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Receive Battery Saver Setup
An important feature of the
FTA-230
is its Receive Bat-
tery Saver, which “puts the radio to sleep” for a time
interval, periodically “waking it up” to check for activ-
ity. If somebody is talking on the channel, the
FTA-230
will remain in the “active” mode, then resume its “sleep”
cycles. This feature significantly reduces quiescent bat-
tery drain, and you may change the amount of “sleep”
time between activity checks using the Menu System:
Press the [
F
] key mo-
mentarily, then press
the [
(
SET
)] key
to activate the Menu
(“SET”) mode.
Rotate the
DIAL
selec-
tor knob to select Menu
Item “RSAV.”
Press the [
ENT
(
)] key
to enable adjustment of
this Menu Item.
Rotate the
DIAL
selector knob to select the desired
“duty cycle” (receive:sleep). The selections avail-
able are 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, and ABS
or oFF.
The default value is 1:1.
When you have made your selection, press the
[
ENT
(
)] key to save the new setting, and then
press the PTT key to exit 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
incoming calls will be slowed somewhat.
Note
: This feature does not operate during Scan or Dual
Watch.
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