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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
TX6100
Charging the battery pack
Your TX6100 is supplied with an AC
adaptor and desktop fast charger. The
charger will charge a fully discharged
1700 mAh battery pack to full capacity in
around 1-2 hours.
1.
Plug the charger into a standard 240
volt AC outlet.
2.
Plug the lead from the charger into the
charging cradle.
3
. Place the TX6100 into the cradle.
The
RED
LED will light to indicate the
battery is charging.
4.
When the battery has charged, the
LED will change to
GREEN
.
Battery low alert
When the battery icon blinks on the
display, the battery level is low and the
battery pack should be recharged. If the
battery is not charged, an audio tone
will then sound to warn the user that the
battery is almost discharged.
Battery usage
The time taken to discharge the battery
pack will depend on how you use the
TX6100. The 1700 mAh battery pack
supplied is powerful enough for a full days
use under average conditions.
Conserving battery power
The TX6100 has built-in power saving
features to help you get the maximum
amount of time between charges from
your Li-Ion battery pack. If you need to
operate your TX6100 in a situation where
you require maximum battery life (e.g. a
remote site where there is no convenient
recharging facility nearby) the following
hints can greatly reduce the amount of
power drawn from the battery pack.
Standby mode
The TX6100 will automatically enter
‘Standby’ mode when it is inactive (i.e.
not transmitting or receiving signals.
While in Standby mode it will still check
for incoming signals but it will draw
considerably less power from the battery
pack. As soon as a signal is heard or the
keys are pressed the TX6100 will ‘wake
up’ again. This Standby mode is automatic
and by itself can extend the battery life by
many hours.
Using CTCSS
If you are expecting to receive signals on
a busy channel, you can program that
channel for CTCSS operation and get the
other person to call you using the same
CTCSS tone. Your radio will then remain
in Standby and ignore all other signals
until your selected CTCSS tone is received.
Scanning
The TX6100 draws more power from
the battery pack when scanning than
when monitoring a single channel. This
is because it must ‘wake up’ more often
to monitor each channel for activity. You
can squeeze that extra bit of life from the
battery pack by avoiding any unnecessary
scanning. In addition, scanning increases
the chance of finding a signal thereby
