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Initial Setup Menu Programming for All Aircraft
Before you turn on the transmitter to begin programming one of the
model slots for your aircraft, refer to the servo connection
chart on page 12, to see how to plug the servos into their
proper channel sockets in the receiver.
Don't turn on the receiver in your model just yet-we'll tell you when
to do so.
First we'll get started setting up the aircraft in the Initial Setup
program menu, then we'll continue into the Main Function menu to
configure the servo responses and travels of your particular model.
1. Select a model slot:
Hold down both EDIT buttons and slide the on-off switch to "on".
The transmitter will beep, the red light will come on, and on
the LCD screen you will find yourself in the first menu item of
the initial setup menu.
Under the word "MODEL" the number will be blinking on and off
to get your attention. If this is the first model you are setting up
in this transmitter, go ahead and accept this numbered slot by
pushing the right-hand EDIT button to scroll down to the next
menu item.
When there are already models inputted, the number that comes
up when you turn on the transmitter will be the last activated
model slot.
To change to a different slot, push on one of the CURSOR
buttons to go to an empty slot (consult your list!) and then scroll
to the next screen to automatically select it.
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2. Select the Model type programming baseline:
In the second menu screen, the programming baseline of ACRO,
GLID, or HELI will be blinking.
Since we are setting up a powered aircraft, select ACRO by
scrolling to it with a CURSOR button. Push down both DATA
buttons simultaneously to tell the program to accept the
choice-you should hear the transmitter beep twice in
acknowledgement.
Now push the right-hand EDIT button to move to the next menu
screen.
3. Heli Swash Plate:
If you selected HELI as your model type, this screen will
appear allowing you to select between NORMAL (90 degree
mechanical) or 120 degree swash plate heli's by pressing
one of the CURSOR buttons.
Find out which one of these popular swash formats your
helicopter uses and select it here.
After selecting the appropriate swash type, continue down to
the next menu item.
Initial Setup Menu Programming for All Aircraft
4. Configure the countdown timer:
Now you are at the TIMER menu item with a number blinking
away at you-its 10 (minutes) by default.
If you want to set a timer value, go to page 12 for
more information on using the timer function. Otherwise,
move down to the next menu item.
5. Select the control's Mode configuration:
Under the word "MODE", the number "2" is blinking by default.
Go ahead and accept mode 2 by pushing the right-hand EDIT
button to continue to the next screen.
Of course, if you are used to the mode 1 configuration
(elevator on the left stick, throttle on the right), then select
number 1. Other changes to accommodate Mode 1 flyers
must be done to the transmitter.
Please refer to page 7 for more information.
6. Select the signal shift:
As indicated by the "SFt" symbol on the screen we are now
in the shift selection menu. The blinking default selection is
"n", meaning negative shift.
If your receiver is marked "positive" shift, push one of the
CURSOR buttons so that a "P" starts blinking.
Then scroll to the next screen.
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Tip
The Optic Sport features a powerful option allowing you to
select between a Negative or Positive signal transmit shift.
This allows you to use any brand of modern FM receiver.
As a general rule, Futaba
receivers are "Negative" shift,
R
while JR
, Airtronics
and most Multiplex receivers are
R
R
all Positive shift.
All models of Hitec receivers have been offered in both
shift versions, while newer Hitec receivers are now
"auto shift selectable" and automatically know what shift
the transmitter is.
7. Reset Screen:
In this screen you should now see a tiny "RST" blinking in
the lower right hand corner This means RESET-and if you
push both DATA buttons at the same time that's exactly what
will happen: You will hear a "double beep" and undo all the
initial programming we just did, returning all the programming
to the factory's default settings!
Now push the Right EDIT button to scroll right back where we
started when we first turned on the transmitter.
We are now done with the initial setup programming of your
aircraft, so switch off the transmitter.
When you switch it on again without holding down both EDIT
buttons the transmitter will open up in the current model slot
(the one we just programmed) with all the initial settings we just
programmed in effect.
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Tip
At this point you have selected the type of model ACRO,
GLID or HELI, you wish to set-up.
In the manual text that follows, we will review and explain
the Model Setup Menu of the three different model types.
The first is ACRO, followed by GLID, then HELI. All ACRO
features will be described in detail within the ACRO section.
Within the following GLID and HELI sections, only features
exclusive to GLID and HELI programming will be described
in detail.
For those GLID and HELI features common to ACRO,
we will refer you to their description within the ACRO section.
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