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6.16 Configuring the Video Power Switches
6.16.1 Video Power Switch Overview
The Vector’s built-in video power switches can turn on and off your camera, your video transmitter, or both.
This feature is useful if your video transmitter might interfere with other pilots, or to save power when you’re
not actually flying.
If you plan on operating the power switches during flight, make sure that you test the switches before
flight, to make sure that your equipment correctly operates when switched on and off repeatedly.
6.16.2 Video Power Switch Configuration
The video power switches can be configured via the stick menus under the “OSD Setup”, “Advanced Setup….”
Menu, or on the “Display Hardware Settings” tab under “OSD Setup” in the software.
Here are the available switching options:
Video switching turns on/off: This option lets you control which devices will be switched. Choices are:
 Video Tx
 Camera
 Both
Force video on when in menus: Setting this to “Yes” forces the video switches to be turned on when OSD stick
menus are invoked.
Turn off Video when Disarmed: This option causes the switched devices to be turned off when the
multirotor is disarmed, and turned on when armed.
Video off with “Dsply Off” Mode Switch: Use of this option requires setting a “Display Off” mode switch
position. If this option is set to “Yes”, video power is switched off whenever the mode switch is set to the
“Display Off” position.
Inactivity: Video off after X mins: When this option is set to a nonzero value, the video power will be
switched off after the specified number of minutes of inactivity (no movement of the model and no movement
of the radio sticks). This option is useful if you crash in a racing environment where other modelers need to
use your video channel, but you can’t immediately find your model. It can also help to reduce battery usage if
your model is left sitting idle.