the EXIT button to enter the POWER sub-menu. The following screen appears :
3/ Finally press UP or DOWN bu on to adjust the value of the desired transmission power from the following values : 20
dBm, 17 dBm, 14 dBm, 10 dBm and 0 dBm.
4/ Press the ENTER key to confirm your settings and return to the System Menu.
5/ Turn your transmitter OFF.
Note that the power setting "0 dBm" corresponds to a power of 1/10 of the nominal power of 20 dBm. This
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power should be used to perform a range check. It is not enough to fly.
DO NOT FLY WITH REDUCED TRANSMISSION POWER IF YOU ARE NOT SURE OF YOUR CHOICE. IF IN DOUBT,
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ALWAYS ADJUST THE POWER ON 20 dBm BEFORE FLYING.
Any error or omission can cause loss of control of your model.
RANGE CHECK PROCEDURE
1/ maintain ENTER button pressed and turn the transmitter on
2/ Once in the SYSTEM menu, press the EXIT button to enter the POWER sub-menu.
3/ Finally press UP or DOWN button to adjust the value of the transmission power to 0dBm
4/ Press the ENTER key to confirm your settings and return to the System Menu.
5/ Turn your transmitter OFF.
6/ Turn on the transmitter and the receiver.
7/ Make sure you keep normal full control and of all functions of your model at a distance of fifty meters.
8/ Once the range test completed and passed, do not forget to imperatively restore the nominal transmission power by
repeating the procedure described power control in 7.2.
Any forgetting to reset the normal value of the transmission power can result in total loss of control of your
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model in flight, and thus a crash.
Your transmitter is not equipped with an alarm indicating that the transmission power is reduced. This lack is
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voluntary and you can decide to fly at reduced power if the environment where you find yourself requires.
The figure 20 shows the transmit power in dBm.
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