How to turn off flahing green light on i550???

Hi All,

At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
extend the battery life.

Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......

Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,

Bob

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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:31:26 -0400, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
>battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
>if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
>extend the battery life.
>
>Is this true?

No on both, that I've seen. Well, you COULD open the unit up, and clip
the wire..

But I doubt you'd notice any increase in battery life. Maybe 30
minutes more if you get 10 hours now. But I doubt it would go from
like 10 hours to 15 hours.

What's the date code on the batteries? It's a 4 digit number, i.e.
0204 - the first 2 digits is the year (99, 00, etc), the second two
are the week of the year (01-52).

>If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
>scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......

Open up the radio, seperate the two halves...

Evan
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:31:26 -0400, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
>battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
>if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
>extend the battery life.
>
>Is this true?

No on both, that I've seen. Well, you COULD open the unit up, and clip
the wire..

But I doubt you'd notice any increase in battery life. Maybe 30
minutes more if you get 10 hours now. But I doubt it would go from
like 10 hours to 15 hours.

What's the date code on the batteries? It's a 4 digit number, i.e.
0204 - the first 2 digits is the year (99, 00, etc), the second two
are the week of the year (01-52).

>If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
>scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......

Open up the radio, seperate the two halves...

Evan
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

Try downloading a manual from Motorola's website.

The answer you seek, as well as many others, would certainly be there.


"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All,
>
> At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
> battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
> if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
> extend the battery life.
>
> Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
> scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
>
> Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
>
> Bob
>

Try downloading a manual from Motorola's website.

The answer you seek, as well as many others, would certainly be there.


"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All,
>
> At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
> battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
> if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
> extend the battery life.
>
> Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
> scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
>
> Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
>
> Bob
>

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
| Hi All,
|
| At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
| battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told
that
| if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
| extend the battery life.
|
| Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
| scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
|
| Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
|
| Bob

You can't and it wouldn't make a noticeable difference.

Dave

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
| Hi All,
|
| At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
| battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told
that
| if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
| extend the battery life.
|
| Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
| scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
|
| Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
|
| Bob

You can't and it wouldn't make a noticeable difference.

Dave

if the hammer is big enough, it just might work!

"Who Cares?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> | Hi All,
> |
> | At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
> | battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told
> that
> | if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
> | extend the battery life.
> |
> | Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
> | scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
> |
> | Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
> |
> | Bob
>
> You can't and it wouldn't make a noticeable difference.
>
> Dave
>
>
>

if the hammer is big enough, it just might work!

"Who Cares?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> | Hi All,
> |
> | At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
> | battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told
> that
> | if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
> | extend the battery life.
> |
> | Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
> | scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
> |
> | Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
> |
> | Bob
>
> You can't and it wouldn't make a noticeable difference.
>
> Dave
>
>
>

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:41:34 GMT, "KJ" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Try downloading a manual from Motorola's website.
>
>The answer you seek, as well as many others, would certainly be there.

No, it's not in the manual.

Evan
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:41:34 GMT, "KJ" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Try downloading a manual from Motorola's website.
>
>The answer you seek, as well as many others, would certainly be there.

No, it's not in the manual.

Evan
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

Just to give you an idea on the power consumption of an LED, you can run one for months on a single AA battery.

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"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi All,
>
> At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
> battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
> if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
> extend the battery life.
>
> Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
> scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
>
> Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
>
> Bob

Just to give you an idea on the power consumption of an LED, you can run one for months on a single AA battery.

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"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi All,
>
> At work we were given some old Motorola i550's to work with. The
> battery life on mine seems to be shorter than most and I was told that
> if I were to disable the green flashing "power on" LED, that I would
> extend the battery life.
>
> Is this true? If so, how do I turn the green light off? I tried
> scrolling through the programming menu but no luck......
>
> Thanks for any light (not green haha) you could shed on this topic,
>
> Bob