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RF Explorer User Manual page 20
power switch to ON forever the battery will be depleted to a safe 3V level where battery protection circuitry
will reduce the leakage to about 50uA.
In any case, the internal battery charger will take care of the battery conditions once it gets powered back
from the USB and will charge the battery using an internal efficient algorithm. However for that to work
properly when the battery was fully depleted, you should set the LCD backlight to OFF in the OPTIONS MENU
and keep charging for as long as needed, it may take up to 8hs for the battery to be revived and fully
charged.
Automatic idle mode with battery charge
RF Explorer Signal Generator includes features to improve the management of battery charge time.
When connected to a PC or a USB charger, the unit will automatically go to sleep and switch the backlight off
if you set it on the About Screen and put the power switch to ON and wait a few seconds.
In addition to this, there is now an option for the RF Explorer device to automatically switch the screen
completely OFF when running the RF Explorer for Window, use the Automatic LCD OFF option.
These options help on reducing power consumption and therefore accelerating charge time. In addition to
that, these simple actions reduce the wearing of the LCD lighting components, increasing its life time.