How To Check The Radio System - Kyosho Optima Pro 4WD Manual

HOW TO CHECK YOUR RADIO SYSTEM
Follow steps 1-8.
1. Install the batteries into both the transmitter and re ce i ver . If your radio is a
rechargeable system, charge it as outlined in the manual that came with your
~et.
2. Unravel the receiver antenna and plug the servo and batte ry connectors into the
receiver.
3. Extend the transmitter antenna.
4. Turn On the power switch of the Transmitter.
5. Turn On the power switch of the receiver.
6. Set the small trim levers to the center position and make sure that bo th main control
sticks are also centered.
7. Move both main control sticks slowly through their full travel. The servo horns should
move in proportion to the movement of yo ur sticks.
8. When trim levers and sticks are at their neutral positions, the servo horns should
be centered. You may now turn off the transmitter, then the re ceiver and unp lug the
servos and battery from the receiver.
Transmitter
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*IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS SW ITCH
THE TRANSMITTER
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FIRST ... THEN
THE RECEIVER.
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TURNI NG OFF
THE SYSTEM, TURN OFF THE RECEIVER
FIRST AND THEN THE TRANSMITTER.
Receiver
Speed Control Servo
Steering Servo
A 2-channel radio control s ystem is composed of a transmitter, receiver, two servo s and
a battery holder (for the receiver).
*Transmitter •.... This is the part of the system that you hold in your hands to control
the model. Information is sent to the receiver and servos v ia radios
waves.
*Receiver .......• Receives the radio signals from the transmitter and send s them to the
appropriate servo.
*Servos ..•.•..... It can be thought of as the "muscle" of the syst em. The y actually move
the controls of the model. The receiver tells t hem which direction to
move and how much.
*Antenna ......... The transmitter antenna broadcasts the radio signal .
The receiver antenna (which is no more than a small wire tuned to a
precise length) picks up the signals so that t he rec eiver can decode
them.
*Trim Levers ..•.. Adjust the neutral position of the servos from the transmitter.
Trim levers prov1de fine tuning of the steering
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s peed control.
*Battery Meter ... Allows you to see the condition of your transmit t e r batteries.
*Servo Horn······ A small arm or wheel on a servo that transfers the movement of the
servo.
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