Is there a way to turn tmer OFF (when not in use) to reduce/preserve battery usage?
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Leslie, No off-on switch. Screen is always "on". My experience, though, with this kind of screen is they use negligible power. Battery should last a long, long time. (My wife likes this thing. Uses it for laundry machine timing.) John McNeill Springfield, South Dakota
294632
I don't think so. It would just say 0:00... I would assume you can take the battery out to preserve it....
294633
hitting two buttons at the same time will turn the timer off -read directions to determine which two. I don't remember. and don't have the timer in front of me.
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Sorry but I dont have the answer to this one. I never thought about turning it off.
1183339
Yes this is an option in one of the menus. This can be turned on and off. If you use the GPS it does use the battery a little more then if you don't use it.
156418
I always remember to loosen the battery compartment for storage. That way it doesn't drain your battery.
1238033
I would make sure your GPS is not running all the time and you choose power save mode in your setting.
1390125
Take your remote and click the HOME button, now place the pointer on Settings and click the middle button on your remote, then place the pointer on PICTURE and click the middle button, now put the pointer on Energy Saving then click the middle button. Now click on Off to turn Energy Saving off. That should do it.
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I believe I have had that situation in the form of unplugging the device for a minute while on. As I remember, it did not reset to "off." Sorry I can't be more specific. If I remember, I'll try it at home tonight.
1250613
Yes it can. When the meter is off, keep the power button pressed until the screen blinks 3 times. That should disable auto-off.
1582851
You can if you want to. There is an 'on/off' toggle switch at the bottom. Even if you don't it does not drain the battery too much.
823242
There is an option to set the machine to shut off after a certain amount of time. You must manually activate it every time you turn the device on. It's like the sleep function on your TV.
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It seems that after a certain time without activity the receiver shuts off. Like if I ride to work when I get ready to go home I have to press the button and cycle through the settings to get to brake mode again. So no it won't run down the battery.
1177201
It does *not* have a battery backup. Some settings survive a power outage, but some do not. For example, the setting to *not* go into power saving mode is not preserved; the "standby" mode - you have to reset the "standby" power level whenever the power comes back on - to disable that feature is you set the "standby" power level to 0 (zero) watts. The option to turn off the PIR motion detection feature does keep its setting when the power is restored. I don't know what happens to other settings that I do not change from their default values.
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No, I don't think there is any way to turn it off. The timers will run until they hit 24 hours and then zero out. I'm not sure why you would want to turn it off, unless you were concerned about battery life. I use mine daily for nap and evening sleep times, plus i use the night light periodically. The current batteries lasted 6 months.
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I haven't used it a lot yet but I think as long as you don't put the TM back in the cradle ( just pull it straight up and lock out of the water so you can use the big motor) the GPS will still be on. If you pull it up and lay it down in the cradle it will turn off electrically. I 'll have to try what I think you are saying!
668110
To turn it off use task manager. Next copy program to a folder on your computer and run the program from that location.
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No need to turn off when not in use. Battery will last a few weeks at full day use.
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Yes, I'm having a problem as well. I think it goes to the default setting when I turn it off? Works good otherwise.