VX-6E O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
77
P
ROGRAMMING
THE
“P” K
EY
The
VX-6E
can assigne, using the Set Mode, a user-selected Menu Item to the “primary”
function of the [
P
(
DMR
)] key.
To assign a preferred Set Mode Item to the [
P
(
DMR
)] key:
1. Press the [
F/W
] key, then press the [
0
(
SET
)] key to enter the Set mode.
2. Rotate the
DIAL
knob to select the Set Mode Item which you wish to assign to the key
as a Menu short-cut.
3. Press and hold in the [
P
(
DMR
)] key for one second to assign the Set Mode Item to the
[
P
(
DMR
)] key.
4. Now you can recall this preferred Set Mode Item by simply pressing the [
P
(
DMR
)]
key momentarily.
R
ECEIVE
B
ATTERY
S
AVER
S
ETUP
An important feature of the
VX-6E
is its Receive Battery Saver, which “puts the radio to
sleep” for a time interval, periodically “waking it up” to check for activity. If somebody is
talking on the channel, the
VX-6E
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 Set Mode:
1. Press the [
F/W
] key, then press the [
0
(
SET
)] key to enter the Set mode.
2. Rotate the
DIAL
knob to select Set Mode Item 53:
RXSAVE
RXSAVE
RXSAVE
RXSAVE
RXSAVE
.
3. Press the [
0
(
SET
)] key momentarily to enable adjustment of
this Set Mode Item.
4. Rotate the
DIAL
knob to select the desired “sleep” duration.
The available selections are 200 ms, 300 ms, 500 ms, 1 second,
2 seconds, or OFF. The default value is 200 ms.
5. When you have made your selection, press the
PTT
switch to save the new setting
and exit to normal operation.
When you are operating on Packet, switch the Receive Battery Saver OFF, as
the sleep cycle may “collide” with the beginning of an incoming Packet trans-
mission, causing your TNC not to receive the full data burst.
M
ISCELLANEOUS
S
ETTINGS
