Kenwood TH-42A - Manual (Page 45)

SAVING POWER
BATTERY SAVER
Battery Saver becomes active when the squelch is
closed and no key is pressed for more than 5 seconds.
This feature becomes passive whenever any key is
pressed or the squelch is opened. Once the squelch
closes and 5 seconds pass with no further key entries,
Battery Saver becomes active again.
Battery Saver does not function while scanning.
Activate Battery Saver by using the following procedure:
1 Press [CALL] + POWER ON to enter Menu Set-up.
2 Turn the ENC/SQL control to select Menu No. 01.
• The current Battery Saver status appears.
• The default is "ON".
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3 Press [CALL] to select "OFF" or "ON".
• OFF: Turns OFF Battery Saver ("S" disappears).
• ON : Turns ON Battery Saver ("S" appears).
4 Press any key other than [CALL], [LAMP], or [MONI]
to exit Menu Set-up.
AUTOMATIC POWER OFF (APO)
After 1 hour elapses with no key entries, APO turns OFF
the power; however, 1 minute before the power turns
OFF, the APO indicator begins blinking and an audio
tone sounds. When the power is turned OFF by APO,
the frequency disappears from the display, however,
"APO" remains blinking.
If the receiver squelch opens or any keys are pressed
during the 1 hour period while APO is ON, the timer
resets. When the squelch closes or key entry stops, the
1 hour timer begins counting again from 0. APO does
not turn OFF the power if Tone Alert is ON.
Activate APO by using the following procedure:
1 Press [CALL] + POWER ON to enter Menu Set-up.
2 Turn the ENC/SQL control to select Menu No. 02.
• The current APO status appears.
• The default is "ON".
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3 Press [CALL] to select "OFF" or "ON".
• OFF: Turns OFF APO ("APO" disappears).
• ON : Turns ON APO ("APO" appears).
4 Press any key other than [CALL], [LAMP], or [MONI]
to exit Menu Set-up.
To restore power after APO has been activated, turn the
PWR/VOL control.
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