VXA-700 S
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Receive Battery Saver Setup
An important feature of the
VXA-700
is its Receive Bat-
tery Saver, which “puts the radio to sleep” for a time inter-
val, periodically “waking it up” to check for activity. If
somebody is talking on the channel, the
VXA-700
will
remain in the “active” mode, then resume its “sleep” cycles.
This feature significantly reduces quiescent battery drain,
and you may change the amount of “sleep” time between
activity checks using the Menu System:
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Press the
key, then press the
key to activate
the Menu (“SET”) mode.
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Rotate the
DIAL
selector knob to select Menu Item
“
3. Receive
,” then press the
key..
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Rotate the
DIAL
selector knob to select Sub Menu
Item “
5. RX Save
,” then press the
key..
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Press the
key again to enable adjustment of this
Menu Item.
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Rotate the
DIAL
selector knob to select the desired
“duty cycle” (receive:sleep). The selections available
are
1:1
,
1:2
,
1:3
,
1:4
,
1:5
, and
ABS
* or
oFF
. The
default value is 1:1.
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When you have made your selection, press the
key to save the new setting, then press the
PTT
key
repetitively until the radio exits to normal operation.
*
ABS
: Automatic Battery Saver, based on activity on the
receiver.
The setting of
1:5
will promote the greatest conservation
of battery capacity, but the receiver’s response time to in-
coming calls will be slowed somewhat.
Note
: This feature does not operate during Scan or Dual
Watch.
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