Specifications

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OPERATION
Receive Battery Saver Setup
An important feature of the VXA-150 is its Receive
Battery Saver, which “puts the radio to sleep” for a
time interval, frequently and rapidly “waking it up”
to check for activity. If somebody is talking on the
channel, the VXA-150 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 ac-
tivity checks using the Menu System:
r Press the
[
F
]
key, then press the CHANNEL se-
lector knob to activate the Menu (“SET”) mode.
r Rotate the CHANNEL selector knob to select
Menu item “RSAV .”
r Press the CHANNEL selector knob to enable ad-
justment of this Menu item.
r Rotate the CHANNEL selector knob to select
the desired “duty cycle” (receive:sleep). The se-
lections available are 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, and
ABS
ø
or oFF. The default value is 1:1.
r When you have made your selection, press the
CHANNEL selector knob to save the new set-
ting, and then press the PTT switch exit to nor-
mal operation.
ø
ABS: Automatic Battery Saver, based on activity
on the receiver.
The setting of 1:5 will promote the greatest conser-
vation 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.