User Guide

Optimising battery life
A fully charged battery should last a full shift (approximately 12 hours) but
this depends on a number of operational factors, such as how the radio is
operated, the operating environment (temperature and network signal
strength) and the condition of the battery.
Try the following to help you optimise battery life on a daily basis:
Ensure that batteries are fully charged at the start of a shift.
Decrease the amount of time the backlight stays lit between key presses
(see Adjusting the backlight on page 40).
Keep your speaker audio volume to a minimum (see Adjusting the volume
on page 37).
Reduce the length of time the radio is transmitting and keep DMOor
telephone type calls to a minimum because they cause higher current
consumption.
Shorten the GPS reporting intervals if enabled (see GPS reporting options on
page 124).
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SC20 series – 04/2016