Re: Stopping Low Battery Beep And Resume Scanning

Thanks much for this info, I'll save it.

Chuck


Quoting utilitydx4u <[email protected]>:

> Hello everyone, as this is my first post.
>
> There is a way to stop the low battery beep without removing the   
> batteries, and totally shut down the radio. You will even be able to  
>   turn the radio back on again after waiting a bit, and resume  
> normal  scanner operations for a very short while, a minute or two  
> or three.
>
> Press the same buttons you would use as when interfacing with   
> another radio or computer. While holding down the numbers 1, 8, and   
> the enter key all at the same time, then depress the power button.   
> Now the display changes to the cloning screen, and at the same time   
> all radio back lighting is turned off, and you will see the low   
> battery indicator present on the display. (The low battery indicator  
>  to my knowledge only has one bar, simply an icon that presents   
> itself).  Keep the radio in this mode for at least two minutes   
> minimum. By the way, in this mode, I do not know what the energy   
> draw is, but it is very low. I've never noticed how long it will   
> last in this mode, but it's well over half an hour in this state).   
> But the point is to turn the radio off, so now, after waiting the   
> required minimum two minutes, depress and hold the Function key and   
> the CLR key and the radio will resume normal operation. As soon as   
> this happens, depress the Power key and turn the radio off.
>
> Many times, exhausted batteries have a way of re-energizing   
> themselves somewhat when there is no load on them for a while.
> (I won't attempt to explain this, as I am not an electronics   
> engineer). So if you leave your scanner off for say five minutes,   
> you will be able to turn it on again and resume normal functions for  
>  a short while. (Interesting, that when you are finally back in this  
>  mode, if you were using the lamp lighting, it is back on again now   
> too.) And here's the kicker >> you can repeat this cycle over again,  
>  and again, and again. You won't be able to sustain normal scanner   
> operations very long, (it will get shorter each time), but you will   
> be able to scan that band again a few times, or make a few sweeps of  
>  your search, to hear that important traffic you're missing.
>
> Hope this helps a few of you.
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