TrakPower VR-1 Dual Racing Charger - Manual (Page 6)

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Navigating the Menus
The TrakPower VR-1 has eight menus assigned to Channel 1. Channel 2 uses a separate menu
screen which can be recalled by pressing the “CH” button on the front panel. Channel 2 is covered
on page 22 of this manual. The description of the Channel 1 menus is as follows:
1. CONFIGURATION MENU
Numerous functions can be confi gured in the confi guration menu. Rotate the dial to fi nd the
CONFIG icon (as shown right), then press the > key to enter setup. Rotate the jog dial to move
the cursor up or down to the feature you wish to adjust. Press the dial to highlight the adjustable
value. Rotate the dial to adjust the value, then re-press the dial to confi rm the selection.
A. Temperature Scale: The temperature scale can be changed between Fahrenheit (°F) and
Celsius (°C).
B. Button Sound: VR-1 can be confi gured so that anytime a button is pressed or the dial is rotated
one click an audible tone will beep. This can help to confi rm that functions are being adjusted.
These beeps can also be turned “off” (but will sound if errors occur).
C. Finish Sound: A sound will be emitted to indicate that a function has been completed. This
feature adjusts the length of time that the sound will play, ranging from 5 seconds, 15 seconds,
1 minute or continuously until turned off. This feature can be turned off completely.
D. Finish Melody: Select from any one of 10 different tunes to be played to indicate that a feature
has ended. This feature can also be turned off.
E. LCD Contrast: Adjust the contrast of the LCD screen for best viewing. Adjustable range is from
darkest (1) to lightest (15).
F. Internal Power Setup: Allows the user to confi gure internal power settings for Channel 1 and
Channel 2. Default settings are 200W for Channel 1 and 50W max. for Channel 2. Up to 250W
can be assigned to CH1 leaving 2W for Channel 2.
G. User Name: Allows user to change the user name which appears on the opening screen when
power is initially applied to the charger, and is also located under the “CONFIG” icon in the
main menu.
To change the user name, press then rotate the dial to select the character to be changed. Press
the dial again to select the character. A highlighter box will appear in the string of characters
below. Rotate the dial to the replacement character and press to change character. Once a
character has been changed, the next character on the current user name will automatically be
highlighted. If you wish you change this character, press to confi rm and choose the replacement
character. If not, rotate the jog dial to the desired character and repeat as desired. Press ESC
to return to the main menu.
To blank out all characters at once press the jog dial to select the fi rst character of the user
name. Below in the character list, use the jog dial and scroll to the blank character, press and
hold the dial for 2 seconds and all characters will clear.